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Jiang K, Zhang J, Deng Z, Barnie S, Chang J, Zou Y, Guan X, Liu F, Chen H. Natural attenuation mechanism of hexavalent chromium in a wetland: Zoning characteristics of abiotic and biotic effects. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 287:117639. [PMID: 34171730 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2021] [Revised: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Natural wetland has great retention effect on Cr(VI) migration due to its abiotic and biotic reduction abilities, however, the zoning characteristics of dominating reduction mechanism along Cr(VI) pollution plume in wetland is still unclear. In this study, a Cr(VI) contaminated natural wetland was explored to investigate the distributions of Cr and Fe in groundwater and sediment, and their relationship with microorganisms according to metagenomics, aiming to reveal the natural attenuation mechanism of Cr(VI) from the perspective of zoning characteristics of abiotic and biotic effects. The wetland was divided into contaminated zone, transition zone and uncontaminated zone according to the contamination states of groundwater and sediment. At the upstream of contaminated zone, Cr(VI) concentration in groundwater was as high as 26.7 mg L-1, which has significant inhibition effect on microbial growth, and thus chemical reduction of Cr(VI) by natural organic matters (NOMs) dominated in this area, leading to the increasing of H/C and O/C ratios of NOMs because of the oxidation of aromatic moieties. At the downstream of contaminated zone, Cr(VI) concentration in groundwater decreased to less than 4.46 mg L-1 resulting from dilution and attenuation, but the microbial community was altered substantially, chromate resistant bacteria with ChrA, ChrR, NemA and AzoR genes were enriched, such as Sphingomonas, Mesorhizobium and Comamonadaceae, and thus the direct microbial reduction of Cr(VI) dominated in this area. While at the transition zone, which is located at the front edge of the pollution plume, Cr(VI) could only reached in this area intermittently, and the microbial community remained similar to that of the uncontaminated zone, dominated by Chloroflexi and Acidobateria phylum with dissimilatory ferric iron reduction capacity, and thus Cr(VI) was indirectly reduced by Fe2+ intermediately in this area.
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- Kaidi Jiang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Department of Water and Sanitation, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China; School of Ocean Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China
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Husna, Hussain A, Shah M, Hamayun M, Iqbal A, Murad W, Irshad M, Qadir M, Kim HY. Pseudocitrobacter anthropi reduces heavy metal uptake and improves phytohormones and antioxidant system in Glycine max L. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 37:195. [PMID: 34651251 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-021-03156-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Heavy metal contamination due to anthropogenic activities is a great threat to modern humanity. A novel and natural technique of bioremediation using microbes for detoxification of heavy metals while improving plants' growth is the call of the day. In this study, exposing soybean plants to different concentrations (i.e., 10 and 50 ppm) of chromium and arsenic showed a severe reduction in agronomic attributes, higher reactive oxygen species production, and disruption in the antioxidant system. Contrarily, rhizobacterial isolate C18 inoculation not only rescued host growth, but also improved the production of nonenzymatic antioxidants (i.e., flavonoids, phenolic, and proline contents) and enzymatic antioxidants i.e., catalases, ascorbic acid oxidase, peroxidase activity, and 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl, lower reactive oxygen species accumulation in leaves. Thereby, lowering secondary oxidative stress and subsequent damage. The strain was identified using 16 S rDNA sequencing and was identified as Pseudocitrobacter anthropi. Additionally, the strain can endure metals up to 1200 ppm and efficient in detoxifying the effect of chromium and arsenic by regulating phytohormones (IAA 59.02 µg/mL and GA 101.88 nM/mL) and solubilizing inorganic phosphates, making them excellent phytostimulant, biofertilizers, and heavy metal bio-remediating agent.
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- Husna
- Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Garden Campus, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Garden Campus, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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- Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Garden Campus, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Garden Campus, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Garden Campus, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Garden Campus, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Garden Campus, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Garden Campus, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Smart Farm Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Gangwon, Korea.
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