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Peng Z, He Y, Guo Z, Wu Q, Li S, Zhu Z, Grimi N, Xiao J. Species-specific arsenic species and health risk assessment in seaweeds from tropic coasts of South China Sea. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2023; 267:115634. [PMID: 37897978 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023]
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Arsenic (As) is a notorious toxic contamination in marine environments, while the toxicity and health risk of As is highly dependent on As species in seafoods. In this study, we hypothesized that the species-specific As bioaccumulation and species resulted in species-specific healthy risk of As in seaweeds. To test the hypothesis, we collected 10 common edible seaweeds from the coast of Hainan Island in South China Sea. Then we comparatively quantified concentration of total As and 5 major As species [AsB, DMA, MMA, As(III), and As(V)] in seaweeds. The results revealed that the concentrations of total As varied significantly among 10 seaweed species. Specially, the highest total As concentration were found in brown seaweeds, followed by red seaweeds, and green seaweeds. Furthermore, the percentage of 5 As species to total As differed significantly among 10 seaweeds. The percentage of AsB was highest in Caulerpa lentillifera (53%) and lowest in Sargassum oligocystum (13%), while that of As(V) was lowest in Caulerpa lentillifera (21%) and highest in Sargassum oligocystum (81%). The iAs [As(III) + As(V)] exhibited highest value in brown seaweeds and least value in green seaweeds. The potential human health risk assessment indicated that the consumption of brown seaweeds of Sargassum oligocystum and Sargassum polycystum could cause a considerable carcinogenic risk and non-carcinogenic risk to residents. Overall, our findings here largely validated our hypothesis that the species-specific As bioaccumulation and As species had great significance to healthy risk of As in seaweeds.
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- Ziting Peng
- Engineering Research Center of Utilization of Tropical polysaccharide resources, Ministry of Education/Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Functional Food of Hainan Province, State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Utilization of Tropical polysaccharide resources, Ministry of Education/Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Functional Food of Hainan Province, State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Utilization of Tropical polysaccharide resources, Ministry of Education/Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Functional Food of Hainan Province, State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, National "111″ Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei Research Center of Food Fermentation Engineering and Technology, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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- National R&D Center for Se-rich Agricultural Products Processing, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Deep Processing of Green Se-rich Agricultural Products, School of Modern Industry for Selenium Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China
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- National R&D Center for Se-rich Agricultural Products Processing, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Deep Processing of Green Se-rich Agricultural Products, School of Modern Industry for Selenium Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China
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- Sorbonne University, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, ESCOM, EA 4297 TIMR, Centre de recherche Royallieu - CS 60319, 60203 Compiègne Cedex, France
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- Engineering Research Center of Utilization of Tropical polysaccharide resources, Ministry of Education/Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Functional Food of Hainan Province, State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
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Kuang Z, Wang H, Han B, Rao Y, Gong H, Zhang W, Gu Y, Fan Z, Wang S, Huang H. Coastal sediment heavy metal(loid) pollution under multifaceted anthropogenic stress: Insights based on geochemical baselines and source-related risks. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 339:139653. [PMID: 37516321 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/31/2023]
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Contamination and risk assessments generally ignore the potential bias in results caused by the variation of background values at different spatial scales due to the spatial heterogeneity of sediments. This study aims to perform quantitative source-ecological risk assessment via establishing geochemical baselines values (GBVs) of heavy metal(loid)s (HMs) in Daya Bay, China. Cumulative frequency distribution (CFD) curves determined the GBVs of 12.44 (Cu), 30.88 (Pb), 69.89 (Zn), 0.06 (Cd), 47.85 (Cr), 6.80 (As), and 0.056 mg kg-1 (Hg), which were comparable to the background values of Guangdong Province surface soils, and implied a potential terrestrial origin of the coastal sediments. Principal component analysis (PCA) and positive matrix factorization (PMF) identified three sources (F1: natural processes; F2: anthropogenic impacts; F3: specific sources) with contributions of 51.7%, 29.2%, and 19.1%, respectively. The source-specific risk assessment revealed an ecological risk contribution potential of 73.8% for the mixed anthropogenic sources (F2 + F3) and only 26.2% for natural processes. Cd and Hg were the priority management of metallic elements, occupying 63.5% and 72.5% of the contribution weights of F2 and F3, respectively, which showed multi-level pollution potentials and ecological risk levels. The spatial distribution patterns demonstrated the hotspot features of HM pollution, and priority concerns should be given to the management of marine traffic and industrial point source pollution in Daya Bay. The results of the study provide a scientific approach and perspective for pollution treatment and risk management in the coastal environment.
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- Zexing Kuang
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology and Environment, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, 510300, China.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology and Environment, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, 510300, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology and Environment, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, 510300, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology and Environment, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, 510300, China.
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- Department of Atmosphere and Oceanic Sciences & Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology and Environment, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, 510300, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology and Environment, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, 510300, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology and Environment, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, 510300, China.
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Huang Y, Liu C, Qin L, Xie M, Xu Z, Yu Y. Efficient Adsorption Capacity of MgFe-Layered Double Hydroxide Loaded on Pomelo Peel Biochar for Cd (II) from Aqueous Solutions: Adsorption Behaviour and Mechanism. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28114538. [PMID: 37299014 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28114538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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A novel pomelo peel biochar/MgFe-layered double hydroxide composite (PPBC/MgFe-LDH) was synthesised using a facile coprecipitation approach and applied to remove cadmium ions (Cd (II)). The adsorption isotherm demonstrated that the Cd (II) adsorption by the PPBC/MgFe-LDH composite fit the Langmuir model well, and the adsorption behaviour was a monolayer chemisorption. The maximum adsorption capacity of Cd (II) was determined to be 448.961 (±12.3) mg·g-1 from the Langmuir model, which was close to the actual experimental adsorption capacity 448.302 (±1.41) mg·g-1. The results also demonstrated that the chemical adsorption controlled the rate of reaction in the Cd (II) adsorption process of PPBC/MgFe-LDH. Piecewise fitting of the intra-particle diffusion model revealed multi-linearity during the adsorption process. Through associative characterization analysis, the adsorption mechanism of Cd (II) of PPBC/MgFe-LDH involved (i) hydroxide formation or carbonate precipitation; (ii) an isomorphic substitution of Fe (III) by Cd (II); (iii) surface complexation of Cd (II) by functional groups (-OH); and (iv) electrostatic attraction. The PPBC/MgFe-LDH composite demonstrated great potential for removing Cd (II) from wastewater, with the advantages of facile synthesis and excellent adsorption capacity.
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- Yongxiang Huang
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Theory & Technology for Environmental Pollution Control, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Theory & Technology for Environmental Pollution Control, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Theory & Technology for Environmental Pollution Control, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Theory & Technology for Environmental Pollution Control, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Theory & Technology for Environmental Pollution Control, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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Peng D, Chen M, Su X, Liu C, Zhang Z, Middleton BA, Lei T. Mercury accumulation potential of aquatic plant species in West Dongting Lake, China. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 324:121313. [PMID: 36813101 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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West Dongting Lake is a protected wetland with the potential for high levels of mercury release via wastewater and deposition from industry and agriculture during the last decade. To find out the ability of various plant species to accumulate mercury pollutants from soil and water, nine sites were studied in the downstream direction of the flow of the Yuan and Li Rivers, which are tributaries of the Yellow River flowing into West Dongting Lake, where mercury levels arere high in soil and plant tissues. The total mercury (THg) concentration in wetland soil was 0.078-1.659 mg/kg, which varied along the gradient of water flow along the river. According to canonical correspondence analysis and correlation analysis, there was a positive correlation between the soil THg concentration and the soil moisture in West Dongting Lake. There is high heterogeneity in the spatial distribution of soil THg concentration in West Dongting Lake, which may be related to the spatial heterogeneity of the soil moisture. Some plant species had higher THg concentrations in aboveground tissues (translocation factor >1), but none of these plant species fit the criteria as hyperaccumulators of mercury. And some species of the same ecological type (e.g., emergent, submergent, floating-leaved) exhibited very different strategies for mercury uptake. The concentrations of mercury in these species were lower than in other studies but these had relatively higher translocation factors. To phytoremediate soil mercury in West Dongting Lake, the regular harvest of plants could help remove mercury from soil and plant tissue.
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- Dong Peng
- Beijing Forestry University, School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, 35 Tsinghua East Road Haidian Distinct, Beijing, 100083, PR China; Nanjing University, School of Geography and Ocean Science, School of Atmospheric Sciences, 163 Xianlin Road, Qixia Distinct, Nanjing, 210023, PR China
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- Shenzhen BLY Landscape and Architecture Planning and Design Institute, Block A, West District of Tanglang Plaza, Fuguang Community, Taoyuan Street, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, PR China
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- Beijing Forestry University, School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, 35 Tsinghua East Road Haidian Distinct, Beijing, 100083, PR China
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- Beijing Forestry University, School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, 35 Tsinghua East Road Haidian Distinct, Beijing, 100083, PR China
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- Forestry Bureau of Jiangshan Municipal, No.115, Fourth District of Jiangbin, Jiangshan, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, PR China
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, 700 Cajundome Boulevard, Lafayette, LA, 70506, USA
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- Beijing Forestry University, School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, 35 Tsinghua East Road Haidian Distinct, Beijing, 100083, PR China; National Field Scientific Observation and Research Station of Dongting Lake Wetland Ecosystem, Hunan, 415904, PR China.
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Geo-Environmental Characterisation of High Contaminated Coastal Sites: The Analysis of Past Experiences in Taranto (Southern Italy) as a Key for Defining Operational Guidelines. LAND 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/land11060878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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Despite its remarkable geomorphological, ecological, and touristic value, the coastal sector of the Apulia region (Southern Italy) hosts three of the main contaminated Italian sites (Sites of National Interest, or SINs), for which urgent environmental remediation and reclamation actions are required. These sites are affected by intense coastal modification and diffuse environmental pollution due to the strong industrialisation and urbanisation processes that have been taking place since the second half of the XIX century. The Apulian coastal SINs, established by the National Law 426/1998 and delimited by the Ministerial Decree of 10 January 2000, include large coastal sectors and marine areas, which have been deeply investigated by the National Institution for the Environmental Research and Protection (ISPRA) and the Regional Agency for the Prevention and Protection of the Environment (ARPA) with the aim of obtaining a deep environmental characterisation of the marine matrices (sediments, water, and biota). More recently, high-resolution and multidisciplinary investigations focused on the geo-environmental characterisation of the coastal basins in the SIN Taranto site have been funded by the “Special Commissioner for the urgent measures of reclamation, environmental improvements, and redevelopment of Taranto”. In this review, we propose an overview of the investigations carried out in the Apulian SINs for the environmental characterisation of the marine matrices, with special reference to the sea bottom and sediments. Based on the experience gained in the previous characterisation activities, further research is aimed at defying a specific protocol of analysis for supporting the identification of priority actions for an effective and efficient geo-morphodynamic and environmental characterisation of the contaminated coastal areas, with special reference to geomorphological, sedimentological, and geo-dynamic features for which innovative and high-resolution investigations are required.
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Galchenko AV, Sidorova EI, Sherstneva AA, Skalny AA, Lobanova JN. Comparison of concentrations of toxic elements in the hair of first-year students of RUDN University from different regions of the world: a cross-sectional study. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:8341-8352. [PMID: 34487321 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-16253-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Due to the development of the metallurgical and energy industries and the operation of incinerators, more and more environmental pollution is occurring. Toxic elements accumulate in the biosphere and affect the state of the population of the regions of large-scale production or the disposal of industrial waste. The main goal of this study was to compare the toxic elements hair composition in people from different regions of the world. The concentrations of toxic and potentially toxic elements (Al, As, Be, Cd, Hg, Pb, Sn) in 198 people, first-year students of People's Friendship University of Russia, who arrived from different regions of the world, were measured with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Students were divided into 6 groups: from South and East Asia, from Latin America, from Arab countries, Central Asia and Afghanistan, from South and Central Africa, from Iran and Azerbaijan, and from Russia, Ukraine, and Moldova. Medians of the concentrations of elements in the hair in the general group were 5.8 μg/g for Al, 30 ng/g for As, 0.6 ng/g for Be, 9.0 ng/g for Cd, 0.11 μg/g for Hg, 0.24 μg/g for Pb, and 0.11 μg/g for Sn. All these values fall within the normal range. Students from Russia, Moldova, and Ukraine showed a significantly higher Sn content (0.28 μg/g) in their hair than subjects from other regions except for Latin America, p<0,05. Except for As, cases of exceeding their recommended concentrations in the hair were identified. However, the proportion of subjects with deviations in each group was not high - not more than 7%. In all regions, a positive correlation was found between Cd, Pb, and Sn, p<0.05, r>0.5 for all. Cases of exceeding the maximum permissible concentrations of various toxic elements in the hair were detected in people from all regions of the Earth included in the study. And although the overall picture of the content of toxic elements in the hair of students from all regions in our study does not look critical, the results of previous studies, as well as information about the total deterioration of the environmental situation throughout the Earth, necessitate further large-scale environmental studies.
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- Alexey Vladimirovich Galchenko
- Department of Medical Elementology, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Miklukho-Maklay St., 6, Moscow, Russian Federation, 117198.
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- Nelyubin Institute of Pharmacy of Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Nelyubin Institute of Pharmacy of Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Medical Elementology, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Miklukho-Maklay St., 6, Moscow, Russian Federation, 117198
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- Department of Medical Elementology, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Miklukho-Maklay St., 6, Moscow, Russian Federation, 117198
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Ferreira RC, Dias D, Fonseca I, Bernardo M, Willimann Pimenta JLC, Lapa N, de Barros MASD. Multi-component adsorption study by using bone char: modelling and removal mechanisms. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2022; 43:789-804. [PMID: 32744169 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2020.1805026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Highly efficient simultaneous removal of paracetamol and Cu2+ ions from aqueous solutions was accomplished by using bovine bone char (BC). The adsorption behaviour was determined by kinetic and equilibrium studies of both single and binary system solutions. BC is a predominantly mesoporous material with a surface area of 103 m2 g-1. The influence of the initial pH on Cu2+ removal was tested, suggesting that the optimal pH was 3.0. The removal of paracetamol from single and binary systems was 9.45 and 12.7%, respectively. On the other hand, the Cu2+ removal was 36.2% for a single system, suggesting a higher affinity for BC. Moreover, in the case of binary mixtures, the presence of paracetamol led to an enhanced affinity of Cu2+ due to a synergistic/cooperative mechanism, which led to a copper removal of 97.3%. The cooperative model was successfully adjusted to the equilibrium data of the binary systems. The modelling results indicated the formation of a first adsorption layer where paracetamol and copper are retained, and a second layer with a great affinity for copper ions after the formation of a Cu-paracetamol complex, leading to higher removal of Cu2+.
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- Regiane C Ferreira
- Departamento de Engenharia Química, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Caparica, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Caparica, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Caparica, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Caparica, Portugal
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- Departamento de Engenharia Química, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil
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Yu C, Sui W, Liang B, Bao C, Ma M. Temporal trends of heavy metals in the sediments of Bohai Bay in China. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2022; 194:79. [PMID: 35006389 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-021-09747-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The status and trend of mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), zinc (Zn), and arsenic (As) in the sediment of Bohai Bay from 1978 to 2017 were evaluated. The results indicated that the sediment status in 2017 was good. The contents of Hg, Cd, Pb, Cu, Cr, Zn, and As in all the monitoring stations were lower than category I. But, it is worth noting that the contents of Cu, Cr, and As in some stations were between threshold effects levels (TEL) and probable effects levels (PEL) guidelines, which were occasionally correlated to negative ecological effects. Since the reform and opening up of China, only the average content of Cd in 1996 was between category II and category III, but that in other years did not exceed category I. The average contents of Hg, Pb, Cu, Cr, Zn, and As were lower than category I. The Chinese Government should continue to pay high attention to the total quantity control measures of major risk factors Cd, Cu, Cr, and As.
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- Chunyan Yu
- National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, Dalian, 116023, China
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- National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, Dalian, 116023, China
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- National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, Dalian, 116023, China
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- National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, Dalian, 116023, China
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- National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, Dalian, 116023, China.
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Yang W, Wang S, Zhou H, Zeng M, Zhang J, Huang F, Shan S, Guo Z, Yi H, Sun Z, Gu J, Liao B. Combined amendment reduces soil Cd availability and rice Cd accumulation in three consecutive rice planting seasons. J Environ Sci (China) 2022; 111:141-152. [PMID: 34949344 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2021.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The scientific application of stabilized materials has been considered an effective method for the in situ remediation of Cd-contaminated soil. This study aimed to investigate the persistence of the effect of a combined amendment of limestone and sepiolite (LS) on soil Cd availability and accumulation in rice grown in a mildly Cd-contaminated paddy field (0.45 mg/kg of Cd) over three consecutive rice seasons. 1125-4500 kg/ha of LS was applied to the soil before the first rice planting season and 562.5-2250 kg/ha of LS was supplemented before the third rice planting season. The application of LS (1125-4500 kg/ha) increased the soil pH by 0.44-1.09, 0.18-0.53, and 0.42-0.68 in the first, second, and third season, respectively, and decreased the soil acid-extractable Cd content by 18.2-36.4%, 17.7-33.5%, and 9.6-17.6%. LS application significantly decreased the Cd contents in the rice tissues. The application of 4500 kg/ha of LS decreased the Cd content in brown rice to below the National Food Limit Standard of 0.2 mg/kg (GB 2762-2017) in the three consecutive rice seasons. However, the effect of LS on the soil-rice system was significantly weakened in the third season. The supplementary application of 562.5-2250 kg/ha of LS further decreased the Cd content in brown rice by 26.1-56.5% and decreased the health risk index by 23.7-43.8%. Therefore, it was recommended to apply 4500 kg/ha of LS in the first season and to supplement 2250 kg/ha of LS in the third season to effectively guarantee the clean production of rice in three consecutive rice seasons.
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- Wenjun Yang
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Engineering Laboratory for Control of Rice Quality and Safety, Changsha 410004, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Engineering Laboratory for Control of Rice Quality and Safety, Changsha 410004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- Hunan Institute of Microbiology, Changsha 410009, China
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- Hunan Institute of Microbiology, Changsha 410009, China
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- Hunan Shuanghong Agricultural Ecological Engineering Co., Ltd., Changsha 410205, China
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- Hunan Shuanghong Agricultural Ecological Engineering Co., Ltd., Changsha 410205, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Engineering Laboratory for Control of Rice Quality and Safety, Changsha 410004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan Engineering Laboratory for Control of Rice Quality and Safety, Changsha 410004, China
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Tolbatov I, Marrone A. Molecular dynamics simulation of the Pb(II) coordination in biological media via cationic dummy atom models. Theor Chem Acc 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-021-02718-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AbstractThe coordination of Pb(II) in aqueous solutions containing thiols is a pivotal topic to the understanding of the pollutant potential of this cation. Based on its hard/soft borderline nature, Pb(II) forms stable hydrated ions as well as stable complexes with the thiol groups of proteins. In this paper, the modeling of Pb(II) coordination via classical molecular dynamics simulations was investigated to assess the possible use of non-bonded potentials for the description of the metal–ligand interaction. In particular, this study aimed at testing the capability of cationic dummy atom schemes—in which part of the mass and charge of the Pb(II) is fractioned in three or four sites anchored to the metal center—in reproducing the correct coordination geometry and, also, in describing the hard/soft borderline character of this cation. Preliminary DFT calculations were used to design two topological schemes, PB3 and PB4, that were subsequently implemented in the Amber force field and employed in molecular dynamics simulation of either pure water or thiol/thiolate-containing aqueous solutions. The PB3 scheme was then tested to model the binding of Pb(II) to the lead-sensing protein pbrR. The potential use of CDA topological schemes in the modeling of Pb(II) coordination was here critically discussed.
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Wang L, Xu Y, Wen H, Tang M, Zhao G, Han Q, Xu X, Ying M, Hu Z, Xu H. Contamination evaluation and source identification of heavy metals in sediments near outlet of Shekou industrial district of Shenzhen City. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2020; 192:772. [PMID: 33219420 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-020-08755-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Sediment samples in this study were taken from five typical sites near the outlet of Shekou industrial district of Shenzhen City, China. The concentrations of seven elements including Cr, Cu, Cd, Pb, Hg, Zn, and As were determined respectively by atomic absorption spectrometry or atomic fluorescence spectrometry. The pollution degrees of the seven elements were assessed with the contamination factor and potential ecological risk index respectively, and their different sources were identified using multivariate statistical methods. The calculated contamination factors of these elements indicated that the sediments were at least moderately polluted by all the surveyed elements except As. The values of potential ecological risk indexes obtained decreased as the following order: Cd > Hg > Cu > As > Pb > Zn > Cr, and suggested that Cd and Hg were respectively at high and considerable environmental health risks. In addition, multivariate statistical analyses indicated that Cd, Hg, Cu, and Zn were most likely from the waste of electroplating, metal, and battery industries at Shekou industrial district, while Pb and As originated from both natural processes and anthropogenic activities along the bank of Pear River such as coal transportation and combustion, glass manufacturing, and painting, and Cr came mostly from Cr-related industries especially leather tanning within Shenzhen City. This study provided useful reference information about heavy metal contamination in the sediments in the estuarine and coastal areas with rapid urbanization and industrialization, and should be very helpful for the local governments to make relevant policies and strategies of heavy metal contamination control and management in developing countries.
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- Limin Wang
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource and Eco-environmental Science, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Marine Algal Biotechnology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource and Eco-environmental Science, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Marine Algal Biotechnology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
- School of Science and Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518172, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource and Eco-environmental Science, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Marine Algal Biotechnology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
- Bao'an No.1 Foreign Language School, Shenzhen, 518128, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource and Eco-environmental Science, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Marine Algal Biotechnology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource and Eco-environmental Science, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Marine Algal Biotechnology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource and Eco-environmental Science, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Marine Algal Biotechnology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource and Eco-environmental Science, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Marine Algal Biotechnology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource and Eco-environmental Science, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Marine Algal Biotechnology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource and Eco-environmental Science, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Marine Algal Biotechnology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource and Eco-environmental Science, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Marine Algal Biotechnology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
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Tolbatov I, Re N, Coletti C, Marrone A. Determinants of the Lead(II) Affinity in pbrR Protein: A Computational Study. Inorg Chem 2019; 59:790-800. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Iogann Tolbatov
- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università“G d’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, Chieti, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università“G d’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, Chieti, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università“G d’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, Chieti, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università“G d’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, Chieti, Italy
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Cai C, Wang WX. Inter-species difference of copper accumulation in three species of marine mussels: Implication for biomonitoring. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 692:1029-1036. [PMID: 31539935 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Revised: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Marine mussels have been used widely as biomonitors of coastal contamination in many countries. Due to the restrain of their geographical distributions, it is often necessary to employ more than one species of mussels within a large-scale biomonitoring program. In the present study, we compared the differences of copper (Cu) bioaccumulation in three species of marine mussels (green mussel Perna viridis, blue mussel Mytilus edulis, and hard-shelled mussel Mytilus coruscus) widely distributing along the Chinese coastal waters, under identical Cu exposure conditions. Over the 21-days exposure to dissolved Cu, the green mussels and blue mussels exhibited comparable newly accumulated Cu concentrations, possibly due to their comparable Cu uptake rate constant ku (blue mussel, 0.573 L g-1 d-1; green mussel, 0.530 L g-1 d-1) and efflux rate constant ke (blue mussel, 0.053 d-1; green mussel, 0.065 d-1). In contrast, there was no net Cu accumulation in the hard-shell mussels, which may be accounted by the lower ku (0.394 L g-1 d-1) but higher ke (0.081 d-1) than the other two mussel species. Further subcellular distribution analyses showed that the cellular debris and metallothionein-like protein (MTLP) fraction were the key binding sites for Cu, and the MTLP fraction may act as a main contributor in Cu regulation and elimination in the blue mussels and hard-shell mussels. There was no strong evidence that the subcellular partitioning and dynamics of Cu in the mussels were responsible for the difference underlying the Cu accumulation in the three species of mussels. Our comparative study thereby suggested that it may be feasible to directly compare the Cu bioavailability in the green mussels and blue mussels based on their Cu biomonitoring data. Cu biomonitoring data from the hard-shell mussels may underestimate the actual Cu bioavailability of the sampling area given its much stronger regulation of Cu bioaccumulation as compared to the other two mussel species.
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- Chunzhi Cai
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Edible and Medicinal Bioresources, HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, China; Department of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Edible and Medicinal Bioresources, HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, China; Department of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
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Surface display of metal binding domain derived from PbrR on Escherichia coli specifically increases lead(II) adsorption. Biotechnol Lett 2018; 40:837-845. [PMID: 29605936 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-018-2533-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To improve the Pb2+ biosorption capacity of the potential E. coli biosorbent, a putative Pb2+ binding domain (PbBD) derived from PbrR was efficiently displayed on to the E. coli cell surface. RESULTS The PbBD was obtained by truncating the N-terminal DNA-binding domain and C-terminal redundant amino acid residues of the Pb2+-sensing transcriptional factor PbrR. Whole-cell sorbents were constructed with the full-length PbrR and PbBD of PbrR genetically engineered onto the surface of E. coli cells using Lpp-OmpA as the anchor. Followed by a 1.71-fold higher display of PbBD than PbrR, the presence of PbBD on the surface of E. coli cells enabled a 1.92-fold higher Pb2+ biosorption than that found in PbrR-displayed cells. Specific Pb2+ binding via PbBD was the same as Pb2+ binding via the full-length PbrR, with no observable decline even in the presence of Zn2+ and Cd2+. CONCLUSIONS Since surface-engineered E. coli cells with PbBD increased the Pb2+ binding capacity and did not affect the adsorption selectivity, this suggests that surface display of the metal binding domain derived from MerR-like proteins may be used for the bioremediation of specific toxic heavy metals.
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