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Ran S, Li H, Yu Y, Zhu T, Dao J, Long S, Cai J, Liu TY, Xu Y. Ecological characteristics of tall fescue and spatially organized communities: Their contribution to mitigating cadmium damage. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 480:135953. [PMID: 39332258 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2024] [Revised: 09/17/2024] [Accepted: 09/23/2024] [Indexed: 09/29/2024]
Abstract
The threat of cadmium (Cd) stress to agricultural soil environments, as well as their productivity attracting growing global interest. Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) is a strong candidate for the remediation of heavy metals in soil. However, the joint analysis of Cd tolerance, physiological responses, and multifaceted plant microbiomes in tall fescue fields has not been extensively researched. Therefore, this study employed microbial sequencing (i.e., 16S and ITS sequencing) to investigate the differences in microbial community structure among various plant compartments of Cd-resistant tall fescue (cv. 'Arid3') and Cd-sensitive tall fescue (cv. 'Barrington'). Furthermore, we examined the mechanism of resistance to Cd by introducing three different bacteria and a fungus that were isolated from the 'Arid3' rhizosheath soil. It highlighted the potential application of enriched taxa such as Delftia, Novosphingobium, Cupriavidus and Torula in enhancing the activity of antioxidant defense systems, increasing the production of osmotic regulatory substances, and stimulating the expression of Cd-resistance genes. This ultimately promoted plant growth and enhanced phytoremediation efficiency. This study shed light on the response mechanism of the tall fescue microbiome to Cd stress and underscored the potential of tall fescue-microbe co-culture in the remediation of heavy metal-contaminated areas.
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- Shuqi Ran
- College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, PR China
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- College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, PR China
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- College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, PR China
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- College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, PR China
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- College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, PR China
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- College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, PR China
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- College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, PR China
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- College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, PR China.
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- College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, PR China.
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Xiao Y, Chen L, Teng K, Ma J, Xiang S, Jiang L, Liu G, Yang B, Fang J. Potential roles of the rhizospheric bacterial community in assisting Miscanthus floridulus in remediating multi-metal(loid)s contaminated soils. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 227:115749. [PMID: 36965787 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Phytoremediation technology is an important approach applied to heavy metal remediation, and how to improve its remediation efficiency is the key. In this study, we compared the rhizospheric bacterial communities and metals contents in Miscanthus floridulus (M. floridulus) of four towns, including Huayuan Town (HY), Longtan Town (LT), Maoer Village (ME), and Minle Town (ML) around the lead-zinc mining area in Huayuan County, China. The roles of rhizospheric bacterial communities in assisting the phytoremediation of M. floridulus were explored. It was found that the compositions of the rhizospheric bacterial community of M. floridulus differed in four regions, but majority of them were heavy metal-resistant bacteria that could promote plant growth. Results of bioconcentration factors showed the enrichment of Cu, Zn, and Pb by M. floridulus in these four regions were significantly different. The Zn enrichment capacity of ML was the strongest for Cu and stronger than LT and ME for Pb. The enrichment capacity of LT and ML was stronger than HY and ME. These bacteria may influence the different heavy metals uptake of M. floridulus by altering the soil physiochemical properties (e.g., soil peroxidase, pH and moisture content). In addition, co-occurrence network analysis also showed that LT and ML had higher network stability and complexity than HY and ME. Functional prediction analysis of the rhizospheric bacterial community showed that genes related to protein synthesis (e.g., zinc-binding alcohol dehydrogenase/oxidoreductase, Dtx R family transcriptional regulators and ACC deaminase) also contributed to phytoremediation in various ways. This study provides theoretical guidance for selecting suitable microorganisms to assist in the phytoremediation of heavy metals.
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- Yunhua Xiao
- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- Hunan Tobacco Science Institute, Changsha, 410004, China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China.
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China.
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