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Martins GC, de Ferreira Reis FA, Dall'Agnol R, Ramos SJ, Gastauer M, Natal-da-Luz T, Sousa JP, Guilherme LRG. Assessment of the reproduction of six collembolan species in tropical soils naturally rich in potentially toxic elements. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:25424-25436. [PMID: 38472582 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-32847-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Laboratory ecotoxicological tests are important tools for the management of environmental changes derived from anthropogenic activities. Folsomia candida is usually the model species used in some procedures. However, this species may not be sufficiently representative of the sensitivity of the other collembolan species. This study aimed to evaluate (i) the effects of soils naturally rich in potentially toxic elements (PTE) and soil characteristics on the reproduction and survival of different collembolan species, (ii) whether the habitat function of these soils is compromised, and (iii) to what extent F. candida is representative of the other collembolan species. For this, reproduction tests with six collembolan species were conducted in 14 different samples of soils. In general, collembolan reproduction was not completely inhibited in none of the natural tested soils. Even soils with high pollution load index values did not negatively affect collembolan reproduction for most of the species. In contrast, the lowest collembolan reproduction rates were found in a visually dense soil (lowest volume/weight ratio), highlighting that soil attributes other than total PTE concentration also interfere in the reproduction of collembolans. Our results support the idea that the F. candida species might not be representative of other collembolan species and that laboratory tests to assess soil contaminations should be conducted using diverse collembolan species.
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- Gabriel Caixeta Martins
- Instituto Tecnológico Vale (ITV), Rua Boaventura da Silva, 955, Belém, PA, 66055-090, Brazil.
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- CFE-Centre for Functional Ecology-Science for the People and the Planet, Associate Laboratory TERRA, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Instituto Tecnológico Vale (ITV), Rua Boaventura da Silva, 955, Belém, PA, 66055-090, Brazil
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- Instituto Tecnológico Vale (ITV), Rua Boaventura da Silva, 955, Belém, PA, 66055-090, Brazil
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- Instituto Tecnológico Vale (ITV), Rua Boaventura da Silva, 955, Belém, PA, 66055-090, Brazil
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- CFE-Centre for Functional Ecology-Science for the People and the Planet, Associate Laboratory TERRA, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal
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- CFE-Centre for Functional Ecology-Science for the People and the Planet, Associate Laboratory TERRA, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal
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Song Z, Dang X, Zhao L, Hou H, Guo Z, Lynch I, Nadezhda T, Zhang P. Influence of soil properties and aging on exogenous antimony toxicity to Caenorhabditis elegans in agricultural soil. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:12499-12510. [PMID: 38233709 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-31975-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/07/2024] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Exploring the influence of soil on antimony (Sb) aging could help predict Sb toxicity on nematodes that play an important role in agricultural soil nitrogen cycling. This study aimed to investigate the major soil factors affecting the aging process and toxicity of exogenous Sb. Therefore, nematodes were exposed to varying levels of Sb contamination (0-6400 mg/kg) in nine agricultural soils, with aging periods of 7, 56, and 168 days, under dark conditions at 20 ± 0.5 °C for 96 h. The results suggested that nematode reproduction was more sensitive to the toxicity of exogenous trivalent Sb (Sb(III)) compared to growth and fertility. Following 7-168 days of aging, the EC50 of nematode reproduction increased from 546-1557 to 3560-6193 mg/kg in nine soils contaminated by exogenous Sb(III). Exogenous Sb(III) toxicity is overestimated without considering its aging process. The aging factors (AF) of nine soils aged over 7-168 days were calculated as 3.54-8.03. The regression equation AF = 0.923 pH - 0.812 (n = 9, adjust-r2 = 0.687, P = 0.004) indicated that pH was the primary soil factor explaining 85.2% of the variance in the aging process of exogenous Sb(III). No significant toxicity was observed in soils contaminated with exogenous pentavalent Sb after 7 days of aging. These findings could provide guidance for the adjustment of Sb toxicity data, the revision of soil environmental quality standard, and efficient soil environmental management.
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- Zijie Song
- College of Land and Environment, National Engineering Research Center for Efficient Utilization of Soil and Fertilizer Resources, Northeast Key Laboratory of Conservation and Improvement of Cultivated Land, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- College of Land and Environment, National Engineering Research Center for Efficient Utilization of Soil and Fertilizer Resources, Northeast Key Laboratory of Conservation and Improvement of Cultivated Land, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Science, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Science, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Farming and Grassland Science Department, Saint-Petersburg State Agrarian University, Saint-Petersburg, 196601, Russia
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- School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Science, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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Bandeira FO, Lodi MR, Graciani TS, Oroski S, Mattias JL, Cardoso EJBN, Alves PRL. The use of sewage sludge as remediation for imidacloprid toxicity in soils. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:20159-20167. [PMID: 36251199 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23584-7] [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: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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This study investigated the influence of the sewage sludge (SS) soil amendment on the chronic toxicity of imidacloprid (through the seed dressing formulation MUCH 600 FS®-600 g active ingredient L-1) to collembolans Folsomia candida. Individuals 10-12 days old were exposed to two contrasting tropical soils (Oxisol and Entisol) amended with SS doses (0, 20, 40, 80, 160, and 320 g SS kg-1 soil; the SS doses have low intrinsic toxicity, which was checked before its application) in a full factorial combination with five imidacloprid concentrations (varying from 0.25 to 4 mg kg-1 in Oxisol and 0.03-0.5 mg kg-1 in Entisol) plus a control. None of the SS doses (without imidacloprid) in both soils reduced the number of generated juvenile collembolans. The imidacloprid concentrations reducing the collembolan reproduction in 50% (EC50) in Oxisol and Entisol without SS were 0.49 and 0.08 mg kg-1, respectively. However, the EC50 values generally increased with increasing SS doses in soils, varying from 1.03 to 1.41 in Oxisol and 0.07 to 0.21 in Entisol. The SS-amended soils showed 2.1- to 2.9-fold lower imidacloprid toxicity (EC50-based) in Oxisol and 1.8- to 2.7-fold lower toxicity in Entisol. Our results suggest the most effective SS doses alleviating the imidacloprid toxicity (EC50-based) to collembolans are 20 g kg-1 in Oxisol and 80 g kg-1 in Entisol. These results indicate that the tested SS has the potential to be employed as a soil amendment agent by reducing the toxicity of imidacloprid to the reproduction of F. candida.
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- Felipe Ogliari Bandeira
- Department of Soil Science, Santa Catarina State University, 88520-000 Lages, Av. Luis de Camões, SC, 2090, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Av. Fernando Machado 108 E, Chapecó, SC, 89802112, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Av. Fernando Machado 108 E, Chapecó, SC, 89802112, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Av. Fernando Machado 108 E, Chapecó, SC, 89802112, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Av. Fernando Machado 108 E, Chapecó, SC, 89802112, Brazil.
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Zhang X, Chen B, Yin R, Xing S, Fu W, Wu H, Hao Z, Ma Y, Zhang X. Long-term nickel contamination increased soil fungal diversity and altered fungal community structure and co-occurrence patterns in agricultural soils. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 436:129113. [PMID: 35580502 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 04/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Nickel (Ni) contamination imposes deleterious effects on the stability of soil ecosystem. Soil fungal community as a crucial moderator of soil remediation and biochemical processes has attracted more and more research interests. In the present study, soil fungal community composition and diversity under long-term Ni contamination were investigated and fungal interaction networks were built to reveal fungal co-occurrence patterns. The results showed that moderate Ni contamination significantly increased fungal diversity and altered fungal community structure. Functional predictions based on FUNGuild suggested that the relative abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) significantly increased at moderate Ni contamination level. Ni contamination strengthened fungal interactions. Keystone taxa at different Ni contamination levels, such as Penicillium at light contamination, were identified, which might have ecological significance in maintaining the stability of fungal community to Ni stress. The present study provided a deeper insight into the effect of long-term Ni contamination on fungal community composition and co-occurrence patterns, and was helpful to further explore ecological risk of Ni contamination in cultivated field.
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- Xuemeng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Macau Environmental Research Institute, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau 999078, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Zhang X, Zhang X, Li L, Fu G, Liu X, Xing S, Feng H, Chen B. The toxicity of hexavalent chromium to soil microbial processes concerning soil properties and aging time. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 204:111941. [PMID: 34474034 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Chromium (Cr) pollution has attracted much attention due to its biological toxicity. However, little is known regarding Cr toxicity to soil microorganisms. The present study assesses the toxicity of Cr(VI) on two microbial processes, potential nitrification rate (PNR) and substrate-induced respiration (SIR), in a wide range of agricultural soils and detected the abundance of soil bacteria, fungi, ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea. The toxicity thresholds of 10% and 50% effective concentrations (EC10 and EC50) for PNR varied by 32.18- and 38.66-fold among different soils, while for SIR they varied by 391.21- and 16.31-fold, respectively. Regression model analysis indicated that for PNR, CEC as a single factor explained 27% of the variation in EC10, with soil clay being the key factor explaining 47.3% of the variation in EC50. For SIR, organic matter and pH were found to be the most vital predictors for EC10 and EC50, explaining 34% and 61.1% of variation, respectively. In addition, extended aging time was found to significantly attenuate the toxicity of Cr on PNR. SIR was mainly driven by total bacteria rather than fungi, while PNR was driven by both AOA and AOB. These results were helpful in deriving soil Cr toxicity threshold based on microbial processes, and provided a theoretical foundation for ecological risk assessments and establishing a soil environmental quality criteria for Cr.
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- Xuemeng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Gu W, Zheng D, Li D, Wei C, Wang X, Yang Q, Tian C, Cui M. Integrative effect of citrate on Cr(Ⅵ) and total Cr removal using a sulfate-reducing bacteria consortium. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 279:130437. [PMID: 33901894 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 02/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In controlling toxic Cr(Ⅵ) pollution, the sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) method-a bioresource technology-is considered more sustainable and stable than synthetic technologies; however, its mechanisms of metal removal are unclear. This study investigated the mechanism of the use of citrate as a carbon source in an SRB bioreactor for Cr(Ⅵ) removal by disassemble or simulation approach. We show that citrate can mask toxicity, whereby the IC50 value (inhibitory concentration affecting 50% of the test population) of citrate was higher than that of lactate, and that citrate can also protect water systems from oxidation. The anti-oxidation rate of citrate ranged from 76.00% to 90.92%; whereas for citrate‒Cr(Ⅲ), the oxidation rate was only 0.185%-0.587%. Citrate can up-regulate microbial genes and functions, causing acetate and sulfide (NaFeS2) accumulation. Acetate addition promoted Cr adsorption by sulfide (mainly NaFeS2) and promoted sulfide sedimentation. Moreover, in addition to Cr(Ⅵ) reduction and Cr(Ⅲ)‒sulfide generation, the addition of sulfide promoted sedimentation; the correlation coefficient between the sedimentation coefficient and the sulfur content was r = -0.88877 at p < 0.01. Therefore, citrate had a systemic radiative effect on every aspect of the SRB‒citrate system model for Cr(Ⅵ) removal. In addition to the reduction in the former simple model, an integrative effect (including adsorption, sedimentation, and metabolism) was combined with NaFeS2 for Cr removal, which was regulated by the SRB‒citrate system. Exploration and understanding of these mechanisms promote SRB‒citrate methods to be wider implications in practice.
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- Wenzhi Gu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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