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Bolan S, Wijesekara H, Amarasiri D, Zhang T, Ragályi P, Brdar-Jokanović M, Rékási M, Lin JY, Padhye LP, Zhao H, Wang L, Rinklebe J, Wang H, Siddique KHM, Kirkham MB, Bolan N. Boron contamination and its risk management in terrestrial and aquatic environmental settings. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 894:164744. [PMID: 37315601 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 06/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Boron (B) is released to terrestrial and aquatic environments through both natural and anthropogenic sources. This review describes the current knowledge on B contamination in soil and aquatic environments in relation to its geogenic and anthropogenic sources, biogeochemistry, environmental and human health impacts, remediation approaches, and regulatory practices. The common naturally occurring sources of B include borosilicate minerals, volcanic eruptions, geothermal and groundwater streams, and marine water. Boron is extensively used to manufacture fiberglass, thermal-resistant borosilicate glass and porcelain, cleaning detergents, vitreous enamels, weedicides, fertilizers, and B-based steel for nuclear shields. Anthropogenic sources of B released into the environment include wastewater for irrigation, B fertilizer application, and waste from mining and processing industries. Boron is an essential element for plant nutrition and is taken up mainly as boric acid molecules. Although B deficiency in agricultural soils has been observed, B toxicity can inhibit plant growth in soils under arid and semiarid regions. High B intake by humans can be detrimental to the stomach, liver, kidneys and brain, and eventually results in death. Amelioration of soils and water sources enriched with B can be achieved by immobilization, leaching, adsorption, phytoremediation, reverse osmosis, and nanofiltration. The development of cost-effective technologies for B removal from B-rich irrigation water including electrodialysis and electrocoagulation techniques is likely to help control the predominant anthropogenic input of B to the soil. Future research initiatives for the sustainable remediation of B contamination using advanced technologies in soil and water environments are also recommended.
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- Shiv Bolan
- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) National Research Network, Australia
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- Department of Natural Resources, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University, Belihuloya 70140, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Natural Resources, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University, Belihuloya 70140, Sri Lanka
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions of Ministry of Education, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Institute for Soil Sciences, Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest 1022, Hungary
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- Department of Vegetable and Alternative Crops, Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Novi Sad 21000, Republic of Serbia
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- Institute for Soil Sciences, Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest 1022, Hungary
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong 528000, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311300, People's Republic of China
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- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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- Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) National Research Network, Australia.
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Lopez MF, Martínez FL, Rajal VB, Irazusta VP. Biotechnological potential of microorganisms isolated from the salar del hombre muerto, Argentina. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2023; 95:e20211199. [PMID: 36790270 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202320211199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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Bacterial strains were isolated from soil and aqueous solution samples from the Salar del Hombre Muerto, Argentina. A total of 141 strains were characterized and the tolerance to sodium chloride was evaluated. We performed a screening to search for molecules of biotechnological interest: carotenoids (11%), emulsifiers (95%), and exopolysaccharides (6%), and to assess the production of enzymes, including proteolytic (39%), lipolytic (26%), hemolytic (50%), and catalase activities (99%); 25 bacterial strains were selected for further studies. Some of them produced biofilms, but only Bacillus sp. HA120b showed that ability in all the conditions assayed. Although 21 strains were able to form emulsions, the emulsifying index Kocuria sp. M9 and Bacillus sp. V3a cultures were greater than 50% and, emulsions were more stable when the bacteria grew in higher salt concentrations. Only pigmented Kocuria sp. M9 showed lipolytic activity on olive oil medium and was able to produce biofilms when cultured without and with 4 M of NaCl. Yellow pigments, lipase activity, and biosurfactant production were observed for Micrococcus sp. SX120. Summarizing, we found that the selected bacteria produced highly interesting molecules with diverse industrial applications and, many of them are functional in the presence of high salt concentrations.
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- Marta Florencia Lopez
- Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Química (INIQUI), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa), Salta, 4400, Argentina.,Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa), Salta, 4400, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Química (INIQUI), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa), Salta, 4400, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Química (INIQUI), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa), Salta, 4400, Argentina.,Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa), Salta, 4400, Argentina.,Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University, 637551, Singapore
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- Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Química (INIQUI), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa), Salta, 4400, Argentina.,Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa), Salta, 4400, Argentina
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Romano-Armada N, Yañez-Yazlle MF, Irazusta VP, Rajal VB, Moraga NB. Potential of Bioremediation and PGP Traits in Streptomyces as Strategies for Bio-Reclamation of Salt-Affected Soils for Agriculture. Pathogens 2020; 9:E117. [PMID: 32069867 PMCID: PMC7169405 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9020117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2019] [Revised: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Environmental limitations influence food production and distribution, adding up to global problems like world hunger. Conditions caused by climate change require global efforts to be improved, but others like soil degradation demand local management. For many years, saline soils were not a problem; indeed, natural salinity shaped different biomes around the world. However, overall saline soils present adverse conditions for plant growth, which then translate into limitations for agriculture. Shortage on the surface of productive land, either due to depletion of arable land or to soil degradation, represents a threat to the growing worldwide population. Hence, the need to use degraded land leads scientists to think of recovery alternatives. In the case of salt-affected soils (naturally occurring or human-made), which are traditionally washed or amended with calcium salts, bio-reclamation via microbiome presents itself as an innovative and environmentally friendly option. Due to their low pathogenicity, endurance to adverse environmental conditions, and production of a wide variety of secondary metabolic compounds, members of the genus Streptomyces are good candidates for bio-reclamation of salt-affected soils. Thus, plant growth promotion and soil bioremediation strategies combine to overcome biotic and abiotic stressors, providing green management options for agriculture in the near future.
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- Neli Romano-Armada
- Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Química (INIQUI), Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa)-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Av. Bolivia 5150, Salta 4400, Argentina; (N.R.-A.); (M.F.Y.-Y.); (V.P.I.); (N.B.M.)
- Facultad de Ingeniería, UNSa, Salta 4400, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Química (INIQUI), Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa)-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Av. Bolivia 5150, Salta 4400, Argentina; (N.R.-A.); (M.F.Y.-Y.); (V.P.I.); (N.B.M.)
- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, UNSa, Salta 4400, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Química (INIQUI), Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa)-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Av. Bolivia 5150, Salta 4400, Argentina; (N.R.-A.); (M.F.Y.-Y.); (V.P.I.); (N.B.M.)
- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, UNSa, Salta 4400, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Química (INIQUI), Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa)-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Av. Bolivia 5150, Salta 4400, Argentina; (N.R.-A.); (M.F.Y.-Y.); (V.P.I.); (N.B.M.)
- Facultad de Ingeniería, UNSa, Salta 4400, Argentina
- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Química (INIQUI), Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa)-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Av. Bolivia 5150, Salta 4400, Argentina; (N.R.-A.); (M.F.Y.-Y.); (V.P.I.); (N.B.M.)
- Facultad de Ingeniería, UNSa, Salta 4400, Argentina
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Liu X, Tang J, Song B, Zhen M, Wang L, Giesy JP. Exposure to Al2O3 nanoparticles facilitates conjugative transfer of antibiotic resistance genes from Escherichia coli to Streptomyces. Nanotoxicology 2019; 13:1422-1436. [DOI: 10.1080/17435390.2019.1669731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Xiaomei Liu
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education), Tianjin, China
- Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Environmental Diagnosis and Contamination Remediation, Tianjin, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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