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Ma Q, Lei J, He J, Chen Z, Li W. Epoxy resin for solidification/stabilization of soil contaminated with copper (II): Leaching, mechanical, and microstructural characterization. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 240:117512. [PMID: 37914008 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117512] [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: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
Abstract
Among different types of heavy metal-contaminated soil, copper (Cu)-contaminated soil is very serious, and the Cu concentration in it is usually very high. It is common to solidify/stabilize Cu-contaminated soil using alkaline cementitious material. However, the remediated Cu-contaminated soil fails to meet the requirements of environmental safety and load-bearing capacity. This dilemma in the remediation of Cu-contaminated soil hinders the effective utilization of land resources. In this study, epoxy resin (EP) was utilized to solidify/stabilize Cu-contaminated soil due to its stable and rapid curing performance and excellent resistance to acid, alkali, and salt erosion. The mechanical properties, environmental effects, and curing mechanism of EP-cured Cu-contaminated soil were investigated. The results showed that the application of EP significantly enhanced the unconfined compressive strength (UCS), cohesion and internal friction angle of Cu-contaminated soil. All specimens met the UCS criterion specified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USPEA), namely no less than 0.35 MPa, which indicated that those EP-cured Cu-contaminated soil were qualified for practical engineering applications. According to the toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP), the application of EP enhanced the stability of Cu in Cu-contaminated soil. The leaching index of Cu ranged from 11 to 14. A high leaching index showed that the S/S treatment was safe and effective and the remediated Cu-contaminated soil satisfied the environmental requirement for heavy metals. This study confirmed the feasibility of utilizing EP in the solidification/stabilization (S/S) technology to convert high-concentration Cu-contaminated soil into secure and stable engineering materials. The remediation of Cu-contaminated soil by EP lays a solid foundation for the safe treatment and reuse of heavy metal-contaminated land resources.
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- Qiang Ma
- School of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, China; Innovation Demonstration Base of Ecological Environment Geotechnical and Ecological Restoration of Rivers and Lakes, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, China.
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- School of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, China; Innovation Demonstration Base of Ecological Environment Geotechnical and Ecological Restoration of Rivers and Lakes, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, China.
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- School of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, China; Innovation Demonstration Base of Ecological Environment Geotechnical and Ecological Restoration of Rivers and Lakes, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, China.
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- School of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, China; Innovation Demonstration Base of Ecological Environment Geotechnical and Ecological Restoration of Rivers and Lakes, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, China.
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- School of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, China; Innovation Demonstration Base of Ecological Environment Geotechnical and Ecological Restoration of Rivers and Lakes, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, China.
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Yang P, Zhu X, Ning K. Microbiome-based enrichment pattern mining has enabled a deeper understanding of the biome-species-function relationship. Commun Biol 2023; 6:391. [PMID: 37037946 PMCID: PMC10085995 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04753-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/12/2023] Open
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Microbes live in diverse habitats (i.e. biomes), yet their species and genes were biome-specific, forming enrichment patterns. These enrichment patterns have mirrored the biome-species-function relationship, which is shaped by ecological and evolutionary principles. However, a grand picture of these enrichment patterns, as well as the roles of external and internal factors in driving these enrichment patterns, remain largely unexamined. In this work, we have examined the enrichment patterns based on 1705 microbiome samples from four representative biomes (Engineered, Gut, Freshwater, and Soil). Moreover, an "enrichment sphere" model was constructed to elucidate the regulatory principles behind these patterns. The driving factors for this model were revealed based on two case studies: (1) The copper-resistance genes were enriched in Soil biomes, owing to the copper contamination and horizontal gene transfer. (2) The flagellum-related genes were enriched in the Freshwater biome, due to high fluidity and vertical gene accumulation. Furthermore, this enrichment sphere model has valuable applications, such as in biome identification for metagenome samples, and in guiding 3D structure modeling of proteins. In summary, the enrichment sphere model aims towards creating a bluebook of the biome-species-function relationships and be applied in many fields.
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- Pengshuo Yang
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Molecular-imaging, Center of AI Biology, Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Institute of Medical Genomics, Biomedical Sciences College, Shandong First Medical University, Shandong, 250117, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Molecular-imaging, Center of AI Biology, Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Molecular-imaging, Center of AI Biology, Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China.
- Institute of Medical Genomics, Biomedical Sciences College, Shandong First Medical University, Shandong, 250117, China.
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Zheng X, Oba BT, Wang H, Shen C, Zhao R, Zhao D, Ding H. Organo-mineral complexes alter bacterial composition and induce carbon and nitrogen cycling in the rhizosphere. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 836:155671. [PMID: 35525342 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155671] [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: 12/07/2021] [Revised: 03/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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It is widely thought that organo-mineral complexes (OMCs) stabilize organic matter via mineral adsorption. Recent studies have demonstrated that root exudates can activate OMCs, but the influence of OMCs on plant rhizosphere, which is among the most active areas for microbes, has not been thoroughly researched. In this study, a pot experiment using Brassica napus was conducted to investigate the effects of OMCs on plant rhizosphere. The result showed that OMC addition significantly promoted the growth of B. napus compared to the prevalent fertilization (PF, chemical fertilizer + chicken compost) treatment. Specifically, OMC addition increased the relative abundance (RA) of nitrogen-fixing bacteria and the bacterial α-diversity, and the operational taxonomic unit (OTU) group with RA > 0.5% in the OMC-treated rhizosphere was the result of a deterministic assembly process with homogeneous selection. Gene abundance related to nitrogen cycling and the soil chemical analysis demonstrated that the OMC-altered bacterial community induced nitrogen fixation and converted nitrate to ammonium. The upregulated carbon sequestration pathway genes and the increased soil microbial biomass carbon (23.68%) demonstrated that the bacterial-induced carbon storage in the rhizosphere was activated. This study shows that the addition of OMCs can influence the biogeochemical carbon and nitrogen cycling via regulating microorganisms in the rhizosphere. The findings provide fresh insights into the effects of OMCs on the biogeochemical cycling of important elements and suggest a promising strategy for improving soil productivity.
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- Xuehao Zheng
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Weijin Road, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Weijin Road, Tianjin 300072, China; College of Natural Science, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch 21, Ethiopia
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Weijin Road, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Weijin Road, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Weijin Road, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Weijin Road, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Weijin Road, Tianjin 300072, China.
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Chu S, Feng X, Liu C, Wu H, Liu X. Advances in Chelating Resins for Adsorption of Heavy Metal Ions. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Shiyu Chu
- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
- Sichuan Province Engineering Technology Research Center of Novel CN Polymeric Materials, Chengdu 611731, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
- Sichuan Province Engineering Technology Research Center of Novel CN Polymeric Materials, Chengdu 611731, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
- Sichuan Province Engineering Technology Research Center of Novel CN Polymeric Materials, Chengdu 611731, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
- Sichuan Province Engineering Technology Research Center of Novel CN Polymeric Materials, Chengdu 611731, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
- Sichuan Province Engineering Technology Research Center of Novel CN Polymeric Materials, Chengdu 611731, China
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Miao C, Jiang JY, Liu SJ, Wang YJ, Zhang K. Mechanism analysis of the immobilization of heavy metal ions with the water-soluble polymer: The influence of resin structure and the further adsorption of chelate. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 302:114087. [PMID: 34773780 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2021] [Revised: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Polymer materials have become one of the potential materials for remediation of heavy metal (HM) contamination in water and soil. However, the specific advantages of polymers are rarely studied. Water-soluble thiourea formaldehyde resin (WTF) is one of the effective polymer amendments. Through leaching experiments, WTF can stabilize 93.0% of Cd2+ and 99.7% of Cu2+. The results of HM morphology analysis show that after adding WTF, most of the HMs have been transformed into a relatively stable state. For example, in the process of remediation of 6 mg/kg Cd contaminated soil, the proportion of acid-soluble Cd decreased from 56.5% to 12.8%, and the residual state increased from 13.5% to 45.4%. Compared with the resin-free structure, the three-dimensional structure of the resin plays an important role, but the efficiency of precipitation with HMs is doubled. According to the simulation of the adsorption process by Materials Studio, the characterization of the scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive instrument and the results of the adsorption experiment, in the solution, the precipitate formed by WTF and Cd2+ has multilayer adsorption of HMs, and can further adsorb HM by -OH. Soil enzyme activity experiments proved that the risk of secondary pollution by adding WTF is rare, and even WTF can achieve the effect of slow-release nitrogen fertilizer. In the WTF remediation process, the biological toxicity reduction of HMs is result from, on the one hand, the complexation of functional group of WTF; on the other hand, the resin structure of WTF; in addition, multi-layer adsorption and adsorption of end groups in the precipitation formed by WTF and HM. This work provides a theoretical basis for the potential capabilities of water-soluble resins and is beneficial to the design and development of subsequent amendments.
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- Chen Miao
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University. Address: 135 Yaguan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University. Address: 135 Yaguan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University. Address: 135 Yaguan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University. Address: 135 Yaguan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Tianjin TEDA Greening Group Co., Ltd., Tianjin, China
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Rong L, Zheng X, Oba BT, Shen C, Wang X, Wang H, Luo Q, Sun L. Activating soil microbial community using bacillus and rhamnolipid to remediate TPH contaminated soil. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 275:130062. [PMID: 33667768 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2021] [Revised: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Soil petroleum contamination has become a global environmental problem. In order to develop a new soil remediation technology, this study established bacteria isolation, surfactant toxicity matching and petroleum contaminated soil remediation practice. The simulated field remediation showed that inoculating the soil with Bacillus methylotrophicus and adding 500 mg kg-1 rhamnolipid (N + RL) to soil can remove 80.24% of aged total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs) within 30 days. In particular, although the remediated soil has inoculated sufficient bacterial suspension, the microbial abundance of Bacillus was not a significantly dominant genus after remediation, especially in N + RL (0.73% of the total), but the colonies of indigenous petroleum-degrading bacteria (such as Massilia and Streptomyces) increased significantly. The interaction among genera has been further proved to drive soil non-specific oxidases (such as polyphenol oxidase, laccase and catalase) to remove TPHs. This indicates that the interaction among microorganisms, rather than the degradability of exogenous degrading bacteria, plays more critical role in the degradation of organic pollutants, which enriches the traditional understanding of micro-remediation of contaminated soil. It can be concluded from the obtained results that the remediation of pollutants can be achieved by adjusting the purification capacity of the microbial community and the natural environment.
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- Luge Rong
- School of Environment, Shenyang University, Shenyang, 110044, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Environment, Shenyang University, Shenyang, 110044, China
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- School of Environment, Shenyang University, Shenyang, 110044, China
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- School of Environment, Shenyang University, Shenyang, 110044, China
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- School of Environment, Shenyang University, Shenyang, 110044, China.
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