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Cho I, Lee SY, Cho KS. Enhancement of the germination and growth of Panicum miliaceum and Brassica juncea in Cd- and Zn-contaminated soil inoculated with heavy-metal-tolerant Leifsonia sp. ZP3. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2024; 40:245. [PMID: 38884883 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-024-04053-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2024] [Accepted: 06/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024]
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The addition of plant-growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) to heavy-metal-contaminated soils can significantly improve plant growth and productivity. This study isolated heavy-metal-tolerant bacteria with growth-promoting traits and investigated their inoculation effects on the germination rates and growth of millet (Panicum miliaceum) and mustard (Brassica juncea) in Cd- and Zn-contaminated soil. Leifsonia sp. ZP3, which is resistant to Cd (0.5 mM) and Zn (1 mM), was isolated from forest soil. The ZP3 strain exhibited plant-growth-promoting activity, including indole-3-acetic acid production, phosphate solubilization, catalase activity, and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging. In soil contaminated with low concentrations of Cd (0.232 ± 0.006 mM) and Zn (6.376 ± 0.256 mM), ZP3 inoculation significantly increased the germination rates of millet and mustard 8.35- and 31.60-fold, respectively, compared to the non-inoculated control group, while the shoot and root lengths of millet increased 1.77- and 4.44-fold (p < 0.05). The chlorophyll content and seedling vigor index were also 4.40 and 18.78 times higher in the ZP3-treated group than in the control group (p < 0.05). The shoot length of mustard increased 1.89-fold, and the seedling vigor index improved 53.11-fold with the addition of ZP3 to the contaminated soil (p < 0.05). In soil contaminated with high concentrations of Cd and Zn (0.327 ± 0.016 and 8.448 ± 0.250 mM, respectively), ZP3 inoculation led to a 1.98-fold increase in the shoot length and a 2.07-fold improvement in the seedling vigor index compared to the control (p < 0.05). The heavy-metal-tolerant bacterium ZP3 isolated in this study thus represents a promising microbial resource for improving the efficiency of phytoremediation in Cd- and Zn-contaminated soil.
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- Ian Cho
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, 52, Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, 52, Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, 52, Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03760, Republic of Korea.
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Li J, Xu X, Song L, Na M, Xu S, Zhang J, Huang Y, Li X, Zheng X, Zhou J. Investigating the Mechanism of Cadmium-Tolerant Bacterium Cellulosimicrobium and Ryegrass Combined Remediation of Cadmium-Contaminated Soil. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:1657. [PMID: 38931089 PMCID: PMC11207253 DOI: 10.3390/plants13121657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2024] [Revised: 05/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Cadmium (Cd) pollution has been rapidly increasing due to the global rise in industries. Cd not only harms the ecological environment but also endangers human health through the food chain and drinking water. Therefore, the remediation of Cd-polluted soil is an imminent issue. In this work, ryegrass and a strain of Cd-tolerant bacterium were used to investigate the impact of inoculated bacteria on the physiology and biochemistry of ryegrass and the Cd enrichment of ryegrass in soil contaminated with different concentrations of Cd (4 and 20 mg/kg). The results showed that chlorophyll content increased by 24.7% and 41.0%, while peroxidase activity decreased by 56.7% and 3.9%. In addition, ascorbic acid content increased by 16.7% and 6.3%, whereas glutathione content decreased by 54.2% and 6.9%. The total Cd concentration in ryegrass increased by 21.5% and 10.3%, and the soil's residual Cd decreased by 86.0% and 44.1%. Thus, the inoculation of Cd-tolerant bacteria can improve the antioxidant stress ability of ryegrass in Cd-contaminated soil and change the soil's Cd form. As a result, the Cd enrichment in under-ground and above-ground parts of ryegrass, as well as the biomass of ryegrass, is increased, and the ability of ryegrass to remediate Cd-contaminated soil is significantly improved.
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- Jiaqi Li
- School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China; (J.L.); (X.X.); (L.S.); (M.N.); (S.X.); (J.Z.); (Y.H.)
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China; (J.L.); (X.X.); (L.S.); (M.N.); (S.X.); (J.Z.); (Y.H.)
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China; (J.L.); (X.X.); (L.S.); (M.N.); (S.X.); (J.Z.); (Y.H.)
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China; (J.L.); (X.X.); (L.S.); (M.N.); (S.X.); (J.Z.); (Y.H.)
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China; (J.L.); (X.X.); (L.S.); (M.N.); (S.X.); (J.Z.); (Y.H.)
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China; (J.L.); (X.X.); (L.S.); (M.N.); (S.X.); (J.Z.); (Y.H.)
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China; (J.L.); (X.X.); (L.S.); (M.N.); (S.X.); (J.Z.); (Y.H.)
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Southern Modern Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China;
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- Institute of Eco-Environment and Plant Protection, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China; (J.L.); (X.X.); (L.S.); (M.N.); (S.X.); (J.Z.); (Y.H.)
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Yuan X, Wu D, Zhang D, He C, Wang Z, Xu W, Shou N, Fu K, Yue M, Zhang X, Shi Z. Combining microbiome and pseudotargeted metabolomics revealed the alleviative mechanism of Cupriavidus sp. WS2 on the cadmium toxicity in Vicia unijuga A.Br. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 342:123040. [PMID: 38016587 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123040] [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: 08/12/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) pollution is one of the most severe toxic metals pollution in grassland. Vicia unijuga (V. unijuga) A.Br. planted nearby the grassland farming are facing the risk of high Cd contamination. Here, we investigated the beneficial effects of a highly Cd tolerant rhizosphere bacterium, Cupriavidus sp. WS2, on Cd contaminated V. unijuga. Through plot experiments, we set up four groups of treatments: the control group (without WS2 or Cd), the Cd group (with only Cd addition), the WS2 group (with only WS2 addition), and the WS2/Cd group (with WS2 and Cd addition), and analyzed the changes in physiological indicators, rhizosphere microorganisms, and stem and leaf metabolites of V. unijuga. Results of physiological indicators indicated that Cupriavidus sp. WS2 had strong absorption and accumulation capacity of Cd, exogenous addition of strain WS2 remarkably decreased the Cd concentrations, and increased the plant heights, the biomass, the total protein concentrations, the chlorophyll contents and the photosynthetic rate in stems and leaves of V. unijuga under Cd stress. Cd treatment increased the abundance of Cd tolerant bacterial genera in rhizosphere microbiome, but these genera were down-regulated in the WS2/Cd group. Pseudotargeted metabolomic results showed that six common differential metabolites associated with antioxidant stress were increased after co-culture with WS2. In addition, WS2 activated the antioxidant system including glutathione (GSH) and catalase (CAT), reduced the contents of oxidative stress markers including malondialdehyde (MDA) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in V. unijuga under Cd stress. Taken together, this study revealed that Cupriavidus sp.WS2 alleviated the toxicity of V. unijuga under Cd exposure by activating the antioxidant system, increasing the antioxidant metabolites, and reducing the oxidative stress markers.
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- Xuefeng Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Center for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Center for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- College of biological and Geographical Sciences, Yili Normal University, Yining, 835000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Center for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Center for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Center for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Center for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Center for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Center for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Inspection center of Wensu County, Xinjiang, 843100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Center for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
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Maslennikova D, Koryakov I, Yuldashev R, Avtushenko I, Yakupova A, Lastochkina O. Endophytic Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium Bacillus subtilis Reduces the Toxic Effect of Cadmium on Wheat Plants. Microorganisms 2023; 11:1653. [PMID: 37512826 PMCID: PMC10386265 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11071653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Heavy metal ions, in particular cadmium (Cd), have a negative impact on the growth and productivity of major crops, including wheat. The use of environmentally friendly approaches, in particular, bacteria that have a growth-stimulating and protective effect, can increase the resistance of plants. The effects of the pre-sowing seed treatment with the plant growth-promoting endophyte Bacillus subtilis 10-4 (BS) on cadmium acetate (Cd)-stressed Triticum aestivum L. (wheat) growth, photosynthetic pigments, oxidative stress parameters, roots' lignin content, and Cd ions accumulation in plants were analyzed. The results showed that the tested Cd-tolerant BS improved the ability of wheat seeds to germinate in the presence of different Cd concentrations (0, 0.1, 0.5, and 1 mM). In addition, the bacterial treatment significantly decreased the damaging effects of Cd stress (1 mM) on seedlings' linear dimensions (lengths of roots and shoots), biomass, as well as on the integrity and permeability of the cell walls (i.e., lipid peroxidation and electrolyte leakage) and resulted in reduced H2O2 generation. The pretreatment with BS prevented the Cd-induced degradation of the leaf photosynthetic pigments chlorophyll (Chl) a, Chl b, and carotenoids. Moreover, the bacterial treatment intensified the lignin deposition in the roots under normal and, especially, Cd stress conditions, thereby enhancing the barrier properties of the cell wall. This manifested in a reduced Cd ions accumulation in the roots and in the restriction of its translocation to the aboveground parts (shoots) of the bacterized plants under Cd stress in comparison with non-bacterized controls. Thus, the pre-sowing seed treatment with the endophyte BS may serve as an eco-friendly approach to improve wheat production in Cd-contaminated areas.
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics UFRC RAS, Ufa 450054, Russia
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics UFRC RAS, Ufa 450054, Russia
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics UFRC RAS, Ufa 450054, Russia
- Department of Biology, Ufa University of Sciences and Technology, 32 Zaki Validi, Ufa 450076, Russia
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics UFRC RAS, Ufa 450054, Russia
- Department of Biology, Ufa University of Sciences and Technology, 32 Zaki Validi, Ufa 450076, Russia
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Kumar A, Kumari N, Singh A, Kumar D, Yadav DK, Varshney A, Sharma N. The Effect of Cadmium Tolerant Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria on Plant Growth Promotion and Phytoremediation: A Review. Curr Microbiol 2023; 80:153. [PMID: 36988722 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-023-03267-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal of considerable toxicity with destructive impacts on plants, microbes and environments. Its toxicity is due to mishandling and manual hazards in plants and is primarily observed within the soil to cause decline of plants and microbial activity inside the rhizosphere. Cadmium accumulation in crops and the probability of Cd entering the food chain are grave for public health in the worldwide. Cadmium toxicity leads to depletion in seed germination, initial seedling growth, plant biomass, chlorosis, necrosis, hindrance of photosynthetic machinery and other physiological and biological activities in plants. Cadmium triggers the reactive oxygen species (ROS) that influences gene mutation and DNA damage that affects the cell cycle and cell division. Cd toxicity altered the levels of phenolic compounds, carbohydrates, glycine betaine, proline and organic acids in crops. Under stress conditions, the plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) have various properties such as enzymatic activities, plant growth hormones production, phosphate solubilization, siderophores production and chelating agents that help the plants tolerate against Cd stress and also increase phenolic compound levels and osmolytes. Hence, this review highlights the crucial role of cadmium tolerant PGPR for crop production, declining metal phytoavailability and enhancing morphological and physiological boundaries of plants under stress conditions. It could be an environment friendly and cost effective technology under sustainable crop production.
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- Ashok Kumar
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding (Plant Biotechnology), Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi South Campus, Banaras Hindu University, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, 231001, India.
- School of Life Science and Technology, IIMT University, Ganga Nagar, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, 250001, India.
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding (Plant Biotechnology), Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi South Campus, Banaras Hindu University, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, 231001, India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding (Plant Biotechnology), Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi South Campus, Banaras Hindu University, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, 231001, India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding (Plant Biotechnology), Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi South Campus, Banaras Hindu University, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, 231001, India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding (Plant Biotechnology), Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi South Campus, Banaras Hindu University, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, 231001, India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding (Plant Biotechnology), Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi South Campus, Banaras Hindu University, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, 231001, India
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- School of Life Science and Technology, IIMT University, Ganga Nagar, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, 250001, India
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Effects of Pseudomonas sp. OBA 2.4.1 on Growth and Tolerance to Cadmium Stress in Pisum sativum L. BIOTECH (BASEL (SWITZERLAND)) 2023; 12:biotech12010005. [PMID: 36648831 PMCID: PMC9844402 DOI: 10.3390/biotech12010005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Cadmium stress is a barrier to crop production, yield, quality, and sustainable agriculture. In the current study, we investigated the characteristics of bacterial strain Pseudomonas sp. OBA 2.4.1 under cadmium (CdCl2) stress and its influence on Cd stresses in pea (Pisum sativum L.) seedlings. It was revealed that strain OBA 2.4.1 is tolerant of up to 2 mM CdCl2, and seed treatment with the bacterium enhanced pea plant growth (length of seedlings) under 0.5 mM cadmium stress. This bacterial strain showed plant growth-promoting properties, including biofilm formation and siderophore activity. An important advantage of the studied strain OBA 2.4.1 is its ability to colonize the plant roots. Moreover, the inoculation with strain OBA 2.4.1 significantly reduced oxidative stress markers in pea seedlings under cadmium stress. These findings suggest that cadmium stress-tolerant strain OBA 2.4.1 could enhance pea plant growth by mitigating stress-caused damage, possibly providing a baseline and eco-friendly approach to address heavy metal stress for sustainable agriculture.
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