Publications by authors named "Huakang Liu"

Cadmium (Cd) pollution in Chinese herbal medicines poses a serious risk to medication safety. Regulating Cd uptake, transport, and accumulation in plants through ion-ion interactions offers a novel, environmentally sustainable, and practical approach to address this issue. However, the effects and underlying mechanisms of coexisting divalent cations zinc (Zn), magnesium (Mg), and manganese (Mn) on Cd uptake by Ligusticum sinense cv.

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Although microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) technology is both environmentally friendly and cost-effective, its efficiency is constrained by challenges such as low bacterial activity and heavy metal stress. This study explored the enhancement of mineralization efficiency by incorporating zinc (Zn) into the cultivation system of carbonate-mineralized bacteria. All Zn salts at a concentration of 30 μmol/L significantly enhanced the density and heavy metal resistance of bacterial cells, while also promoting CO hydration efficiency.

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Article Synopsis
  • Microbial induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) helps clean up soils contaminated with cadmium (Cd), but using too much urea can be expensive and hurt tiny soil creatures.
  • This study found that adding certain materials like biochar and activated carbon can help special bacteria grow faster, which makes them better at removing Cd.
  • The best results showed that using these materials can keep the Cd removal rate really high, even after using them many times, making MICP better for farming without harming the soil.
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Biomineralization techniques have been utilized to remediate heavy metals (HMs) contaminated environments. However, the effect of microbial-induced phosphate precipitation (MIPP) on HMs behavior in vanadium tailing slags has not been revealed. This study is the first to report the influence of MIPP on multiple HMs including Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn in the slags with and without soil mixing.

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Microbial induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) technology was widely applied to immobilize heavy metals, but its long-term stability is tough to maintain, particularly under acid attack. This study successfully converted Pseudochrobactrum sp. DL-1 induced vaterite (a rare crystalline phase of CaCO) to hydroxyapatite (HAP) at 30 ℃.

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Phosphate-mineralizing bacteria (PMBs) have been widely studied by inducing phosphate heavy metal precipitation, but current researches neglect to study their effects on soil-microbe-crop systems on cadmium (Cd) contaminated. Based on this, a strain PMB, Enterobacter sp. PMB-5, was inoculated into Cd contaminated pots to detect soil characteristics, Cd occurrence forms, soil biological activities, plant physiological and biochemical indicators.

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The phosphate-mineralizing bacteria (PMBs) has shown great potential as a sustainable solution to support pollution remediation through its induced mineralization capacity. However, few studies have been conducted on the mechanism of cadmium (Cd) tolerance in PMBs. In this study, a PMB strain, Enterobacter sp.

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Objective: The prevalence of behavior impairment (27.38%) in the Chinese amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) cohort is lower. We hypothesize that the screening scales used among studies might not be appropriate to diagnose behavioral disorders in ALS patients.

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Although studies on immobilized microorganisms have been conducted, their performance remains unclear for enhancing plants to remediate cadmium (Cd)-contaminated soil. In this study, a Cd-resistant strain TY-1 with good plant growth promotion traits was immobilized by biochar (BC) or oyster shell (OS) power to strengthen ryegrass to remediate Cd-contaminated soil. SEM-EDS combined with FTIR showed that TY-1 could tolerate Cd toxicity by surface precipitation, and functional groups such as hydroxyl and carbonyl groups might be involved.

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In this study, the capacity of cadmium (Cd)-resistant plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) Burkholderia sp. SRB-1 (SRB-1) and its mechanisms were explored through morphological characterizations, biochemical response, plant growth-promoting traits, and functional gene expression patterns. The results showed that SRB-1 was an excellent Cd-resistant bacteria (MIC was 420 mg L), and its maximum Cd removal rate reached 72.

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Application of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria plays a vital role in enhancing phytoremediation efficiency. In this study, multiple approaches were employed to investigate the underlying mechanisms of Burkholderia sp. SRB-1 (SRB-1) on elevating Cd uptake and accumulation.

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Soil ecosystem functions and microbial community structure were severely impaired with long-term cadmium (Cd) contamination and acidification. To investigate the effect of amendments on soil physiochemical parameters and soil micro-ecology in acidic Cd contaminated soil, this study was conducted in a pot experiment with the application of calcium amendments, oyster shell powders (OS) and limestone (LM). Each amendment applied at ratios of 1.

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In arable soils co-influenced by mining and farming, soil bacteria significantly affect metal (Cadmium, Cd) bioavailability and accumulation. To reveal the soil microecology response under this co-influence, three intersection areas (cornfield, vegetable field, and paddy field) were investigated. With a similar nutrient condition, the soils showed varied Cd levels (0.

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Soil microbes play crucial roles in biochemical and geochemical processes in contaminated arable ecosystems. However, what factors determine the assembling process of soil bacterial community under multiple heavy metal (loid)s (HMs) stress and how communities respond to geochemical changes have rarely been understood. Therefore, a number of contaminated soils were sampled to explore the interactions among geochemical parameters, HMs and innate bacterial community.

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A mass of tailings left by mineral exploitation have caused serious environmental pollution. Although many studies have shown that soil microorganisms have the potential to remediate environmental pollution, the interaction mechanism between microorganisms and the surrounding environment of tailings is still unclear. In this study, 15 samples around pyrite mine tailing were collected to explore the ecological effects of environmental factors on bacterial community.

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Co-presence of organic pollutants and heavy metals in soil is causing increasing concerns, but the lack of knowledge of relation between soil ecology and pollutant fate is limiting the developing of specific control strategy. This study investigated soil change under pyrene stress and its interaction with cadmium (Cd). Soil physicochemical properties were not seriously influenced.

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Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) has been classified as a priority pollutant which increased the healthy risk to human and animals dramatically. Hence, a novel biochemical system combined by DEHP-resistant bacterial flora (B) and a green oxidant of persulfate (PS) activated by Nano-FeO was applied to degrade DEHP in contaminated soil. In this study, the resistant bacterial flora was screened from activated sludge and immobilized by sodium alginate (SAB).

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Microorganisms play a vital role in soil biochemical process in contaminated managed ecosystems. In the present study, a field investigation was conducted in farmland around an industrial intensive region contaminated with cadmium, and the changes of microbial assemblages in contaminated soils were assessed by 16S rRNA sequencing and the further statistical analysis. The results revealed obvious variations in microbial richness between referenced and contaminated soils, with Proteobacteri, Chloroflexi, Actinobacteria, Acidobacteria and Nitrospirae dominating the studied communities around the industrial intensive region.

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A soil heavy metal decontamination system was developed based on the immobilization of bioavailable metal fraction by iron-biochar nano-complex (BC@FeO) and the uptake by Chromium (Cr) hyperaccumulator Leersia hexandra (L. hexandra) under the assistance of metal resistant microbe consortium (MC). In this system, L.

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Phytoremediation is an economical strategy to harvest cadmium (Cd) from contaminated soil, but the efficiency of phytoremediation was affected by many factors. This study investigated the potential of Serratia sp. K3 (K3) assisted with straw biogas residue (SBR) or leavening fertilizer (LF) on improving the Cd migration efficiency and micro-environment in soil-vetiveria zizanioides L.

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On account of the potential in immobilizing metals and improving soil environment, various biochar materials have been extensively applied in environmental remediation. The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the effect of modified coconut shell biochar (MCSB) on the availability of metals and soil biological activity in multi-metals (cadmium (Cd), nickel (Ni) and zinc (Zn)) contaminated soil. MCSB was obtained from coconut shell biochar (CSB) by hydrochloric acid pickling and ultrasonication, which has significantly improved its surface functional groups and microcosmic pore structure.

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substrate-FeO (ACS-FeO), a FeO nanoparticle-coated biomaterial derived from agriculture waste from mushroom cultivation, was developed to remove hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) from liquid. After modification, material surface became uneven with polyporous and crinkly structure which improved Cr-accommodation ability in a sound manner. Optimized by the Taguchi method, Cr(VI) removal percentage was up to 73.

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