Publications by authors named "Lu-Sheng Zhu"

As a new type of environmental persistent pollutant, microplastics can not only have adverse effects on the ecosystem but also form complex pollution with co-existing pollutants in the surrounding environment, resulting in higher ecological and health risks. Based on the perspective of agroecosystems, this study focused on the combined pollution of heavy metals, pesticides, and antibiotics, which are three typical pollutants of farmland soil, as well as microplastics and discussed the adsorption-desorption behavior of heavy metals, pesticides, and antibiotics on microplastics. The influence of the structure and properties of microplastics, the physicochemical properties of pollutants, and environmental conditions on the adsorption and desorption behavior of heavy metals, pesticides, and antibiotics on microplastics was discussed.

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Diethyl phthalate (DEP) is a plastic additive that entered the soil environment due to the extensive use of plastic products. However, its toxicity to soil animals and the associated toxicity mechanism were not completely understood. was selected as the research object and exposed to simulated contaminated soil with different concentrations of DEP.

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In order to determine the degree of biological genetic injury induced by PPCPs, the genotoxic effects of the doxycycline (DOX), ciprofloxacin (CIP), triclocarban (TCC) and carbamazepine (CBZ) in the concentration range of 12.5-100 mg · L⁻¹ were studied using micronucleus rate and micronucleus index of Vicia-fabe and garlic. The results showed that: (1) When the Vicia-faba root- tip cells were exposed to DOX, CIP, TCC and CBZ, micronucleus rates were higher than 1.

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Atrazine (AT) has been detected in surface water and groundwater in many countries and regions around the world. Concentrations of AT in surface water, suspended particulate matter (SPM) and groundwater samples collected from the Taizi River basin, in northeast China, were analyzed using a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) in order to clarify their spatial distribution and environmental behavior, and to assess their potential ecological risk. Concentrations of AT varied from 0-734.

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To assess the combined toxic effects of atrazine and cadmium on earthworms, specimens of Eisenia fetida were exposed in artificial soil to three concentrations of atrazine (0, 0.5, and 2.5 mg kg(-1)) and a range of concentrations of cadmium (Cd; 0, 0.

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The effects of chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate on the activity of the cellulase, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) of the earthworm (Eisenia foetida) were studied. Earthworms were exposed to chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate at a final concentration of 10, 20, and 40 mg/kg dry soil, respectively. Tissues from each treatment were collected on days 1, 3, 5, and 7.

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An atrazine-degrading strain HB-5 was used as a bacteria for biodegradation. Treatments of soil with nitrogen single, phosphate single and nitrogen phosphate together with HB-5 were carried out for degradation and eco-toxicity test; then, relationship between atrazine degradation rate and soil available nitrogen, available phosphorus were discussed. Atrazine residues were determined by HPLC; available nitrogen was determined with alkaline hydrolysis diffusion method; available phosphorus was determined with 0.

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The effect of atrazine (2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-1, 3, 5-triazine) on the activity of some antioxidative enzymes (superoxide dismutase, SOD; catalase, CAT; and guaiacol peroxidase, POD) and DNA damage induced by atrazine were investigated in zebra fish (Danio rerio). Zebra fish were exposed to four different concentrations of atrazine (0, 2.5, 5, and 10 mg/L) for 7, 14, and 21 days, with three replicates of 10 fishes per treatment.

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Endosulfan, as one of the most widely used organochlorine pesticides in the world, has increased the public concern about genotoxicity in soil ecosystems. The comet assay has been widely used in the fields of genetic toxicology and environmental biomonitoring. In the present study we conducted comet assay of endosulfan in earthworm (Eisenia foetida) and white clover (Trifolium repens L.

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To evaluate atrazine (2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-1,3,5-triazine) ecotoxicology in soil, the effect of atrazine on the activity of antioxidative enzymes (superoxide dismutase [SOD], catalase [CAT], and guaiacol peroxidase [POD]) was investigated in Vicia faba roots. Tissues from each treatment were collected on the days 7, 14, 21, and 28. Compared with the controls, SOD activity in V.

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The development of reliable, eco-friendly processes for the synthesis of nanomaterials is an important aspect of nanotechnology today. One approach that shows immense potential is based on the in situ synthesis of noble metal nanocolloids using natural biological material such as silk fibroin. In the present paper, the nano-Ag/silk-fibroin colloids were prepared by in situ reducing AgNO3 with silk-fibroin at room temperature without any reducing agent.

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A strain of bacterium XZ-3 capable of highly degrading chlorpyrifos was screened from the soil sample collected from a pesticide plant after taming and enrichment. Based on analysis of phenotype, physiological and biochemical characters and 16S rDNA, XZ-3 was identified as Arthrobacter sp..

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To evaluate the difference of POPs atrazine degradation dynamics in soils under different fertilization conditions, we set up an analysis method of the atrazine residue in soils and studied residue dynamics of atrazine in soils under a long-term located fertilization conditions. After extracted by surging with acetone, liquid-liquid partition and eluted through florisil, the residue of atrazine in soils was detected by gas chromatogram with 63Ni-ECD. The minimum detectable quantity of atrazine is 6.

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Degradation characteristics of chlorpyrifos insecticides was determined by the crude enzyme extracted from the isolated strain WZ-I ( Fusarium LK. ex Fx). The best separating condition and the degrading characteristic of chlorpyrifos were studied.

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Microbial degradation of pendimethalin and the effects of culture conditions in vitro are studied. Twenty-nine strains are isolated by enrichment from soil and sludge. 3 strains can degrade more than 80% of pendimethalin of 100 mg x L(-l) in 3 days in culture fluid.

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