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Reichman JR, Slattery MR, Johnson MG, Andersen CP, Harper SL. CeO 2 nanoparticle dose and exposure modulate soybean development and plant-mediated responses in root-associated bacterial communities. Sci Rep 2024; 14:10231. [PMID: 38702407 PMCID: PMC11068890 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-60344-8] [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: 11/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024] Open
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Agricultural soils are increasingly undergoing inadvertent and purposeful exposures to engineered CeO2 nanoparticles (NPs), which can impact crops and root-associated microbial communities. However, interactions between NP concentration and exposure duration on plant-mediated responses of root-associated bacterial communities are not well understood. Soybeans seedlings were grown in soil with uncoated NPs added at concentrations of 0, 1 or 100 mg kg-1. Total soil exposure durations were either 190 days, starting 106 days before planting or 84 days with NP amendments coinciding with planting. We assessed plant development, bacterial diversity, differential abundance and inferred functional changes across rhizosphere, rhizoplane, and root tissue compartments. Plant non-monotonic dose responses were mirrored in bacterial communities. Most notably, effects were magnified in the rhizoplane under low-dose, short-exposures. Enriched metabolic pathways were primarily related to biosynthesis and degradation/utilization/assimilation, rather than responses to metals or oxidative stress. Our results indicate that plant-mediated bacterial responses were greater than direct NP impacts. Also, we identify needs for modeling non-monotonic legume stress responses that account for coinfection with mutualistic and parasitic bacteroids. Our findings provide new insights regarding effects of applications of soil amendments such as biosolids containing NPs or nano-enabled formulations used in cultivation of legumes and other crops.
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- Jay R Reichman
- Pacific Ecological Systems Division, Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR, 97333, USA.
- Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA.
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA.
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- Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Pacific Ecological Systems Division, Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR, 97333, USA
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- Pacific Ecological Systems Division, Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR, 97333, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
- School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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Wang Z, Bergemann CM, Simonin M, Avellan A, Kiburi P, Hunt DE. Interactions shape aquatic microbiome responses to Cu and Au nanoparticle treatments in wetland manipulation experiments. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 252:118603. [PMID: 38513752 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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In natural systems, organisms are embedded in complex networks where their physiology and community composition is shaped by both biotic and abiotic factors. Therefore, to assess the ecosystem-level effects of contaminants, we must pair complex, multi-trophic field studies with more targeted hypothesis-driven approaches to explore specific actors and mechanisms. Here, we examine aquatic microbiome responses to long-term additions of commercially-available metallic nanoparticles [copper-based (CuNPs) or gold (AuNPs)] and/or nutrients in complex, wetland mesocosms over 9 months, allowing for a full growth cycle of the aquatic plants. We found that both CuNPs and AuNPs (but not nutrient) treatments showed shifts in microbial communities and populations largely at the end of the experiment, as the aquatic plant community senesced. we examine aquatic microbiomes under chronic dosing of NPs and nutrients Simplified microbe-only or microbe + plant incubations revealed that direct effects of AuNPs on aquatic microbiomes can be buffered by plants (regardless of seasonal As mesocosms were dosed weekly, the absence of water column accumulation indicates the partitioning of both metals into other environmental compartments, mainly the floc and aquatic plants photosynthetically-derived organic matter. Overall, this study identifies the potential for NP environmental impacts to be either suppressed by or propagated across trophic levels via the presence of primary producers, highlighting the importance of organismal interactions in mediating emerging contaminants' ecosystem-wide impacts.
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- Zhao Wang
- Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC, USA
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- Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEINT), Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA; Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEINT), Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA; Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEINT), Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15289, USA
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- Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC, USA
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- Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC, USA; Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEINT), Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
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Mgadi K, Ndaba B, Roopnarain A, Rama H, Adeleke R. Nanoparticle applications in agriculture: overview and response of plant-associated microorganisms. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1354440. [PMID: 38511012 PMCID: PMC10951078 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1354440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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Globally, food security has become a critical concern due to the rise in human population and the current climate change crisis. Usage of conventional agrochemicals to maximize crop yields has resulted in the degradation of fertile soil, environmental pollution as well as human and agroecosystem health risks. Nanotechnology in agriculture is a fast-emerging and new area of research explored to improve crop productivity and nutrient-use efficiency using nano-sized agrochemicals at lower doses than conventional agrochemicals. Nanoparticles in agriculture are applied as nanofertilizers and/or nanopesticides. Positive results have been observed in terms of plant growth when using nano-based agricultural amendments. However, their continuous application may have adverse effects on plant-associated rhizospheric and endospheric microorganisms which often play a crucial role in plant growth, nutrient uptake, and disease prevention. While research shows that the application of nanoparticles has the potential to improve plant growth and yield, their effect on the diversity and function of plant-associated microorganisms remains under-explored. This review provides an overview of plant-associated microorganisms and their functions. Additionally, it highlights the response of plant-associated microorganisms to nanoparticle application and provides insight into areas of research required to promote sustainable and precision agricultural practices that incorporate nanofertilizers and nanopesticides.
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- Katiso Mgadi
- Unit of Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
- Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology Research Group, Agricultural Research Council-Natural Resources and Engineering, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology Research Group, Agricultural Research Council-Natural Resources and Engineering, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology Research Group, Agricultural Research Council-Natural Resources and Engineering, Pretoria, South Africa
- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa–Florida Campus, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology Research Group, Agricultural Research Council-Natural Resources and Engineering, Pretoria, South Africa
- Department of Physics, University of South Africa–Florida Campus, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Unit of Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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Thiruvengadam R, Easwaran M, Rethinam S, Madasamy S, Siddiqui SA, Kandhaswamy A, Venkidasamy B. Boosting plant resilience: The promise of rare earth nanomaterials in growth, physiology, and stress mitigation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 208:108519. [PMID: 38490154 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108519] [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: 01/13/2024] [Revised: 02/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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Rare earth elements (REE) have been extensively used in a variety of applications such as cell phones, electric vehicles, and lasers. REEs are also used as nanomaterials (NMs), which have distinctive features that make them suitable candidates for biomedical applications. In this review, we have highlighted the role of rare earth element nanomaterials (REE-NMs) in the growth of plants and physiology, including seed sprouting rate, shoot biomass, root biomass, and photosynthetic parameters. In addition, we discuss the role of REE-NMs in the biochemical and molecular responses of plants. Crucially, REE-NMs influence the primary metabolites of plants, namely sugars, amino acids, lipids, vitamins, enzymes, polyols, sorbitol, and mannitol, and secondary metabolites, like terpenoids, alkaloids, phenolics, and sulfur-containing compounds. Despite their protective effects, elevated concentrations of NMs are reported to induce toxicity and affect plant growth when compared with lower concentrations, and they not only induce toxicity in plants but also affect soil microbes, aquatic organisms, and humans via the food chain. Overall, we are still at an early stage of understanding the role of REE in plant physiology and growth, and it is essential to examine the interaction of nanoparticles with plant metabolites and their impact on the expression of plant genes and signaling networks.
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- Rekha Thiruvengadam
- Center for Global Health Research, Saveetha Medical College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai, 600077, India
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- Department of Research Analytics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, 600077, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, 600077, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Research Analytics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, 600077, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Technical University of Munich Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability, Essigberg 3, 94315, Straubing, Germany; German Institute of Food Technologies (DIL e.V.), Prof.-von-Klitzing Str. 7, 49610, D-Quakenbrück, Germany
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- Post Graduate Research Department of Microbiology, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Arts and Science for Women (Autonomous), Perambalur, 621212, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, 600077, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Rehman A, Khan S, Sun F, Peng Z, Feng K, Wang N, Jia Y, Pan Z, He S, Wang L, Qayyum A, Du X, Li H. Exploring the nano-wonders: unveiling the role of Nanoparticles in enhancing salinity and drought tolerance in plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 14:1324176. [PMID: 38304455 PMCID: PMC10831664 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1324176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Plants experience diverse abiotic stresses, encompassing low or high temperature, drought, water logging and salinity. The challenge of maintaining worldwide crop cultivation and food sustenance becomes particularly serious due to drought and salinity stress. Sustainable agriculture has significant promise with the use of nano-biotechnology. Nanoparticles (NPs) have evolved into remarkable assets to improve agricultural productivity under the robust climate alteration and increasing drought and salinity stress severity. Drought and salinity stress adversely impact plant development, and physiological and metabolic pathways, leading to disturbances in cell membranes, antioxidant activities, photosynthetic system, and nutrient uptake. NPs protect the membrane and photosynthetic apparatus, enhance photosynthetic efficiency, optimize hormone and phenolic levels, boost nutrient intake and antioxidant activities, and regulate gene expression, thereby strengthening plant's resilience to drought and salinity stress. In this paper, we explored the classification of NPs and their biological effects, nanoparticle absorption, plant toxicity, the relationship between NPs and genetic engineering, their molecular pathways, impact of NPs in salinity and drought stress tolerance because the effects of NPs vary with size, shape, structure, and concentration. We emphasized several areas of research that need to be addressed in future investigations. This comprehensive review will be a valuable resource for upcoming researchers who wish to embrace nanotechnology as an environmentally friendly approach for enhancing drought and salinity tolerance.
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- Abdul Rehman
- Zhengzhou Research Base, National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, China
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
- National Supercomputer Center in Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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Gao H, Chen J, Wang C, Wang P, Wang R, Feng B. Regulatory mechanisms of submerged macrophyte on bacterial community recovery in decabromodiphenyl ether contaminated sediment: Microbiological and metabolomic perspectives. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 337:122616. [PMID: 37757929 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Polybrominated diphenyl ether contamination in sediments poses serious threats to human health and ecological safety. Despite the broad application of submerged macrophytes for remediating pollutants, their regulatory influence on bacterial communities in contaminated sediments remains unclear. Herein, we analyzed the effects of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) and Hydrilla verticillata on sediment bacterial community and function using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and sediment metabolomics. Results showed that BDE-209 significantly inhibited sediment bacterial diversity and metabolic functions. It also enhanced bacterial interactions and altered both the bacterial community and metabolite composition. Uridine and inosine were critical metabolites that positively co-occurred with bacterial taxa inhibited by BDE-209. Notably, planting H. verticillata effectively alleviated the adverse impacts of BDE-209 by reducing its residuals, increasing the total organic carbon, and modifying metabolic profiles. Such mitigation was evidenced by enhancing bacterial diversity, restoring metabolic functions, and attenuating bacterial interactions. However, mitigation effectiveness depended on treatment time. Additionally, propionic acid, palmitic acid, and palmitoleic acid may facilitate the restoration of phylum Proteobacteria and class Planctomycetacia in H. verticillata planted sediment. Together, these findings improve understanding of BDE-209's impacts on aquatic ecosystems and provide valuable insights for ecological restoration using submerged macrophytes.
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- Han Gao
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing, 210098, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing, 210098, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing, 210098, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing, 210098, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing, 210098, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing, 210098, PR China.
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Dias Samarajeewa A, Velicogna JR, Schwertfeger DM, Meier MJ, Subasinghe RM, Princz JI, Scroggins RP, Beaudette LA. Cerium oxide nanoparticles (nCeO 2) exert minimal adverse effects on microbial communities in soils with and without biosolids amendment. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-27313-6. [PMID: 37166732 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27313-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Increased use of nano-cerium oxide (nCeO2) in an array of industrial applications has raised environmental concerns due to potential increased loadings to the soil environment. This research investigated the potential adverse effects of nCeO2 (10-30 nm) on the soil microbial community in two exposure scenarios: direct application to soil, and indirect application to soil through chemical spiking of biosolids, followed by mixing into soil. Total Ce in test soils without, and with biosolids amendment, ranged from 44 to 770, and 73 to 664 mg Ce kg-1 soil, respectively. In order to help distinguish whether observed effects were elicited by the solid-phase colloids or the activity of dissolved Ce, a soluble Ce salt (Ce (NO3)3) treatment was included in select assays. A suite of tests was used to investigate effects on critical processes: microbial growth (heterotrophic plate count), microbial activity (organic matter (OM) decomposition, enzyme activity and, nitrification) and diversity (structural and functional). Although results showed significant inhibition on microbial growth in soil without biosolids amendment at ≥ 156 mg Ce kg-1 soil by week 5, these results were inconsistent and non-significant thereafter. In general, nCeO2 showed no evidence of consistent adverse effects on OM decomposition, nitrification, soil enzyme activities and functional diversity. Leucine aminopeptidase showed significant (p< 0.05) stimulatory effects over time at ≥ 44 mg Ce kg-1 in soils without biosolids, which was not observed in soils with biosolids amendment. The lack of inhibitory effects of nCeO2 may be attributed to its low solubility; Ce in soil extracts (0.01 M CaCl2) were all below detection (< 0.003 mg kg-1) in the nCeO2-spiked soils, but detectable in the Ce (NO3)3 samples. In contrast, soluble Ce at 359 mg Ce kg-1 showed a significant reduction in OM decomposition and effects on microbial genomic diversity based on the 16S rDNA data in soils with and without biosolids amendment (359 and 690 mg Ce kg-1). The nCeO2 behaviour and effects information described herein are expected to help fulfill data gaps for the characterization of this priority nanomaterial.
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- Ajith Dias Samarajeewa
- Biological Assessment and Standardization Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 335 River Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1V 1C7, Canada.
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- Biological Assessment and Standardization Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 335 River Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1V 1C7, Canada
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- Biological Assessment and Standardization Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 335 River Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1V 1C7, Canada
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- Biological Assessment and Standardization Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 335 River Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1V 1C7, Canada
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- Biological Assessment and Standardization Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 335 River Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1V 1C7, Canada
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- Biological Assessment and Standardization Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 335 River Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1V 1C7, Canada
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- Biological Assessment and Standardization Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 335 River Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1V 1C7, Canada
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- Biological Assessment and Standardization Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 335 River Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1V 1C7, Canada
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Impacts of Binary Oxide Nanoparticles on the Soybean Plant and Its Rhizosphere, Associated Phytohormones, and Enzymes. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28031326. [PMID: 36770994 PMCID: PMC9919940 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28031326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The utilization of binary oxide nanoparticles is geometrically increasing due to their numerous applications. Their intentional or accidental release after usage has led to their omnipresence in the environment. The usage of sludge or fertilizer containing binary oxide nanoparticles is likely to increase the chance of the plants being exposed to these binary oxide nanoparticles. The aim of the present review is to assess the detailed positive and negative impacts of these oxide nanoparticles on the soybean plants and its rhizosphere. In this study, methods of synthesizing binary oxide nanoparticles, as well as the merits and demerits of these methods, are discussed. Furthermore, various methods of characterizing the binary oxide nanoparticles in the tissues of soybean are highlighted. These characterization techniques help to track the nanoparticles inside the soybean plant. In addition, the assessment of rhizosphere microbial communities of soybean that have been exposed to these binary oxide nanoparticles is discussed. The impacts of binary oxide nanoparticles on the leaf, stem, root, seeds, and rhizosphere of soybean plant are comprehensively discussed. The impacts of binary oxides on the bioactive compounds such as phytohormones are also highlighted. Overall, it was observed that the impacts of the oxide nanoparticles on the soybean, rhizosphere, and bioactive compounds were dose-dependent. Lastly, the way forward on research involving the interactions of binary oxide nanoparticles and soybean plants is suggested.
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Zhou Y, Ma J, Yang J, Lv Z, Song Z, Han H. Soybean rhizosphere microorganisms alleviate Mo nanomaterials induced stress by improving soil microbial community structure. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 310:136784. [PMID: 36241104 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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With the wide application of nanomaterials (NMs) in agriculture, it is particularly important to assess the impact of these NMs on soil microorganisms. In this study, different varieties of soybean rhizosphere microorganisms (RM) were employed to simulate the alleviate effect of molybdenum nanoparticles (Mo NPs) induced stress in presence of soybean plants. Mo NPs caused serious toxic effects on soybean growth and nitrogen fixation at a concentration of 100 mg kg-1: plant height and biomass were reduced by 56.4% and 82.8%, respectively, and the ability to fix nitrogen was almostly lost. However, after adding different varieties of soybean RM (RM-Williams 82, RM-Youchun 1204, and RM-Zhongdou 41), the stress caused by high concentrations of Mo NPs on soybean plants was significantly reduced. The plant height, root length, biomass, and nitrogen fixation ability were improved by 70.8%, 80.7%, 145.8%, and 349.8%, respectively, following the addition of soybean RM-Williams 82. High-throughput sequencing revealed that Mo NPs treatment affected the microbial community structure. Among them, Flavisolibacter and Caulobacter genera abundance increased significantly, which might be the key factor in relieving Mo NPs-induced stress on soybean growth. These findings suggest a novel mode of RM as a promising strategy to prevent deleterious effects of stress with NPs on plants in the future.
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- Yi Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China; State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.
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Afzal S, Singh NK. Effect of zinc and iron oxide nanoparticles on plant physiology, seed quality and microbial community structure in a rice-soil-microbial ecosystem. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 314:120224. [PMID: 36165830 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In this study, we assessed the impact of zinc oxide (ZnO) and iron oxide (FeO) (<36 nm) nanoparticles (NPs) as well as their sulphate salt (bulk) counterpart (0, 25, 100 mg/kg) on rice growth and seed quality as well as the microbial community in the rhizosphere environment of rice. During the rice growing season 2021-22, all experiments were conducted in a greenhouse (temperature: day 30 °C; night 20 °C; relative humidity: 70%; light period: 16 h/8 h, day/night) in rice field soil. Results showed that low concentrations of FeO and ZnO NPs (25 mg/kg) promoted rice growth (height (29%, 16%), pigment content (2%, 3%)) and grain quality parameters such as grains per spike (8%, 9%), dry weight of grains (12%, 14%) respectively. As compared to the control group, the Zn (2%) and Fe (5%) accumulations at their respective low concentrations of NP treatments showed stimulation. Interestingly, our results showed that at low concentration of both the NPs the soil microbes had more diversity and richness than those in the bulk treated and control soil group. Although a number of phyla were affected by the presence of NPs, the strongest effects were observed for change in the abundance of the three phyla for Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Planctomycetes. The rhizosphere environment was notably enriched with potential streptomycin producers, carbon and nitrogen fixers, and lignin degraders with regard to functional groups of microorganisms. However, microbial communities mainly responsible for chitin degradation, ammonia oxidation, and nitrite reduction were found to be decreased. The results from this study highlight significant changes in several plant-based endpoints, as well as the rhizosphere soil microorganisms. It further adds information to our understanding of the nanoscale-specific impacts of important micronutrient oxides on both rice and its associated soil microbiome.
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- Shadma Afzal
- Department of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, U.P., 211004, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, U.P., 211004, India.
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Rasheed A, Li H, Tahir MM, Mahmood A, Nawaz M, Shah AN, Aslam MT, Negm S, Moustafa M, Hassan MU, Wu Z. The role of nanoparticles in plant biochemical, physiological, and molecular responses under drought stress: A review. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:976179. [PMID: 36507430 PMCID: PMC9730289 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.976179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Drought stress (DS) is a serious challenge for sustaining global crop production and food security. Nanoparticles (NPs) have emerged as an excellent tool to enhance crop production under current rapid climate change and increasing drought intensity. DS negatively affects plant growth, physiological and metabolic processes, and disturbs cellular membranes, nutrient and water uptake, photosynthetic apparatus, and antioxidant activities. The application of NPs protects the membranes, maintains water relationship, and enhances nutrient and water uptake, leading to an appreciable increase in plant growth under DS. NPs protect the photosynthetic apparatus and improve photosynthetic efficiency, accumulation of osmolytes, hormones, and phenolics, antioxidant activities, and gene expression, thus providing better resistance to plants against DS. In this review, we discuss the role of different metal-based NPs to mitigate DS in plants. We also highlighted various research gaps that should be filled in future research studies. This detailed review will be an excellent source of information for future researchers to adopt nanotechnology as an eco-friendly technique to improve drought tolerance.
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- Adnan Rasheed
- Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education/College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education/College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
- College of Humanity and Public Administration, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Poonch, Rawalakot, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Life Sciences Department, College of Science and Art, King Khalid University, Mohail, Saudi Arabia
- Unit of Food Bacteriology, Central Laboratory of Food Hygiene, Ministry of Health, Sharkia, Egypt
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
- Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt
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- Research Center on Ecological Sciences, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education/College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
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Xie C, Guo Z, Zhang P, Yang J, Zhang J, Ma Y, He X, Lynch I, Zhang Z. Effect of CeO 2 nanoparticles on plant growth and soil microcosm in a soil-plant interactive system. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 300:118938. [PMID: 35121014 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118938] [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: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The impact of CeO2 nanoparticles (NPs) on plant physiology and soil microcosm and the underlying mechanism remains unclear to date. This study investigates the effect of CeO2 NPs on plant growth and soil microbial communities in both the rhizosphere of cucumber seedlings and the surrounding bulk soil, with CeCl3 as a comparison to identify the contribution of the particulate and ionic form to the phytotoxicity of CeO2 NPs. The results show that Ce was significantly accumulated in the cucumber tissue after CeO2 NPs exposure. In the roots, 5.3% of the accumulated Ce has transformed to Ce3+. This transformation might take place prior to uptake by the roots since 2.5% of CeO2 NPs was found transformed in the rhizosphere soil. However, the transformation of CeO2 NPs in the bulk soil was negligible, indicating the critical role of rhizosphere chemistry in the transformation. CeO2 NPs treatment induced oxidative stress in the roots, but the biomass of the roots was significantly increased, although the Vitamin C (Vc) content and soluble sugar content were decreased and mineral nutrient contents were altered. The soil enzymatic activity and the microbial community in both rhizosphere and bulk soil samples were altered, with rhizosphere soil showing more prominent changes. CeCl3 treatment induced similar effects although less than CeO2 NPs, suggesting that Ce3+ released from CeO2 NPs contributed to the CeO2 NPs induced impacts on soil health and plant physiology.
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- Changjian Xie
- School of Life Sciences and Medicine, Shandong University of Technology, No. 266 Xincun West Road, Zibo, 255000, Shandong, China; Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK; Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Li W, Zhang P, Qiu H, Van Gestel CAM, Peijnenburg WJGM, Cao X, Zhao L, Xu X, He E. Commonwealth of Soil Health: How Do Earthworms Modify the Soil Microbial Responses to CeO 2 Nanoparticles? ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:1138-1148. [PMID: 34964610 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c06592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Soil ecotoxicological assays on nanoparticles (NPs) have mainly investigated single components (e.g., plants, fauna, and microbes) within the ecosystem, neglecting possible effects resulting from the disturbance of the interactions between these components. Here, we investigated soil microbial responses to CeO2 NPs in the presence and absence of earthworms from the perspectives of microbial functions (i.e., enzyme activities), the community structure, and soil metabolite profiles. Exposure to CeO2 NPs (50, 500 mg/kg) alone decreased the activities of enzymes (i.e., acid protease and acid phosphatase) participating in soil N and P cycles, while the presence of earthworms ameliorated these inhibitory effects. After the CeO2 NP exposure, the earthworms significantly altered the relative abundance of some microbes associated with the soil N and P cycles (Flavobacterium, Pedobacter, Streptomyces, Bacillus, Bacteroidota, Actinobacteria, and Firmicutes). This was consistent with the pattern found in the significantly changed metabolites which were also involved in the microbial N and P metabolism. Both CeO2 NPs and earthworms changed the soil bacterial community and soil metabolite profiles. Larger alterations of soil bacteria and metabolites were found under CeO2 NP exposure with earthworms. Overall, our study indicates that the top-down control of earthworms can drastically modify the microbial responses to CeO2 NPs from all studied biological aspects. This clearly shows the importance of the holistic consideration of all soil ecological components to assess the environmental risks of NPs to soil health.
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- Wenxing Li
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Ecological Science, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam 1081 HV, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden 2333 CC, The Netherlands
- National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Center for the Safety of Substances and Products, Bilthoven 3720 BA, The Netherlands
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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He G, Shu S, Liu G, Zhang Q, Liu Y, Jiang Y, Liu W. Aquatic macrophytes mitigate the short-term negative effects of silver nanoparticles on denitrification and greenhouse gas emissions in riparian soils. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 293:118611. [PMID: 34861336 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118611] [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: 08/19/2021] [Revised: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are increasingly released into the aquatic environments because of their extensive use in consumer products and industrial applications. Some researchers have explored the toxicity of AgNPs to nitrogen (N) and carbon (C) cycles, but little is known about the role of aquatic plants in regulating the impact of AgNPs on these biogeochemical processes and related microorganisms. Here, two 90-day pot experiments were conducted to determine the effect of AgNPs on denitrification rates and greenhouse gas emissions in riparian wetland soils, with or without emergent plants (Typha minima Funck). As a comparison, the toxicity of equal concentration of AgNO3 was also determined. The results showed that AgNPs released a great quantity of free Ag+, most of which was accumulated in soils, while little (less than 2%) was absorbed by plant shoots and roots. Both AgNPs and AgNO3 could increase the soil redox potential and affect the growth and nutrient (N and phosphorus) uptake of plants. In soils with plants, there was no significant difference in denitrification rates and emissions of N2O and CH4 between control and AgNPs or AgNO3 treatments at all tested concentrations (0.5, 1 and 10 mg kg-1). However, low levels of AgNPs (0.5 mg kg-1) significantly enhanced CO2 emission throughout the experiment. Interestingly, in the absence of plants, a high dosage (10 mg kg-1) of AgNPs generally inhibited soil denitrification and stimulated the emissions of CO2, CH4 and N2O in the short-term. Meanwhile, the abundance of key denitrifying genes (nirS and nirK) was significantly increased by exposure to 10 mg kg-1 AgNPs or AgNO3. Our results suggest that emergent plants can alleviate the short-term negative effects of AgNPs on N and C cycling processes in wetland soils through different pathways.
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- Gang He
- CAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Wuhan, 430074, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Wuhan Sino-Sci Ruihua Eco Tech Co., Ltd, Wuhan, 430080, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Wuhan, 430074, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Wetland Evolution and Ecological Restoration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Wuhan, 430074, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Wetland Evolution and Ecological Restoration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Wuhan, 430074, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Wetland Evolution and Ecological Restoration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Wuhan, 430074, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Wetland Evolution and Ecological Restoration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Wuhan, 430074, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Wetland Evolution and Ecological Restoration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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Prakash V, Peralta-Videa J, Tripathi DK, Ma X, Sharma S. Recent insights into the impact, fate and transport of cerium oxide nanoparticles in the plant-soil continuum. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 221:112403. [PMID: 34147863 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The advent of the nanotechnology era offers a unique opportunity for sustainable agriculture provided that the exposure and toxicity are adequately assessed and properly controlled. The global production and application of cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO2-NPs) in various industrial sectors have tremendously increased. Most of the nanoparticles end up in water and soil where they interact with soil microorganisms and plants. Investigating the uptake, translocation and accumulation of CeO2-NPs is critical for its safe application in agriculture. Plant uptake of CeO2-NPs may lead to their accumulation in different plant tissues and interference with key metabolic processes of plants. Soil microbes can also be affected by increasing CeO2-NPs in soil, leading to changes in the physiology and enzymatic activity of soil microorganisms. The interactions between CeO2-NPs, microbes and plants in the agricultural system need systemic research in ecologically relevant conditions. In the present review, The uptake pathways and in-planta translocation of CeO2-NPs,and their impact on plant morphology, nutritional values, antioxidant enzymes and molecular determinants are presented. The role of CeO2-NPs in modifying soil microbial community in plant rhizosphere is also discussed. Overall, the review aims to provide a comprehensive account on the behaviour of CeO2-NPs in soil-plant systems and their potential impacts on the soil microbial community and plant health.
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- Ved Prakash
- Department of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, 211004 Prayagraj, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West Univ. Ave., El Paso, TX 79968, USA
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- Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Sector-125, Noida 201313, India.
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- Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, 211004 Prayagraj, India.
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Yue Y, Liu YJ, Wang J, Vukanti R, Ge Y. Enrichment of potential degrading bacteria accelerates removal of tetracyclines and their epimers from cow manure biochar amended soil. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 278:130358. [PMID: 33813338 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Revised: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The excessive usage of tetracyclines in animal husbandry and aquaculture invariably leads to deterioration of the microbial quality of nearby soils. We previously reported the accelerated removal of tetracyclines and their intermediates from the cow manure biochar amended soil (CMB). However, little is known about the underlying changes in the microbial community that mediate the accelerated removal of tetracyclines from the CMB. Here, we compared the concentration of parent tetracyclines along with their intermediates, microbial biomass, and microbial (fungal and bacterial) community in CMB and the control soil (CK) on the day of 1, 5, 10, 20, 30, 45, and 60. The biochar amendment accelerated the removal of tetracyclines and their epimers from the soil. Bacterial community composition varied between the CMB and CK. The relative abundance and richness of the bacteria that correlated with the degradation of tetracyclines and their epimers was significantly higher in the CMB as compared to the CK. Specifically, the CMB had a more intricate network of the degrading bacteria with the three keystone genera viz. Acidothermus sp., Sphingomonas sp., and Blastococcus sp., whereas, the CK had a simple network with Sphingomonas sp. as the keystone genus. Overall, the biochar amendment accelerated the removal of tetracyclines and their epimers through the enrichment of potential tetracycline degrading bacteria in the soil; thus, it can be applied for the in situ remediation of soils contaminated with tetracyclines.
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- Yan Yue
- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Bhavan's Vivekananda College, Secunderabad, 500094, India
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Alabdallah NM, Hasan MM, Hammami I, Alghamdi AI, Alshehri D, Alatawi HA. Green Synthesized Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Mediate Growth Regulation and Physiology of Crop Plants under Drought Stress. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:1730. [PMID: 34451775 PMCID: PMC8399390 DOI: 10.3390/plants10081730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Metal oxide nanoparticles (MONPs) are regarded as critical tools for overcoming ongoing and prospective crop productivity challenges. MONPs with distinct physiochemical characteristics boost crop production and resistance to abiotic stresses such as drought. They have recently been used to improve plant growth, physiology, and yield of a variety of crops grown in drought-stressed settings. Additionally, they mitigate drought-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) through the aggregation of osmolytes, which results in enhanced osmotic adaptation and crop water balance. These roles of MONPs are based on their physicochemical and biological features, foliar application method, and the applied MONPs concentrations. In this review, we focused on three important metal oxide nanoparticles that are widely used in agriculture: titanium dioxide (TiO2), zinc oxide (ZnO), and iron oxide (Fe3O4). The impacts of various MONPs forms, features, and dosages on plant growth and development under drought stress are summarized and discussed. Overall, this review will contribute to our present understanding of MONPs' effects on plants in alleviating drought stress in crop plants.
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- Nadiyah M. Alabdallah
- Department of Biology, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia; (N.M.A.); (I.H.); (A.I.A.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia; (N.M.A.); (I.H.); (A.I.A.)
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia; (N.M.A.); (I.H.); (A.I.A.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 74191, Saudi Arabia; (D.A.); (H.A.A.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 74191, Saudi Arabia; (D.A.); (H.A.A.)
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Xu H, Chen Z, Huang R, Cui Y, Li Q, Zhao Y, Wang X, Mao D, Luo Y, Ren H. Antibiotic Resistance Gene-Carrying Plasmid Spreads into the Plant Endophytic Bacteria using Soil Bacteria as Carriers. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:10462-10470. [PMID: 34114802 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c01615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Applications of animal manure and treated wastewater could enrich antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the plant microbiome. However, the mechanistic studies of the transmission of ARB and ARGs from the environment to plant endophytic bacteria were few. Herein, a genetically engineered fluorescent Escherichia coli harboring a conjugative RP4 plasmid that carries three ARGs was used to trace its spread into Arabidopsis thaliana interior in a tetracycline-amended hydroponic system in the absence or presence of a simulated soil bacterial community. Confocal microscope observation demonstrated that E. coli was internalized into plant tissues and the carried RP4 plasmid was transferred into plant endophytic bacteria. More importantly, we observed that soil bacteria inhibited the internalization of E. coli but substantially promoted RP4 plasmid spread into the plant microbiome. The altered RP4-carrying bacterial community composition in the plant microbiome and the increased core-shared RP4-carrying bacteria number between plant interior and exterior in the presence of soil bacteria collectively confirmed that soil bacteria, especially Proteobacteria, might capture RP4 from E. coli and then translocate into plant microbiome, resulting in the increased RP4 plasmid spread in the plant endophytes. Overall, our findings provided important insights into the dissemination of ARB and ARGs from the environment to the plant microbiome.
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- Han Xu
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
- Municipal Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center for Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- College of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, Shandong, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Chen X, Wang J, Hayat K, Zhang D, Zhou P. Small structures with big impact: Multi-walled carbon nanotubes enhanced remediation efficiency in hyperaccumulator Solanum nigrum L. under cadmium and arsenic stress. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 276:130130. [PMID: 33690041 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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With the fast development of nanotechnology, nanomaterials are being increasingly applied for the remediation of contaminated soils. However, few researches have been reported on the complex interactions of carbon nanotubes with heavy metal (loid)s in phytoremediation. Here, we conduct a pot experiment to investigate the effects of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on the plant growth and behavior of heavy metal (loid)s in hyperaccumulator-soil system. Cd hyperaccumulator Solanum nigrum L. (S. nigrum) were cultivated in Cadmium (Cd) and Arsenic (As) contaminated soils amended with MWCNTs at 100, 500, and 1000 mg kg-1 for 60 days, respectively. The application of MWCNTs increased the shoot length and plant dry biomass by 5.56%∼25.13% and 5.23%∼27.97%. Whereas, root and leaf growth were inhibited in 1000 mg kg-1 MWCNTs treatments. Meanwhile, MWCNTs at 500 mg kg-1 significantly enhanced the accumulation of heavy metal (loid)s in S. nigrum(18.29% for Cd and 32.47% for As)and alleviated co-contamination induced toxicity, by motivating plant growth, stimulating antioxidant enzymatic activities, and increasing micronutrient content (p < 0.05). The bio-concentration factor of As was decreased (15.31-28.08%) under MWCNTs application, which plays an important role in the alleviation of phytotoxicity. Besides, bioavailable Cd and As were reduced in rhizosphere soils, and the most significant reduction (16.29% for Cd and 8.19% for As) were shown in 500 mg kg-1 MWCNTs treatment. These findings demonstrate that suitable concentration of MWCNTs can enhance remediation efficiency. Our study gives a strong evidence to promote the phytoremediation for co-contaminated soils by using nanomaterials.
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- Xunfeng Chen
- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China; Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China; Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China; Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China; Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China; Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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Wu F, Jiao S, Hu J, Wu X, Wang B, Shen G, Yang Y, Tao S, Wang X. Stronger impacts of long-term relative to short-term exposure to carbon nanomaterials on soil bacterial communities. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 410:124550. [PMID: 33223310 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Environmental impacts of carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) have been attracting increasing concerns in recent years. Knowledge on how short-term exposure to CNMs influences soil microbial communities is available. However, little is known about the possible difference in effects of long-term versus short-term exposure of CNMs on soil microbial communities. In this study, we systematically compared effects of fullerene (C60), single-walled carbon nanotubes (SW), and graphene (GR) on soil bacterial communities over short (30 d) and long (360 d) term exposure durations. Our findings revealed that short-term exposure to all CNMs significantly increased the alpha diversity of soil bacterial communities. SW and GR exposure for 360 d relative to that for 30 d more significantly decreased their alpha diversity. Compared to short-term exposure, a long term exposure to CNMs more strongly altered the beta diversity of soil bacterial communities. LEfSe analysis showed that, GR relative to C60 and SW exposure more strongly altered soil bacterial community composition especially for long-term duration at various taxonomic levels; more taxa were also identified by LEfSe analysis as biomarkers upon long-term GR exposure. More OTUs were affected by long-term GR exposure. These differences resulted from both distinct physicochemical properties of various CNMs and their exposure durations.
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- Fan Wu
- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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Dong C, Jiao C, Xie C, Liu Y, Luo W, Fan S, Ma Y, He X, Lin A, Zhang Z. Effects of ceria nanoparticles and CeCl 3 on growth, physiological and biochemical parameters of corn (Zea mays) plants grown in soil. NANOIMPACT 2021; 22:100311. [PMID: 35559968 DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2021.100311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The release of toxic ions from metal-based nanoparticles (NPs) may play an important role in biological effects of NPs. In this life cycle study, physiological and biochemical responses of soil-grown corn (Zea mays) plants exposed to ceria NPs and its ionic counterparts Ce3+ ions at 0, 25, 75 and 225 mg Ce/kg were investigated. Both treatments tended to reduce the fresh weight and height of the plants at 28 days after sowing (DAS), and delay silk appearance and finally decrease fruit weight at harvest. Uptake and distribution of some mineral nutrients, Ca, P, Fe, B, Zn and Mn in the plants were disturbed. None of the treatments significantly affected activities of antioxidant enzymes and MDA contents in the roots and leaves at 28 DAS. At 90 DAS, ceria NPs and Ce3+ ions disturbed the homeostasis of antioxidative systems in the plants, Ce3+ ions at all concentrations provoked significant oxidative damage in the roots and significantly increased MDA levels as compare to the control. The results indicate that the effects of ceria NPs and Ce3+ ions on corn plants varied with different growth stages and ceria NPs had similar but less severe impacts than Ce3+ ions. Speciation analysis revealed there was mutual transformation between CeO2 and Ce3+ in the soil-plant system. It is speculated that Ce3+ ions play a key role in toxicity. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a life cycle study on comparative toxicity of CeO2 NPs and Ce3+ ions on corn plants.
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- Chaonan Dong
- College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China; Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Chandrika KSVP, Patra D, Yadav P, Qureshi AA, Gopalan B. Metal citrate nanoparticles: a robust water-soluble plant micronutrient source. RSC Adv 2021; 11:20370-20379. [PMID: 35479914 PMCID: PMC9033955 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra02907j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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A series of iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) plant nanonutrients in citrate form were prepared by an eco-friendly solid-state grinding of the respective nitrates and citric acid. Ball-milling of the as-prepared Fe and Zn citrates resulted in nanosize particles. The as-prepared and ball-milled Fe and Zn citrates were characterized using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis and differential thermal analysis (TGA/DTA), and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD). The particle size and morphology of the obtained samples were studied using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM). The obtained nanosized Fe and Zn citrates were analyzed for their plant uptake in the test crop soybean (var. JS-335) using the white-sand technique. The concentration of nutrients was estimated by atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). A significant increase in nutrient absorption was observed in 6 h ball-milled samples of both Fe (789.8 μg per g of dry weight) and Zn (443.8 μg per g of dry weight) citrates. Such an increased nutrient absorption is due to the high mobility of nanocitrates. Therefore, nanocitrates can serve as an excellent source of plant nutrients in agriculture. A series of iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) plant nanonutrients in citrate form were prepared by an eco-friendly solid-state grinding of the respective nitrates and citric acid.![]()
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- K. S. V. Poorna Chandrika
- Department of Chemistry
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani
- Hyderabad Campus
- Hyderabad
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani
- Hyderabad Campus
- Hyderabad
- India
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- Crop Production Section
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research
- Hyderabad
- India
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- Crop Production Section
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research
- Hyderabad
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani
- Hyderabad Campus
- Hyderabad
- India
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Pérez-Hernández H, Pérez-Moreno A, Sarabia-Castillo CR, García-Mayagoitia S, Medina-Pérez G, López-Valdez F, Campos-Montiel RG, Jayanta-Kumar P, Fernández-Luqueño F. Ecological Drawbacks of Nanomaterials Produced on an Industrial Scale: Collateral Effect on Human and Environmental Health. WATER, AIR, AND SOIL POLLUTION 2021; 232:435. [PMID: 34658457 PMCID: PMC8507508 DOI: 10.1007/s11270-021-05370-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Currently, hundreds of different nanomaterials with a broad application in products that make daily lives a little bit easier, in every aspect, are being produced on an industrial scale at thousands of tons per year. However, several scientists, researchers, politics, and ordinary citizens have stated their concern regarding the life cycle, collateral effects, and final disposal of these cutting-edge materials. This review summarizes, describes, and discusses all manuscripts published in the Journal Citation Reports during the last 10 years, which studied the toxicity or the effects of nanomaterials on human and environmental health. It was observed that 23.62% of the manuscripts analyzed found no ecological or human risks; 54.39% showed that several nanomaterials have toxicological effects on the ecosystems, human, or environmental health. In comparison, only 21.97% stated the nanomaterials had a beneficial impact on those. Although only 54.39% of the manuscripts reported unfavorable effects of nanomaterials on ecosystems, human, or environmental health, it is relevant because the potential damage is invaluable. Therefore, it is imperative to make toxicological studies of nanomaterials with holistic focus under strictly controlled real conditions before their commercialization, to deliver to the market only innocuous and environmentally friendly products.
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- H. Pérez-Hernández
- El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Agroecología, Unidad Campeche, 24500 Campeche, Mexico
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- Sustainability of Natural Resources and Energy Programs, Cinvestav-Saltillo, 25900 Coahuila, Mexico
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- Sustainability of Natural Resources and Energy Programs, Cinvestav-Saltillo, 25900 Coahuila, Mexico
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- Sustainability of Natural Resources and Energy Programs, Cinvestav-Saltillo, 25900 Coahuila, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Tulancingo, Hidalgo C. P. 43000 México
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Group, Research Center for Applied Biotechnology (CIBA), Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 90700 Tlaxcala, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Tulancingo, Hidalgo C. P. 43000 México
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- Research Institute of Biotechnology & Medical Converged Science, Dongguk University-Seoul, Goyang, 10326 Republic of Korea
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- Sustainability of Natural Resources and Energy Programs, Cinvestav-Saltillo, 25900 Coahuila, Mexico
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Halim MA, Rahman MM, Megharaj M, Naidu R. Cadmium Immobilization in the Rhizosphere and Plant Cellular Detoxification: Role of Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria as a Sustainable Solution. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2020; 68:13497-13529. [PMID: 33170689 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c04579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Food is the major cadmium (Cd)-exposure pathway from agricultural soils to humans and other living entities and must be reduced in an effective way. A plant can select beneficial microbes, like plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), depending upon the nature of root exudates in the rhizosphere, for its own benefits, such as plant growth promotion as well as protection from metal toxicity. This review intends to seek out information on the rhizo-immobilization of Cd in polluted soils using the PGPR along with plant nutrient fertilizers. This review suggests that the rhizo-immobilization of Cd by a combination of PGPR and nanohybrid-based plant nutrient fertilizers would be a potential and sustainable technology for phytoavailable Cd immobilization in the rhizosphere and plant cellular detoxification, by keeping the plant nutrition flow and green dynamics of plant nutrition and boosting the plant growth and development under Cd stress.
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- Md Abdul Halim
- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
- Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
- Department of Biotechnology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
- Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
- Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
- Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
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Pan C, Bao Y, Guo A, Ma J. Environmentally Relevant-Level CeO 2 NP with Ferrous Amendment Alters Soil Bacterial Community Compositions and Metabolite Profiles in Rice-Planted Soils. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2020; 68:8172-8184. [PMID: 32663007 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c03507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The environmental risks and benefits associated with the introduction of CeO2 nanoparticle (NP) in agricultural soil must be carefully assessed. The ferrous ion is rich in rhizosphere soil of rice due to the reduction states underground. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of environmentally relevant-level CeO2 NP (25 mg·kg-1) in the absence or presence of ferrous (30 mg·kg-1) amendment on soil bacterial communities and soil metabolomics in rice-planted soil over 150 days. Results showed that CeO2 NP exposure changed soil bacterial community compositions and soil metabolomics, and the above changes were further shifted with the ferrous amendment. Several functionally significant bacterial phyla containing Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes abundances, which were associated with carbon and nitrogen cycling, were promoted after CeO2 NP exposure with ferrous amendment. However, CeO2 NP inhibited plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria containing genera Bacillus and Arthrobacter irrespective of the presence or absence of ferrous. Among rhizosphere soil enzyme activities, cellulose activity was the most sensitive for CeO2 NP exposure. NP decreased Firmicutes and increased Chloroflexi, Rokubacteria, and Thaumarchaeota abundances at the phylum level, which contributed to reduce soil cellulose activity. Additionally, CeO2 NP positively or negatively affected soil pH, Ce accumulation in root, and rice physiological properties (root-POD, stem-POD). As a result, the above factors were related to the changes of Chloroflexi, Gemmatimonadetes, Rokubacteria, Thaumarchaeota, and Nitrospirae at the phylum level. After adding CeO2 NP with ferrous or not, the main metabolic changes were concentrated on fluctuations in starch and sucrose metabolism, nitrogen metabolism, sulfur metabolism, propanoate metabolism, fatty acid metabolism, and urea cycle. The eight changed metabolites containing glycerol monstearate, boric acid, monopalmitin, palmitic acid, alkane, ethanol, dicarboximide, and stearic acid accounted for the separation of different treatments with CeO2 NP exposure. Activities of soil enzymes (urease, invertase, and cellulose), pH, and soil organic matter affected dominant metabolites containing fatty acids, inorganic acid, and sugar. Network analysis showed that the influence of soil bacterial community on metabolites varied with metabolites and bacteria species. The presence of CeO2 NP mainly promoted fatty acids (hexanoic acid, nonanoic acid) and amino acid (oxoproline) and amine (diethanolamine) concentrations, which could be from the increased Proteobacteria abundance after CeO2 NP exposure. Phylum Proteobacteria had the most genus species containing 13 genera affecting soil metabolite profiles. These results provide valuable information for understanding the impact of environmentally relevant-level CeO2 NP exposure on soil microbial communities and metabolites with or without ferrous, which is needed to understand the ecological risk posed by long-term CeO2 NP exposure in rice-planted soil with rich ferrous.
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- Chengrong Pan
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education)/Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education)/Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education)/Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education)/Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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Wu F, You Y, Werner D, Jiao S, Hu J, Zhang X, Wan Y, Liu J, Wang B, Wang X. Carbon nanomaterials affect carbon cycle-related functions of the soil microbial community and the coupling of nutrient cycles. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 390:122144. [PMID: 32006845 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Revised: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Many studies have examined changes in soil microbial community structure and composition by carbon nanomaterials (CNMs). Few, however, have investigated their impact on microbial community functions. This study explored how fullerene (C60) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (M50) altered functionality of an agricultural soil microbial community (Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya), using microcosm experiments combined with GeoChip microarray. M50 had a stronger effect than C60 on alpha diversity of microbial functional genes; both CNMs increased beta diversity, resulting in functional profiles distinct from the control. M50 exerted a broader, severer impact on microbially mediated nutrient cycles. Together, these two CNMs affected CO2 fixation pathways, microbial degradation of diverse carbohydrates, secondary plant metabolites, lipids and phospholipids, proteins, as well as methanogenesis and methane oxidation. They also suppressed nitrogen fixation, nitrification, dissimilatory nitrogen reduction, eukaryotic assimilatory nitrogen reduction, and anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox). Phosphorus and sulfur cycles were less vulnerable; only phytic acid hydrolysis and sulfite reduction were inhibited by M50 but not C60. Network analysis suggested decoupling of nutrient cycles by CNMs, manifesting closer and more hierarchical gene networks. This work reinforces profound impact of CNMs on soil microbial community functions and ecosystem services, laying a path for future investigation in this direction.
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- Fan Wu
- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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Liu YJ, Qiao NH, Diao QY, Jing Z, Vukanti R, Dai PL, Ge Y. Thiacloprid exposure perturbs the gut microbiota and reduces the survival status in honeybees. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 389:121818. [PMID: 31818660 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Honeybees (Apis mellifera) offer ecosystem services such as pollination, conservation of biodiversity, and provision of food. However, in recent years, the number of honeybee colonies is diminishing rapidly, which is probably linked to the wide use of neonicotinoid insecticides. Middle-aged honeybees were fed with 50% (w/v) sucrose solution containing 0, 0.2, 0.6, and 2.0 mg/L thiacloprid (a neonicotinoid insecticide) for up to 13 days, and on each day of exposure experiment, percentage survival, sucrose consumption, and bodyweight of honeybees were measured. Further, changes in honeybee gut microbial community were examined using next-generation 16S rDNA amplicon sequencing on day 1, 7, and 13 of the exposure. When compared to control-treatment, continuous exposure to high (0.6 mg/L) and very high (2.0 mg/L) concentrations of thiacloprid significantly reduced percentage survival of honeybees (p < 0.001) and led to dysbiosis of their gut microbial community on day 7 of the exposure. However, during subsequent developmental stages of middle-aged honeybees (i.e. on day 13), their gut microbiome recovered from dysbiosis that occurred previously due to thiacloprid exposure. Taken together, improper application of thiacloprid can cause loss of honeybee colonies, while the microbial gut community of honeybee is an independent variable in this process.
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- Yong-Jun Liu
- Department of Honeybee Protection and Biosafety, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Department of Honeybee Protection and Biosafety, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Bhavan's Vivekananda College, Secunderabad, 500094, India
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- Department of Honeybee Protection and Biosafety, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Peng C, Tong H, Shen C, Sun L, Yuan P, He M, Shi J. Bioavailability and translocation of metal oxide nanoparticles in the soil-rice plant system. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 713:136662. [PMID: 31958734 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2019] [Revised: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 01/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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To determine the bioavailability and translocation of metal oxide nanoparticles (MONPs) in the soil-rice plant system, we examined the accumulation and micro-distribution of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs), CuO NPs and CeO2 NPs (50, 100 and 500 mg/kg) in the paddy soil and rice plants under flooded condition for 30 days using single-step chemical extraction and diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) technique combined with micro X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (μ-XRF). The results show that various MONPs changed the soil properties, especially the redox potential was enhanced to -165.33 to -75.33 mV compared to the control. The extraction efficiency of Zn, Cu and Ce in the paddy soil from high to low was EDTA, DTPA, CaCl2 and DGT. Moreover, exposure to 500 mg/kg CuO NPs and CeO2 NPs induced the primary accumulation of Cu and Ce elements in rice roots as high as 235.48 mg Cu/kg and 164.84 mg Ce/kg, respectively, while the Zn concentration in shoots was up to 313.18 mg/kg under highest ZnO NPs with a 1.5 of translocation factor. The effect of MONPs on the plant growth was mainly related to the chemical species and solubility of MONPs. Micro-XRF analysis shows that Zn was mostly located in the root cortex while Cu was primarily accumulated in the root exodermis and few Ce distributed in the root. Pearson correlation coefficients indicate that only DTPA-extracted metals in soil were significantly and well correlated to the Zn, Cu and Ce accumulation in rice seedlings exposed to MONPs. This work is of great significance for evaluating the environmental risks of MONPs in soil and ensuring the safety of agricultural products.
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- Cheng Peng
- Textile Pollution Controlling Engineering Center of Ministry of Environmental Protection, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China; MOE Key Laboratory of Environment Remediation and Ecological Health, College of Environmental and Resource Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Textile Pollution Controlling Engineering Center of Ministry of Environmental Protection, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- Textile Pollution Controlling Engineering Center of Ministry of Environmental Protection, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Institute of ECO-Environment and Plant Protection, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China
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- Textile Pollution Controlling Engineering Center of Ministry of Environmental Protection, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- Textile Pollution Controlling Engineering Center of Ministry of Environmental Protection, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Environment Remediation and Ecological Health, College of Environmental and Resource Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Zhang X, Xu Z, Qian X, Lin D, Zeng T, Filser J, Li L, Kah M. Assessing the Impacts of Cu(OH) 2 Nanopesticide and Ionic Copper on the Soil Enzyme Activity and Bacterial Community. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2020; 68:3372-3381. [PMID: 32109358 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b06325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Nanopesticides are being introduced in agriculture, and the associated environmental risks and benefits must be carefully assessed before their widespread agricultural applications. We investigated the impacts of a commercial Cu(OH)2 nanopesticide formulation (NPF) at different agricultural application doses (e.g., 0.5, 5, and 50 mg of Cu kg-1) on enzyme activities and bacterial communities of loamy soil (organic matter content of 3.61%) over 21 days. Results were compared to its ionic analogue (i.e., CuSO4) and nano-Cu(OH)2, including both the commercial unformulated active ingredient of NPF (AI-NPF) and synthesized Cu(OH)2 nanorods (NR). There were negligible changes in the activity of acid phosphatase, regardless of exposure dose, whereas significant (p < 0.05) variations in activities of invertase, urease, and catalase were observed at a dose of 5 mg kg-1 or higher. Invertase activity decreased with an increasing bioavailable Cu concentration in soil under various treatments. In comparison to CuSO4, both Cu(OH)2 nanopesticide (i.e., NPF) and nano-Cu(OH)2 (i.e., AI-NPF and NR) caused a significant (p < 0.05) inhibition of urease activity, wherein a significant (p < 0.05) increase in the activity of catalase was observed, representing serious oxidative stress. Accordingly, NPF, AI-NPF, and NR differently affected soil bacterial abundance, diversity, and community compared to CuSO4, which could have resulted from the changes in the bioavailable Cu concentration as a result of the distinct nature of copper spiked (i.e., nano form versus salt). Moreover, minor differences in the soil enzyme activity and bacterial community were observed between NPF and AI-NPF, reflecting that the impact of the Cu(OH)2 nanopesticide was primarily attributed to the presence of nano-Cu(OH)2. In total, the impacts of nano-Cu(OH)2 on the soil bacterial community and enzyme activity tested in this study differed from CuSO4, shedding light on the environmental risks of the Cu(OH)2 nanopesticide in the long run.
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- Xiaoxia Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Quality and Standard of Agro-Products, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310021, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, People's Republic of China
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- College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, People's Republic of China
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- Centre for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology (UFT), Department General and Theoretical Ecology, Faculty 2 (Biology/Chemistry), University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environment, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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Zhang H, Huang M, Zhang W, Gardea-Torresdey JL, White JC, Ji R, Zhao L. Silver Nanoparticles Alter Soil Microbial Community Compositions and Metabolite Profiles in Unplanted and Cucumber-Planted Soils. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:3334-3342. [PMID: 32088952 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b07562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The rapid development of nanotechnology makes the environmental impact assessment a necessity to ensure the sustainable use of engineered nanomaterials. Here, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) at 100 mg/kg were added to soils in the absence or presence of cucumber (Cucumis sativa) plants for 60 days. The response of the soil microbial community and associated soil metabolites was investigated by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)-based metabolomics, respectively. The results show that AgNP exposure significantly increased the soil pH in both unplanted and cucumber-planted soils. The soil bacterial community structure was altered upon Ag exposure in both soils. Several functionally significant bacterial groups, which are associated with carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycling, were compromised by AgNPs in both unplanted and cucumber-planted soils. Generally, plants played a limited role in mediating the impact of AgNPs on the bacterial community. Soil metabolomic analysis showed that AgNPs altered the metabolite profile in both unplanted and cucumber-planted soils. The significantly changed metabolites are involved in sugar and amino acid-related metabolic pathways, indicating the perturbation of C and N metabolism, which is consistent with the bacterial community structure results. In addition, several fatty acids were significantly decreased upon exposure to AgNPs in both unplanted and cucumber-planted soils, suggesting the possible oxidative stress imposed on microbial cell membranes. These results provide valuable information for understanding the biological and biochemical impact of AgNP exposure on both plant species and on soil microbial communities; such understanding is needed to understand the risk posed by these materials in the environment.
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- Huiling Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Analytical Chemistry, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES), New Haven, Connecticut 06504, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Coman V, Oprea I, Leopold LF, Vodnar DC, Coman C. Soybean Interaction with Engineered Nanomaterials: A Literature Review of Recent Data. NANOMATERIALS 2019; 9:nano9091248. [PMID: 31484310 PMCID: PMC6780927 DOI: 10.3390/nano9091248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Revised: 08/26/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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With a continuous increase in the production and use in everyday life applications of engineered nanomaterials, concerns have appeared in the past decades related to their possible environmental toxicity and impact on edible plants (and therefore, upon human health). Soybean is one of the most commercially-important crop plants, and a perfect model for nanomaterials accumulation studies, due to its high biomass production and ease of cultivation. In this review, we aim to summarize the most recent research data concerning the impact of engineered nanomaterials on the soya bean, covering both inorganic (metal and metal-oxide nanoparticles) and organic (carbon-based) nanomaterials. The interactions between soybean plants and engineered nanomaterials are discussed in terms of positive and negative impacts on growth and production, metabolism and influences on the root-associated microbiota. Current data clearly suggests that under specific conditions, nanomaterials can negatively influence the development and metabolism of soybean plants. Moreover, in some cases, a possible risk of trophic transfer and transgenerational impact of engineered nanomaterials are suggested. Therefore, comprehensive risk-assessment studies should be carried out prior to any mass productions of potentially hazardous materials.
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- Vasile Coman
- Institute of Life Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Institute of Life Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Institute of Life Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
- Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Institute of Life Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
- Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Institute of Life Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
- Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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Zhang X, Xu Z, Wu M, Qian X, Lin D, Zhang H, Tang J, Zeng T, Yao W, Filser J, Li L, Sharma VK. Potential environmental risks of nanopesticides: Application of Cu(OH) 2 nanopesticides to soil mitigates the degradation of neonicotinoid thiacloprid. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2019; 129:42-50. [PMID: 31108392 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2019] [Revised: 04/19/2019] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Cu(OH)2 nanopesticides and organic insecticides are continuously applied to soil at a temporal interval, while knowledge about the impact of Cu(OH)2 nanopesticides on organic insecticides degradation is currently scarce, resulting in poorly comprehensive evaluation of the potential environmental risks of Cu(OH)2 nanopesticides. Herein, a commercial Cu(OH)2 nanopesticide formulation (NPF), the active ingredient of NPF (AI-NPF), the prepared Cu(OH)2 nanotubes (NT) with comparable morphology and size to AI-NPF, and CuSO4 were respectively applied to soil at normal doses (0.5, 5 and 50 mg/kg), followed by an application of neonicotinoid thiacloprid after an interval of 21 d, showing that NPF at doses of 5 and 50 mg/kg significantly (p < 0.05) mitigated thiacloprid degradation compared to control and CuSO4. Furthermore, AI-NPF was the primary component that contributed to the mitigation effect of NPF, which was also validated by the NT. Large differences in the degradation efficiency of thiacloprid in sterilized and unsterilized soils with Cu(OH)2 nanopesticides suggested that biodegradation was the primary process responsible for thiacloprid degradation, especially as chemical degradation was negligible. Besides a decrease of thiacloprid bioavailability due to adsorption by Cu(OH)2 nanopesticides, we demonstrated that Cu(OH)2 nanopesticides changed soil microbial communities, reduced nitrile hydratase activity and down-regulated thiacloprid-degradative nth gene abundance, which thus mitigated thiacloprid biodegradation. Clearly, this study shed light on the potential environmental risks of Cu(OH)2 nanopesticide.
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- Xiaoxia Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Institute of Quality and Standard of Agro-Products, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310036, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310036, China
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- College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- UFT-Centre for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology, Department General and Theoretical Ecology, Faculty 2 (Biology/Chemistry), University of Bremen, Bremen 28359, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843, United States
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Wu F, You Y, Zhang X, Zhang H, Chen W, Yang Y, Werner D, Tao S, Wang X. Effects of Various Carbon Nanotubes on Soil Bacterial Community Composition and Structure. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:5707-5716. [PMID: 31046252 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b06909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have huge industrial potential, and their environmental impacts need to be evaluated. Knowledge of CNT impacts on soil microbial communities is still limited. To address this knowledge gap, we systematically examined dynamic effects of one type of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWs) and three multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWs) with different outer diameters on the soil bacterial community in an agricultural soil over 56 days. The results showed that SWs differently affected soil bacterial abundance, diversity, and composition as compared to MWs. The differences could have resulted from the materials' distinct physical structure and surface composition, which in turn affected their bioavailability in soil. For certain treatments, soil bacterial diversity and the relative abundance of certain predominant phyla were correlated with their exposure duration. However, many phyla recovered to their initial relative abundance within 56 days, reflecting resilience of the soil bacterial community in response to CNT-induced disturbance. Further analysis at the genus level showed differential tolerance to MWs, as well as size- and dose-dependent tolerance among bacterial genera. Predictive functional profiling showed that while CNTs initially caused fluctuations in microbial community function, community function largely converged across all treatments by the end of the 56 day exposure.
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , University of Nevada , Reno , Nevada 89557 , United States
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , University of Nevada , Reno , Nevada 89557 , United States
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- School of Engineering , Newcastle University , Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU , United Kingdom
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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Galazzi RM, Lopes Júnior CA, de Lima TB, Gozzo FC, Arruda MAZ. Evaluation of some effects on plant metabolism through proteins and enzymes in transgenic and non-transgenic soybeans after cultivation with silver nanoparticles. J Proteomics 2019; 191:88-106. [PMID: 29581061 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2018.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Revised: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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To evaluate the effects of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) exposition, transgenic (through gene cp4EPSPS) and non-isogenic non-transgenic soybeans were cultivated in the presence or absence of AgNP or silver nitrate (AgNO3) at 50 mg/kg of silver. Physiological aspects of the plants including mass production and development of roots, proteomics such as protein amount and differential proteins, enzymes and lipid peroxidation were determined after exposition. The mass production of non-transgenic plants treated with AgNP or AgNO3 was decreased by 25 and 19%, respectively, on their mass based, while for transgenic soybean this effect was observed for AgNP cultivation only. Fifty-nine proteins were identified from the differentially abundant spots by two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis and nano-electrospray ionization liquid chromatography coupled tandem mass spectrometry. Identified species as ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO), ATP synthase, superoxide dismutase (SOD), related to plant metabolism were less abundant for the cultivation with either AgNP and AgNO3 than the control. Finally, this work demonstrated significant correlation as evidenced by changes in lipid peroxidation content and catalase activity, which were a result of exposure to either AgNP or AgNO3 cultivations. Further, necrotic areas in the basal part of the stems and damage or chlorotic areas were found in the leaves. SIGNIFICANCE: Once nanoparticles have been employed for several applications in recent years and they can be released in the environmental matrices, this study highlights proteomic and enzymatic alterations in transgenic and non-transgenic soybeans, an important crop, after cultivation with silver nanoparticles. Such strategy employing proteomic and enzymatic approaches to evaluate soybeans exposed to silver nanoparticles has not yet been reported. Therefore, the results obtained in this study can expand the information concerning the effects of silver nanoparticles in soybean plants.
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- Rodrigo Moretto Galazzi
- Spectrometry, Sample Preparation and Mechanization Group, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas - Unicamp, P.O. Box 6154, Campinas, SP 13083-970, Brazil; National Institute of Science and Technology for Bioanalytics, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas - Unicamp, P.O. Box 6154, Campinas, SP 13083-970, Brazil
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- Spectrometry, Sample Preparation and Mechanization Group, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas - Unicamp, P.O. Box 6154, Campinas, SP 13083-970, Brazil; National Institute of Science and Technology for Bioanalytics, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas - Unicamp, P.O. Box 6154, Campinas, SP 13083-970, Brazil
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- Dalton Mass Spectrometry Group, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas - Unicamp, P.O. Box 6154, Campinas, SP 13083-970, Brazil
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- Dalton Mass Spectrometry Group, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas - Unicamp, P.O. Box 6154, Campinas, SP 13083-970, Brazil
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- Spectrometry, Sample Preparation and Mechanization Group, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas - Unicamp, P.O. Box 6154, Campinas, SP 13083-970, Brazil; National Institute of Science and Technology for Bioanalytics, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas - Unicamp, P.O. Box 6154, Campinas, SP 13083-970, Brazil.
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Petersen EJ, Mortimer M, Burgess RM, Handy R, Hanna S, Ho KT, Johnson M, Loureiro S, Selck H, Scott-Fordsmand JJ, Spurgeon D, Unrine J, van den Brink N, Wang Y, White J, Holden P. Strategies for robust and accurate experimental approaches to quantify nanomaterial bioaccumulation across a broad range of organisms. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. NANO 2019; 6:10.1039/C8EN01378K. [PMID: 31579514 PMCID: PMC6774209 DOI: 10.1039/c8en01378k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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One of the key components for environmental risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) is data on bioaccumulation potential. Accurately measuring bioaccumulation can be critical for regulatory decision making regarding material hazard and risk, and for understanding the mechanism of toxicity. This perspective provides expert guidance for performing ENM bioaccumulation measurements across a broad range of test organisms and species. To accomplish this aim, we critically evaluated ENM bioaccumulation within three categories of organisms: single-celled species, multicellular species excluding plants, and multicellular plants. For aqueous exposures of suspended single-celled and small multicellular species, it is critical to perform a robust procedure to separate suspended ENMs and small organisms to avoid overestimating bioaccumulation. For many multicellular organisms, it is essential to differentiate between the ENMs adsorbed to external surfaces or in the digestive tract and the amount absorbed across epithelial tissues. For multicellular plants, key considerations include how exposure route and the role of the rhizosphere may affect the quantitative measurement of uptake, and that the efficiency of washing procedures to remove loosely attached ENMs to the roots is not well understood. Within each organism category, case studies are provided to illustrate key methodological considerations for conducting robust bioaccumulation experiments for different species within each major group. The full scope of ENM bioaccumulation measurements and interpretations are discussed including conducting the organism exposure, separating organisms from the ENMs in the test media after exposure, analytical methods to quantify ENMs in the tissues or cells, and modeling the ENM bioaccumulation results. One key finding to improve bioaccumulation measurements was the critical need for further analytical method development to identify and quantify ENMs in complex matrices. Overall, the discussion, suggestions, and case studies described herein will help improve the robustness of ENM bioaccumulation studies.
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- Elijah J. Petersen
- Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Earth Research Institute and University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- US Environmental Protection Agency, Atlantic Ecology Division, 27 Tarzwell Dr., Narragansett, RI 02882
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- Plymouth University, School of Biological Sciences, United Kingdom
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- Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
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- US Environmental Protection Agency, Atlantic Ecology Division, 27 Tarzwell Dr., Narragansett, RI 02882
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- Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Roskilde University, Dept. of Science and Environment, Denmark
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- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
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- Department of Toxicology, Wageningen University, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Earth Research Institute and University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT 06504, United States
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Earth Research Institute and University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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Prospecting the interactions of nanoparticles with beneficial microorganisms for developing green technologies for agriculture. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enmm.2018.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/06/2022]
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Achari GA, Kowshik M. Recent Developments on Nanotechnology in Agriculture: Plant Mineral Nutrition, Health, and Interactions with Soil Microflora. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2018; 66:8647-8661. [PMID: 30036480 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b00691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Plant mineral nutrition is important for obtaining higher agricultural productivity to meet the future demands of the increasing global human population. It is envisaged that nanotechnology can provide sustainable solutions by replacing traditional bulk fertilizers with their nanoparticulate counterparts possessing superior properties to overcome the current challenges of bioavailability and uptake of minerals, increasing crop yield, reducing fertilizer wastage, and protecting the environment. Recent studies have shown that nanoparticles of essential minerals and nonessential elements affect plant growth, physiology, and development, depending on their size, composition, concentration, and mode of application. The current review includes the recent findings on the positive as well as negative effects that nanofertilizers exert on plants when applied via foliar and soil routes, their effects on plant associated microorganisms, and potential for controlling agricultural pests. This review suggests future research needed for the development of sustained release nanofertilizers for enhancing food production and environmental protection.
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- Gauri A Achari
- Department of Biological Sciences , Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani , KK Birla Goa Campus, Zuarinagar , Goa 403726 , India
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- Department of Biological Sciences , Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani , KK Birla Goa Campus, Zuarinagar , Goa 403726 , India
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Mukherjee K, Acharya K. Toxicological Effect of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles on Soil and Aquatic Habitats. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2018; 75:175-186. [PMID: 29549419 DOI: 10.1007/s00244-018-0519-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Metal oxide nanoparticles (MO-NPs) with multifunctional properties are used extensively in various industries and released into the environment as industrial effluents and waste nano-products. These non-degradable, toxic MO-NPs are accumulating in the environment, debilitating the ecosystem and their biological communities. In this review article, a real-time scenario of MO-NP toxicity towards the soil and aquatic ecosystem and their mode of toxicity have been addressed in detail. The up-to-date information presented here suggests serious consideration of the consequences before random utilization of MO-NPs.
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- Khushi Mukherjee
- Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, 700 019, India
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- Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, 700 019, India.
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Anderson AJ, McLean JE, Jacobson AR, Britt DW. CuO and ZnO Nanoparticles Modify Interkingdom Cell Signaling Processes Relevant to Crop Production. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2018; 66:6513-6524. [PMID: 28481096 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b01302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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As the world population increases, strategies for sustainable agriculture are needed to fulfill the global need for plants for food and other commercial products. Nanoparticle formulations are likely to be part of the developing strategies. CuO and ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) offer potential as fertilizers, as they provide bioavailable essential metals, and as pesticides, because of dose-dependent toxicity. Effects of these metal oxide NPs on rhizosphere functions are the focus of this review. These NPs at doses of ≥10 mg metal/kg change the production of key metabolites involved in plant protection in a root-associated microbe, Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6. Altered synthesis occurs in the microbe for phenazines, which function in plant resistance to pathogens, the pyoverdine-like siderophore that enhances Fe bioavailability in the rhizosphere and indole-3-acetic acid affecting plant growth. In wheat seedlings, reprogramming of root morphology involves increases in root hair proliferation (CuO NPs) and lateral root formation (ZnO NPs). Systemic changes in wheat shoot gene expression point to altered regulation for metal stress resilience as well as the potential for enhanced survival under stress commonly encountered in the field. These responses to the NPs cross kingdoms involving the bacteria, fungi, and plants in the rhizosphere. Our challenge is to learn how to understand the value of these potential changes and successfully formulate the NPs for optimal activity in the rhizosphere of crop plants. These formulations may be integrated into developing practices to ensure the sustainability of crop production.
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- Anne J Anderson
- Department of Biology , Utah State University , Logan , Utah 84322-5305 , United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah Water Research Laboratory , Utah State University , Logan , Utah 84322-8200 , United States
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- Department of Plants, Soils and Climate , Utah State University , Logan , Utah 84322-4820 , United States
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- Department of Bioengineering , Utah State University , Logan , Utah 84322-4105 , United States
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Ge Y, Shen C, Wang Y, Sun YQ, Schimel JP, Gardea-Torresdey JL, Holden PA. Carbonaceous Nanomaterials Have Higher Effects on Soybean Rhizosphere Prokaryotic Communities During the Reproductive Growth Phase than During Vegetative Growth. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:6636-6646. [PMID: 29719150 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Carbonaceous nanomaterials (CNMs) can affect agricultural soil prokaryotic communities, but how the effects vary with the crop growth stage is unknown. To investigate this, soybean plants were cultivated in soils amended with 0, 0.1, 100, or 1000 mg kg-1 of carbon black, multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), or graphene. Soil prokaryotic communities were analyzed by Illumina sequencing at day 0 and at the soybean vegetative and reproductive stages. The sequencing data were functionally annotated using the functional annotation of prokaryotic taxa (FAPROTAX) database. The prokaryotic communities were unaffected at day 0 and were altered at the plant vegetative stage only by 0.1 mg kg-1 MWCNTs. However, at the reproductive stage, when pods were filling, most treatments (except 1000 mg kg-1 MWCNTs) altered the prokaryotic community composition, including functional groups associated with C, N, and S cycling. The lower doses of CNMs, which were previously shown to be less agglomerated and thus more bioavailable in soil relative to the higher doses, were more effective toward both overall communities and individual functional groups. Taken together, prokaryotic communities in the soybean rhizosphere can be significantly phylogenetically and functionally altered in response to bioavailable CNMs, especially when soybean plants are actively directing resources to seed production.
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- Yuan Ge
- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100085 , China
- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
- Earth Research Institute , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
- University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN) , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100085 , China
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
- Earth Research Institute , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
- University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN) , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100085 , China
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- Earth Research Institute , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
- University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN) , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
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- University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN) , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
- Department of Chemistry , University of Texas at El Paso , El Paso , Texas 79968 , United States
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
- Earth Research Institute , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
- University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN) , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
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Ma C, White JC, Zhao J, Zhao Q, Xing B. Uptake of Engineered Nanoparticles by Food Crops: Characterization, Mechanisms, and Implications. Annu Rev Food Sci Technol 2018; 9:129-153. [PMID: 29580140 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-food-030117-012657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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With the rapidly increasing demand for and use of engineered nanoparticles (NPs) in agriculture and related sectors, concerns over the risks to agricultural systems and to crop safety have been the focus of a number of investigations. Significant evidence exists for NP accumulation in soils, including potential particle transformation in the rhizosphere and within terrestrial plants, resulting in subsequent uptake by plants that can yield physiological deficits and molecular alterations that directly undermine crop quality and food safety. In this review, we document in vitro and in vivo characterization of NPs in both growth media and biological matrices; discuss NP uptake patterns, biotransformation, and the underlying mechanisms of nanotoxicity; and summarize the environmental implications of the presence of NPs in agricultural ecosystems. A clear understanding of nano-impacts, including the advantages and disadvantages, on crop plants will help to optimize the safe and sustainable application of nanotechnology in agriculture for the purposes of enhanced yield production, disease suppression, and food quality.
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- Chuanxin Ma
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut 06504, USA.,Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA;
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut 06504, USA
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- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA;
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Hao Y, Ma C, Zhang Z, Song Y, Cao W, Guo J, Zhou G, Rui Y, Liu L, Xing B. Carbon nanomaterials alter plant physiology and soil bacterial community composition in a rice-soil-bacterial ecosystem. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2018; 232:123-136. [PMID: 28947315 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Revised: 08/14/2017] [Accepted: 09/09/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The aim of this study was to compare the toxicity effects of carbon nanomaterials (CNMs), namely fullerene (C60), reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), on a mini-ecosystem of rice grown in a loamy potted soil. We measured plant physiological and biochemical parameters and examined bacterial community composition in the CNMs-treated plant-soil system. After 30 days of exposure, all the three CNMs negatively affected the shoot height and root length of rice, significantly decreased root cortical cells diameter and resulted in shrinkage and deformation of cells, regardless of exposure doses (50 or 500 mg/kg). Additionally, at the high exposure dose of CNM, the concentrations of four phytohormones, including auxin, indoleacetic acid, brassinosteroid and gibberellin acid 4 in rice roots significantly increased as compared to the control. At the high exposure dose of MWCNTs and C60, activities of the antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) in roots increased significantly. High-throughput sequencing showed that three typical CNMs had little effect on shifting the predominant soil bacterial species, but the presence of CNMs significantly altered the composition of the bacterial community. Our results indicate that different CNMs indeed resulted in environmental toxicity to rice and soil bacterial community in the rhizosphere and suggest that CNMs themselves and their incorporated products should be reasonably used to control their release/discharge into the environment to prevent their toxic effects on living organisms and the potential risks to food safety.
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- Yi Hao
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003, United States; Department of Analytical Chemistry, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT 06504, United States
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Crop Nutrition and Fertilization, Beijing 100081, China
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- Dow Pharma and Food Solution, The Dow Chemical Company, 1801 Larkin Center Dr. Midland, MI 48642, United States
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Crop Nutrition and Fertilization, Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003, United States.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003, United States
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Xiong T, Yuan X, Wang H, Leng L, Li H, Wu Z, Jiang L, Xu R, Zeng G. Implication of graphene oxide in Cd-contaminated soil: A case study of bacterial communities. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2018; 205:99-106. [PMID: 28968591 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.09.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Revised: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The application of graphene oxide (GO) has attracted increasing concerns in the past decade regarding its environmental impacts, except for the impact of GO on a metal-contaminated soil system, due to its special properties. In the present work, the effects of GO on the migration and transformation of heavy metals and soil bacterial communities in Cd-contaminant soil were systematically evaluated. Soil samples were exposed to different doses of GO (0, 1, and 2 g kg-1) over 60 days. The Community Bureau of Reference (BCR) sequential extraction procedure was used to reflect the interaction between GO and Cd. Several microbial parameters, including enzyme activities and bacterial community structure, were measured to determine the impacts of GO on polluted soil microbial communities. It was shown that Cd was immobilized by GO throughout the entire exposure period. Interestingly, the structure of the bacterial community changed. The relative abundance of the major bacterial phyla (e.g., Acidobacteria and Actinobacteria) increased, which was possibly attributed to the reduced toxicity of Cd in the presence of GO. However, GO exerted an adverse influence on the relative abundance of some phyla (e.g., WD272 and TM6). The diversity of bacterial communities was slightly restricted. The functional bacteria related to carbon and the nitrogen cycling were also affected, which, consequently, may influence the nutrient cycling in soil.
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- Ting Xiong
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- Institute of Biological Environmental Engineering, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China
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Lin S, Mortimer M, Chen R, Kakinen A, Riviere JE, Davis TP, Ding F, Ke PC. NanoEHS beyond Toxicity - Focusing on Biocorona. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. NANO 2017; 7:1433-1454. [PMID: 29123668 PMCID: PMC5673284 DOI: 10.1039/c6en00579a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The first phase of environmental health and safety of nanomaterials (nanoEHS) studies has been mainly focused on evidence-based investigations that probe the impact of nanoparticles, nanomaterials and nano-enabled products on biological and ecological systems. The integration of multiple disciplines, including colloidal science, nanomaterial science, chemistry, toxicology/immunology and environmental science, is necessary to understand the implications of nanotechnology for both human health and the environment. While strides have been made in connecting the physicochemical properties of nanomaterials with their hazard potential in tiered models, fundamental understanding of nano-biomolecular interactions and their implications for nanoEHS is largely absent from the literature. Research on nano-biomolecular interactions within the context of natural systems not only provides important clues for deciphering nanotoxicity and nanoparticle-induced pathology, but also presents vast new opportunities for screening beneficial material properties and designing greener products from bottom up. This review highlights new opportunities concerning nano-biomolecular interactions beyond the scope of toxicity.
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- Sijie Lin
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Earth Research Institute and University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Nanotechnology Innovation Center of Kansas State, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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- ARC Center of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Nanotechnology Innovation Center of Kansas State, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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- ARC Center of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, United States
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- ARC Center of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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Wang Y, Chang CH, Bouchard DC, Nisbet RM, Schimel JP, Gardea-Torresdey JL, Holden PA. Agglomeration Determines Effects of Carbonaceous Nanomaterials on Soybean Nodulation, Dinitrogen Fixation Potential, and Growth in Soil. ACS NANO 2017; 11:5753-5765. [PMID: 28549216 PMCID: PMC5860665 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b01337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The potential effects of carbonaceous nanomaterials (CNMs) on agricultural plants are of concern. However, little research has been performed using plants cultivated to maturity in soils contaminated with various CNMs at different concentrations. Here, we grew soybean for 39 days to seed production in soil amended with 0.1, 100, or 1000 mg kg-1 of either multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs), or carbon black (CB) and studied plant growth, nodulation, and dinitrogen (N2) fixation potential. Plants in all CNM treatments flowered earlier (producing 60% to 372% more flowers when reproduction started) than the unamended controls. The low MWCNT-treated plants were shorter (by 15%) with slower leaf cover expansion (by 26%) and less final leaf area (by 24%) than the controls. Nodulation and N2 fixation potential appeared negatively impacted by CNMs, with stronger effects at lower CNM concentrations. All CNM treatments reduced the whole-plant N2 fixation potential, with the highest reductions (by over 91%) in the low and medium CB and the low MWCNT treatments. CB and GNPs appeared to accumulate inside nodules as observed by transmission electron microscopy. CNM dispersal in aqueous soil extracts was studied to explain the inverse dose-response relationships, showing that CNMs at higher concentrations were more agglomerated (over 90% CNMs settled as agglomerates >3 μm after 12 h) and therefore proportionally less bioavailable. Overall, our findings suggest that lower concentrations of CNMs in soils could be more impactful to leguminous N2 fixation, owing to greater CNM dispersal and therefore increased bioavailability at lower concentrations.
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- Ying Wang
- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
- Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
- University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
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- University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Athens, GA 30605, United States
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- Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
- University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
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- Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
- University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
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- University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, United States
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
- Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
- University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
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Peng C, Xu C, Liu Q, Sun L, Luo Y, Shi J. Fate and Transformation of CuO Nanoparticles in the Soil-Rice System during the Life Cycle of Rice Plants. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2017; 51:4907-4917. [PMID: 28383251 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Agricultural soil is gradually becoming a primary sink for metal-based nanoparticles (MNPs). The uptake and accumulation of MNPs by crops may contaminate food chain and pose unexpected risks for human health. Here, we investigated the fate and transformation of CuO nanoparticles (NPs) in the soil-rice system during the rice lifecycle. The results show that at the maturation stage, 1000 mg/kg CuO NPs significantly decreased redox potential by 202.75 mV but enhanced electrical conductivity by 497.07 mS/cm compared to controls. Moreover, the bioavailability of highest CuO NPs in the soil was reduced by 69.84% along with the plant growth but then was significantly increased by 165% after drying-wetting cycles. Meanwhile, CuO and Cu combined with humic acid were transformed to Cu2S and Cu associated with goethite by X-ray absorption near edge structure analysis. Additionally, CuO NPs had an acute negative effect on the plant growth than bulk particles, which dramatically reduced the fresh weight of grains to 6.51% of controls. Notably, CuO NPs were found to be translocated from soil to plant especially to the chaff and promoted the Cu accumulation in the aleurone layer of rice using micro X-ray fluorescence technique, but could not reach the polished rice.
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- Cheng Peng
- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058, China
- Department of Environmental Science, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058, China
- Zhejiang Bestwa Environmental Protection Science and Technology Company Limited, Hangzhou 310015, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Yantai 264003, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058, China
- State Key Laboratory for Water Pollution Control and Environmental Safety, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058, China
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Priester JH, Moritz SC, Espinosa K, Ge Y, Wang Y, Nisbet RM, Schimel JP, Susana Goggi A, Gardea-Torresdey JL, Holden PA. Damage assessment for soybean cultivated in soil with either CeO 2 or ZnO manufactured nanomaterials. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2017; 579:1756-1768. [PMID: 27939199 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Revised: 11/21/2016] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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With increasing use, manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs) may enter soils and impact agriculture. Herein, soybean (Glycine max) was grown in soil amended with either nano-CeO2 (0.1, 0.5, or 1.0gkg-1 soil) or nano-ZnO (0.05, 0.1, or 0.5gkg-1 soil). Leaf chlorosis, necrosis, and photosystem II (PSII) quantum efficiency were monitored during plant growth. Seed protein and protein carbonyl, plus leaf chlorophyll, reactive oxygen species (ROS), lipid peroxidation, and genotoxicity were measured for plants at harvest. Neither PSII quantum efficiency, seed protein, nor protein carbonyl indicated negative MNM effects. However, increased ROS, lipid peroxidation, and visible damage, along with decreased total chlorophyll concentrations, were observed for soybean leaves in the nano-CeO2 treatments. These effects correlated to aboveground leaf, pod, and stem production, and to root nodule N2 fixation potential. Soybeans grown in soil amended with nano-ZnO maintained growth, yield, and N2 fixation potential similarly to the controls, without increased leaf ROS or lipid peroxidation. Leaf damage was observed for the nano-ZnO treatments, and genotoxicity appeared for the highest nano-ZnO treatment, but only for one plant. Total chlorophyll concentrations decreased with increasing leaf Zn concentration, which was attributable to zinc complexes-not nano-ZnO-in the leaves. Overall, nano-ZnO and nano-CeO2 amended to soils differentially triggered aboveground soybean leaf stress and damage. However, the consequences of leaf stress and damage to N2 fixation, plant growth, and yield were only observed for nano-CeO2.
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- John H Priester
- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States; Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States; University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
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- Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, United States
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States; Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States; University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States; Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States; University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
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- Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States; University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
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- Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States; University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, United States
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- University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States; Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, United States
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States; Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States; University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States.
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Du W, Gardea-Torresdey JL, Xie Y, Yin Y, Zhu J, Zhang X, Ji R, Gu K, Peralta-Videa JR, Guo H. Elevated CO 2 levels modify TiO 2 nanoparticle effects on rice and soil microbial communities. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2017; 578:408-416. [PMID: 27838053 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Revised: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Evidence suggests that CO2 modifies the behavior of nanomaterials. Thus, in a few decades, plants might be exposed to additional stress if atmospheric levels of CO2 and the environmental burden of nanomaterials increase at the current pace. Here, we used a full-size free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) system in farm fields to investigate the effect of elevated CO2 levels on phytotoxicity and microbial toxicity of nTiO2 (0, 50, and 200mgkg-1) in a paddy soil system. Results show that nTiO2 did not induce visible signs of toxicity in rice plants cultivated at the ambient CO2 level (370μmolmol-1), but under the high CO2 concentration (570μmolmol-1) nTiO2 significantly reduced rice biomass by 17.9% and 22.1% at 50mgkg-1 and 200mgkg-1, respectively, and grain yield by 20.8% and 44.1% at 50mgkg-1 and 200mgkg-1, respectively. In addition, at the high CO2 concentration, nTiO2 at 200mgkg-1 increased accumulation of Ca, Mg, Mn, P, Zn, and Ti by 22.5%, 16.8%, 29.1%, 7.4%, 15.7% and 8.6%, respectively, but reduced fat and total sugar by 11.2% and 25.5%, respectively, in grains. Such conditions also changed the functional composition of soil microbial communities, alerting specific phyla of bacteria and the diversity and richness of protista. Overall, this study suggests that increases in CO2 levels would modify the effects of nTiO2 on the nutritional quality of crops and function of soil microbial communities, with unknown implications for future economics and human health.
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- Wenchao Du
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, TX 79968, United States; Environmental Science and Engineering PhD program, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, United States; University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, TX 79968, United States; Environmental Science and Engineering PhD program, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, United States; University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210046, China.
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Rizwan M, Ali S, Qayyum MF, Ok YS, Adrees M, Ibrahim M, Zia-Ur-Rehman M, Farid M, Abbas F. Effect of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles on growth and physiology of globally important food crops: A critical review. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2017; 322:2-16. [PMID: 27267650 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.05.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2015] [Revised: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The concentrations of engineered metal and metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) have increased in the environment due to increasing demand of NPs based products. This is causing a major concern for sustainable agriculture. This review presents the effects of NPs on agricultural crops at biochemical, physiological and molecular levels. Numerous studies showed that metal and metal oxide NPs affected the growth, yield and quality of important agricultural crops. The NPs altered mineral nutrition, photosynthesis and caused oxidative stress and induced genotoxicity in crops. The activities of antioxidant enzymes increased at low NPs toxicity while decreased at higher NPs toxicity in crops. Due to exposure of crop plants to NPs, the concentration of NPs increased in different plant parts including fruits and grains which could transfer to the food chain and pose a threat to human health. In conclusion, most of the NPs have both positive and negative effects on crops at physiological, morphological, biochemical and molecular levels. The effects of NPs on crop plants vary greatly with plant species, growth stages, growth conditions, method, dose, and duration of NPs exposure along with other factors. Further research orientation is also discussed in this review article.
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- Muhammad Rizwan
- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Allama, Iqbal Road, 38000 Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Allama, Iqbal Road, 38000 Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
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- Korea Biochar Research Centre and Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Allama, Iqbal Road, 38000 Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Allama, Iqbal Road, 38000 Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Gujrat, Hafiz Hayat Campus, Gujrat, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Allama, Iqbal Road, 38000 Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Kwak JI, An YJ. The current state of the art in research on engineered nanomaterials and terrestrial environments: Different-scale approaches. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2016; 151:368-382. [PMID: 27540869 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2016] [Revised: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 08/06/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Recent studies regarding the environmental fate of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) reported that most ENMs were eventually deposited in landfills. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the environmental effects of ENMs on soils through long-term and environmentally relevant studies. Our review of 65 studies published since 2007 revealed that ENMs had adverse effects on terrestrial species, including soil microorganisms, plants, and earthworms. The papers reported the results of soil toxicity tests for ENMs at the microcosm and mesocosm levels, in the field, and through food chains, as well as their effects on species sensitivity distributions. Little research has been conducted on the interaction between ENMs and actual environmental conditions, such as their effects on a community of multiple species or species sensitivity distributions. Few studies have used mesocosms, and only a single study has been conducted in the field. The present review provides a broad perspective on the impact of ENMs on soil organisms as reported in the literature and highlights directions for future work.
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- Jin Il Kwak
- Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, South Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, South Korea.
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