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Pavlicevic M, Abdelraheem W, Zuverza-Mena N, O’Keefe T, Mukhtar S, Ridge G, Ranciato J, Haynes C, Elmer W, Pignatello J, Pagano L, Caldara M, Marmiroli M, Maestri E, Marmiroli N, White JC. Engineered Nanoparticles, Natural Nanoclay and Biochar, as Carriers of Plant-Growth Promoting Bacteria. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2022; 12:4474. [PMID: 36558327 PMCID: PMC9783841 DOI: 10.3390/nano12244474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The potential of biochar and nanoparticles to serve as effective delivery agents for beneficial bacteria to crops was investigated. Application of nanoparticles and biochar as carriers for beneficial bacteria improved not only the amount of nitrogen-fixing and phosphorus-solubilizing bacteria in soil, but also improved chlorophyll content (1.2-1.3 times), cell viability (1.1-1.5 times), and antioxidative properties (1.1-1.4 times) compared to control plants. Treatments also improved content of phosphorus (P) (1.1-1.6 times) and nitrogen (N) (1.1-1.4 times higher) in both tomato and watermelon plants. However, the effect of biochars and nanoparticles were species-specific. For example, chitosan-coated mesoporous silica nanoparticles with adsorbed bacteria increased the phosphorus content in tomato by 1.2 times compared to a 1.1-fold increase when nanoclay with adsorbed bacteria was applied. In watermelon, the situation was reversed: 1.1-fold increase in the case of chitosan-coated mesoporous silica nanoparticles and 1.2 times in case of nanoclay with adsorbed bacteria. Our findings demonstrate that use of nanoparticles and biochar as carriers for beneficial bacteria significantly improved plant growth and health. These findings are useful for design and synthesis of novel and sustainable biofertilizer formulations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Milica Pavlicevic
- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
- Interdepartmental Center SITEIA.PARMA, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
- Interdepartmental Center SITEIA.PARMA, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
- National Interuniversity Consortium for Environmental Sciences (CINSA), 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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Sigmund G, Arp HPH, Aumeier BM, Bucheli TD, Chefetz B, Chen W, Droge STJ, Endo S, Escher BI, Hale SE, Hofmann T, Pignatello J, Reemtsma T, Schmidt TC, Schönsee CD, Scheringer M. Correction to "Sorption and Mobility of Charged Organic Compounds: How to Confront and Overcome Limitations in Their Assessment". Environ Sci Technol 2022; 56:11093. [PMID: 35856257 PMCID: PMC9352312 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c05051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Sigmund G, Arp HPH, Aumeier BM, Bucheli TD, Chefetz B, Chen W, Droge STJ, Endo S, Escher BI, Hale SE, Hofmann T, Pignatello J, Reemtsma T, Schmidt TC, Schönsee CD, Scheringer M. Sorption and Mobility of Charged Organic Compounds: How to Confront and Overcome Limitations in Their Assessment. Environ Sci Technol 2022; 56:4702-4710. [PMID: 35353522 PMCID: PMC9022425 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c00570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
Abstract
Permanently charged and ionizable organic compounds (IOC) are a large and diverse group of compounds belonging to many contaminant classes, including pharmaceuticals, pesticides, industrial chemicals, and natural toxins. Sorption and mobility of IOCs are distinctively different from those of neutral compounds. Due to electrostatic interactions with natural sorbents, existing concepts for describing neutral organic contaminant sorption, and by extension mobility, are inadequate for IOC. Predictive models developed for neutral compounds are based on octanol-water partitioning of compounds (Kow) and organic-carbon content of soil/sediment, which is used to normalize sorption measurements (KOC). We revisit those concepts and their translation to IOC (Dow and DOC) and discuss compound and soil properties determining sorption of IOC under water saturated conditions. Highlighting possible complementary and/or alternative approaches to better assess IOC mobility, we discuss implications on their regulation and risk assessment. The development of better models for IOC mobility needs consistent and reliable sorption measurements at well-defined chemical conditions in natural porewater, better IOC-, as well as sorbent characterization. Such models should be complemented by monitoring data from the natural environment. The state of knowledge presented here may guide urgently needed future investigations in this field for researchers, engineers, and regulators.
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- Gabriel Sigmund
- Department
of Environmental Geosciences, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental
Systems Science, University of Vienna, 1090 Wien, Austria
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- Norwegian
Geotechnical Institute (NGI), P.O. Box 3930 Ullevaal Stadion, N-0806 Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian
University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- RWTH
Aachen University, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Mies-van-der-Rohe Straße 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department
of Soil and Water Sciences, Institute of Environmental Sciences; Faculty
of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- College
of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education Key
Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Tianjin
Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- Wageningen
Environmental Research, Wageningen University
and Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700AA, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Health
and Environmental Risk Division, National
Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Onogawa 16-2, 305-8506 Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
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- Department
of Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research − UFZ, Permoser Strasse 15, DE-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Environmental
Toxicology, Center for Applied Geoscience, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Schnarrenbergstr. 94-96, DE-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Norwegian
Geotechnical Institute (NGI), P.O. Box 3930 Ullevaal Stadion, N-0806 Oslo, Norway
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- Department
of Environmental Geosciences, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental
Systems Science, University of Vienna, 1090 Wien, Austria
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- Department
of Environmental Sciences, The Connecticut
Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven; 123 Huntington St., New Haven, Connecticut 06504-1106, United States
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- Department
of Analytical Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute for Analytical Chemistry, University
of Leipzig, Linnéstrasse
3, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Instrumental
Analytical Chemistry and Centre for Water and Environmental Research
(ZWU), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 5, 45141 Essen, Germany
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- RECETOX, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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Servin AD, Castillo-Michel H, Hernandez-Viezcas JA, De Nolf W, De La Torre-Roche R, Pagano L, Pignatello J, Uchimiya M, Gardea-Torresdey J, White JC. Bioaccumulation of CeO 2 Nanoparticles by Earthworms in Biochar-Amended Soil: A Synchrotron Microspectroscopy Study. J Agric Food Chem 2018; 66:6609-6618. [PMID: 29281882 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b04612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The interactions of nanoparticles (NPs) with biochar and soil components may substantially influence NP availability and toxicity to biota. In the present study, earthworms ( Eisenia fetida) were exposed for 28 days to a residential or agricultural soil amended with 0-2000 mg of CeO2 NP/kg and with biochar (produced by the pyrolysis of pecan shells at 350 and 600 °C) at various application rates [0-5% (w/w)]. After 28 days, earthworms were depurated and analyzed for Ce content, moisture content, and lipid peroxidation. The results showed minimal toxicity to the worms; however, biochar (350 or 600 °C) was the dominant factor, accounting for 94 and 84% of the variance for the moisture content and lipid peroxidation, respectively, in the exposed earthworms. For both soils with 1000 mg of CeO2/kg at 600 °C, biochar significantly decreased the accumulation of Ce in the worm tissues. Amendment with 350 °C biochar had mixed responses on Ce uptake. Analysis by micro X-ray fluorescence (μ-XRF) and micro X-ray absorption near edge structure (μ-XANES) was used to evaluate Ce localization, speciation, and persistence in CeO2- and biochar-exposed earthworms after depuration for 12, 48, and 72 h. Earthworms from the 500 mg of CeO2/kg and 0% biochar treatments eliminated most Ce after a 48 h depuration period. However, in the same treatment and with 5% BC-600 (biochar pyrolysis temperature of 600 °C), ingested biochar fragments (∼50 μm) with Ce adsorbed to the surfaces were retained in the gut after 72 h. Additionally, Ce remained in earthworms from the 2000 mg of CeO2/kg and 5% biochar treatments after depuration for 48 h. Analysis by μ-XANES showed that, within the earthworm tissues, Ce remained predominantly as Ce4+O2, with only few regions (2-3 μm2) where it was found in the reduced form (Ce3+). The present findings highlight that soil and biochar properties have a significant influence in the internalization of CeO2 NPs in earthworms; such interactions need to be considered when estimating NP fate and effects in the environment.
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) , BP 220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Environmental Science and Engineering Ph.D. Program, University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UCCEIN) , The University of Texas at El Paso , El Paso , Texas 79968 , United States
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) , BP 220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Stockbridge School of Agriculture , University of Massachusetts , Amherst , Massachusetts 01003 , United States
- Department of Life Sciences , University of Parma , 43124 Parma , Italy
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- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) , New Orleans , Louisiana 70124 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Environmental Science and Engineering Ph.D. Program, University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UCCEIN) , The University of Texas at El Paso , El Paso , Texas 79968 , United States
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Servin AD, De la Torre-Roche R, Castillo-Michel H, Pagano L, Hawthorne J, Musante C, Pignatello J, Uchimiya M, White JC. Exposure of agricultural crops to nanoparticle CeO 2 in biochar-amended soil. Plant Physiol Biochem 2017; 110:147-157. [PMID: 27288265 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Revised: 05/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Biochar is seeing increased usage as an amendment in agricultural soils but the significance of nanoscale interactions between this additive and engineered nanoparticles (ENP) remains unknown. Corn, lettuce, soybean and zucchini were grown for 28 d in two different soils (agricultural, residential) amended with 0-2000 mg engineered nanoparticle (ENP) CeO2 kg-1 and biochar (350 °C or 600 °C) at application rates of 0-5% (w/w). At harvest, plants were analyzed for biomass, Ce content, chlorophyll and lipid peroxidation. Biomass from the four species grown in residential soil varied with species and biochar type. However, biomass in the agricultural soil amended with biochar 600 °C was largely unaffected. Biochar co-exposure had minimal impact on Ce accumulation, with reduced or increased Ce content occurring at the highest (5%) biochar level. Soil-specific and biochar-specific effects on Ce accumulation were observed in the four species. For example, zucchini grown in agricultural soil with 2000 mg CeO2 kg-1 and 350 °C biochar (0.5-5%) accumulated greater Ce than the control. However, for the 600 °C biochar, the opposite effect was evident, with decreased Ce content as biochar increased. A principal component analysis showed that biochar type accounted for 56-99% of the variance in chlorophyll and lipid peroxidation across the plants. SEM and μ-XRF showed Ce association with specific biochar and soil components, while μ-XANES analysis confirmed that after 28 d in soil, the Ce remained largely as CeO2. The current study demonstrates that biochar synthesis conditions significantly impact interactions with ENP, with subsequent effects on particle fate and effects.
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- Alia D Servin
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT, 06511, United States
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT, 06511, United States
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT, 06511, United States; Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, United States; Department of Life Sciences, University of Parma, 43124, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT, 06511, United States
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT, 06511, United States
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT, 06511, United States
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT, 06511, United States.
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Pignatello J, Sawhney B, Frink C. EDB: persistence in soil. Science 1987. [DOI: 10.1126/science.3554511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Mason CP, Edwards KR, Carlson RE, Pignatello J, Gleason FK, Wood JM. Isolation of chlorine-containing antibiotic from the freshwater cyanobacterium Scytonema hofmanni. Science 1982; 215:400-2. [PMID: 6800032 DOI: 10.1126/science.6800032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Scytonema hofmanni, a filamentous freshwater cyanobacterium (blue-green alga), produces secondary metabolites which inhibit the growth of other cyanobacteria and green algae. A rapid, qualitative assay for this inhibition has been developed with Synechococcus as the test organism. This assay procedure has led to the isolation and characterization of an antibiotic (named cyanobacterin) from Scytonema. The antibiotic has a molecular weight of 430 and an empirical formula of C23H23O6Cl and contains a gamma-lactone and a chlorinated aromatic nucleus. It inhibits the growth of various algae but has limited effect on nonphotosynthetic bacteria or protozoans and thus may have potential use as a specific algicide.
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