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Jurković J, Kazlagić A, Sulejmanović J, Smječanin N, Karalija E, Prkić A, Nuhanović M, Kolar M, Albuquerque A. Assessment of heavy metals bioaccumulation in Silver Birch (Betula pendula Roth) from an AMD active, abandoned gold mine waste. Environ Geochem Health 2023; 45:9855-9873. [PMID: 37864130 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-023-01774-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023]
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Acid mine drainage (AMD) is generally outlined as one of the largest environmental concerns, characterized by very low pH value of mine waste, heavy metals and high sulphate content. This extremely hostile environment reduces plant ability to develop and grow. Present study focuses on a silver birch (Betula pendula Roth), a pioneer species that grows on an extremely hostile gold mine waste, to investigate the bioaccumulation of rare metals (thallium (Tl) and indium (In)), as well as nine other more common heavy metals (bismuth (Bi), cadmium (Cd), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), silver (Ag) and zinc (Zn)), and to asses phytoextraction and phytostabilization potential of silver birch. Additionally, parameters determining AMD process and overall contamination (pH, electrical conductivity (EC), sulphates (SO42-), arsenic (As), iron (Fe), oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), turbidity, dissolved oxygen (DO), total dissolved solids (TDS), acidity, hardness, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and radioactivity) were determined in mine waste and drainage water samples. To assess the heavy metals bioaccumulation and mine waste status, statistical geochemical indices were determined: bioaccumulation factor (BCF), pollution load index (PLI), geochemical abundance index (GAI) and exposure index (EI). The results show that silver birch bioaccumulates the essential elements Cu, Ni, Mn and Zn, and the nonessential elements Tl (average BCF = 24.99), In (average BC = 23.01) and Pb (average BCF = 0.84). Investigated mine waste was enriched by Bi, Ag and Cd according to positive values of GAI index. Present research provides a novel insight into bioaccumulation of nonessential heavy metals in silver birches who grow on the extremely hostile mine waste, and they exhibit significant phytoremediation potential.
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Affiliation(s)
- Josip Jurković
- Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja Od Bosne 8, 71000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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- Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Division 1.1 Inorganic Trace Analysis, Richard-Willstäter-Straße 11, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja Od Bosne 33-35, 71000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja Od Bosne 33-35, 71000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja Od Bosne 33-35, 71000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University of Split, Ruđera Boškovića 35, 21000, Split, Croatia
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- Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja Od Bosne 33-35, 71000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna Pot 113, 10001, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, FibEnTech, GeoBioTec, university of Beira Interior, Calcada Fonte do Lameiro, 6, 6200-358, Covilhã, Portugal
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Smječanin N, Nuhanović M, Sulejmanović J, Mašić E, Sher F. Highly effective sustainable membrane based cyanobacteria for uranium uptake from aqueous environment. Chemosphere 2023; 313:137488. [PMID: 36528157 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 11/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Wastewater from industrial process of uranium ore mining contains a large amount of this radioactive pollutant. Regarding the advantages of biosorption, it was found that varieties of biomasses such as agricultural waste, algae and fungi are effective for uranium removal. However, there is limited research on cyanobacteria, therefore, cyanobacteria, Anagnostidinema amphibium (CAA) was investigated by batch method for the first time for biosorption of uranium (VI). Optimization of biosorption parameters showed that maximum removal efficiency of 92.91% was reached at pH range of 9-11 with 50 mg of cyanobacteria to 100 mg/L U(VI) initial concentration, at 25 °C within 40 min. Used biosorbent exhibited very good selectivity for U(VI) ions and reusability in IV sorption/desorption cycles. Characterization of CAA surface was performed by FTIR, EDS, EDXRF and SEM analysis and it has shown various functional groups (CONH, COOH, OH, PO alkyl group) and that it is very rich in elements such as iron, potassium and calcium. In binary systems, contained of U(VI) and selected ions, CAA exhibits very good selectivity towards U(VI) ions. Kinetic data revealed the best accordance of experimental data with the pseudo-second-order model and isotherms data agreed with Freundlich model. Thermodynamic data implied that U(VI) biosorption process by A. amphibium exhibited spontaneity and modelling of the investigated process showed that the adsorption of uranium ions occurs mainly via peptidoglycan carboxyl groups. Overall results show that these cyanobacteria with a maximum sorption capacity of 324.94 mg/g have great potential for the processing of wastewater polluted with uranium (VI).
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- Narcisa Smječanin
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina; International Society of Engineering Science and Technology, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina; International Society of Engineering Science and Technology, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department of Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, United Kingdom.
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Deshmukh P, Sar SK, Smječanin N, Nuhanović M, Lalwani R. Erratum to: Magnetically Modified Waste Bark of Aegle marmelos Tree as a Promising Biosorbent for Uranium(VI) Sorption. Radiochemistry 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s1066362222050113] [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: 12/23/2022]
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Deshmukh P, Sar SK, Smječanin N, Nuhanović M, Lalwani R. Magnetically Modified Waste Bark of Aegle marmelos Tree as a Promising Biosorbent for Uranium(VI) Sorption. Radiochemistry 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s1066362222040099] [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: 12/23/2022]
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Gradaščević N, Selović A, Mujić N, Smječanin N, Karaman N, Nuhanović M. Study of radionuclides and heavy metal migration through soil profiles (0-60 cm) at points near the targets of NATO strikes in 1995: environmental monitoring and assessment. Environ Monit Assess 2022; 194:522. [PMID: 35737131 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-022-10168-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The activity concentrations of natural and artificial radionuclides (40K, 232Th, 226Ra, 238U, 137Cs) and concentrations of six heavy metals of interest (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn) were investigated in 18 soil samples through soil depths (0-10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-40.40-50, 50-60 cm) at the three selected sites in the Hadžići. Since at this area ammunition with depleted uranium had been used during the NATO strikes in 1995, this study was conducted with the aim to assess the radiological and environmental health hazards. Radioactivity was determined by gamma spectrometry using HPGe and LEGE detectors and content of heavy metals by using a flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The correlation with distribution of the radionuclides and their activity concentrations through depths was found only at the site 1 for 40K, 232Th and 226Ra, where minimum/maximum activity concentrations for 40K were 814.42 Bq/kg/1039.48 Bq/kg, for 232Th 53.98 Bq/kg/74.12 Bq/kg and for 226Ra 50.32 Bq/kg/65.73 Bq/kg. Vertical distribution of 137Cs along 3 site profiles was used for distinction of cultivated and uncultivated soil. Using the activity ratio of 238U/226Ra and 235U/238U, the presence of depleted uranium (DU) was established at the site 3. Obtained Igeo values for determined heavy metals showed that all of three sites were unpolluted to moderately polluted. Pb content in all three sites showed correlation with concentration decreasing with increasing soil depth.
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- Nedžad Gradaščević
- Veterinary Faculty, Department of Radiobiology With Radiation Hygiene, Biophysics & Environmental Protection, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Veterinary Faculty, Department of Radiobiology With Radiation Hygiene, Biophysics & Environmental Protection, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Veterinary Faculty, Department of Radiobiology With Radiation Hygiene, Biophysics & Environmental Protection, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Nuhanović M, Šehović E, Smječanin N, Hodžić D, Vinković A. Assessment of Natural and Anthropogenic Radionuclides in Urban Soil of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Radiochemistry 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s1066362222030201] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Sadiq H, Sher F, Sehar S, Lima EC, Zhang S, Iqbal HM, Zafar F, Nuhanović M. Green synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles from Syzygium Cumini leaves extract with robust photocatalysis applications. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Nuhanović M, Drešković N, Mujezinović A, Mulić M. Examination of Total Gross Activity and Uranium Isotope Content in Thermal Waters in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Radiochemistry 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s1066362220010166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Nuhanović M, Grebo M, Draganović S, Memić M, Smječanin N. Uranium(VI) biosorption by sugar beet pulp: equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic studies. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-019-06877-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Šabanović E, Muhić-Šarac T, Nuhanović M, Memić M. Biosorption of uranium(VI) from aqueous solution by Citrus limon peels: kinetics, equlibrium and batch studies. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-018-6358-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ahatović A, Ljekperić E, Nuhanović M, Durmić-Pašić A. SCREENING FOR GMO IN FERMENTED SOY SAUCE. GenApp 2018. [DOI: 10.31383/ga.vol1iss1pp33-36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Soy sauce is worldwide popular condiment of Asian origin. With the advent of GM soybean production, soy sauce drew the interest of food safety control. Samples collected for inspection are generally of industrial grade soy sauce type, which is produced from hydrolyzed soybean and grain. Following the failure to perform RealTime PCR based GMO screening on a number of submitted samples we tested our screening system on soy sauce produced following traditional method based on fermentation. Four batches of soy sauce were produced and DNA extracted. DNA concentration ranged from 32,68 to 65,36 ng/μl. Amplification of taxon specific target was successful with rather high Ct ( > 30). Promoter P-35S sequence was not detected, but T-NOS was detected in three samples with values reaching or exceeding LOD of the method. The results show that it is possible to detect transgenic elements in traditionally produced soy sauce while DNA extraction from industrial grade soy sauce is not possible.
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