The interplay between microbial communities and soil properties

L Philippot, C Chenu, A Kappler, MC Rillig… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
In recent years, there has been considerable progress in determining the soil properties that
influence the structure of the soil microbiome. By contrast, the effects of microorganisms on …

Effective water/wastewater treatment methodologies for toxic pollutants removal: Processes and applications towards sustainable development

A Saravanan, PS Kumar, S Jeevanantham, S Karishma… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Release of pollutants due to inflating anthropogenic activities has a conspicuous effect on
the environment. As water is uniquely vulnerable to pollution, water pollution control has …

[PDF][PDF] A critical review of mineral–microbe interaction and co-evolution: mechanisms and applications

H Dong, L Huang, L Zhao, Q Zeng, X Liu… - National science …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Mineral–microbe interactions play important roles in environmental change, biogeochemical
cycling of elements and formation of ore deposits. Minerals provide both beneficial (physical …

Metal contamination and bioremediation of agricultural soils for food safety and sustainability

D Hou, D O'Connor, AD Igalavithana… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
Agricultural soil is a non-renewable natural resource that requires careful stewardship in
order to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. However, industrial …

The relative impact of toxic heavy metals (THMs)(arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr)(VI), mercury (Hg), and lead (Pb)) on the total environment: an overview

Z Rahman, VP Singh - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2019 - Springer
Certain five heavy metals viz. arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr)(VI), mercury (Hg),
and lead (Pb) are non-threshold toxins and can exert toxic effects at very low concentrations …

Oxide–and silicate–water interfaces and their roles in technology and the environment

JL Bañuelos, E Borguet, GE Brown Jr… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial reactions drive all elemental cycling on Earth and play pivotal roles in human
activities such as agriculture, water purification, energy production and storage …

[HTML][HTML] Heavy metals in food crops: Health risks, fate, mechanisms, and management

PK Rai, SS Lee, M Zhang, YF Tsang, KH Kim - Environment international, 2019 - Elsevier
Food security is a high-priority issue for sustainable global development both quantitatively
and qualitatively. In recent decades, adverse effects of unexpected contaminants on crop …

Microbial interventions in bioremediation of heavy metal contaminants in agroecosystem

V Pande, SC Pandey, D Sati, P Bhatt… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Soil naturally comprises heavy metals but due to the rapid industrialization and
anthropogenic events such as uncontrolled use of agrochemicals their concentration is …

Microbial extracellular polymeric substances: ecological function and impact on soil aggregation

OYA Costa, JM Raaijmakers, EE Kuramae - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
A wide range of microorganisms produce extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), highly
hydrated polymers that are mainly composed of polysaccharides, proteins, and DNA. EPS …

[HTML][HTML] Contaminant containment for sustainable remediation of persistent contaminants in soil and groundwater

LP Padhye, P Srivastava, T Jasemizad, S Bolan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Contaminant containment measures are often necessary to prevent or minimize offsite
movement of contaminated materials for disposal or other purposes when they can be …