Integrated approaches to mitigate threats from emerging potentially toxic elements: A way forward for sustainable environmental management

A Singh, S Chauhan, S Varjani, A Pandey… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) such as toxic metal (loid) s and other emerging hazardous
contaminants, exist in the environment and poses a serious threat. A large amount of …

Use of soil actinomycetes for pharmaceutical, food, agricultural, and environmental purposes

MT Nazari, BS Machado, G Marchezi, L Crestani… - 3 Biotech, 2022 - Springer
In this article, we reviewed the international scientific production of the last years on
actinomycetes isolated from soil aiming to report recent advances in using these …

Insight into microbial functional genes' role in geochemical distribution and cycling of uranium: The evidence from covering soils of uranium tailings dam

W Yuan, J She, J Liu, Q Zhang, X Wei, L Huang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
There exists a research gap on microbial functional genes' role in U geochemical behavior
and cycling in U contaminated soils, which has been poorly understood. Herein, 16S rRNA …

Phosphate-functionalized magnetic calcium alginate for the engineering remediation of uranium-contaminated water and soil

D Wang, J Zhang, J Li - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasingly hazardous and radioactive environmental issues arising from the uranium-
contaminated water and soil make it urgent to develop high-yield and efficient adsorbents …

Uranium bioprecipitation mediated by a phosphate-solubilizing Enterobacter sp. N1-10 and remediation of uranium-contaminated soil

X Yu, F Xiong, C Zhou, Z Luo, Z Zhou, J Chen… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Uranium (U) pollution in soils is prevalent worldwide and poses a significant health risk that
will require remediation approaches. However, traditional U bioreduction by sulfate reducing …

Interaction of exopolysaccharide with clay minerals and their effects on U (VI) adsorption

H Zhang, S Larson, J Ballard, J Nie, Q Zhang… - Journal of Soils and …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose The modification of clay minerals by exopolysaccharides (EPS) may significantly
increase their adsorption capacity for heavy metals. Therefore, this study focused on the …

Photosynthesis and growth of Amaranthus tricolor under strontium stress

X Cheng, C Chen, Y Hu, X Guo, J Wang - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Amaranthaceae are effective plants for cleaning soil contaminated by heavy metals and
radionuclides. In this paper, Amaranthus tricolor was used to investigate the response of the …

Lactic acid bacteria induce phosphate recrystallization for the in situ remediation of uranium-contaminated topsoil: Principle and application

Z He, L Dong, K Zhang, D Zhang, X Pan - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Uranium (U) contamination often occurs in the topsoil (arable layer), and is a serious threat
to crop growth. However, conventional microbial reduction methods are sensitive to oxygen …

Remediation of uranium-contaminated alkaline soil by rational application of phosphorus fertilizers: Effect and mechanism

L Dong, Z He, J Wu, K Zhang, D Zhang, X Pan - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
In alkaline soil, abundant carbonates will mobilize uranium (U) and increase its ecotoxicity,
which is a serious threat to crop growth. However, the knowledge of U remediation in …

Accumulation, ecological health risks, and source identification of potentially toxic elements in river sediments of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

N Cai, X Wang, W Wang, L Wang, S Tian, H Zhu… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Qarhan Salt Lake is the largest brine lake on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP),
which contains some potentially toxic elements (PTEs) due to the increase of human …