Mineral-solubilizing microbial inoculant positively affects the multifunctionality of anthropogenic soils in abandoned mining areas

C Li, H Nie, S Zhang, Z Jia, S Ma, T Li, L Zhai… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The mining industry has a significant negative impact on ecosystems, and the remediation of
abandoned mining sites requires effective strategies. One promising approach is the …

The positive effects of mineral-solubilizing microbial inoculants on asymbiotic nitrogen fixation of abandoned mine soils are driven by keystone phylotype

C Li, Z Jia, S Zhang, T Li, S Ma, X Cheng… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Toward the restoration of the increasing numbers of abandoned mines across China,
external-soil spray seeding technologies have become more extensively utilized. However …

[HTML][HTML] Reconditioning degraded mine site soils with exogenous soil microbes: Plant fitness and soil microbiome outcomes

B Moreira-Grez, M Muñoz-Rojas, K Kariman… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Mining of mineral resources substantially alters both the above and below-ground soil
ecosystem, which then requires rehabilitation back to a pre-mining state. For belowground …

Functions of mineral-solubilizing microbes and a water retaining agent for the remediation of abandoned mine sites

C Li, Z Jia, X Peng, L Zhai, B Zhang, X Liu… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
There has been a rapid increase in abandoned mines across China, Consequently, external-
soil spray seeding technologies have emerged as a common method for their remediation …

[HTML][HTML] Rock-solubilizing microbial inoculums have enormous potential as ecological remediation agents to promote plant growth

Z Jia, M Meng, C Li, B Zhang, L Zhai, X Liu, S Ma… - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Anthropogenic overexploitation poses significant threats to the ecosystems that surround
mining sites, which also have tremendous negative impacts on human health and society …

Microbes from mined sites: Harnessing their potential for reclamation of derelict mine sites

P Thavamani, RA Samkumar, V Satheesh… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Derelict mines pose potential risks to environmental health. Several factors such as soil
structure, organic matter, and nutrient content are the greatly affected qualities in mined …

Inoculating native microorganisms improved soil function and altered the microbial composition of a degraded soil

FA Dadzie, AT Moles, TE Erickson… - Restoration …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Restoration managers inoculate microorganisms to enhance soil function and improve
restoration success, but the efficacy of these inoculations in real‐world conditions is still …

[HTML][HTML] Soil bacterial communities and their associated functions for forest restoration on a limestone mine in northern Thailand

C Sansupa, W Purahong, T Wubet, P Tiansawat… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Opencast mining removes topsoil and associated bacterial communities that play crucial
roles in soil ecosystem functioning. Understanding the community composition and …

Insights on the assembly processes and drivers of soil microbial communities in different depth layers in an abandoned polymetallic mining district

Y Yin, X Wang, Y Hu, F Li, H Cheng - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil microbes, which play crucial roles in maintaining soil functions and restoring degraded
lands, are impacted by heavy metal pollution. This study investigated the vertical distribution …

Open‐cut mining impacts on soil abiotic and bacterial community properties as shown by restoration chronosequence

MR Ngugi, PG Dennis, VJ Neldner, D Doley… - Restoration …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Open‐cut mining severely disrupts landforms and soils, preventing or impeding the
restoration of preexisting or functional ecosystems because essential properties of the …