Vanadium in the environment: biogeochemistry and bioremediation

B Zhang, H Zhang, J He, S Zhou, H Dong… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Vanadium (V) is a highly toxic multivalent, redox-sensitive element. It is widely distributed in
the environment and employed in various industrial applications. Interactions between V …

Unraveling diverse survival strategies of microorganisms to vanadium stress in aquatic environments

S Wang, J Wang, Z Liu, B Zhang - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Worldwide vanadium contamination is posing serious risks to ecosystems. Although abilities
of microbial communities to cope with vanadium stress using specific survival strategies …

[HTML][HTML] From exploration to remediation: A microbial perspective for innovation in mining

A Levett, SA Gleeson, J Kallmeyer - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
As society transitions to low-carbon, renewable energy resources, the demand for metals
and minerals is set to increase. Massive quantities of base metals and mineral materials (for …

[HTML][HTML] Soil vanadium (V)-reducing related bacteria drive community response to vanadium pollution from a smelting plant over multiple gradients

S Wang, B Zhang, T Li, Z Li, J Fu - Environment international, 2020 - Elsevier
The mining and smelting of navajoite has resulted in a serious vanadium pollution in
regional geological environments and significant influence on soil microorganisms …

Microbial inoculant and garbage enzyme reduced cadmium (Cd) uptake in Salvia miltiorrhiza (Bge.) under Cd stress

X Wei, P Cao, G Wang, J Han - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2020 - Elsevier
The uptake and accumulation of cadmium (Cd) in Salvia miltiorrhiza (Bge.) negatively affects
the quality of its harvested roots, and seriously threatens human health. This study …

Reduction mechanisms of V5+ by vanadium-reducing bacteria in aqueous environments: role of different molecular weight fractionated extracellular polymeric …

D Zhou, M Liang, Y Xia, C Li, M Huang, S Peng… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are high-molecular polymers secreted by
microbes and play essential roles in metallic biogeochemical cycling. Previous studies …

Metagenomic sequencing reveals detoxifying and tolerant functional genes in predominant bacteria assist Metaphire guillelmi adapt to soil vanadium exposure

X Wang, R Xia, M Sun, F Hu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to extensive vanadium (V) mining and processing, an increasing amount of V has
accumulated in soil, which poses a threat to public health. Consequently, we used …

Characterization of cadmium biosorption by inactive biomass of two cadmium-tolerant endophytic bacteria Microbacterium sp. D2-2 and Bacillus sp. C9-3

J Long, M Yu, H Xu, S Huang, Z Wang, XX Zhang - Ecotoxicology, 2021 - Springer
In this study, two cadmium-tolerant endophytic bacteria (Microbacterium sp. D2-2 and
Bacillus sp. C9-3) were employed as biosorbents to remove Cd (II) from aqueous solutions …

Transcriptome analysis reveals vanadium reduction mechanisms in a bacterium of Pseudomonas balearica

C Gan, J Yang, J Li, M Yang, X Du, A Nikitin - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
The continuously elevated concentration of vanadium (V) in the environment is of great
concern due to its potential risks to organisms. Microbial reduction is considered a green …

Electrical stimulation promotes synchronous nitrobenzene bio-degradation and vanadate bio-reduction

S Chen, J Li, Z Li, S Li, B Zhang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
The combined pollution of nitrobenzene (NB) and pentavalent vanadium [V (V)] in
groundwater brings great risks to the ecological environment and human health. In this …