Diagnosis of soil contamination using microbiological indices: A review on heavy metal pollution

J Tang, J Zhang, L Ren, Y Zhou, J Gao, L Luo… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Heavy metal contamination of soil has become a serious global issue because of their
persistence in the environment and the non-biodegradable nature leading to their …

A comprehensive survey on the horizontal and vertical distribution of heavy metals and microorganisms in soils of a Pb/Zn smelter

S Li, B Zhao, M Jin, L Hu, H Zhong, Z He - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Smelter emissions have brought serious heavy metal contamination. Comprehensive
surveys of spatial heavy metal and microorganism distribution in soils of smelters aera are …

Effects of heavy metals on microbial communities in sediments and establishment of bioindicators based on microbial taxa and function for environmental monitoring …

C Li, Q Quan, Y Gan, J Dong, J Fang, L Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Heavy metals have always been a research hotspot due to their persistence, hazard and
bioaccumulation. Microorganisms are highly sensitive to heavy metal pollution and play an …

Microbial community succession in soils under long-term heavy metal stress from community diversity-structure to KEGG function pathways

S Ma, L Qiao, X Liu, S Zhang, L Zhang, Z Qiu… - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, understanding the structure and function of the microbial community is the key
step in artificially constructing microbial communities to control soil heavy metal pollution …

Effects of heavy metals/metalloids and soil properties on microbial communities in farmland in the vicinity of a metals smelter

X Hu, J Wang, Y Lv, X Liu, J Zhong, X Cui… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Microorganisms play a fundamental role in biogeochemical cycling and are highly sensitive
to environmental factors, including the physiochemical properties of the soils and the …

Impact of agrochemicals on soil health

A Mandal, B Sarkar, S Mandal, M Vithanage… - … detection, treatment and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Modern agriculture fundamentally relies on an extensive use of agrochemicals to enhance
crop productivity by controlling harmful pests, pathogens, and undesirable weeds. However …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial functional diversity and carbon use feedback in soils as affected by heavy metals

Y Xu, B Seshadri, N Bolan, B Sarkar, YS Ok… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil microorganisms are an important indicator of soil fertility and health. However, our state
of knowledge about soil microbial activities, community compositions and carbon use …

Response of heavy metal and antibiotic resistance genes and related microorganisms to different heavy metals in activated sludge

F Sun, Z Xu, L Fan - Journal of Environmental Management, 2021 - Elsevier
With the recent growing interest of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and their co-selection
with heavy metal resistance genes (HMRGs), their relationship to heavy metals needs …

Recent advances in nanoremediation: Carving sustainable solution to clean-up polluted agriculture soils

N Boregowda, SC Jogigowda, G Bhavya… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Agriculture is one of the foremost significant human activities, which symbolizes the key
source for food, fuel and fibers. This activity results in a lot of ecological harms particularly …

Review on arsenic environment behaviors in aqueous solution and soil

J Wang, Z Li, Q Zhu, C Wang, X Tang - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Arsenic pollution in environment has always been an important environmental problem that
has attracted wide attention in recent years. Adsorption is one of the main methods of …