Iron compounds are abundantly present in both natural and engineered anaerobic
environments where various biological processes including methanogenesis take place …

Red soil is an important soil resource, which bears substantial implication for sustainable
development of agriculture and healthy growth of economy. However, the red soil in China …

Syntrophic interaction occurs during anaerobic fermentation of organic substances forming
methane as the final product. H 2 and formate are known to serve as the electron carriers in …

Paddies contain 78% higher organic carbon (C) stocks than adjacent upland soils, and iron
(Fe) plaque formation on rice roots is one of the mechanisms that traps C. The process …

The application of nanomaterials to contaminated river sediments could induce important
changes in the speciation of heavy metals with potential impacts on ecosystem. Here …

It is widely believed that biochar plays an important role in sequestrating pollutants in soil.
The impacts of biochar on soil microbial community structure, and consequently on the …

Rice paddy agro-ecosystems play an important role in global carbon (C) sequestration.
Because of flooding management, paddy soil experience periodical changes in oxygen …

Recent studies have suggested that conductive iron oxide minerals can facilitate syntrophic
metabolism of the methanogenic degradation of organic matter, such as ethanol, propionate …

Iron reduction is an important biogeochemical process in paddy soils, yet little is known
about the microbial coupling between nitrogen and iron reduction. Here, we investigated the …

Highlights•SN100, MW500 and TB500 promoted the uptake of Cd in ramie seedlings.•The
addition of materials improved the bioavailability of Cd in the sediments.•The applied …