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 …

Pathways and organisms involved in ammonia oxidation and nitrous oxide emission

J Guo, Y Peng, S Wang, B Ma, S Ge… - Critical reviews in …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Ammonia oxidation is a central step in the global nitrogen cycle that involves several
different-conditions and metabolic bioprocesses, including aerobic versus anaerobic …

Trace metals coupled with plasticisers in microplastics strengthen the denitrification function of the soil microbiome in the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau

Y Wang, F Zhang, G Zhang, H Wang, S Zhu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the lack of research on the co-effects of microplastics and trace metals in the
environment on nitrogen cycling-related functional microorganisms, the occurrence of …

Population characteristics and influential factors of nitrogen cycling functional genes in heavy metal contaminated soil remediated by biochar and compost

M Li, L Ren, J Zhang, L Luo, P Qin, Y Zhou… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sixteen treatments of soil contaminated by Cu, Pb, and Zn by the addition of a different
percentage of biochar and compost were incubated for 120 days. The abundance of …

Responses of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms to biochar and compost amendments of heavy metals-polluted soil

M Li, J Zhang, X Yang, Y Zhou, L Zhang, Y Yang… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution affects soil ecological function. Biochar and compost can effectively
remediate heavy metals and increase soil nutrients. The effects and mechanisms of biochar …

Soil moisture legacy effects: impacts on soil nutrients, plants and mycorrhizal responsiveness

TR Cavagnaro - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Although most land-plants form associations with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) as a
means of optimising nutrient capture, legacy effects of altered soil moisture regimes on plant …

Diversity and abundance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria in polluted mangrove sediment

H Cao, M Li, Y Hong, JD Gu - Systematic and applied microbiology, 2011 - Elsevier
Ammonia oxidation by microorganisms is a critical process in the nitrogen cycle. Recent
research results show that ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) are both abundant and …

[PDF][PDF] The evolution of aging

D Fabian, T Flatt - Nature Education Knowledge, 2011 - sonar.ch
Why do we age and die? Aging, or senescence as it is sometimes called, is an inevitable
progressive deterioration of physiological function with increasing age, demographically …

Genome Sequence of Candidatus Nitrososphaera evergladensis from Group I.1b Enriched from Everglades Soil Reveals Novel Genomic Features of the Ammonia …

KV Zhalnina, R Dias, MT Leonard, P Dorr de Quadros… - PLos one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The activity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) leads to the loss of nitrogen from soil,
pollution of water sources and elevated emissions of greenhouse gas. To date, eight AOA …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of copper contamination on N cycling microbial guilds and plant performance in two contrasting grassland soils

I Rijk, L Berkelund, A Ekblad, S Hallin, DB Kleja… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution has important effects on ecosystem nitrogen (N) cycling, but factors
driving differences between the direction, onset and intensity of responses are poorly …