Human activities generate wastes, some of which contain large amounts of heavy
metals/metalloids that could enter natural ecosystems and alter the activities and functioning …

Base metal tailings (BMTs) are normally sulfidic and contain high abundance of residue
metals. Their adverse impacts on the environment can last for decades to centuries if without …

Solid waste disposal is a worldwide problem. If not properly disposed, these materials
become sources of environmental pollution and the problems related to it. Various studies …

More than 70 microbiological studies of sulfidic mine dumps and heaps have been
published. The microbiology and the relevant biogeochemical processes in the dumps and …

Bacterial diversity in mine tailing microbial communities has not been thoroughly
investigated despite the correlations that have been observed between the relative microbial …

To unravel the ecological function played by pioneer plants in the practical restoration of
mine tailings, it is vital to explore changes of soil characteristics and microbial communities …

There is an increasing concern about rice (Oryza sativa L.) soil microbiomes under the
influence of mixed heavy metal contamination. We used the high-throughput Illumina MiSeq …

Bamboo agroforestry is currently being promoted as a viable land use option to improve the
management benefits of bamboo forest. However, little is known about bamboo rhizosphere …