Recent advances in microbial-assisted remediation of cadmium-contaminated soil

U Zulfiqar, FU Haider, MF Maqsood, W Mohy-Ud-Din… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Soil contamination with cadmium (Cd) is a severe concern for the develo** world due to
its non-biodegradability and significant potential to damage the ecosystem and associated …

Effects of surface coal mining and land reclamation on soil properties: A review

Y Feng, J Wang, Z Bai, L Reading - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Opencast coal mining has a series of consequences on land resources and places
enormous pressure on the ecological environment. Strip**, excavation, transportation and …

Soil organic matter prevails over heavy metal pollution and vegetation as a factor sha** soil microbial communities at historical Zn–Pb mining sites

AM Stefanowicz, P Kapusta, S Zubek, M Stanek… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
This study examined the effects of soil heavy metals, macronutrients, texture and pH as well
as plant species richness and composition on soil respiration, enzymatic activity, microbial …

Geochemical properties, heavy metals and soil microbial community during revegetation process in a production Pb-Zn tailings

X Wen, J Zhou, S Zheng, Z Yang, Z Lu, X Jiang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Lead-zinc (Pb-Zn) tailings pose a significant environmental threat from heavy
metals (HMs) contamination. Revegetation is considered as a green path for HM …

Heavy metal concentration, potential ecological risk assessment and enzyme activity in soils affected by a lead-zinc tailing spill in Guangxi, China

K Liu, C Li, S Tang, G Shang, F Yu, Y Li - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
In 1976, a tailing dam collapse accident at the ** Lead–Zinc Mine in Guangxi
Province, China, led to the spillage of mining wastewater and sludge into downstream …

The role of plants and soil properties in the enzyme activities of substrates on hard coal mine spoil heaps

A Kompała-Bąba, W Bierza, E Sierka, A Błońska… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Knowledge about biotic (plant species diversity, biomass) and/or abiotic
(physicochemical substrate parameters) factors that determine enzyme activity and …

Reliability and stability of immobilization remediation of Cd polluted soils using sepiolite under pot and field trials

Y Sun, Y Xu, Y Xu, L Wang, X Liang, Y Li - Environmental Pollution, 2016 - Elsevier
Long-term effectiveness and persistence are two important criterias to evaluate alternative
remediation technology of heavy metal polluted soils. Pot and field studies showed addition …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and heavy metal contents in the urban soils in southern Poland

K Ciarkowska, F Gambus, J Antonkiewicz… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, we examined how urban and industrial sprawl has affected the concentrations
of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heavy metals (HMs) in the soils of two …

A proposal of “core enzyme” bioindicator in long-term Pb-Zn ore pollution areas based on topsoil property analysis

JS Yang, FL Yang, Y Yang, GL **ng, CP Deng… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
To study the effects of long-term mining activities on the agricultural soil quality of Mengnuo
town in Yunnan province, China, the heavy metal and soil enzyme activities of soil samples …

Background concentrations of trace metals As, Ba, Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, Se, and Zn in 214 Florida urban soils: Different cities and land uses

EB da Silva, P Gao, M Xu, D Guan, X Tang… - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil contamination in urban environment by trace metals is of public concerns. For better risk
assessment, it is important to determine their background concentrations in urban soils. For …