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 **, 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 combined microplastics and heavy metals pollution on terrestrial plants and rhizosphere environment: a review

L Xu, W **e, H Dai, S Wei, L Skuza, J Li, C Shi, L Zhang - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) can enter the soil environment through industry, agricultural production
and daily life sources. Their interaction with heavy metals (HMs) poses a significant threat to …

Polyethylene microplastics increase cadmium uptake in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) by altering the soil microenvironment

F Wang, X Wang, N Song - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Little research has focused on the combined pollution of microplastics (MPs) and heavy
metals in soil, especially the mechanism of their interaction. We conducted a 45-day …

Heavy metal and antibiotic resistance in four Indian and UK rivers with different levels and types of water pollution

S Gupta, DW Graham, TR Sreekrishnan… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution can enhance the level of antibiotic resistance, posing concerns to
ecosystem and public health. Here, we investigated heavy metal concentrations, heavy …

Exceptional anti-toxic growth of water spinach in arsenic and cadmium co-contaminated soil remediated using biochar loaded with Bacillus aryabhattai

Y Huang, T Liu, J Liu, X **ao, Y Wan, H An… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Functionalized biochars are crucial for simultaneous soil remediation and safe agricultural
production. However, a comprehensive understanding of the remediation mechanism and …

Pollution caused by mining reshaped the structure and function of bacterial communities in China's largest ion-adsorption rare earth mine watershed

W Shu, F Li, Q Zhang, Z Li, Y Qiao, J Audet… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ion-adsorption rare earth mining results in the production of high levels of nitrogen, multiple
metals, and strong acidic mine drainage (AMD), the impacts of which on microbial assembly …

Integrating high-throughput sequencing and metagenome analysis to reveal the characteristic and resistance mechanism of microbial community in metal …

C Yan, F Wang, H Geng, H Liu, S Pu, Z Tian… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Some metallic tailings from closed mines were scattered in upstream of the Miyun Reservoir,
Bei**g, threatening the ecological environment of rivers due to trace metals. The Liuli River …

Uncovering microbial responses to sharp geochemical gradients in a terrace contaminated by acid mine drainage

R Xu, B Li, E **ao, LY Young, X Sun, T Kong… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is harmful to the environment and human health. Microorganisms-
mineral interactions are responsible for AMD generation but can also remediate AMD …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial response to sharp geochemical gradients caused by acid mine drainage intrusion in a terrace: relevance of C, N, and S cycling and metal resistance

W Sun, X Sun, B Li, R Xu, LY Young, Y Dong… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
A unique terrace with sharp gradient of environmental conditions was selected to study the
microbial response and survival strategies to the extreme environments introduced by acid …

Revealing taxon-specific heavy metal-resistance mechanisms in denitrifying phosphorus removal sludge using genome-centric metaproteomics

Y Lin, L Wang, K Xu, K Li, H Ren - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Denitrifying phosphorus removal sludge (DPRS) is widely adopted for nitrogen
and phosphorus removal in wastewater treatment but faces threats from heavy metals …