Soil enzyme activities under the impact of long-term pollution from mining-metallurgical copper production

Milosavljevic, Jelena; Serbula, Snezana M.; Cokesa, Djuro; Milanovic, Dragan; Radojević, Ana A.; Kalinovic, Tanja S.; Kalinovic, Jelena V.

doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2020.103232

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“…In another study, Cu contamination up to 200 mg kg −1 had little effect on the enzymatic activity of terrestrial model ecosystems (i.e., dehydrogenase, urease, β-glucosidase, N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase, acid phosphatase, and alkaline phosphatase) over a 70 day incubation. In Milosavljevic et al (2020), the enzyme arylsulphatase was negatively correlated to Cu contamination in the soils studied and β-glucosidase was positively correlated to Cu, Fe, and Zn content. In another study, dehydrogenase, acid phosphatase and arylsulfatase enzymes were found to be the most sensitive to Cu contamination (Aponte et al, 2020).…”

Section: Impact On Soil Microbial Processes and Microbial Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 88%

The Microbiology of Metal Mine Waste: Bioremediation Applications and Implications for Planetary Health

Newsome

Falagán

2021

GeoHealth

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Microbes colonise and inhabit mine wastes, they tolerate high concentrations of metals and contribute to soil functioning and plant growth  Microbes transform metal speciation and environmental mobility, through metabolism, biogeochemical cycling and metal resistance mechanisms  Beneficial microbial activity can be stimulated to remediate metal-containing mine wastes, but more long-term field studies are required

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Section: Impact On Soil Microbial Processes and Microbial Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 88%

The Microbiology of Metal Mine Waste: Bioremediation Applications and Implications for Planetary Health

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Falagán

2021

GeoHealth

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“…Enzymatic activity is increasingly being utilized not only to assess the fertility and productivity of arable soils [30,31] but also to assess the quality and stability of degraded soil ecosystems [32,33]. Lee et al [34] and Yang et al [35] emphasize the importance of oxidoreductases and hydrolases in diagnosing the remediation needs of contaminated soils.…”

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The Potential for Restoring the Activity of Oxidoreductases and Hydrolases in Soil Contaminated with Petroleum Products Using Perlite and Dolomite

Wyszkowska,

Borowik,

Zaborowska

et al. 2024

Applied Sciences

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The research focused on assessing the response of oxidoreductases (dehydrogenases and catalase) and hydrolases (urease, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, arylsulfatase, and β-glucosidase) to diesel oil (DO) and gasoline (G) contamination of soils subjected to phytoremediation with Zea mays. The activity of enzymes constitutes one of the fundamental mechanisms for the removal of contaminants from soil, which have the potential to contaminate not only the soil but also groundwater and water reservoirs. Additionally, correlations between enzyme activity and the basic physicochemical properties of the soil were determined. The interaction of perlite and dolomite with soil enzymes and the cultivated plant was also tested. The study was carried out in a pot experiment, where soil contaminated with DO or G was artificially treated at doses of 0, 8 cm3, and 16 cm3 kg−1. Perlite and dolomite were applied for remediation at doses of 0 and 10 g kg−1 of soil. Zea mays was found to respond to the tested pollutant with a reduction in biomass. DO affected the growth of this plant more than G. DO reduced the yield of aerial parts by 86% and G by 74%. The negative effects of these pollutants on the growth and development of Zea mays were mitigated by both perlite and dolomite. DO exerted greater pressure than G on the activity of oxidoreductases and hydrolases, as well as on the physicochemical properties of the soil. DO enhanced the activity of oxidoreductases and most hydrolases, whereas G inhibited them. The implementation of dolomite intensified the activity of all enzymes, except AcP (acid phosphatase) and Glu (ß-glucosidase), in soil contaminated with DO and G, and also improved its physicochemical properties. Perlite induced less significant effects than dolomite on soil enzymes and the physicochemical properties of the soil.

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“…Belyaeva et al (2005) found that the activities of urease, invertase, catalase, and phosphatase increased under a 24 mg/kg Zn addition treatment [25], while high Zn concentrations in soil significantly decreased the soil enzyme activities and changed the microbial community structure [26,27]. A few studies found that, in the heavy metal contaminated sites near copper smelters, soil enzyme activities were greatly depressed by copper (Cu), Zn, and Pb [28,29]. Cd and mercury (Hg) contamination caused by coal mining also decreased the soil enzyme activities, e.g., catalase, urease, and dehydrogenase [30].…”

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Ecological Responses of Soil Microbial Communities to Heavy Metal Stress in a Coal-Based Industrial Region in China

Liu

et al. 2023

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Soil microorganisms play vital roles in ecosystem functions, and soil microbial communities might be affected by heavy metal contamination caused by the anthropogenic activities associated with the coal-based industry. This study explored the effects of heavy metal contamination on soil bacterial and fungal communities surrounding different coal-based industrial fields (the coal mining industry, coal preparation industry, coal-based chemical industry, and coal-fired power industry) in Shanxi province, North China. Moreover, soil samples from farmland and parks away from all the industrial plants were collected as references. The results showed that the concentrations of most heavy metals were greater than the local background values, particularly for arsenic (As), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and mercury (Hg). There were significant differences in soil cellulase and alkaline phosphatase activities among sampling fields. The composition, diversity, and abundance of soil microbial communities among all sampling fields were significantly different, particularly for the fungal community. Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, Chloroflexi, and Acidobacteria were the predominant bacterial phyla, while Ascomycota, Mortierellomycota, and Basidiomycota dominated the studied fungal community in this coal-based industrially intensive region. A redundancy analysis, variance partitioning analysis, and Spearman correlation analysis revealed that the soil microbial community structure was significantly affected by Cd, total carbon, total nitrogen, and alkaline phosphatase activity. This study profiles the basic features of the soil physicochemical properties, the multiple heavy metal concentrations, and the microbial communities in a coal-based industrial region in North China.

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Soil enzyme activities under the impact of long-term pollution from mining-metallurgical copper production

Cited by 16 publications

References 37 publications

The Microbiology of Metal Mine Waste: Bioremediation Applications and Implications for Planetary Health

The Microbiology of Metal Mine Waste: Bioremediation Applications and Implications for Planetary Health

The Potential for Restoring the Activity of Oxidoreductases and Hydrolases in Soil Contaminated with Petroleum Products Using Perlite and Dolomite

Ecological Responses of Soil Microbial Communities to Heavy Metal Stress in a Coal-Based Industrial Region in China

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