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- Title
Dynamic changes in microbial communities during the bioremediation of herbicide (chlorimuron-ethyl and atrazine) contaminated soils by combined degrading bacteria.
- Authors
Wang, Jian; Li, Xinyu; Li, Xu; Wang, Huanhuan; Su, Zhencheng; Wang, Xiujuan; Zhang, Huiwen
- Abstract
Chlorimuron-ethyl and atrazine are two herbicides with long half-lives in soil; their long-term and excessive application has led to a series of environmental problems. In this study, the strains Chenggangzhangella methanolivorans CHL1 and Arthrobacter sp. ART1 were combined and used for the remediation of chlorimuron-ethyl, atrazine and combined contaminated soils in a microcosm experiment. Changes in chlorimuron-ethyl and atrazine concentrations in soils were monitored, and variations in the soil microbial community were studied by phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis. The two inoculated degrading strains accelerated the degradation of chlorimuron-ethyl and atrazine in soil, especially in the combined contaminated soil. Addition of the two herbicides and their combination generally decreased the concentrations of total PLFAs, total bacterial PLFAs, Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial PLFAs and Shannon-Wiener indices, and changed microbial community composition, whilst stimulating fungal PLFA concentrations. In addition, the combined herbicide treatment had more impact on microbial biomass than the single herbicide treatments. Inoculation treatments significantly relieved the effects of herbicides on soil microbial biomass, diversity and community structure. This study demonstrated that strains CHL1 and ATR1 have the potential to remediate chlorimuron-ethyl, atrazine and combined contaminated soils, and provided valuable information for remediation of chlorimuron-ethyl, atrazine and combined contaminated soils in situ.
- Subjects
BIOREMEDIATION; HERBICIDE content of soils; MICROBIAL communities; SOIL microbiology; SPECIES diversity
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2018, Vol 13, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0194753