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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 802, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149922
Keywords
Lignin; Iron oxide; Cadmium; Lead; Bacterial community
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Funding
- Key Research and Development Programof Guangdong Province [2019B110207001]
- Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province [2021A0505030045]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [42002249]
- National Key Research and Development Program [2018YFC1802803]
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Iron oxide is a natural mineral typically found in iron oxide-organic complexes in soil. A composite material (MGE) composed of iron oxide and lignin was used to remediate Cd and Pb in contaminated soil. The bacterial community diversity index decreased in the MGE group, but there were changes in species composition.
Iron oxide is a natural mineral that generally exists in the form of iron oxide-organic complexes (Fe-OM) in soil. Lignin is a naturally occurring polymer that is considered to be an important part of soil carbon cycling. In this study we prepared a composite material (MGE) with iron oxide and lignin based on the Fe-OM present in the soil. MGE was then applied to remediate Cd and Pb in contaminated soil. The results show that DTPA-Cd and DTPA-Pb levels were reduced by 58.87% and 78.09%, respectively. The bacterial community diversity index decreased in the iron oxide (GE) group, but a slight increase was observed in the MGE group. In terms of species composition in the MGE group, the abundance of Proteobacteria, Gemmatimonadota and Acidobacteriota increased. while the abundance of Bacteroidota, Actinobacteriota and Firmicutes decreased. The outcome in the GE group was the opposite. In the MGE group, HCI-Fe2+, HCl-Fe3+, and pH were significantly higher than in the other groups, indicating that MGE stimulated the growth of iron-reducing bacteria (FeRB) and promoted iron redox reactions. Iron oxide could be reduced to Fe2+ due to the activity of FeRB, and then Fe2+ would be oxidised and hydrolysed, which led to an increase in soil pH. Secondary minerals were formed during this process. With the oxidation of Fe2+ and the formation of secondary minerals. Cd and Pb could be stabilised in the oxides and were not easily released through a co-precipitation mechanism. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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