Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 234, Issue -, Pages 107-114Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.10.106
Keywords
Organic fertilization; Redox activity; Humic substance; Microbial respiration; Polychlorinated biphenyl
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [417013461]
- Scientific and Technological Achievements Cultivation Project of Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences [2017CGPY01]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2017QNA4045]
- Open Foundation from Fishery Sciences in the First-Class Subjects of Zhejiang [20160019]
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This study investigated the effects of different long-term fertilizations on humic substances (HSs), humic acids (HAs) and humins, functioning as redox mediators for various microbial redox biotransformations, including 2,2',4,4',5,5'- hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB153) dechlorination, dissimilatory iron reduction, and nitrate reduction, and their electron-mediating natures. The redox activity of HSs for various microbial redox metabolisms was substantially enhanced by long-term application of organic fertilizer (pig manure). As a redox mediator, only humin extracted from soils with organic fertilizer amendment (OF-HM) maintained microbial PCB153 dechlorination activity (1.03 mu M PCB153 removal), and corresponding HA (OF-HA) most effectively enhanced iron reduction and nitrate reduction by Shewanella putrefaciens. Electrochemical analysis confirmed the enhancement of their electron transfer capacity and redox properties. Fourier transform infrared analysis showed that C=C and C=O bonds, and carboxylic or phenolic groups in HSs might be the redox functional groups affected by fertilization. This research enhances our understanding of the influence of anthropogenic fertility on the biogeochemical cycling of elements and in situ remediation ability in agroecosystems through microorganisms' metabolisms. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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