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Role of mesoporous silica nanoparticles in combating mercury-induced stress in Vigna radiata (mung bean) and Bacillus coagulans (soil bacteria)

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The last few decades have witnessed a dramatic progress of human civilization via industrialization, which, in turn, is associated with a surge in pollution of the environment. Heavy metals being one of the most hazardous pollutants have posed a serious threat to life sustaining ecosystem. Among the various remediation techniques, presently, the use of nanoparticles as adsorbents and chelator of heavy metal ions has emerged being practical and cost effective. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles, due to its unique structural attributes, have found application in adsorption of heavy metals in solutions. This study encompasses elucidation of the role of mesoporous silica nanoparticles MCM 41 and MCM 48 in mitigating stress caused by toxic dose of heavy metal Hg2+ (25 ppm) on growing seedlings of Vigna radiata and probiotic soil bacteria Bacillus coagulans. The results revealed that application of the nanoparticles at specific concentration can stimulate an increase in growth of plantlets, decrease in the yield reactive oxygen species like superoxide anion and hydrogen peroxide, reduction of lipid peroxidation, increase in antioxidant enzyme activity in Vigna radiata, and enhancement of growth of Bacillus coagulans as compared to that of Hg2+ alone. Moreover, it was found that MCM 41 was effective at higher dosages compared to MCM 48, which indicates the structure to function relationship.

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We would like to express gratitude to HOD, AERU for his unending cooperation. We would also like to thank field assistant Asim Dhar.

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This work was supported by University Grants Commission (UGC Fellowship), Indian Space Research Organization (Grant no. ISRO/ RES/3/827/19–20) and Indian Statistical Institute (Grant no. ISI/TAC/PROJECT1/2020–21). Sutanuka Mitra received funds from UGC, and Arunava Goswami acquired the other two funds.

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    Sutanuka Mitra, Sampurna Mukherjee, Moumita Sil, Serene Adak, Piyali Maitra & Arunava Goswami

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All authors contributed equally. Conceptualization, methodology, software, validation, formal analysis, investigation, writing (original draft), visualization, supervision, project administration and funding acquisition were done by Sutanuka Mitra. Investigation and formal analysis were performed by Sampurna Mukherjee.

Moumita Sil assisted in writing (Original Draft) and investigation. Piyali Maitra and Serene Adak helped in investigation. Arunava Goswami supervised in writing (review and editing) and acquired funding. Volker Hessel supervised in writing (review and editing) and visualization.

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Mitra, S., Mukherjee, S., Sil, M. et al. Role of mesoporous silica nanoparticles in combating mercury-induced stress in Vigna radiata (mung bean) and Bacillus coagulans (soil bacteria). Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 109343–109353 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-30088-5

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