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Biological remediation treatments improve the health of a mixed contaminated soil before significantly reducing contaminant levels
The remediation of mixed contaminated soil is challenging as it often requires actions to minimize metal-induced risks while degrading organic contaminants. Here, the effectiveness of different bioremediation ...
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Induced development of oxytetracycline tolerance in bacterial communities from soil amended with well-aged cow manure
The use of animal manure as organic fertilizer is a common agricultural practice that can improve soil health and crop yield. However, antibiotics and their metabolites are often present in animal manure and, ...
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Open AccessOrganic amendment treatments for antimicrobial resistance and mobile element genes risk reduction in soil-crop systems
Agricultural fertilization with organic amendments of animal origin often leads to antibiotic resistance dissemination. In this study, we evaluated the effect of different treatments (anaerobic digestion, bioc...
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Keep and promote biodiversity at polluted sites under phytomanagement
The phytomanagement concept combines a sustainable reduction of pollutant linkages at risk-assessed contaminated sites with the generation of both valuable biomass for the (bio)economy and ecosystem services. ...
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Open AccessShort-term effects of non-grazing on plants, soil biota and aboveground-belowground links in Atlantic mountain grasslands
Mountain grasslands in the Iberian Peninsula are the result of extensive grazing. However, a progressive abandonment of grazing activity is currently observed in the study region. The objective of this work wa...
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Open AccessMulti-targeted metagenetic analysis of the influence of climate and environmental parameters on soil microbial communities along an elevational gradient
Mountain elevation gradients are invaluable sites for understanding the effects of climate change on ecosystem function, community structure and distribution. However, relatively little is known about the impa...
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Early gene expression in Pseudomonas fluorescens exposed to a polymetallic solution
The molecular response of Pseudomonas fluorescens cells exposed to a mixture of heavy metals remains largely unknown. Here, we studied the temporal changes in the early gene expression of P. fluorescens cells exp...
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cDNA microarray assessment of early gene expression profiles in Escherichia coli cells exposed to a mixture of heavy metals
Many contaminated sites are characterized by the presence of different metals, thus increasing the complexity of toxic responses in exposed organisms. Within toxicogenomics, transcriptomics can be approached t...
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Microbial Monitoring of the Recovery of Soil Quality During Heavy Metal Phytoremediation
Soil pollution with heavy metals is a worldwide environmental problem. Phytoremediation through phytoextraction and phytostabilization appears to be a promising technology for the remediation of polluted soils...
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Evaluating the Restoration of Degraded Agricultural Soils Under Organic Fertilization
Soil degradation is currently threatening the soil’s capacity for crop production in many agricultural areas. In consequence, it is necessary to develop more sustainable agricultural practices that, among othe...
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Heavy Metal Phytoremediation: Microbial Indicators of Soil Health for the Assessment of Remediation Efficiency
Phytoremediation is an effective, non-intrusive, inexpensive, aesthetically pleasing, socially accepted, promising phytotechnology for the remediation of polluted soils. The objective of any soil remediation p...
