[Community Structure of Heavy Metal Immobilized Bacteria in the Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) Rhizosphere in Soil Polluted by Heavy Metals and Its Effects on Reducing Heavy Metal Accumulation in Lettuce].

To investigate the diversity of culturable bacteria and heavy metal-immobilizing bacteria in vegetable rhizosphere soil with high concentrations of heavy metals and explore these microbial resources, two samples of Italian lettuce rhizosphere soil with high heavy metal concentration (HY) and low heavy metal concentration (DK) were collected from Xinxiang, Henan Province. The diversity of culturable bacteria and heavy metal-immobilizing bacteria in the rhizosphere soil of lettuce was compared by culturable separation technology and a solution adsorption experiment. The enhancement of Cd and Pb immobilization and lettuce growth by the strains was also investigated in a hydroponic experiment. The results showed that 400 strains belonging to 3 phyla and 14 genera were isolated from the HY sample, with ß-Proteobacteria being the dominant phylum. Meanwhile, 400 strains belonging to 4 phyla and 30 genera were isolated from the DK sample, with Firmicutes being the dominant phylum. A total of 146 strains had a strong ability to immobilize heavy metal and the Cd and Pb removal rates were greater than 80% in the HY sample; Brevundimonas, Serratia, Arthrobacter, and Pseudarthrobacter were the main genera. However, 44 strains had a strong ability to immobilize heavy metal and the Cd and Pb removal rates were greater than 80% in the DK sample, with Bacillus being the main genus. Compared with the control, inoculation with Serratia liquefaciens HY-22, Bacillus thuringiensis HY-53, and Acinetobacter lwoffii HY-157 significantly increased the dry weight of roots (7.5%-77.6%) and shoots (15.4%-67.2%) of the Italian lettuce and cauliflower lettuce and reduced the contents of Cd (38.7%-66.6%) and Pb (34.7%-62.5%) in roots and shoots of Italian lettuce. In addition, the contents of Cd and Pb in the fresh shoots of Italian lettuce and cauliflower lettuce in the presence of Bacillus thuringiensis HY-53 were lower than the Cd and Pb limits set by national food safety standards. Thus, the results provided strain resources and a theoretical basis for the remediation of Cd-and Pb-contaminated farmlands for the safe production of crops.

[Residue and Degradation of Roxarsone in the System of Soil-Vegetable].

The field experiment was developed for simulating the residues, transformation and degradation in soil-vegetable system of Roxarsone contained in organic fertilizer. Under the treatment, the yield of Brassica chinensis decreased in low Roxarsone concentration with a decline by 15% to 32% compared with the control group; there had an accumulating role of vegetables to arsenic, and the root was the main part; total content of arsenic in the soil was positively correlated with the dose of the applied Roxarsone; total arsenic in soil first increased and then decreased with the planting time prolonged and peaked at 12.94 mg x kg(-1), while the level of inorganic arsenic in the soil stabilized after 30 d, which accounting for 66.75% to 98.56% of the total arsenic; there existed a positively significant correlation of total arsenic content between the Brassica chinensis and the soil as well as the arsenic enrichment factor of vegetables; the degradation rate of Roxarsone in soil was slow, there was still some Roxarsone remained in soil after 45 d when added the organic fertilizer which containing Roxarsone with the dose higher than 5 000 kg x hm(-2); Roxarsone could significantly increase the number of bacteria in the soil, and low concentration showed an inhibited role in the growth of fungi and actinomyces, while high concentration of Roxarsone promoted the growth.

[Effects of copper stress on the function of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi community].

The functional differences of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) isolates from different sources have been extensively investigated in the last two decades. However, previous studies were mostly based on individual AMF species and the community level comparison was not addressed properly. Furthermore, many studies did not distinguish the difference between the effects of AMF source and community structure on their function, let alone concerned the significance of host plant. This study evaluated the effects of copper (Cu) stress on AMF community structure and compared the differences of AMF communities from Cu contaminated and uncontaminated substrates on performance of Zea mays through two short-term greenhouse pot culture experiments. The results showed that spore abundance and composition of AMF communities were changed dramatically under Cu stress compared with the control. The communities dominated by Rhizophagus intraradices and Claroideoglomus etunicatum from Cu contaminated soils conferred more benefits on Z. mays in terms of plant growth and physiological properties relative to that from control governed by Funneliformis mosseae.