There is an increasing requirement for assessment of the bioavailable metal fraction and the mobility of trace elements in soils upon disposal. One of the approaches is the use of leaching procedures, but the results obtained are operationally defined; therefore, their significance is highly dependent on the extraction protocol performed. So, for this type of study, there is a need for referenc...

The mechanism of hyaluronic acid chain growth in a particulate enzyme preparation obtained from Group A Strepfococcus has been examined and additional characteristics of the enzyme detailed. Hyaluronic acid chain elongation occurs by the transfer of monosaccharide units from uridine nucleoside diphosphate derivatives to the nonreducing ends of endogenous oligosaccharide. This oligosaccharide wh...

The present study was aimed at examining the distribution and abundance of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) of archaeal and bacterial origin in peat samples from surface and deep (ca. 50 cm) horizons of a peat bog in the Jura Mountains (northeastern France). Two principal types of GDGTs are present: extractable GDGTs, recoverable by solvent extraction, and non-extractable GDGTs, li...

Irrigation with untreated effluent in periurban agriculture could result in accumulation and bioconcentrations of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb). Different amendments were used to investigate their effect on availability, concentration, and uptake of metals by wheat in texturally different soils. Crop was irrigated with water containing Cd and Pb at 20 mg L−1, thereby adding 260 mg pot−1 of each me...

A growth chamber pot experiment and a field plot experiment were conducted with the installation of rhizobags to study the effects of repeated phytoextraction by Sedum plumbizincicola on the bioavailability of Cd and Zn in the rhizosphere and bulk soil Repeated phytoextraction gave significantly lower Cd and Zn concentrations in both rhizosphere and bulk soil solutions compared with soil withou...

<p>Tungsten (W) is an emerging contaminant because of its potential toxicity to humans, and biochar (BC) widely used for soil heavy metal remediation. However, W-biochar-plant interactions remain unknown. The objective the study was evaluate effect rice-husk BC on W uptake by lettuce. Different levels (0%, 1%, 2% 5% w/w) were incorporated into incubated 60 days. result shows that applicat...

17 To assess the risks that contaminated soils pose to the environment properly a greater 18 understanding of how soil biota influence the mobility of metal(loid)s in soils is 19 required. Lumbricus terrestris L. were incubated in three soils contaminated with As, 20 Cu, Pb and Zn. The concentration and speciation of metal(loid)s in pore waters and the 21 mobility and partitioning in casts were...

this research was conducted on polluted soil near the lead and zinc factory in zanjan province through which the effects of two organic and three mineral sources were examined on heavy metals fixation in randomized experiment design. experimental treatments includes bagasse and rice husk in three levels: 1.25, 2.5 and 5%, zeolite in three levels: 5%, 10% and 15%, phosphate rock in three rates: ...

backgrounds and aims: the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of potassium, sodium and zinc metal ions on ammonium sulfate fraction of acid phosphatase activity of orange fruit. materials and methods: acid phosphatase was extracted and purified from orange fruit and then various samples as well as a control sample were prepared in vitro. in addition to substrates, ions of potassium...