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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2025

Exopolysaccharide-producing strains alter heavy metal fates and bacterial communities in soil aggregates to reduce metal uptake by pakchoi.

Heyun Zhang, Junqing Zhang, Shuangjiao Tang, ZhongYan Deng, Randa S Makar, Lunguang Yao, Hui Han

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Heyun ZhangHenan Key Laboratory of Ecological Security for Water Source Region of Mid-line of South-to-North Diversion Project, Collaborative Innovation of Water Security for the Water Source Region of the Mid-line of the South-to-North Diversion Project of Henan Province, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, China.
Junqing ZhangHenan Key Laboratory of Ecological Security for Water Source Region of Mid-line of South-to-North Diversion Project, Collaborative Innovation of Water Security for the Water Source Region of the Mid-line of the South-to-North Diversion Project of Henan Province, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, China.
Shuangjiao TangHenan Key Laboratory of Ecological Security for Water Source Region of Mid-line of South-to-North Diversion Project, Collaborative Innovation of Water Security for the Water Source Region of the Mid-line of the South-to-North Diversion Project of Henan Province, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, China.
ZhongYan DengPLA, Beijing, China.
Randa S MakarSoils and Water use Department, Agricultural and Biological Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Lunguang YaoHenan Key Laboratory of Ecological Security for Water Source Region of Mid-line of South-to-North Diversion Project, Collaborative Innovation of Water Security for the Water Source Region of the Mid-line of the South-to-North Diversion Project of Henan Province, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, China.
Hui HanHenan Key Laboratory of Ecological Security for Water Source Region of Mid-line of South-to-North Diversion Project, Collaborative Innovation of Water Security for the Water Source Region of the Mid-line of the South-to-North Diversion Project of Henan Province, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The characteristics of heavy metals in soil aggregates represent critical factors influencing the uptake of heavy metals by crops. However, the mechanisms underlying the immobilization of Cd and Pb by soil aggregates of different particle sizes mediated by exopolysaccharide (EPS)-producing bacteria have remained poorly understood. In this study, a selective medium was employed to isolate and screen EPS-producing bacteria from the heavy metal-contaminated soil, with their mechanisms of Cd and Pb immobilization investigated through solution adsorption experiments. Pot experiments combined with high-throughput sequencing technology were conducted to examine the effects of these strains on heavy metal uptake by pakchoi and to elucidate the underlying microbiological mechanisms. Two high-EPS-yielding bacterial strains,

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Cd and Pbexopolysaccharide-producing strainimmobilizationpakchoisoil aggregates

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PMCPMC12241154

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