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High bioremediation potential of strain Chenggangzhangella methanolivorans CHL1 for soil polluted with metsulfuron-methyl or tribenuron-methyl in a pot experiment

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Soil contamination caused by long-term application of metsulfuron-methyl and tribenuron-methyl has become an issue of increasing concern. In our previous study, strain Chenggangzhangella methanolivorans CHL1, capable of efficiently degrading sulfonylurea herbicides, was isolated. Here, the bioremediation potential of strain CHL1 was assessed for soil polluted with metsulfuron-methyl or tribenuron-methyl in a pot experiment. The growth parameters of waxy maize were measured on day 21 of the pot experiment. Additionally, the residues of metsulfuron-methyl and tribenuron-methyl in soils were analyzed, and the soil microbial community was investigated using a phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) method on days 1, 7, 14, and 21. The results indicated that strain CHL1 greatly accelerated the degradation of metsulfuron-methyl and tribenuron-methyl in soils. The degradation rates in the treatments inoculated with strain CHL1were all more than 91% after 7 days, significantly higher than the 25–36% degradation measured in non-inoculated treatments. Furthermore, strain CHL1 reduced the negative effects of tribenuron-methyl and metsulfuron-methyl on waxy maize growth, especially the primary root length. Moreover, inoculation with strain CHL1 also reduced the effects of tribenuron-methyl and metsulfuron-methyl on soil microbial biomass, diversity, and community structure. The present study demonstrates that strain CHL1 has great potential application to remediate soil contaminated with metsulfuron-methyl or tribenuron-methyl.

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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFD0800702) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31670515).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China

    Ting-Ting Yang, Hui-Wen Zhang, Jian Wang, Xin-Yu Li, Xu Li & Zhen-Cheng Su

  2. Shenyang Research Institute of Chemical Industry Co. Ltd., Shenyang, 110021, China

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XYL and HWZ conceived the ideas and designed the study. TTY, JW, XL, and ZCS performed the research and analyzed the data. TTY and XYL wrote the paper.

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Yang, TT., Zhang, HW., Wang, J. et al. High bioremediation potential of strain Chenggangzhangella methanolivorans CHL1 for soil polluted with metsulfuron-methyl or tribenuron-methyl in a pot experiment. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 4731–4738 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10825-w

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