污染物在根-土界面的化学行为与生态效应

根-土界面是污染物进入植物体内的主要通道和导致一系列生态安全问题的特殊微生态区,本文提出污染物在根-土界面上的化学行为和生态效应包括根际化学行为与生态效应,根系化学行为与生态效应两个方面的具体内容,并从理论上根据最新的研究进展对这两方面内容进行了探讨,指出根际化学行为与生态效应包括根际pH环境与吸附行为、根际氧化-还原行为、根际化学致毒效应、根际微生物效应及根际生物酶反应等;根系化学行为与生态效应包括根系分泌物、根系酶系统的影响、干扰正常生理过程、改变细胞结构与功能、干扰生物大分子的结构和功能等,并阐述根-土界面上的化学行为和生态效应在污染生态学中的重要性以及研究中存在的问题。     

镉与豆磺隆复合胁迫下小麦根－土界面镉形态的变化

通过根际箱试验,研究了Cd与豆磺隆复合胁迫下小麦根 土界面Cd形态变化的空间和时间效应.在空间上将根－土界面(0～5 mm)细化到1 mm,在时间上将取样时间分为14、21、28、35和42 d,并将小麦体吸收的Cd与根 土界面各形态Cd作相关分析,从而得出影响小麦体生长的Cd形态.结果表明,在小麦不同的生长时间内,可交换态Cd表现出的空间效应明显不同.在小麦生长的第14天,根－土界面可交换态Cd大体上由根中心区(6.186 mg·kg^-1)向根外区(6.482 mg·kg^-1)逐渐增加;从小麦生长第21天到42天,根-土界面可交换态Cd呈现出由根中心区到某一层升高,之后又由该层到土体下降的趋势.根-土界面各层碳酸盐和铁锰结合态Cd向可交换态Cd转化的趋势由根中心区向根外区逐渐减弱,而向残留态Cd转化的趋势逐渐加强,有机结合态Cd浓度变化在近根区较大.碳酸盐结合态Cd、铁锰结合态Cd、有机结合态Cd浓度随时间而逐渐下降;残留态Cd浓度则表现出明显的上升趋势.相关分析表明,近根层的可交换态Cd和有机结合态Cd是小麦能直接利用的两种Cd形态.豆磺隆对可交换态Cd含量变化以及碳酸盐和铁锰结合态Cd的转化有明显影响.     

镉胁迫下小麦根系分泌物的变化

通过水培和砂培两种方法 ,研究了镉胁迫下小麦 ( Triticum aestivm L.)根系分泌物变化。通过研究镉对小麦根系分泌氨基酸和糖 ,根系分泌其它一些次生代谢物质等的影响 ,以及根系分泌物对蔬菜种子萌发的影响 ,探讨镉胁迫下植物根系的生理生态效应。研究结果表明 :镉胁迫下 ,小麦根系分泌物无论在量上还是质上都有变化。镉胁迫下根系分泌的电解质、糖类、氨基酸以及其它一些次生代谢物质都有所变化 ,但变化情况有差异。电解质外渗率、糖类随 Cd2 + 浓度升高而增加 ,在低浓度 Cd2 + 作用下 ( 0 .5 mg/ L) ,随处理浓度的升高 ,氨基酸分泌量增加 ;当处理浓度高于相应浓度时 ,氨基酸分泌量随浓度升高而减少。随 Cd2 + 浓度升高 ,次生代谢物分泌种类减少。这说明小麦通过改变根分泌作用而缓解镉危害。由于根系分泌次生代谢物的活动比较复杂 ,因而根系的分泌作用有待于进一步研究。根系分泌物中可能含有某些物质抑制萝卜、白菜种子萌发 ,这是涉及到植物他感作用的问题 ,值得并有待于进一步研究。初步分析小麦根系在不同的环境中对镉胁迫的响应方式 ,为以后根分泌物的深入研究提供了一定的思路 ,也为镉污染区农作物的合理栽培提供新的参考资料。     

pH值和Fe、Cd处理对水稻根际及根表Fe、Cd吸附行为的影响

通过营养液-蛭石联合培养试验,设置系列pH值(4.5—7.5)和Fe、Cd处理,研究不同pH值及Fe、Cd浓度对水稻和蛭石表面Fe、Cd吸附的影响。结果表明,不同pH值处理下的根际氧化还原电位和酸度不同,0.9 mg/L Cd处理下的根际氧化势低于0.5 mg/L Cd,50 mg/L Fe处理下的根际酸度高于30 mg/L Fe处理。根表吸附Fe、Cd组分和数量都受根际Eh、pH值制约,根表Fe、Cd吸附量在处理pH值6.0时最低,并分别在处理pH值7.5和处理pH值4.5达到最高。但根系表面对Fe、Cd的吸附机制与蛭石表面不同,蛭石吸附Fe主要为晶态Fe,占到总沉积Fe的73%—87%;水稻根表沉积Fe以非晶态Fe为主,占总沉积Fe的91%—95%;与处理pH值和根际Eh间有显著的相关性(蛭石晶态Fe:ppH=0.011、pEh=0.042;水稻根表非晶态Fe:ppH=0.050、pEh=0.004)。蛭石表面交换态Fe及交换态Cd与处理pH值和Eh间存在显著的相关性(pH值:pFe<0.001、pCd=0.009;Eh:pFe=0.016、pCd=0.002),而根表交换态Fe及交换态Cd仅与处理pH值间有显著的相关性(pFe=0.007,pCd=0.048)。不同Fe、Cd浓度处理对根际Eh、pH值的升降和根表Fe、Cd吸附均有影响。与对照相比,增Cd处理可以降低根际Eh和升高pH值,减少溶液Cd浓度并增加根表Cd吸附量;增Fe处理则可以升高根际Eh和降低pH值,增加溶液Fe、Cd浓度并减少根表Fe、Cd吸附量。这是水稻应对Fe、Cd浓度胁迫的生理反应之一。     

根系分泌物收集技术研究进展

根系分泌物在调控陆地生态系统根际微环境间的物质、能量和信息交流中具有重要作用.构建准确、适用的根系分泌物收集方法,对根系分泌物的种类、含量及其对环境变化的响应等信息的精准获取是理解植物根系-土壤界面生态过程与信息交流的关键环节和前提.目前,传统或新型的根系分泌物收集技术都致力于认知根系分泌物中化合物种类多样性和含量变化,但根系的生长高度依赖周围介质和生长环境,使根系分泌物的收集很难避开对根系本身的损伤、土壤颗粒对根系分泌物的吸附和释放,以及微生物代谢等因素的干扰,导致不同根系分泌物收集方法都存在各自的优缺点.本研究从室内收集和野外原位收集两方面系统综述了当前应用较广的一些传统和新型根系分泌物收集技术,并总结和比较了每种收集方法的优缺点;在此基础上,基于森林根际生态学过程野外原位研究的重要性和代表性,结合当前根系分泌物研究的不足,展望了未来森林根系分泌物野外原位收集技术构建中值得关注的3个重点方向,旨在为相关研究者开展根系分泌物收集与作用研究提供参考.     

植物根系分泌物生态效应及其影响因素研究综述

植物根系分泌物的形成是植物体代谢过程中重要的生理现象,为“植物-土壤”体系物质周转的重要环节.研究植物根系分泌物对于了解陆地生态系统质能过程、碳氮收支平衡及提高生态系统的初级生产具有重要意义.本文从植物根系分泌物对植物生理性状、土壤微生物、土壤物质周转及有机污染物降解影响等4个方面对植物根系分泌物的生态效应进行综述,并从重金属含量、营养元素水平、土壤水分和光热条件、物种基因型、土壤微生物状况和外源有机污染物添加的角度综述了影响植物根系分泌物的因素,旨在对植物根系分泌物的生态效应和影响因素进行总结,并根据目前的研究现状,从研究对象、研究方法和效应评估方面进行了展望.     

根系分泌物在重金属污染土壤生态修复中的作用机制研究进展

我国土壤重金属污染问题日益突出.作为一种绿色、安全的生物修复技术,植物修复技术备受关注.根系分泌物作为植物-土壤-微生物三者物质交换与信息传递的重要载体,是植物响应外界胁迫的重要生理生态指征,在植物修复过程中发挥关键作用.研究表明,根系分泌物能够有效调控根际微环境,提升植物抗逆能力,影响重金属在根际微域中的环境行为.传...     

Cd胁迫和增强UV-B辐射对大豆根系分泌物的影响

 镉（Cd）污染和增强紫外线-B（UV-B）辐射对大豆(Glycine max)根系分泌物变化的研究表明,Cd污染促进了大豆根系有机化合物（如有机酸、氨基酸、多肽和酰胺等）的分泌,但该分泌作用受增强UV-B辐射的抑制。根系有机硫分泌只受较强胁迫条件促进,较高浓度Cd和较强的UV-B辐射对大豆根系有机硫分泌有协同促进作用。氮素含量主要受Cd胁迫影响,其变化可能有两方面原因：1) Cd胁迫下根系对有机含氮化合物,主要是多肽、氨基酸和酰胺的分泌增加;2) Cd胁迫减少了根系对氮素的吸收,引起根际环境中残留氮素的升高。增强UV-B辐射对根际环境中氮素有一定影响,但不显著。研究结果表明了增强UV_B辐射在一定程度上影响Cd胁迫下大豆根系有机化合物的分泌作用,而且可能与大豆根系对重金属毒害的抗性有关。     

根系分泌物介导的根际效应及在水体生态修复中的应用潜力

文章主要以根系分泌物为核心, 综述了根系分泌物的分类、发生机理及影响因素; 围绕着植物-土壤-微生物三者的关系, 阐述了根系分泌物介导的植物与植物之间的化感作用、植物与根际微生物之间的协同作用以及植物微生物相互作用对土壤物质循环的影响。水生植物以其生境的特殊性和功能的不可替代性, 对沉积物污染物去除和水体生态修复产生显著的影响。在水体生态问题较为严峻的今天, 充分认识水生植物根系分泌物介导的根际过程将为水生植物生态学和水体生态修复领域的发展提供基础, 并为学科应用潜力的开发提供依据。     

基于加权共变化网络分析水稻根系微生物群落间的差异

为了解水稻根系微生物群落间的差异,比较水稻根内、根表以及根际3个生态位微生物群落组成差异;探究水稻根系生态位之间、变化种群间的相互关系;以期为今后水稻根系微生物研究提供具有参考价值的依据.本研究利用WGCNA算法对水稻根系3个生态位的微生物群落数据分别构建共表达网络,找出根内、根表以及根际微生物群落间的差异网络,以网络为单位比较分析不同生态位间微生物群落的差异,并基于共变化网络分析进一步探究差异种群间的相互关系.通过WGCNA算法对水稻根系3个生态位的微生物群落进行共表达网络分析,结果发现:在水稻根内-根表-根际3个生态位间,微生物群落构成的共表达互作网络存在差异.进一步分析3个生态位间差异网络,发现根际-根表差异网络中的OTUs分布于6个门18个属中,优势菌门为变形菌门(Proteobacteria,72.97％);在根际-根内差异网络中的OTUs分布于9个门35个属,优势菌门为变形菌门(Proteobacteria,66.36％)、放线菌门(Actinobacteria,9.09％)、拟杆菌门(Bacteroidetes,10.9％);根表-根内差异网络中的OTUs分布于12个门36个属中,其中优势菌门为变形菌门(Proteobacteria,41.41％)、拟杆菌门(Bacteroidetes,10.10％)、厚壁菌门(Firmicutes,12.12％)、疣微菌门(Verrucomicrobia,10.10％).Rhodobacter、No-vosphingobium等3个核心菌属、Blvii28、Dechloromonas等6个核心菌属和Cellvibrio、Geobacter等5个核心菌属,分别在根际-根表差异种群微生物共变化网络、根际-根内差异种群微生物共变化网络和根表-根内差异种群微生物共变化网络中起重要的调控作用.     

Influence of amino acids on the activity of cellulolytic enzymes obtained from spent medium of Fusarium cultures and on the "Cellulase S" Novo.

Comparative studies on the influence of 4 amino acids (cysteine, cystine, methionine and alanine) on the activity of enzymatic preparation were carried out. The action of the amino acids was shown to depend on pH, incubation time and the temperature of incubation. Attempts were made to find a correlation between the amino acids introduced and redox potential (Eh), pH and the activity of the cellulolytic enzymes. It was found that the addition of some amino acids to the reaction mixtures at different pH values affected the value of Eh -- which enhanced the cellulase activity.     

Gel formation on nodal root surfaces ofZea mays

Summary A gel forms profusely on the surface of nodal roots of corn. The nature and properties of the material was investigated with the purpose of understanding the mucilaginous layer which exists at the root-soil interface. Acid hydrolysis of the material revealed that it contained uronic acids, galactose, arabinose, xylose, and frucose in an approximate molecular ratio of (3:7:5:11). In addition to these sugars glucose and fructose were also present in the exudate of first or second stage nodal roots. The enzymes acid phosphatase and ATPase were present in the gel. ATPase was only slightly stimulated by K. The gel showed phosphatase activity over a broad range in pH. Contribution from the Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A. Journal Paper No. 3696 of the Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station.     

A method to measure redox potential (Eh) and pH in agar media and plants shows that fungal growth is affected by and affects pH and Eh

The specificities of the plant environment and its effects on fungal growth are not yet fully explored. Both pH and Eh play a key role during this interaction, but are often studied independently or at different scales. We aimed at investigating whether the methods developed for the joint characterization of the pH and Eh in soil could be transposed to fungi. On artificial media, the growth of all 16 species tested significantly altered either Eh, pH or both. Measuring Eh reveals that even the species not modifying pH can have an impact on the surrounding environment. Reciprocally, fungi responded to pH and Eh parameters, both quantitatively with a decrease in colony diameter and qualitatively with colony aspect repeatedly and thoroughly modified. In infected oilseed rape plant stems, pH and Eh were significantly altered. The observed alcalinisation or acidification correlates with canker length. The joint characterization of both parameters will allow understanding the impact of fungi on their environment, and conversely of the environment on fungal growth. The availability of methods for measurement opens the prospect to study combinations of stresses, and get an understanding of the involvement of pH and Eh modifications in these interactions.     

Influence of fermentation metabolites on redox potential in anaerobic digestion of proteinaceous solid wastes by Synergistes sp.

The anaerobic digestion of animal fleshing from tannery solid waste was investigated with regard to hydrolytic enzymes, protease and lipase, fermentative enzyme deaminase, soluble protein and amino acids, redox potential (Eh), volatile fatty acids, ammonia and carbon dioxide up to 120 h of retention time. The release of these fermentation metabolites at various retention times greatly influenced the Eh. In the hydrolytic phase, the maximum value of Eh was ?50 mV and it reached the minimum of ?350 mV in 24 h in the fermentative phase. The minimum and maximum values of Eh were ?387 and ?452 mV at 80 h of anaerobic digestion. The release of extracellular metabolites was confirmed by HPLC and GC‐MS. In this study, we have found that the ammonia and pH had a substantial influence on the Eh during the anaerobic digestion of animal fleshing.     

Interactions among phosphorus, pH and Eh in reforested mangroves, Vietnam: a three-dimensional spatial analysis

Sediment reduction is frequently proposed to increase available phosphorus (P) but several studies found also decreases. Another important factor for P liberation is the pH. We investigated the relative importance of Eh and pH on P cycling in reforested mangroves. Sediment P compounds, pH and Eh were analysed over depth along five transects of two areas in the Saigon River Delta and compared with leaf P levels. A three-dimensional spatial approach was used to investigate pH and Eh effects on P compound distribution at different sediment depth and locate layers of predominant P uptake. Along an inundation gradient, submergence durations of 254 to 2 days per year caused a large Eh gradient within the top 20 cm, whereas Eh response was small within 20–45 cm depth. At individual layers, a correlation between Eh and Al/Fe–P was only found in the upper depth interval (0–20 cm). No significant effect of Eh or Al/Fe–P on Morgan-P (available P) was detected. Minor effects on P composition changes by the Eh were caused through generally strongly reduced sediment at deeper layers (>20 cm). In contrast, pH variations produced extreme differences in both, Ca–P and available P content at layers of apparently predominant P uptake (>20 cm). As available P was correlated with Ca–P (p < 0.001), leaf P (p < 0.001) and pH (non linear correlation) it is likely that the pH sensitive Ca–P fraction is a more effective source for mangrove tree growth than Al/Fe–P. The predominant pH effect on P uptake within these reforested mangroves differs from a proposed reduction-governed P cycling in wetlands.     

Mangrove reforestation in Vietnam: the effect of sediment physicochemical properties on nutrient cycling

Sediment physicochemical properties most likely control the reforestation success on degraded mangrove sites. Our objectives were (1) to determine the nutritional status of reforested mangrove stands; (2) to investigate the effects of the redox potential (Eh) and pH on phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) cycling; and (3) to assess the effect of pH on P speciation. Five transects were studied in replanted stands of the Saigon River Delta, Vietnam. Spatial gradients of sediment Eh and pH were affected by the tidal regime and pyrite oxidation. Sediment Al/Fe-P correlated with Eh or pH, depending on the sediment layer, whereas Ca-P, Morgan-P (available P) and leaf P were influenced by the pH. The highest concentrations of Al/Fe-P were recorded at pH 6.5 probably due to adsorption effects. Sediment Ca-P increased strongly at pH below 4 and above 6, reflecting the different pH-dependent solubilities of individual Ca-P mineral species as shown by a newly developed method for P species quantification. A strong increase of available P and leaf P above pH 6, and positive correlations of available P vs Ca-P (P?<?0.001) and leaf P (P?=?0.004) suggest that the Morgan’s reagent for available P determination solubilizes mainly thermodynamically less stable Ca-P compounds, which seem to fuel P plant uptake. Since foliar and sediment N:P ratios were influenced mainly by pH, shifts in pH likely cause limitation transitions. Overall, sediment pH rather than Eh was found to control the nutrient status.     

Effects of inoculum source,pH, redox potential and headspace di-hydrogen on rumen in vitro fermentation yields

This in vitro study aimed at understanding how abiotic, that is chemical and electrochemical potentials, and biotic factors combine to impact the outputs of rumen volatile fatty acid (VFA). Using a 48-run design optimized by means of an exchange algorithm, the curvilinear effects of pH, Eh and partial pressure of dihydrogen (H₂) on fermentation yields were investigated in 6-h batch cultures of mixed rumen microbes, fed on glucose so as to bypass the enzymatic hydrolysis and conversion steps preceding the glycolytic pathway. The role played by rumen microbiota in the expression of these effects was explored by testing three inocula grown on feeds supplying a microflora adapted to fibre, slowly degradable or readily degradable starch as the dominant dietary polysaccharide. Data were fitted to 2nd-order polynomial models. In fibre-adapted cultures, the yields of major VFA were mainly influenced by pH and H₂ partial pressure, in opposite ways. In wheat grain-adapted cultures, the VFA yields underwent the opposite influences of pH, in a curvilinear way for propionate, and Eh since acetate production yield was not significantly modified by any factor. In maize grain-adapted cultures, acetate production yield was not modified by any factor but H₂ in a quadratic way when the production yields of higher VFA underwent opposite influences of pH and Eh. In conclusion, the effects of environmental factors were dependent on the nature of the inoculum, a major source of variation, and more particularly on its adaptation to high- or low-fibre diets. These effects were loosely interrelated, the pH being the most active factor before the Eh and H₂ partial pressure.     

An ISFET-algal (Chlamydomonas) hybrid provides a system for eco-toxicological tests.

A cellular sensoring system was designed in which metabolism-dedicated pH-ISFETs and the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a biological component, were combined. The system permits on-line detection of pH changes caused by the metabolic and photosynthetic activities of the cells. Photosynthetic activity results in a basification of the medium caused by uptake of CO2. In darkness, an acidification of the medium, resulting from the production of CO2 by degradation of starch was observed. Both, acidification and basification, are sensitive indicators for the physiological activity of the alga. Experiments using inhibitors of energy metabolism or photosynthesis illustrate the utility of this system for an on-line monitoring of substances of eco-toxicological importance.