酸性黄壤铅污染下植物根际微生物和酶活性研究

采用盆栽试验研究了酸性黄壤铅污染下4种草本植物根际土壤微生物数量和酶活性的变化。结果表明:植物根际土壤中细菌、真菌和放线菌对铅污染的响应因植物根系环境的不同而有所区别:4种植物根际土壤中细菌和真菌数量增加,但增幅不一致。黑麦草和早熟禾根际土壤放线菌数量降低,翦股颖根际土壤放线菌数量呈现波动起伏。4种植物根际土壤中过氧化氢酶活性、淀粉酶活性和中性磷酸酶活性与土壤铅含量都表现出负相关性,与淀粉酶活性负相关达到极显著,铅对黑麦草和狗牙根根际土壤脲酶活性表现出低浓度下激活高浓度下抑制,早熟禾和翦股颖根际土壤脲酶活性与土壤铅含量表现出正相关性。     

酸性黄壤铅污染下植物根际微生物和酶活性研究

采用盆栽试验研究了酸性黄壤铅污染下4种草本植物根际土壤微生物数量和酶活性的变化。结果表明：植物根际土壤中细菌、真菌和放线菌对铅污染的响应因植物根系环境的不同而有所区别：4种植物根际土壤中细菌和真菌数量增加,但增幅不一致。黑麦草和早熟禾根际土壤放线菌数量降低,翦股颖根际土壤放线菌数量呈现波动起伏。4种植物根际土壤中过氧化氢酶活性、淀粉酶活性和中性磷酸酶活性与土壤铅含量都表现出负相关性,与淀粉酶活性负相关达到极显著,铅对黑麦草和狗牙根根际土壤脲酶活性表现出低浓度下激活高浓度下抑制,早熟禾和翦股颖根际土壤脲酶活性与土壤铅含量表现出正相关性。     

吊兰生长对锌污染土壤微生物数量及土壤酶活性的影响

选用观赏植物吊兰进行盆栽试验,通过测定吊兰根际、非根际以及未栽培吊兰的空白组土壤微生物数量、土壤酶活性及化学性质,研究吊兰对重金属锌污染土壤的修复作用.结果表明:土壤微生物数量、土壤酶活性、有机质含量及土壤呼吸作用强度均表现为吊兰根际组＞吊兰非根际组＞未栽培吊兰的空白组.而土壤锌总量、pH、电导率及氧化还原电位均表现为未栽培吊兰的空白组＞吊兰非根际组＞吊兰根际组.土壤锌浓度为200mg/kg时,细菌、真菌的数量最多,土壤呼吸作用强度、脲酶及磷酸酶的活性也达到最高值;土壤锌浓度为500 mg/kg时,放线菌数量最多,且蔗糖酶活性达到顶峰.三类微生物对锌的敏感性顺序为真菌＞放线菌＞细菌.土壤酶对重金属锌的敏感性顺序为蔗糖酶＞脲酶＞磷酸酶＞过氧化氢酶.通过微生物数量与土壤酶活性的双变量相关性分析可知,放线菌的变化对土壤酶的影响最大,其次是真菌,细菌影响最小.吊兰生长能够有效改善土壤环境,在重金属锌污染修复方面有广阔的应用前景.     

重金属污染土壤的植物修复研究：Ⅱ.金属富集植物Brassica Juncea根 …

本文在盆栽试验的基础上研究了不同程度的外源重金单一及复合污染下富金属植物印度芥菜根际土壤中微生物数量的变化。研究结果表明,根际中细菌的数量明显多于放线菌,真菌。细菌生长对重金属和植物生长最敏感,其次为放线菌。含高镉的金属复合污染处理对细菌、线圈的生长有抑制作用,加铜对细菌有刺激效果。在低于重金属致死临界浓度时,植物根率的存在对细菌的数量的影响会大于重金属元素的影响。印度芥菜根际土壤中微生物数量的变     

黄土丘陵沟壑区典型林地土壤微生物、酶活性和养分特征

通过对陕西吴起县黄土沟壑区退耕还林地不同林分(沙棘、刺槐、油松、小叶杨)根际与非根际土壤养分、酶活性和微生物特征进行研究,比较4种典型林分及退耕草地“根际效应”及根际对养分的截留效应,评价根际效应对土壤特性产生不同改良效果,为黄土沟壑区退耕地人工林科学选择造林树种提供理论支持。研究表明:1根际与非根际土壤中有机质含量、有效磷含量、碱解氮含量和速效钾含量表现出显著差异,有机质、有效磷、速效钾含量均呈现明显的根际聚集现象。2根际土壤微生物数量和土壤酶活性总体高于非根际,仅油松样地中过氧化氢酶活性和小叶杨样地中脲酶活性根际低于非根际。3根际土壤中脲酶活性与细菌和真菌数量相关性达到显著水平,过氧化氢酶活性与真菌相关性达到显著水平;有机质含量与细菌、放线菌数量和脲酶活性相关性达到显著水平;碱解氮、有效磷含量均与细菌、真菌数量和脲酶活性相关性达到显著水平。在非根际土壤中,土壤养分含量与土壤微生物、土壤酶活性的相关性明显降低。4从土壤肥力综合水平看,根际土壤肥力水平综合得分总体上大于非根际土壤,其中根际土壤中沙棘小叶杨油松刺槐草地。沙棘能大幅度提高土壤肥力,具有较好的土壤改良效果。     

Cd胁迫对5种植物体内Cd积累及根际土壤特性的影响

以大豆、棉花、曼陀罗、蓖麻和玉米为供试材料,采用土柱栽培试验,探讨Cd胁迫后,5种植物根系活力与各器官间cd含量的差异,以及5种植物根际土壤酶活性与根际土壤营养含量对Cd胁迫的反应.结果表明:(1)5种受污染的植物体Cd富集量超出对照不受污染的植物体达3～7倍之多,但都未达富集临界值100 mg/kg.(2)不同植物不同器官Cd运转积累部位不同,以根冠比衡量,蓖麻、玉米、棉花R/S大于1,称作根优势植物;大豆、曼陀罗R/S小于1,称作冠优势植物;棉花R/S近于1,称作冠根均衡植物.5种植物吸收富集最强的前3位植物(大豆、玉米、棉花)都是人工驯化的栽培植物,其吸肥能力强于野生植物的,这种吸肥能力与吸Cd能力是否呈正相关关系,吸肥能力的差异是否可以作为污染土壤利用改良的依据值得进一步研究.(3)大豆、曼陀罗茎秆中Cd含量均较根、叶、籽实中的高,考虑到大豆是粮食作物,同时其根部Cd含量仅次子茎的,而曼陀罗作为一种杂草,其地上部Cd转移系数大于1.0,因此,比较供试5种植物,应优先选择曼陀罗用于Cd污染区域的土壤净化.(4)Cd胁迫(5 mg/kg)提高了5种植物根系还原TTC强度,抑制了大豆和蓖麻根际土壤多种酶活性,而促进了曼陀罗和玉米根际土壤多种酶活性以及棉花根际土壤脲酶、蔗糖酶和碱性磷酸酶活性;比较5种酶活性,碱性磷酸酶活性对Cd反应较不敏感,脲酶和蔗糖酶活性对Cd反应较敏感,多酚氧化酶和过氩化氯酶活性对CA的敏感程度因不同植物而异.结果还表明Cd胁迫不同程度地提高了供试5种植物根际土壤营养含量.(5)研究为有效开展Cd污染土壤的植物修复资源提供理论依据.     

丛枝菌根真菌在植物修复砷污染土壤中的作用

丛枝菌根真菌能增强植物对矿质元素的吸收、提高植物的抗逆性、增强抗病性、改善植物根际微环境,减轻重金属对植物的毒害,影响植物对重金属的吸收和转运,在重金属污染土壤的植物修复中显示出极大的应用潜力。近年来,As污染已成为全球非常突出且急需解决的环境问题之一,对As污染土壤的生物修复也因而成为研究热点。本文主要从丛枝菌根真菌改变土壤pH和酶活性、增强植物对As的耐性和影响植物对As的吸收方面综述了丛枝菌根在As污染土壤修复中应用的研究进展,揭示出菌根应用在As污染土壤中的作用潜力和研究方向。     

重金属污染土壤的植物修复研究Ⅱ.金属富集植物Brassica juncea根际土壤中微生物数量的变化

本文在盆栽试验的基础上研究了在不同程度的外源重金单一及复合污染下富金属植物印度芥菜(Brassica juncea)根际土壤中微生物数量的变化.研究结果表明,根际中细菌的数量明显多于放线菌、真菌.细菌生长对重金属和植物生长最敏感,其次为放线菌.含高镉(200mg/kg)的金属复合污染处理对细菌、放线圈的生长有抑制作用;加铜(250mg/kg)对细菌有刺激效果.在低于重金属致死临界浓度时,植物根系的存在对细菌的数量的影响会大于重金属元素的影响.印度芥菜根际土壤中微生物数量的变化与微生物种类、重金属元素及组合和植物生长有关.     

再生水灌溉对园林植物叶片生理及根际土壤特性的影响

选用8种河北省常见园林植物（大叶黄杨、女贞、月季、丁香、紫荆、连翘、海棠和榆叶梅）进行再生水灌溉试验,浇灌周期为3年,以自来水灌溉作为对照,研究了再生水灌溉对园林植物生长特性及根际土壤和微生物数量的影响。结果表明:再生水中所含有的植物生长所需的元素大部分可被植物有效吸收,而植物对一些有毒元素的吸收受到抑制;再生水处理的植物叶片矿质元素含量总体上比对照增加,部分差异达到了显著水平,与对照自来水相比,8种园林植物出现了钠元素的积累,重金属也有逐渐升高趋势,但植物表观并未表现出异常现象。在土壤理化性状方面,再生水灌溉情况下,8种园林植物的土壤pH值与对照相比无显著差异;土壤全盐量、水溶性钠和氯离子含量均高于自来水灌溉,多种植物土壤中含量与自来水灌溉相比达到了显著差异或极显著差异;在土壤养分和酶活性方面,再生水灌溉不同程度促进了土壤养分和酶活性的提高,除了女贞、月季和紫荆以外,与对照相比,绝大部分土壤养分和酶活性差异均不显著;在土壤微生物方面,再生水灌溉不同程度促进了土壤微生物数量的增加,其中,以女贞、月季和紫荆增加幅度较大;8种园林植物土壤微生物均以细菌最多,占微生物总数的90%以上,其次是放线菌和真菌。综合分析可知,再生水灌溉能够短期内促进园林植物的生长和根际土壤养分、酶活性微生物数目的提高。     

根际促生菌及其在污染土壤植物修复中的应用

植物对重金属吸收、转运和积累以及植物生物学特征使其成为修复重金属污染土壤的重要手段之一。然而,由于植物对重金属的耐受性有限而限制其广泛实际应用,因而探讨植物修复技术强化措施就显得尤为重要。随着自然资源的开发和技术的发展,微生物调控使植物修复技术变得更为可行和更有价值。回顾近年来新兴的微生物调控技术,植物根际促生菌资源因其对环境无污染,可利用自身的抗性系统减缓重金属对植物的毒性,促进植物的生长和影响重金属的迁移等优势,在修复过程中发挥着重要作用。目前,国内外就植物根际促生菌的筛选、鉴定和应用价值等方面已经做了大量的相关研究。本文综述了根际促生菌-植物相互作用的机制及其促进植物修复重金属污染土壤的作用原理。     

内生细菌强化重金属污染土壤植物修复研究进展

近年来,植物修复因其独特的优势备受推崇,尤其是当前植物内生细菌的应用为植物修复重金属污染土壤提供了有效的新方案.在植物修复过程中,耐重金属的内生细菌利用与植物的共生互惠关系,通过自身的抗性系统缓解重金属的毒性,促进植物对其迁移,并通过溶磷、固氮等途径改善植物营养以及分泌植物激素、铁载体、特异性酶、抗生素等作用,促进植物在逆境条件下的生长和对重金属的富集.本文综述了近年来国内外关于重金属抗性植物内生细菌促进植物生长、增强植物对重金属的抗性以及影响重金属在植物体内吸收、转运和积累的作用机制,系统分析了内生细菌促进植物修复重金属污染土壤的机理,并进一步讨论了植物内生细菌在重金属污染土壤植物修复工程中的应用前景与研究方向.     

养殖废水灌溉下施用生物质炭和果胶对土壤养分和重金属迁移的影响

【目的】 养殖废水中含有丰富的养分,但也含有一定的重金属。本文研究了生物质炭和果胶对养殖废水灌溉下的土壤–植物系统养分和重金属迁移规律的影响,以利用养殖废水中的养分,并对其重金属进行调控。 【方法】 选取新乡市郊区农田土壤为供试土壤,采用根箱试验方法种植玉米。设置根箱土壤中添加1%的生物质炭和果胶,分别灌溉蒸馏水和养殖废水发酵产生的沼液。测定了土壤中养分和重金属的含量,探讨了其在土壤–植物系统的迁移规律。 【结果】 沼液灌溉的植株地上部生长与蒸馏水灌溉无显著差异。果胶相比于生物质炭可以促进植株生长。沼液灌溉时,果胶处理的根系和地上部生物量分别比对照增加了25.38%和31.21%。沼液灌溉普遍降低了根际和非根际土壤的pH,生物质炭处理和果胶处理与对照根际和非根际土壤的pH均无显著差异。沼液灌溉增加了非根际土壤的电导,生物质炭相比于果胶增加了土壤的电导。沼液灌溉增加了土壤全氮、有效磷、速效钾和有机质含量。果胶根际土壤的全磷、碱解氮、有效磷、有效Fe、有效Mn均高于生物质炭处理,生物质炭处理根际和非根际土壤的全钾和速效钾含量均高于果胶处理。沼液灌溉相比于蒸馏水灌溉,增加了植株根、茎中N含量和Ca含量。生物质炭处理植株根茎叶N含量、根茎P含量、茎K含量、根茎叶Ca含量、根茎Mg含量高于果胶处理,但果胶处理养分的转运系数较高。养殖废水灌溉增加了根际和非根际土壤中有效Cu和Zn尤其是Zn的含量。与对照相比,生物质炭降低了根际土壤Cu、Pb、Ni的含量,而果胶增加了它们的含量。沼液灌溉增加了植株根茎叶中Cu、Zn、Pb含量,果胶处理植株根系Cu、Zn、Pb、Cd、Ni含量最高,但向地上部转运较少。 【结论】 在北方碱性土壤灌溉养殖废水发酵产生的沼液时,施用生物质炭和果胶可以提高土壤肥力和植株养分含量,生物质炭通过减少土壤中有效态重金属含量以减少重金属在植物体内累积,果胶虽然增加土壤有效态重金属含量,但可以降低其向地上部的转运,避免了重金属在植物体内的累积。      

复合污染土壤中水稻根际元素特性及效应研究

【目的】以广东大宝山重金属复合污染农田为生长介质,通过研究水稻不同部位生长量、 金属含量、 对金属的富集系数,及其与根际、 非根际土金属含量、 形态变化的相关关系,探讨根际效应可能对水稻体内金属积累转运以及生物量的影响。【方法】选取了广东大宝山稻田重金属复合污染(As、 Pb、 Fe、 Cu、 Zn)土壤及当地常见的20个水稻品种进行根际袋试验,即将根际袋内的土视为根际土,根际袋外的土视为非根际土,将供试水稻品种种植于根际袋土壤中60天后收获,测定水稻各部位的生长量、 不同金属的含量,根际土和非根际土中各金属有效态的含量。【结果】Fe、 Cu、 Pb、 Zn、 As在根部的富集系数均大于其在茎叶的富集系数,各金属在茎叶和根部的富集能力排序分别为Zn Cu As ≈ Pb ≈ Fe和Fe Zn As Cu Pb。根际土和非根际土中各种金属有效态含量均为Fe Cu Pb Zn As。研究还发现,有效态Fe、 Cu和Zn浓度对整株干重的影响显著,作用强弱顺序为Cu Zn Fe,对水稻生长影响作用显著的三种有效态金属Fe、 Cu和Zn均为植物生长所必需的元素。供试土壤中有效态Cu浓度对水稻的生长所起的作用最强。根际土有效态Fe浓度对根系Fe的积累作用效果显著,有效态As浓度显著抑制了根系Fe的积累,且有效态As浓度的作用强于有效态Fe。【结论】根际土中有效态Fe对株高、 根干重、 茎叶干重和整株干重均起着抑制作用,有效态Cu对水稻生长起到了促进作用。根际土有效态As和非根际土有效态Zn对根部Fe的积累起到了抑制作用,根际土有效态Fe和非根际土有效态Cu则起到了促进作用。非根际土有效态Fe和有效态Zn对水稻根长的增加均起到了促进作用。     

Phytochelatins as biomarkers for heavy metal toxicity in maize: Single metal effects of copper and cadmium

Contamination of soils with heavy metals becomes more and more a problem in many countries all over the world. In areas where metal contaminated soils are used for food crop production, metals relatively mobile within the plant, such as cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) can easily come into the food chain with great risks for human health. Since bioavailability of heavy metals in soils varies with soil and plant characteristics, e.g., mineralogical and organic matter properties of the soil and plant metal susceptibility, prediction of heavy metal uptake by plants by the common soil and plant chemical analysis techniques is often unreliable. Recently, the use of biomarkers has been suggested to be a suitable technique complementing chemical soil analysis. Therefore, the usefulness of the biomarker phytochelatin (PC), a non‐protein thiol, specifically induced in plants suffering from heavy metal stress, was tested. Maize (Zea mays L.) plants were exposed to excess copper (Cu) or Cd in nutrient solution systems and metal and PC concentrations were monitored in plant shoot and root. Results clearly illustrated that very soon after plant exposure to the metal, PC induction started, especially in plant roots. Phytochelatin seems to be a useful early warning system for heavy metal stress in plants.     

Characterization of copper-resistant bacteria and assessment of bacterial communities in rhizosphere soils of copper-tolerant plants

Thirteen copper-resistant bacteria were isolated from copper-tolerant plant species growing on a copper mine wasteland. The isolates were identified by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and characterized by their resistance to heavy metals and plant growth-promoting characteristics. The assessment of the bacterial communities in the rhizosphere soils of copper-tolerant plants was measured as bands in denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) obtained directly from rhizosphere soil DNA extracts. The isolates were found to exhibit different multiple heavy metal resistance characteristics. Strains SZY6, YJ7 and JYC17 were found to produce indole acetic acid (IAA), siderophore, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase or to solubilize phosphate. Root elongation assay conducted on rape under gnotobiotic conditions with strains MT16, JYC17, SZY6, GZC24, and YJ7 demonstrated increase (from 16 to 41%) in root elongation of inoculated rape seedlings compared to the control plants. In the rhizosphere soil samples the DGGE profiles of the direct DNA extracts were similar. The DGGE profiles indicated that there was no significant correlation between the concentration of available copper in the rhizosphere soils and the number of the visible bands in the DGGE pattern.     

Advances in fungal-assisted phytoremediation of heavy metals: A review

Trace metals such as manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and iron (Fe) are essential for many biological processes in plant life cycles. However, in excess, they can be toxic and disrupt plant growth processes, which is economically undesirable for crop production. For this reason, processes such as homeostasis and transport control of these trace metals are of constant interest to scientists studying heavily contaminated habitats. Phytoremediation is a promising cleanup technology for soils polluted with heavy metals. However, this technique has some disadvantages, such as the slow growth rate of metal-accumulating plant species, low bioavailability of heavy metals, and long duration of remediation. Microbial-assisted phytoremediation is a promising strategy for hyperaccumulating, detoxifying, or remediating soil contaminants. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are found in association with almost all plants, contributing to their healthy performance and providing resistance against environmental stresses. They colonize plant roots and extend their hyphae to the rhizosphere region, assisting in mineral nutrient uptake and regulation of heavy metal acquisition. Endophytic fungi exist in every healthy plant tissue and provide enormous services to their host plants, including growth enhancement by nutrient acquisition, detoxification of heavy metals, secondary metabolite regulation, and enhancement of abiotic/biotic stress tolerance. The aim of the present work is to review the recent literature regarding the role of AMF and endophytic fungi in plant heavy metal tolerance in terms of its regulation in highly contaminated conditions.     

Microbial biomass,activity, and organic matter accumulation in soils contaminated with heavy metals

Chemical characteristics and some parameters related to biological components were determined in 16 soils from a fairly homogeneous area in the north of Italy, contaminated with different levels of heavy metals. Correlation analysis of the parameters studied showed close positive relationships among the metals and with the organic C content in the soils studied. Negative relationships were observed among the heavy metals, soil respiration, and the ratio between evolved CO₂–C and microbial biomass C per unit time (specific respiratory activity). This was ascribed to an adverse heavy metal effect on the soil microflora, which appeared to increase the accumulation of organic matter as the heavy metal content increased, probably because the biomass was less effective in mineralising soil organic matter under these conditions.     

重金属污染土壤间作修复的研究进展

种植单一的超富集植物修复重金属污染土壤,不但中断农业生产导致经济收益降低,而且因生物量较低、修复周期长等诸多弊端导致修复效果不甚理想。间作作为一种传统的农艺管理方式,利用生态位和生物多样性原理等能提高农作物对资源的有效利用,对共植的农作物种类增量提质。在中、轻度污染土壤修复中利用间作体系,通过调控超富集植物与农作物的生长发育,促进超富集植物根系低分子量有机酸(LMWOAs)的分泌,降低其根际土壤p H,增加重金属活性,从而增加超富集植物对重金属的吸收,同时抑制农作物根系LMWOAs的分泌,以减少农作物对重金属的吸收,提高其产量和品质,实现"边生产边修复",提高土地利用率,并增加经济效益。本文根据近几年来国内外相关文献,综述了间作条件下超富集植物和农作物生物量、生理生化响应、重金属吸收、转运、富集等方面的变化,以及间作对土壤环境质量的影响,并对间作修复重金属污染土壤领域的发展趋势,如超富集植物和农作物间作的信号转导和分子生物学机制、间作体系下两类植物根际微生物类群的差异及其功能机制,以及构建高效间作体系提高重金属污染土壤的修复效率等方面进行了展望。     

Translocation and accumulation of heavy metals in Ocimum basilicum L. plants grown in a mining-contaminated soil

Purpose

The evaluation of the ecotoxicity effects of some heavy metals on the plant growth and metal accumulation in Ocimum basilicum L. cultivated on unpolluted and polluted soils represented the objective of the present study.

Materials and methods

The basil aromatic herb was evaluated in a laboratory experiment using soil contaminated with Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn, similar to the one from a mining area. The soils and different organs of the basil plants were analyzed, the total contents of the added elements being determined using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry. The ability of basil plants to accumulate metals from soil and to translocate them in their organs was evaluated by transfer coefficient, translocation factor, enrichment factor, and geo-accumulation index determinations.

Results and discussion

The basil plants grown in the metal-polluted soil showed stimulation effects comparing with the plants from the control soil. At the end of the exposure period, the plants had a visible increase of biomass and presented inflorescences and the leaves’ green pigment was intensified. The metals gathered differently in plant organs: Cd, Co, Cr, and Pb were accumulated in roots, while Cu, Ni, and Zn in flowers. Cr and Pb exceeded the toxic levels in roots. Also, the heavy metal intake depends on the plant development stages; thus, Cd, Cr, and Pb were accumulated more in mature plant leaves. The Cd and Pb contents were higher than the World Health Organization and European Commission permissible limits.

Conclusions

The experimental results revealed that the basil plants exposed to a mixture of heavy metals have the potential to reduce the metal mobility from soil to plants. Translocation process from roots to flowers and to leaves was observed for Cu, Ni, and Zn, emphasizing a competition between metals. The calculated bioaccumulation factors were insignificant, but Cd and Pb concentrations exceeded the legal limits in the mature plants, being restricted for human or animal consumption.

     

Metal removal from and microbial property improvement of a multiple heavy metals contaminated soil by phytoextraction with a cadmium hyperaccumulator Sedum alfredii H.

Purpose

Effects of phytoextraction by Sedum alfredii H., a native cadmium hyperaccumulator, on metal removal from and microbial property improvement of a multiple heavy metals contaminated soil were studied under greenhouse conditions.

Materials and methods

A rhizobox experiment with an ancient silver-mining ecotype of S. alfredii natively growing in Zhejiang Province, China, was conducted for remediation of a multiple heavy metals contaminated soil. The rhizobox was designed combining the root-shaking method for the separation of rhizospheric vs near-rhizospheric soils and prestratifying method for separation of sublayers rhizospheric soils (0–10 mm from the root) and bulk soil (>10 mm from the root). Soil and plant samplings were carried out after 3 and 6 months of plant growth.

Results and discussion

Cadmium (Cd), zinc (Zn), and lead (Pb) concentrations in shoots were 440.6, 11,893, and 91.2 mg kg^?1 after 6 months growth, and Cd, Zn, and Pb removed in the shoots were 0.862, 25.20, and 0.117 mg/plant. Microbial biomass C, basal respiration, urease, acid phosphatase, and invertase activities of the rhizospheric soils were significantly higher than that of unplanted soils after 6 months growth. Microbial biomass carbon (MBC) of 0–2 mm and basal respiration (BR) rate of 0–8 mm sublayer rhizospheric soils were significantly higher than that of bulk soil after 6 months growth. So were the three enzyme activities of 0–4 mm sublayer rhizospheric soils. BR rate and urease were significantly negatively correlated with soluble Cd, so were MBC, acid phosphatase, and intervase activities with soluble Zn, MBC, BR rate, and three enzyme activities with soluble Pb.

Conclusions

Harvesting shoots of S. alfredii could remove remarkable amounts of Cd, Zn, Pb, and lower water-soluble Cd, Zn, and Pb concentrations in the rhizospheric soils. MBC, BR rate, and enzyme activities of the metal polluted soil, especially the rhizospheric soils increased with phytoextraction process, which is attributed to the stimulation of soil microbes by planting as well as the decrease in soil-soluble metal concentration.