Effects of Cd,Zn, or both on soil microbial biomass and activity in a clay loam soil |
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Authors: | Giancarlo Renella Amar M Chaudri Céline M Falloon Loretta Landi Paolo Nannipieri Philip C Brookes |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, University of Florence, P.le delle Cascine, 28-50144 Florence, Italy;(2) Agriculture and Environment Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts., AL5 2JQ, UK |
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Abstract: | We investigated Cd, Zn, and Cd + Zn toxicity to soil microbial biomass and activity, and indigenous Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii, in two near neutral pH clay loam soils, under long-term arable and grassland management, in a 6-month laboratory incubation,
with a view to determining the causative metal. Both soils were amended with Cd- or Zn-enriched sewage sludge, to produce
soils with total Cd concentrations at four times (12 mg Cd g−1 soil), and total Zn concentrations (300 mg Zn kg−1 soil) at the EU upper permitted limit. The additive effects of Cd plus Zn at these soil concentrations were also investigated.
There were no significant differences in microbial biomass C (B
C), biomass ninhydrin N (B
N), ATP, or microbial respiration between the different treatments. Microbial metabolic quotient (defined as qCO2 = units of CO2–C evolved unit−1 biomass C unit−1 time) also did not differ significantly between treatments. However, the microbial maintenance energy (in this study defined
as qCO2-to-μ ratio value, where μ is the growth rate) indicated that more energy was required for microbial synthesis in metal-rich sludge-treated soils (especially
Zn) than in control sludge-treated soils. Indigenous R.
leguminosarum bv. trifolii numbers were not significantly different between untreated and sludge-treated grassland soils after 24 weeks regardless of
metal or metal concentrations. However, rhizobial numbers in the arable soils treated with metal-contaminated sludges decreased
significantly (P < 0.05) compared to the untreated control and uncontaminated sludge-treated soils after 24 weeks. The order of decreasing
toxicity to rhizobia in the arable soils was Zn > Cd > Cd + Zn. |
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Keywords: | Cadmium Zinc Toxicity Microbial biomass Activity Rhizobia |
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