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The promoting effect of phosphorus-solubilizing bacteria on remediation of cadmium-contaminated saline soil by Suaeda salsa
Received:January 15, 2018  
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KeyWord:phosphorus-solubilizing bacteria;Suaeda salsa;root exudates;saline soil;Cd;remediation
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LIN Xin School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China  
WANG Li-li School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China  
YANG Ping School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China  
LI Qu-sheng School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China liqusheng@21cn.com 
XU Zhi-min School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
School of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China 
 
WEI Jia School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China  
ZHOU Ting School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China  
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Abstract:
      In order to improve the efficiency of phytoremediation on cadmium-contaminated saline soil and to explore the effect of phosphorus-solubilizing bacteria on plant growth and cadmium uptake in contaminated soil, root exudates of Suaeda salsa were collected from a sterile hydroponic(with 2% NaCl) culture. Five cadmium-and phosphorus-solubilizing isolates were cultivated using the exudates as a unique carbon source in medium. Their growth curves were obtained by determining their OD values. Escherichia grew faster and had stronger cadmium-and phosphorus-solubilizing abilities than the rest of the isolates(P<0.05). Herein, its changes in ability to solubilize P and Cd from Ca3(PO4)2 and CdCO3, respectively, and in its metabolic products in three concentrations of NaCl medium(0.3, 6, 12 g·L-1) were studied using a shaking flask experiment. A pot experiment was also conducted in sewage-irrigated garden soil(1.37 mg·kg-1 Cd) pretreated with three concentrations of NaCl(0, 4, 8 g·kg-1). The promoting effect of Escherichia on remediation of cadmium-contaminated saline soil by Suaeda salsa was investigated. The results showed that Escherichia produced 80.19, 78.79 mg·L-1, and 77.54 mg·L-1 dissolved phosphorus and 17.84, 17.30 mg·L-1, and 19.73 mg·L-1 dissolved cadmium, respectively, with the 0.3, 6 g·L-1, and 12 g·L-1 salt concentration treatments. This shows that an increasing concentration of salt had no effect on P release and promoted Cd release. There was obvious change in the composition of metabolites of Escherichia under the different salt treatments. With the 0.3, 6 g·L-1, and 12 g·L-1 salt treatments, 5, 10 kinds, and 13 kinds of organic acids and 4, 8 kinds, and 8 kinds of amino acids were released, respectively. The valine content increased significantly with increasing salt(P<0.05). In the pot experiment, biomass and Cd content in the rhizosphere soil solution of Suaeda salsa with bacterial inoculation treatment increased significantly compared with the control(P<0.05), with 4 g·kg-1 salt treatment. The total mobilized Cd in the rhizosphere soil increased by 3.17-fold. The average enrichment coefficient of the total and DTPA-extractable Cd increased by 260%. These results suggest that Escherichia grew normally and promoted the accumulation of Cd in Suaeda salsa under salt stress. This study provides some useful information regarding remediation of cadmium-contaminated saline soil.