Temporal phytoremediation potential for heavy metals and bacterial abundance in drainage water

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Drainage water in developing countries has a high abundance of pathogenic bacteria and high levels of toxic and mutagenic pollutants. Remediation of drainage water is important in water-poor counties, especially with the growing need to secure sustainability of safe water resources to fulfill increasing demands for agriculture. Here, we assess the efficiency of macrophyte Pistia stratiotes to remediate a polluted drain in Egypt, rich in macronutrients, heavy metals, and different types of pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria. Drainage water was sampled monthly, for a year, to assess seasonal changes in bacterial abundance, water physicochemical properties (transparency, temperature, dissolved oxygen, EC, pH, N, P, and K), and heavy metals contents (Pb, Zn, and Co) in a polluted drain dominated with P. stratiotes. The ability of P. stratiotes to rhizofiltrate the three heavy metals was calculated. The results showed seasonal variations in the plant rhizofiltration potential of Co and Salmonella abundance. The highest values of dissolved oxygen (12.36 mg/L) and macronutrient elements (N and P) were attained in the winter. The counts of total coliform, fecal coliform, fecal streptococci, and in Salmonella spp. were the highest in the summer. P. stratiotes accumulated Pb more than Zn and Co. The highest levels of rhizofiltration were in summer for Pb and Co and in the autumn for Zn. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) showed that the variation in the bacterial abundance and plant rhizofiltration potential was strongly and significantly affected by water-dissolved oxygen. Moreover, the rhizofiltration potential of Pb and Co showed a positive correlation with water N. Overall, P. stratiotes could be proposed as a potential biomonitor for heavy metals in polluted water.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 12(2022), 1 vom: 17. Mai, Seite 8223

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

El-Liethy, Mohamed Azab [VerfasserIn]
Dakhil, Mohammed A [VerfasserIn]
El-Keblawy, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Abdelaal, Mohamed [VerfasserIn]
Halmy, Marwa Waseem A [VerfasserIn]
Elgarhy, Abdelbaky Hossam [VerfasserIn]
Kamika, Ilunga [VerfasserIn]
El-Sherbeny, Ghada A [VerfasserIn]
Mwaheb, Mai Ali [VerfasserIn]

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059QF0KO0R
2P299V784P
Journal Article
Lead
Metals, Heavy
Oxygen
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
S88TT14065
Water
Water Pollutants, Chemical

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Date Completed 19.05.2022

Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-022-11951-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM341040452