Mineralization (soil science)
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Effects of textile dyes on health and the environment and bioremediation potential of living organisms Open
The water is an essential resource for life on the planet and for human development. The textile industry is one of the anthropogenic activities that most consume water and pollute water bodies. Therefore, the present work aims to undertak…
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Microbial Phosphorus Solubilization and Its Potential for Use in Sustainable Agriculture Open
The use of excess conventional Phosphorus (P) fertilizers to improve agricultural productivity, in order to meet constantly increasing global food demand, potentially causes surface and ground water pollution, waterway eutrophication, soil…
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Review on Methylene Blue: Its Properties, Uses, Toxicity and Photodegradation Open
The unavailability of clean drinking water is one of the significant health issues in modern times. Industrial dyes are one of the dominant chemicals that make water unfit for drinking. Among these dyes, methylene blue (MB) is toxic, carci…
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Rapid carbon mineralization for permanent disposal of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions Open
Inject, baby, inject! Atmospheric CO 2 can be sequestered by injecting it into basaltic rocks, providing a potentially valuable way to undo some of the damage done by fossil fuel burning. Matter et al. injected CO 2 into wells in Iceland t…
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The Biogeochemical Sulfur Cycle of Marine Sediments Open
Microbial dissimilatory sulfate reduction to sulfide is a predominant terminal pathway of organic matter mineralization in the anoxic seabed. Chemical or microbial oxidation of the produced sulfide establishes a complex network of pathways…
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Mineral vs. Organic Amendments: Microbial Community Structure, Activity and Abundance of Agriculturally Relevant Microbes Are Driven by Long-Term Fertilization Strategies Open
Soil management is fundamental to all agricultural systems and fertilization practices have contributed substantially to the impressive increases in food production. Despite the pivotal role of soil microorganisms in agro-ecosystems, we st…
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Recent advances in ozone-based advanced oxidation processes for treatment of wastewater- A review Open
The wastewater reclamation is the need of today's world. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are considered as a good option for removing recalcitrant organic materials in wastewater by oxidation reactions with powerful, non-selective hydr…
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Demineralization–remineralization dynamics in teeth and bone Open
Biomineralization is a dynamic, complex, lifelong process by which living organisms control precipitations of inorganic nanocrystals within organic matrices to form unique hybrid biological tissues, for example, enamel, dentin, cementum, a…
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An Overview of the Status and Challenges of CO2 Storage in Minerals and Geological Formations Open
Since the Industrial Revolution, anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have grown exponentially, accumulating in the atmosphere and leading to global warming. According to the IPCC (IPCC Special Report 2018), atmospheric warming sho…
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A calcite reference material for LA‐ICP‐MS U‐Pb geochronology Open
U‐Pb dating of calcite is an emerging but rapidly growing field of application in geochronology with great potential to inform problems in landscape, basin, and mountain belt evolution, through age determination of diagenetic cements, vein…
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Simultaneous nanocatalytic surface activation of pollutants and oxidants for highly efficient water decontamination Open
Removal of organic micropollutants from water through advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) is hampered by the excessive input of energy and/or chemicals as well as the large amounts of residuals resulting from incomplete mineralization. Her…
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Anaerobic biodegradation of (emerging) organic contaminants in the aquatic environment Open
Although strictly anaerobic conditions prevail in several environmental compartments, up to now, biodegradation studies with emerging organic contaminants (EOCs), such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products, have mainly focused on a…
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Minerals in the rhizosphere: overlooked mediators of soil nitrogen availability to plants and microbes Open
Despite decades of research progress, ecologists are still debating which pools and fluxes provide nitrogen (N) to plants and soil microbes across different ecosystems. Depolymerization of soil organic N is recognized as the rate-limiting …
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A critical review of mineral–microbe interaction and co-evolution: mechanisms and applications Open
Mineral–microbe interactions play important roles in environmental change, biogeochemical cycling of elements and formation of ore deposits. Minerals provide both beneficial (physical and chemical protection, nutrients, and energy) and det…
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Competitive interaction with keystone taxa induced negative priming under biochar amendments Open
Background Biochar amendments have been widely proposed as a conventional and efficient strategy to promote soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration via negative priming. Unfortunately, the extent and biological mechanisms responsible for b…
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Global distribution, formation and fate of mineral‐associated soil organic matter under a changing climate: A trait‐based perspective Open
Soil organic matter (SOM) is the largest actively cycling reservoir of terrestrial carbon (C), and the majority of SOM in Earth's mineral soils (~65%) is mineral‐associated organic matter (MAOM). Thus, the formation and fate of MAOM can ex…
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Comparison between industrial and simulated textile wastewater treatment by AOPs – Biodegradability, toxicity and cost assessment Open
Despite the fact that there are many literature reports concerning textile wastewater treatment by advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), mostly they are not oriented on the industrial applications. The research focused on Reactive Black 5 (…
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Elevated moisture stimulates carbon loss from mineral soils by releasing protected organic matter Open
Moisture response functions for soil microbial carbon (C) mineralization remain a critical uncertainty for predicting ecosystem-climate feedbacks. Theory and models posit that C mineralization declines under elevated moisture and associate…
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Upcycling and catalytic degradation of plastic wastes Open
Summary: Various recycling technologies have been developed to deal with plastic problems, but they face considerable economic and technological challenges in practice. An attractive alternative is upcycling, which aims to dig out the embe…
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A hierarchical CoFe-layered double hydroxide modified carbon-felt cathode for heterogeneous electro-Fenton process Open
LDH films are directly grown on carbon felt to act as a high-performance heterogeneous catalyst for efficient EF mineralization of organics at near-neutral pH.
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Similar below‐ground carbon cycling dynamics but contrasting modes of nitrogen cycling between arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal forests Open
Summary Compared with ectomycorrhizal ( ECM ) forests, arbuscular mycorrhizal ( AM ) forests are hypothesized to have higher carbon (C) cycling rates and a more open nitrogen (N) cycle. To test this hypothesis, we synthesized 645 observati…
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Fate of Bisphenol A in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments Open
Bisphenol A (2,2-bis[4-hydroxyphenyl]propane, BPA), the monomer used to produce polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins, is weakly estrogenic and therefore of environmental and human health interest. Due to the high production volumes and d…
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Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants to Harmless End Products: Assessment of Practical Application Potential for Water and Air Cleaning Open
It is well-documented that large-scale pollution generated by human activity has a dramatic impact on ecosystems. In this context, removing harmful chemicals via photocatalysis has tremendous potential as a depollution method, utilizing fr…
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Biochar-Facilitated Soil Remediation: Mechanisms and Efficacy Variations Open
Recent research suggests that biochar amendment is a promising approach to mitigate soil contamination via immobilizing heavy metals and organic pollutants. Through intensive literature review, this paper was aimed to better understand the…
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Comparison of Permanganate‐Oxidizable Carbon and Mineralizable Carbon for Assessment of Organic Matter Stabilization and Mineralization Open
Core Ideas POXC and mineralizable C were evaluated across diverse agroecosystems. The two are related but differentially influenced by management practices. POXC better reflected SOM stabilizing practices. Mineralizable C reflected SOM min…
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Unexpected reversal of C <sub>3</sub> versus C <sub>4</sub> grass response to elevated CO <sub>2</sub> during a 20-year field experiment Open
A short-term trend reversed Theory and empirical data both support the paradigm that C 4 plant species (in which the first product of carbon fixation is a four-carbon molecule) benefit less from rising carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) concentrations…
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Signal beyond nutrient, fructose, exuded by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus triggers phytate mineralization by a phosphate solubilizing bacterium Open
Cooperation is a prevalent phenomenon in nature and how it originates and maintains is a fundamental question in ecology. Many efforts have been made to understand cooperation between individuals in the same species, while the mechanisms e…
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A classical view on nonclassical nucleation Open
Significance Nucleation is the process by which constituent building blocks first assemble to form a new substance. In the case of mineral formation from initially free ions in solution, the emergence of intermediary phases often determine…
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The role of amino acids in hydroxyapatite mineralization Open
Polar and charged amino acids (AAs) are heavily expressed in non-collagenous proteins (NCPs), and are involved in hydroxyapatite (HA) mineralization in bone. Here, we review what is known on the effect of single AAs on HA precipitation. Ne…
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Repair of tooth enamel by a biomimetic mineralization frontier ensuring epitaxial growth Open
Study shows the repair of enamel via a biomimetic growth frontier that is constructed from calcium phosphate ion clusters.