Geographic distribution of cadmium and its interaction with the microbial community in the Longjiang River: risk evaluation after a shocking pollution accident.
A shocking Longjiang River cadmium pollution accident occurred in 2012, the effects of which on microbial communities remain unclear. Alkaline precipitation technology was applied for remediation, but concerns rose about the stability of this technology. To understand the geographic distribution of cadmium and its correlation with microbes, in this study, 39 water samples and 39 sludge samples from this river and 2 soil samples from the nearby farmland were collected for chemical and microbial analyses. The Cd concentrations of all water samples were lower than 0.005 mg/L and reached the quality standards for Chinese surface water. A ranking of sludge samples based on Cd contents showed sewage outfall > dosing sites > farmland, all of which were higher than the quality standard for soil. Alkaline precipitation technology was effective for Cd precipitation. Cd was unstable; it was constantly dissolving and being released from the sludge. The Cd content of each phase was mainly influenced by the total Cd content. Over 40,000 effective sequences were detected in each sample, and a total of 59,833 OTUs and 1,273 genera were found using Illumina MiSeq sequencing. Two phyla and 39 genera were notably positively correlated with the Cd distribution, while the cases of 10 phyla and 6 genera were the opposite.
National Engineering Laboratory of Biohydrometallurgy, General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals, No. 2 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, 100088, China.
MingJiang
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M
Zhang
Institute of HeChi Scientific-Technical Information, No. 385 West Ring Road of HeChi City, GuangXi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 547000, China.
FuKe
F
Huang
National Engineering Laboratory of Biohydrometallurgy, General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals, No. 2 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, 100088, China.
GuangYuan
G
Wang
National Engineering Laboratory of Biohydrometallurgy, General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals, No. 2 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, 100088, China. wellwoodliu@163.com.
XingYu
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Liu
National Engineering Laboratory of Biohydrometallurgy, General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals, No. 2 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, 100088, China.
JianKang
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Wen
Institute of HeChi Scientific-Technical Information, No. 385 West Ring Road of HeChi City, GuangXi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 547000, China.
XiaoSheng
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Zhang
Institute of HeChi Scientific-Technical Information, No. 385 West Ring Road of HeChi City, GuangXi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 547000, China.
YaoSi
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Huang
National Engineering Laboratory of Biohydrometallurgy, General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals, No. 2 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, 100088, China.
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Xia
D058448:Biota / Q000187:drug effects*; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D002681:China; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D062206:Spatial Analysis; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D018508:Water Purification
D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002104:Cadmium