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Implications of Soil Pollution with Diesel Oil and BP Petroleum with ACTIVE Technology for Soil Health

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  • Agata Borowik

    (Department of Microbiology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-727 Olsztyn, Poland)

  • Jadwiga Wyszkowska

    (Department of Microbiology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-727 Olsztyn, Poland)

  • Mirosław Kucharski

    (Department of Microbiology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-727 Olsztyn, Poland)

  • Jan Kucharski

    (Department of Microbiology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-727 Olsztyn, Poland)

Abstract

Grass Elymus elongatus has a potential in phytoremediation and was used in this study in a potted experiment, which was performed to determine the effect of polluting soil (Eutric Cambisol) with diesel oil (DO) and unleaded petroleum (P) on the diversity of soil microorganisms, activity of soil enzymes, physicochemical properties of soil, and on the resistance of Elymus elongatus to DO and P, which altogether allowed evaluating soil health. Both petroleum products were administered in doses of 0 and 7 cm 3 kg −1 soil d.m. Vegetation of Elymus elongatus spanned for 105 days. Grasses were harvested three times, i.e., on day 45, 75, and 105 of the experiment. The study results demonstrated a stronger toxic effect of DO than of P on the growth and development of Elymus elongatus . Diesel oil caused greater changes in soil microbiome compared to unleaded petroleum. This hypothesis was additionally confirmed by Shannon and Simpson indices computed based on operational taxonomic unit (OTU) abundance, whose values were the lowest in the DO-polluted soil. Soil pollution with DO reduced the counts of all bacterial taxa and stimulated the activity of soil enzymes, whereas soil pollution with P diminished the diversity of bacteria only at the phylum, class, order, and family levels, but significantly suppressed the enzymatic activity. More polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were degraded in the soil polluted with P compared to DO, which may be attributed to the stimulating effect of Elymus elongatus on this process, as it grew better in the soil polluted with P than in that polluted with DO.

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  • Agata Borowik & Jadwiga Wyszkowska & Mirosław Kucharski & Jan Kucharski, 2019. "Implications of Soil Pollution with Diesel Oil and BP Petroleum with ACTIVE Technology for Soil Health," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(14), pages 1-21, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:14:p:2474-:d:247554
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    1. Yuanyuan Shen & Yu Ji & Chunrong Li & Pingping Luo & Wenke Wang & Yuan Zhang & Daniel Nover, 2018. "Effects of Phytoremediation Treatment on Bacterial Community Structure and Diversity in Different Petroleum-Contaminated Soils," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-17, October.
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    2. Jadwiga Wyszkowska & Edyta Boros-Lajszner & Agata Borowik & Jan Kucharski, 2022. "The Role of Cellulose in Microbial Diversity Changes in the Soil Contaminated with Cadmium," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-28, October.
    3. Jadwiga Wyszkowska & Agata Borowik & Jan Kucharski, 2022. "The Role of Grass Compost and Zea Mays in Alleviating Toxic Effects of Tetracycline on the Soil Bacteria Community," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(12), pages 1-26, June.

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