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Biological characterization of a southeast Kansas mining site

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Soils from a heavy metal contaminated southeast Kansas mining site were characterized for microbial resistance to zinc, cadmium, and lead. Plant availability indices (DTPA-extractable) for zinc were very high in the waste material (610 Μg g−1), while levels of lead and cadmium were more moderate, 45 and 4.3 Μg g −1, respectively. Soil contamination decreased with distance from the mine tailings or ‘chat’. In the rhizosphere, bacterial resistance to zinc and cadmium increased as the DTPA-extractable plant availability indices increased. Mycorrhizal root colonization was not affected by the heavy metal concentration in the soil. The established vegetation in the contaminated area included warm- and cool-season grasses as well as forbs and sedges.

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  1. Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, 66506, Manhattan, KS, USA

    K. G. Shetty & B. A. Hetrick

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Kansas State University, 66506, Manhattan, KS, USA

    M. K. Banks

  3. Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, 66506, Manhattan, KS, USA

    A. P. Schwab

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Shetty, K.G., Banks, M.K., Hetrick, B.A. et al. Biological characterization of a southeast Kansas mining site. Water Air Soil Pollut 78, 169–177 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00475675

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