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Abstract
Screening high Cd-accumulating plants and understanding the interactions between plants, rhizospheric microbes and Cd are important in developing microbe-assisted phytoremediation techniques for Cd-contaminated soils. In this study, the Cd tolerance and accumulation characteristics of Phytolacca americana L., P. icosandra L. and P. polyandra Batalin growing in acidic Cd-contaminated soil were compared to evaluate their phytoremediation potential. According to Cd concentrations (root: 8.26–37.09 mg kg−1, shoot: 2.80–9.26 mg kg−1), bioconcentration factors (BCFs) and translocation factors (TFs), the three Phytolacca species exhibited high Cd-accumulation capacities, ranked in the following order: P. icosandra (root BCF: 1.25, shoot BCF: 0.31, TF: 0.25) > P. polyandra (root BCF: 0.68, shoot BCF: 0.26, TF: 0.44) > P. americana (root BCF: 0.28, shoot BCF: 0.09, TF: 0.38). Phytolacca icosandra and P. polyandra can thus be considered as two new Cd accumulators for phytoremediation. Soil pH, available Cd (ACd) concentration and certain bacterial taxa (e.g. Lactobacillus, Helicobacter, Alistipes, Desulfovibrio and Mucispirillum) were differentially altered in the rhizospheres of the three Phytolacca species in comparison to unplanted soil. Correlation analysis showed that there were significant interactions between rhizospheric ACd concentration, pH and Lactobacillus bacteria (L. murinus, L. gasseri and L. reuteri), which affected Cd uptake by Phytolacca plants. The mono- and co-inoculation of L. murinus strain D51883, L. gasseri strain D51533 and L. reuteri strain D24591 in the rhizosphere of P. icosandra altered the rhizospheric pH and ACd concentrations, in addition to increasing the shoot Cd contents by 31.9%–44.6%. These results suggest that recruitment of rhizospheric Lactobacillus spp. by Phytolacca plants contributes to their high Cd-accumulating characteristics. This study provides novel insights into understanding the interactions between plants, rhizobacteria and heavy metals.
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