• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.35-44
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• 2014

In this study, the bio-phytoremediation and phytoremediation technologies were applied to the soils contaminated with total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and heavy metals to evaluate the remediation efficacy from May 2012 to December 2013. Poplar (Populus bonatii Levl.) and Sun Hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) were selected and planted in phytoremediation practice. These plants were also utilized in the bio-phytoremediation practice, with the addition of earthworm (Eisenia fetida) and petroleum-degrading bacteria (Pseudomonos sp. NKNU01). Furthermore, physiological characteristics, such as photosynthesis rate and maximal photochemical yield, of all testing plants were also measured in order to assess their health conditions and tolerance levels in adverse environment. After 20 months of remedial practice, the results showed that bio-phytoremediation practice had a higher rate of TPH removal efficacy at 30-60 cm depth soil than that of phytoremediation. However, inconsistent results were discovered while analyzing the soil at 100 cm depth. The study also showed that the removal efficiency of heavy metals was lower than that of TPH after remediation treatment. The results from test field tissue sample analysis revealed that more Zinc than Chromium was absorbed and accumulated by the tested plants. Plant height measurements of Poplar and Sun Hemp showed that there were insignificant differences of growth between the plants in remediation plots and those in the control plot. Physiological data of Poplar also suggested it has higher tolerance level toward the contaminated soils. These results indicated that the two testing plants were healthy and suitable for this remediation study.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.396-406
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• 2004

Current physical and chemical methodologies, conventionally used to clean up metal contaminated soils, are generally too expensive to apply in large hazardous waste sites including agricultural lands adjacent to closed or abandoned metal mines. Phytoremediation using plants to extract, sequester and detoxify environmental pollutants is one of the cost-effective and aesthetically-pleasing alternatives, compared with environmentally destructive remedial methods currently being practiced. But, phytoremediation has some limitations such as time consuming and low performance: in general, it is seasonally dependent and slower in removing metals than other methods, and metal accumulating plants are slow growers. Improvement of plants for metal tolerance, accumulation, and translocation using genetic engineering techniques recently opened up new possibilities for phytoremediation. In this paper, we have discussed about recent developments in conventional and genetically engineered phytoremediation. For the conventional phytoremediation, focuses are on the natural hyperaccumulator and the chemically assisted phytoremediation. Some pros and cons on the phytoremediation using transgenic plants, coupled with focusing on the mechanistic view points, are also discussed. It might be concluded that the transgenic plants will be effective tools in the practical application of phytoremediation especially for the highly contaminated soils but mechanisms involved should be deeply understood in advance.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.58-66
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• 2011

Arsenic pollution is a serious global concern which affects all life forms. Being a toxic metalloid, the continued search for appropriate technologies for its remediation is needed. Phytoremediation, the use of green plants, is not only a low cost but also an environmentally friendly approach for metal uptake and stabilization. However, its application is limited by slow plant growth which is further aggravated by the phytotoxic effect of the pollutant. Attempts to address these constraints were done by exploiting plant-microbe interactions which offers more advantages for phytoremediation. Several bacterial mechanisms that can increase the efficiency of phytoremediation of As are nitrogen fixation, phosphate solubilization, siderophore production, ACC deaminase activity and growth regulator production. Many have been reported for other metals, but few for arsenic. This mini-review attempts to present what has been done so far in exploring plants and their rhizosphere microbiota and some genetic manipulations to increase the efficiency of arsenic soil phytoremediation.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.165-171
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• 2006

본 연구는 비교적 저농도로 오염된 하천수를 대상으로 phytoremediation 기법으로 정화방안을 제시하고자 수행되었다. 온실에 식물 반응조를 설치하여 해바라기 일종인 Heilianthus annuus의 성장에 따라 영양염의 처리량을 산정하였다. 또한 현장 적용성을 검토하기 위하여 H. annuus을 식재한 인공부도(artificial floating island)를 관개수로에 설치하여 식물의 질소, 탄소 및 수소 함유량 증가를 확인하였다. 실험결과 7월부터 9월에 이르기까지 유입수 용존 무기질소(DIN)의 농도를 $28.5\sim199.2mg/l$, 유입수 용존무기인(DIP)의 농도를 $13.3\sim25.4mg/l$ 까지 변동 시켰을 때, 농업용수 기준보다 매우 높은 고농도임에도, 식물체의 성장장해는 나타나지 않았다. 이때 DIN 제거율은 평균 3일의 체류시간에서 $81.7\sim98.6%$였으며, DIP 제거율은 $81.9\sim98.4%$로 나타났다. 또한 효율적인 처리기간은 48시간으로 확인되었다. 인공부도에 식재한 H. annuus의 질소, 탄소 및 수소의 함유량을 보면 질소의 경우 줄기에서 $3.2\sim7.8%$, 뿌리에서 $3.0\sim6.3%$를 보였다. 탄소는 줄기에서 $40.1\sim57.7%$, 뿌리에서 $43.4\sim53.8%$의 함유량을 보였다.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.245-251
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• 2003

본 연구는 아연폐광지역의 토양에 토양개량제를 처리한 후 구절초와 층꽃나무의 생장반응을 연구함으로서 생태계 복원을 위한 기초자료를 얻고자 실시하였다. 아연폐광지의 토양은 유기물 함량ㅇ이 낮았고, 토양 중 중금속 이온은 Zn의 함량이 가장 높았고 Pb, Cu, Cd순이었다. 아연폐광지역 토양에 슬러지 처리 시 유기물 함량이 가장 높았고, 중금속 이온 함량은 토양개량제 초리구간의 차이가 적었다. 생육반응을 보면 구정초와 층꽃나무 모두 슬러지 처리구의 효과가 나타났다. 구절초와 층꽃나무의 가용성 단백질, 엽록소 함량, 엽록소 형광 반응은 슬러지 처리구에서 가장 높았고, 광함성량과 증산량도 슬러지 처리구에서 높았다. 중금속 축적량은 구절초는 슬러지 처리구에서 낮았던 반면 층꽃나무는 슬러지 처리구에서 높았다.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.99-105
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• 2022

Public attention to the indoor environment of underground subway stations, which is a representative multi-use facility, has been increasing along with the increase in indoor activities. In underground stations, fine iron oxide, which affects the health of users, is generated because of the friction between wheels and rails. Among particulate pollutant reduction technologies, plants have been considered as a non-chemical air purification method, and their effects in reducing certain chemical species have been identified in previous studies. The present study aimed to derive the total quantitative and qualitative reduction effects of a bio-filter system comprising air purifying plants, installed in an underground subway station. The experiment proceeded in two ways. First, PM(particulate matter) reduction effect by vegetation biofilter was monitored with the IAQ(indoor air quality) station. In addition, chemical speciation analysis conducted on the samples collected from the experimental and control areas where plants and irrigation using SEM-EDS(scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy). This study confirmed the effect of the vegetation bio-filter system in reducing the accumulation of particulate pollutants and transition and other metals that are harmful to the human body.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.230-235
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• 2008

The aquatic fern Azolla spp. is of value as a bio-fertilizer for wetland paddy. It is popular and cultivated widely in other countries like China, Vietnam, and the Philippines, but has yet to be taken up in Korea, in a big way. It fixes nitrogen as high as 3-5kg N per day, because it contains nitrogen fixing blue-green algae, Anabaena azollae. Azolla's ability to create a light-proof mat that suppresses other weeds has been used for centuries in rice production. Azolla spp. has also the capacity to take up the heavy metals such as Mercury and Chromium (75${\sim}$100%) and may be used as a bioaccumulator in the phytoremediation. Azolla meal also can be used as an unconventional feed resource has a potential as a feedstuff for livestock.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제30권1B호
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• pp.101-105
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• 2010

해바라기(Sunking4505)와 유채(선망)는 고농도 올레인산을 함유한 유지종으로 바이오디젤 생산 원료로 사용되며, 식물정화공법(phytoremediation)에 사용되는 대표적 식물종이다. 본 연구는 이 식물종을 이용하여 카드뮴이 발아율 및 생육량에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 대상 식물종의 씨앗은 카드뮴용액(0, 1.5, 4, 12, 30, 60, 100, 150, 300, 500 mg/L)에서 7일간 배양 후 발아율, 유근과 지상부, 유묘 길이, 건조중량을 측정하였으며, 이를 이용하여 $IC_{50}$, 식물활성도, 내성지수를 구하였다. 또, 각 데이터는 분산분석(ANOVA)를 사용하여 유의성을 검증하였다. 건조중량을 제외한 발아율과 생육량은 카드뮴 농도가 증가함에 따라 감소하였다. 해바라기와 유채의 $IC_{50}$은 112, 10 mg-Cd/L이고, 해바라기씨는 500 mg-Cd/L에서 1개만 발아하였고, 유채씨는 150 mg-Cd/L 이상의 농도에서는 발아하지 못하였다. 대상 식물의 뿌리는 지상부보다 카드뮴에 대해 높은 민감도를 보였다. 해바라기의 발아율과 생육량, 식물활성도는 유채보다 높은 값을 가졌고, 내성지표는 상대적으로 저농도에서 유채보다 낮은 값을 가졌으나, 높은 농도에서는 유채가 발아하지 못해 높은 값을 보였다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.181-190
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• 2019

Constructed wetlands are improvised man-made systems, designed for adopting the principle of natural wetlands for purifying wastewater - the elixir of life. They are used widely as a cost-effective and energy-efficient solution for treating greywater generated from different tertiary treatment sources. It provides an elaborate platform for research activities in an attempt to recycle earth's natural resources. Among the several organic impurities removal mechanisms existing in constructed wetland systems, the earth's active microbial population plays a vital role. This review deals with the recent advancements in constructed wetland systems from a microbiological perspective to (effect/ devise/ formulate) chemical and physical treatment for water impurities. It focuses on microbial diversity studies in constructed wetlands, influence of wetland media on microbial diversity and wetland performance, role of specific microbes in water reuse, removal of trace elements, some heavy metals and antibiotics in constructed wetlands. The impurities removal processes in constructed wetlands is achieved by combined interactive systems such as selected plant species, nature of substrate used for microbial diversity and several biogeochemical effected reaction cycles in wetland systems. Therefore, the correlation studies that have been conducted by earlier researchers in microbial diversity in wetlands are addressed herewith.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.220-230
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• 2014

BACKGROUND: Excessive metals in the soil have become one of the most significant environmental problems. Phytoremediation has received considerable attention as a method for restoring the contaminated soils. The microbes having remarkable metal tolerance and plant growth-promoting abilities could also play a significant role in remediation of metal-contaminated soils, because bioaugmentation with such microbes could promote phytoextraction of metals. Therefore, the present study was focused on evaluating the phytoextraction of heavy metals (Co, Pb and Zn) in Helianthus annuus (sunflower) induced by bioaugmentation of a phosphate solubilizing bacterium. METHODS AND RESULTS: A phosphate solubilizing bacterium was isolated from metal-contaminated soils based on the greater halo size (>3 mm) with solid NBRIP agar medium containing 10 g glucose, 5 g $Ca_3(PO_4)_2$, 5 g $MgCl_2{\cdot}6H_2O$, 0.25 g $MgSO_4.7H_2O$, 0.2 g KCl, 0.1 g $(NH_4)_2SO_4$ in 1 L distilled water. Isolated bacterial strain was assessed for their resistance to heavy metals; $CoCl_2.6H_2O$, $2PbCO_3.Pb(OH)_2$, and $ZnCl_2$ at various concentrations ranging from $100-400{\mu}g/mL$ (Co, Pb and Zn) using the agar dilution method. A pot experiment was conducted with aqueous solutions of different heavy metals (Co, Pb and Zn) to assess the effect of bacterial strain on growth and metal uptake by Helianthus annuus (sunflower). The impact of bacterial inoculation on the mobility of metals in soil was investigated under laboratory conditions with 50 mL scaled polypropylene centrifuge tubes. The metal contents in the filtrate of plant extracts were determined using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer (Perkinelmer, Aanalyst 800, USA). CONCLUSION: Inoculation with Enterobacter ludwigii PSB 28 resulted in increased shoot and root biomass and enhanced accumulation of Co, Pb and Zn in Helianthus annuus plants. The strain was found to be capable of promoting metal translocation from the roots to the shoots of H. annuus. Therefore, Enterobacter ludwigii PSB 28 could be identified as an effective promoter of phytoextraction of Co, Pb and Zn from metal-contaminated soils.