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The Effect of Manure Application on Arsenic Mobilization and Methylation in Different Paddy Soils

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Organic matter plays an important role in controlling arsenic(As) release and transformation in soil, however, little is known about the effect of manure application on As behavior in soils with different As contents. In this study, waterlogged incubations using various As-contaminated paddy soils with manure amendment were conducted to investigate how manure application influence As mobilization and methylation in different paddy soils. The results indicated that manure application increased As release in paddy soils with high As (> 30 mg kg−1) contents. Moreover, our findings also showed that manure application increased the relative abundance of arsM-harboring Euryacheota and Planctomycetes at the phylum level and arsM-harbouring Methanocellaceae, Anaerolinea and Bellinea at genus level, thereby promoting As methylation. These results provide important insights for the significant variation in As mobilization and methylation in paddy soils amended with manure. Moreover, our results suggest that serious consideration should be given to the manure application in As-contaminated paddy soil.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41907101) and the Zhejiang Provincial Key Research and Development program (2020C03083).

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  1. College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China

    Su Yang & Yingge Shu

  2. Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology for Industrial Pollution Control of Zhejiang Province, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310058, China

    Weiwei Zhai

  3. Institute of Soil and Water Resources and Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China

    Su Yang, Weiwei Zhai, Xianjin Tang, Zhaofeng Yuan & Ting Guo

  4. School of Chemistry, Environmental & Life Sciences, University of the Bahamas, New Providence, Nassau, Bahamas

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Yang, S., Zhai, W., Tang, X. et al. The Effect of Manure Application on Arsenic Mobilization and Methylation in Different Paddy Soils. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 108, 158–166 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-021-03317-1

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