ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA FROM SEEDS OF NICOTIANA TABACUM CAN REDUCE CADMIUM PHYTOTOXICITY (2009)
Mastretta, Chiara, Taghavi, Safiyh, Van Der Lelie, Daniel, Mengoni, Alessio, Galardi, Francesca, Gonnelli, Christina, ...
Although endophytic bacteria seem to have a close association with their host plant, little is known about the influence of seed endophytic bacteria on initial plant development and on their...
Vanhoudt, Nathalie, Vandenhove, Hildegarde, Smeets, Karen, Remans, Tony, Van Hees, May, Wannijn, Jean, ...
The production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the induction of the antioxidative defense mechanism are very important in heavy metal toxicity. In this study, biological effects induced after...
Vanhoudt, Nathalie, Vandenhove, Hildegarde, Opdenakker, Kelly, Remans, Tony, Smeets, Karen, Martinez Bello, Daniel, ...
Induction of the anti-oxidative defense system, comprising several anti-oxidant molecules and reactive oxygen species (ROS)-scavenging enzymes, seems to be of great importance in heavy metal...
SMEETS, Karen, RUYTINX, Jos, VAN BELLEGHEM, Frank, SEMANE, Brahim, LIN, Dan, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, ...
Arabidopsis thaliana is one of the most widely used model organisms in plant sciences. Because of the increasing knowledge in the understanding of its molecular pathways, a reproducible and stable...
Cadmium-induced transcriptional and enzymatic alterations related to oxidative stress (2008)
SMEETS, Karen, RUYTINX, Jos, SEMANE, Brahim, VAN BELLEGHEM, Frank, REMANS, Tony, VAN SANDEN, Suzy, ...
The early antioxidative defence mechanisms were studied in Arabidopsis thaliana by applying a range of realistic Cd concentrations. Our data suggest that a 24 h exposure to 20 mu M CdSO4 is already...
REMANS, Tony, SMEETS, Karen, OPDENAKKER, Kelly, MATHIJSEN, Dennis, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CUYPERS, Ann
Accurate quantification by real-time RT-PCR relies on normalisation of the measured gene expression data. Normalisation with multiple reference genes is becoming the standard, but the best reference...
Bioenergy to save the world - Producing novel energy plants for growth on abandoned land (2008)
Schroder, P, Herzig, R, Bojinov, B, RUTTENS, Ann, Nehnevajova, E, Stamatiadis, S, ...
Background and Aim. Following to the 2006 climate summit, the European Union formally set the goal of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius. But even today, climate change is already affecting...
Nawrot, Tim, Van Hecke, Etienne, Thijs, Lutgarde, Richart, Tom, Kuznetsova, Tatiana, Jin, Yu, ...
BACKGROUND: Few population studies have reported on the long-term changes in the internal cadmium dose and simultaneously occurring mortality. OBJECTIVE: We monitored blood cadmium (BCd), 24-hr...
Plusquin, Michelle, Vangronsveld, Jaco, Cuypers, Ann, ...
Contaminated soil particles and food are established routes of exposure. We investigated the relations between biomarkers of exposure to cadmium and lead, and the metal loading rates in house dust in...
Muller, L. A. H., Craciun, A. R., Ruytinx, J., LAMBAERTS, Marc, Verbruggen, N., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, ...
Complementary DNA (cDNA)-amplified fragment-length polymorphism (AFLP) was applied to analyze transcript profiles of a Zn-tolerant and a Zn-sensitive isolate of the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete...
Comparison of cadmium extractability from soils by commonly used single extraction protocols (2007)
Meers, E., Du Laing, G., Unamuno, V., Ruttens, A., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Tack, F. M. G., ...
This study compares Cd extractability using 13 commonly used extraction procedures for 28 soils, varying in composition (0-88% sand; 0.9-12.8% organic matter; pH 5.2-8.2) and contamination level...
Tolerance of two hydroponically grown Salix genotypes to excess zinc (2007)
Vassillev, Andon, Perez-Sanz, Araceli, CUYPERS, Ann, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Woody cuttings from two Salix genotypes (genotype I-clone LUC-3 1, Salix alba and genotype II- clone STOTT, Salix viminalis) were grown hydroponically for 14 days at increasing concentrations of Zn:...
Meers, E., Samson, R., Tack, F. M. G., Ruttens, A., Vandegehuchte, M., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, ...
In Western Europe, policy makers are currently moving towards a more integrated risk-based approach of soil contamination assessment. As part of this approach, selective single extraction procedures...
Potential of five willow species (Salix spp.) for phytoextraction of heavy metals (2007)
Meers, E., Vandecasteele, B., Ruttens, A., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Tack, F. M. G.
The potential of short rotation coppice (SRC) for phytoremediation of contaminated sites and simultaneous generation of bio-energy by conversion of the produced biomass has been discussed in previous...
SEMANE, Brahim, CUYPERS, Ann, Smeets, Karen, Van Belleghem, Frank, Horemans, Nele, Schat, Henk, ...
We investigated the effect of cadmium (Cd) on leaves of 3-week-old Arabidopsis thaliana with a particular interest on glutathione (GSH) production and consumption, and antioxidative defence. Plants...
Hogervorst, Janneke, Plusquin, Michelle, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Nawrot, Tim, CUYPERS, Ann, Van Hecke, Etienne, ...
Contaminated soil particles and food are established routes of exposure. We investigated the relations between biomarkers of exposure to cadmium and lead, and the metal loading rates in house dust in...
Subcellular localization of cadmium in roots and leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana (2007)
VAN BELLEGHEM, Frank, CUYPERS, Ann, SEMANE, Brahim, SMEETS, Karen, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, VALCKE, Roland, ...
We examined the subcellular cadmium (Cd) localization in roots and leaves of wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype Columbia) exposed to environmentally relevant Cd concentrations. Energy-dispersive...
MULLER, Ludo, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, COLPAERT, Jan
The genetic structure of populations of the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Suillus luteus in heavy metal polluted and nonpolluted areas was studied. Sporocarps were collected at nine different...
Muller, L. A. H., Craciun, A. R., Ruytinx, J., LAMBAERTS, Marc, Verbruggen, N., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, ...
Complementary DNA (cDNA)-amplified fragment-length polymorphism (AFLP) was applied to analyze transcript profiles of a Zn-tolerant and a Zn-sensitive isolate of the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete...
Comparison of cadmium extractability from soils by commonly used single extraction protocols (2007)
Meers, E., Du Laing, G., Unamuno, V., Ruttens, A., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Tack, F. M. G., ...
This study compares Cd extractability using 13 commonly used extraction procedures for 28 soils, varying in composition (0-88% sand; 0.9-12.8% organic matter; pH 5.2-8.2) and contamination level...
Tolerance of two hydroponically grown Salix genotypes to excess zinc (2007)
Vassillev, Andon, PEREZ-SANC, Araceli, CUYPERS, Ann, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Woody cuttings from two Salix genotypes (genotype I-clone LUC-3 1, Salix alba and genotype II- clone STOTT, Salix viminalis) were grown hydroponically for 14 days at increasing concentrations of Zn:...
Meers, E., Samson, R., Tack, F. M. G., Ruttens, A., Vandegehuchte, M., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, ...
In Western Europe, policy makers are currently moving towards a more integrated risk-based approach of soil contamination assessment. As part of this approach, selective single extraction procedures...
Potential of five willow species (Salix spp.) for phytoextraction of heavy metals (2007)
Meers, E., Vandecasteele, B., Ruttens, A., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Tack, F. M. G.
The potential of short rotation coppice (SRC) for phytoremediation of contaminated sites and simultaneous generation of bio-energy by conversion of the produced biomass has been discussed in previous...
SEMANE, Brahim, CUYPERS, Ann, Smeets, Karen, Van Belleghem, Frank, Horemans, Nele, Schat, Henk, ...
We investigated the effect of cadmium (Cd) on leaves of 3-week-old Arabidopsis thaliana with a particular interest on glutathione (GSH) production and consumption, and antioxidative defence. Plants...
Hogervorst, Janneke, PLUSQUIN, Michelle, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Nawrot, Tim, CUYPERS, Ann, Van Hecke, Etienne, ...
Contaminated soil particles and food are established routes of exposure. We investigated the relations between biomarkers of exposure to cadmium and lead, and the metal loading rates in house dust in...
Subcellular localization of cadmium in roots and leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana (2007)
VAN BELLEGHEM, Frank, CUYPERS, Ann, SEMANE, Brahim, SMEETS, Karen, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, D'HAEN, Jan, ...
We examined the subcellular cadmium (Cd) localization in roots and leaves of wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype Columbia) exposed to environmentally relevant Cd concentrations. Energy-dispersive...
MULLER, Ludo, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, COLPAERT, Jan
The genetic structure of populations of the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Suillus luteus in heavy metal polluted and nonpolluted areas was studied. Sporocarps were collected at nine different...
Horemans, Nele, Raeymaekers, Tine, Van Beek, Kim, Nowocin, Anna, Blust, Ronny, Broos, Katleen, ...
The balance between antioxidants, such as ascorbate (ASC) and glutathione, and oxidative reactive oxygen species (ROS) is known to play a pivotal role in the response of plant cells to abiotic...
Phytoremediation for heavy metal-contaminated soils combined with bioenergy production (2007)
Van Ginneken, Luc, MEERS, Erik, Guisson, Ruben, RUTTENS, Ann, Elst, Kathy, Tack, Filip M.G., ...
In June 2007, a project started in Flanders (Belgium) in which we will apply phytoremediation to clean soils that are diffusely polluted with heavy metals. Uptake ranges of heavy metals by rape seed,...
Horemans, Nele, Raeymaekers, Tine, Van Beek, Kim, Nowocin, Anna, Blust, Ronny, Broos, Katleen, ...
The balance between antioxidants, such as ascorbate (ASC) and glutathione, and oxidative reactive oxygen species (ROS) is known to play a pivotal role in the response of plant cells to abiotic...
Environmental exposure to cadmium and risk of cancer: a prospective population-based study (2006)
Plusquin, Michelle, Hogervorst, Janneke, Roels, Harry A, ...
BACKGROUND: Cadmium is a ubiquitous environmental pollutant, which accumulates in the human body such that 24-h urinary excretion is a biomarker of lifetime exposure. We aimed to assess the...
Zinc-tolerant Suillus bovinus improves growth of Zn-exposed Pinus sylvestris seedlings (2006)
ADRIAENSEN, Kristin, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, COLPAERT, Jan
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) seedlings inoculated or not (NM) by a Zn-sensitive or a Zn-tolerant isolate of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus bovinus (L. Fr.) Roussel were exposed to 0.1 or 150...
Geebelen, W., Sappin-Didier, V., RUTTENS, Ann, CARLEER, Robert, YPERMAN, Jan, Bongue-Boma, K., ...
In order to reduce the health risks associated with historically enriched metal smelting sites in Flanders (Belgium), the capacities of a non-beringite cyclonic ash and commercial Na-silicates to fix...
DsrB gene-based DGGE for community and diversity surveys of sulfate-reducing bacteria (2006)
GEETS, Joke, Borremans, B., Diels, L., Springael, D., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel, ...
A denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) method was developed to assess the diversity of dsrB (dissimilatory sulfite reductase β-subunit)-genes in sulfate-reducing communities. For this...
GEETS, Joke, Vanbroekhoven, K., Borremans, B., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Diels, L., VAN DER LELIE, Daniel
Background, Aims and Scope. In a previous study, we explored the use of acetate, lactate, molasses, Hydrogen Release Compound (HRCÒ, which is based on a biodegradable poly-lactate ester), methanol...
MASTRETTA, Chiara, BARAC, Tanja, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Newman, L., Taghavi, S., VAN DER LELIE, Daniel
Endophytic bacteria seem to have a ubiquitous existence in most, if not all, higher plant species without causing disease symptoms. Therefore, they seem to be ideal to complement certain metabolic...
Meers, E., RUTTENS, Ann, Geebelen, W., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Samson, R., Vanbroekhoven, K., ...
n recent years, awareness has risen that the total soil content of pollutants by itself does not suffice to fully assess the potential ecotoxicological risks involved. Chemical analysis will require...
Zn in the soil solution of unpolluted and polluted soils as affected by soil characteristics (2006)
MEERS, Erik, Unamuno, VR, Du Laing, G., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Vanbroekhoven, K., Samson, R., ...
Current legislative frameworks for soil pollution focus predominantly on total metal content. However, environmental risks posed by heavy metals are not only function of their overall presence in the...
Progress in assisted natural remediation of an arsenic contaminated agricultural soil (2006)
Mench, M., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, BECKX, Carolien, RUTTENS, Ann
A contaminated soil was collected in a field adjacent to a derelict As(III) smelter in Reppel (Bocholt, Belgium). A single soil treatment (% by soil weight) based on either iron grit (SS, 1%),...
Soil and sediment remediation [SSR]. (2006)
Mench, M., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Lepp, N.
The papers collected in this volume formed the core of a special symposium “Soil and sediment remediation: natural and human-manipulated processes, bioavailability, consequences for ecosystems and...
Phytostabilisation of metal-contaminated sites (2006)
Mench, M., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Lepp, N., Bleeker, P., RUTTENS, Ann, Geebelen, W.
Porteous Moore, F., BARAC, Tanja, Borremans, B., Oeyen, L., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel, ...
The diversity of endophytic bacteria found in association with poplar was investigated as part of a larger study to assess the possibility and practicality of using endophytic bacteria to enhance in...
Muller, L., LAMBAERTS, Marc, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, COLPAERT, Jan
Eight microsatellite loci were isolated from the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Suillus luteus using a dual-suppression-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. In a test sample of 40 isolates, the...
Environmental exposure to cadmium and risk of cancer: a prospective population-based study. (2006)
Nawrot, T., PLUSQUIN, Michelle, Hogervorst, J., Roels, H., Celis, H., Thijs, L., ...
RUTTENS, Ann, COLPAERT, Jan, Mench, M., Boisson, J., CARLEER, Robert, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
A lysimeter approach (under natural climatologic conditions) was used to evaluate the effect of four metal immobilizing soil treatments [compost (C), compost + cyclonic ashes (C + CA), compost +...
RUTTENS, Ann, Mench, M., COLPAERT, Jan, Boisson, J., CARLEER, Robert, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
In a lysimeter set-up, compost addition to an industrial contaminated soil slightly reduced phytotoxicity to bean seedlings. The “Phytotoxicity Index” (on a scale from 1 to 4) decreased from 3.5...
Risk of cancer and environmental exposure to cadmium in a prospective population study (2006)
Nawrot, T, Plusquin, M, Hogervorst, J, Roels, H, Celis, H, Thijs, L, ...
Katholieke Univ Leuven, Louvain, Belgium. Univ Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium. Univ Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Cuypers, Ann, Lambrechts, Ann, Semane, Brahim, ...
Oxidative stress has been shown to be of great importance in the toxicity of several metals (copper, zinc, ...). In this study, the relationship of cadmium phytotoxicity and antioxidative reactions...
Wojcik, M, Tukiendorf, A, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
A population of the metallophyte, Thlaspi caerulescens, originating from a Cd-Pb-Zn old mining and smelter site at Plombieres (Belgium) was studied. T. caerulescens was cultivated hydroponically to...
Taghavi, S, Greenberg, B, BARAC, Tanja, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Borremans, B
Poplar, a plant species frequently used for phytoremediation of groundwater contaminated with organic solvents, was inoculated with the endophyte Burkholderia cepacia VM1468. This strain, whose...
Vassilev, A, PEREZ SANZ, Araceli, SEMANE, Brahim, CARLEER, Robert, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Two Salix genotypes (Salix alba , clone LUC-31-genotype I and Salix viminalis , clone STOTT-genotype II) were grown hydroponically for 14 d at increasing concentrations of cadmium (Cd) (0, 5, 10, and...
Lambrechts, A, Hoet, P, Van Laere, A, SMEETS, Karen, CUYPERS, Ann, SEMANE, Brahim, ...
Oxidative stress has been shown to be of great importance in the toxicity of several metals (copper, zinc,...). In this study, the relationship of cadmium phytotoxicity and antioxidative reactions in...
Response to Newman: New uses of endophytic bacteria to improve phytoremediation (2005)
VAN DER LELIE, Daniel, BARAC, Tanja, Taghavi, S, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Brookhaven Natl Lab, Biol Dept, Upton, NY 11973 USA. Limburgs Univ Ctr, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.van der Lelie, D, Brookhaven Natl Lab, Biol Dept, Bldg 463, Upton, NY 11973 USA.vdlelied@bnl.gov
Nachtegaal, M, Marcus, MA, Sonke, JE, Livi, KJT, Sparks, DL, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, ...
We report results from an extensive study on the speciation of zinc (Zn) and its relation to the mobility and bioavailablity of this element in a smelter contaminated soil and an in situ remediated...
Unamuno, V, Vandegehuchte, M, Vanbroekhoven, K, Samson, R, Diels, L, Du Laing, G, ...
Total metal content by itself is insufficient as a measure to indicate actual environmental risk. Understanding the mobility of heavy metals in the soil and their speciation in the soil solution is...
Maddocks, G, Reichelt-Brushett, A, McConchie, D, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
The present study investigated the acute toxic effects of a metal-loaded Bauxsol(TM) reagent (MLBR), containing more than 6,450 mg kg(-1) of bound metal, on the earthworm Eisenia fetida. Bauxsol is...
Borremans, B, Diels, L, GEETS, Joke, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel
Background, Aims and Scope. Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are known for their capacity to reduce and precipitate heavy metals (HM) as metal sulfides, offering the opportunity to create an in situ...
Analysis of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) proteins affected by copper stress (2005)
Koistinen, KM, Kokko, H, Karenlampi, S, Auriola, S, CUYPERS, Ann, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
The effect of excess copper on the expression of soluble proteins in 10-day old Phaseolus vulgaris seedlings was studied with two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry, to find sensitive...
Copper-adapted Suillus luteus, a symbiotic solution for pines colonizing Cu mine spoils (2005)
ADRIAENSEN, Kristin, NOBEN, Jean-Paul, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, COLPAERT, Jan, Vralstad, T
Natural populations thriving in heavy-metal-contaminated ecosystems are often subjected to selective pressures for increased resistance to toxic metals. In the present study we describe a population...
Element profiles and growth in Zn-sensitive and Zn-resistant Suilloid fungi (2005)
COLPAERT, Jan, ADRIAENSEN, Kristin, MULLER, Ludo, LAMBAERTS, Marc, FAES, Christel, CARLEER, Robert, ...
Zn pollution has triggered evolution for adaptive Zn tolerance in populations of Suilloid ectomycorrhizal fungi. The objectives of this study were to determine differential physiological responses...
Brown, S, Christensen, B, Lombi, E, McLaughlin, M, McGrath, S, COLPAERT, Jan, ...
An international inter-laboratory research program investigated the effectiveness of in situ remediation of soils contaminated by cadmium, lead and zinc, measuring changes in soil and soil solution...
Cadmium tolerance in Thlaspi caerulescens II. Localization of cadmium in Thlaspi caerulescens (2005)
Wojcik, M., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, D'HAEN, Jan, Tukiendorf, A.
Tissue and cellular compartmentation of Cd in roots and leaves of the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens was investigated, using energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis. In roots, Cd was determined...
Geebelen, W., BIJNENS, Olga, Adriaenssens, E., Makkonen, S., RUTTENS, Ann, CARLEER, Robert, ...
In order to monitor atmospheric fluoride pollution, epiphytic lichens (Parmelia sulcata) were collected in a rural area and transplanted to two fluoride point sources (Genk and Beerse) and one...
Wojcik, M, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Tukiendorf, A
A population of the metallophyte, Thlaspi caerulescens, originating from a Cd-Pb-Zn old mining and smelter site at Plombieres (Belgium) was studied. T. caerulescens was cultivated hydroponically to...
Taghavi, S, BARAC, Tanja, Greenberg, B, Borremans, B, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel
Poplar, a plant species frequently used for phytoremediation of groundwater contaminated with organic solvents, was inoculated with the endophyte Burkholderia cepacia VM1468. This strain, whose...
Vassilev, A, PEREZ SANZ, Araceli, SEMANE, Brahim, CARLEER, Robert, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Two Salix genotypes (Salix alba , clone LUC-31-genotype I and Salix viminalis , clone STOTT-genotype II) were grown hydroponically for 14 d at increasing concentrations of cadmium (Cd) (0, 5, 10, and...
SMEETS, Karen, CUYPERS, Ann, Lambrechts, A, SEMANE, Brahim, Hoet, P, Van Laere, A, ...
Oxidative stress has been shown to be of great importance in the toxicity of several metals (copper, zinc,...). In this study, the relationship of cadmium phytotoxicity and antioxidative reactions in...
Response to Newman: New uses of endophytic bacteria to improve phytoremediation (2005)
VAN DER LELIE, Daniel, BARAC, Tanja, Taghavi, S, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Brookhaven Natl Lab, Biol Dept, Upton, NY 11973 USA. Limburgs Univ Ctr, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.van der Lelie, D, Brookhaven Natl Lab, Biol Dept, Bldg 463, Upton, NY 11973 USA.vdlelied@bnl.gov
Nachtegaal, M, Marcus, MA, Sonke, JE, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Livi, KJT, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel, ...
We report results from an extensive study on the speciation of zinc (Zn) and its relation to the mobility and bioavailablity of this element in a smelter contaminated soil and an in situ remediated...
MEERS, Erik, Unamuno, V, Vandegehuchte, M, Vanbroekhoven, K, GEEBELEN, Wouter, Samson, R, ...
Total metal content by itself is insufficient as a measure to indicate actual environmental risk. Understanding the mobility of heavy metals in the soil and their speciation in the soil solution is...
Maddocks, G, Reichelt-Brushett, A, McConchie, D, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
The present study investigated the acute toxic effects of a metal-loaded Bauxsol(TM) reagent (MLBR), containing more than 6,450 mg kg(-1) of bound metal, on the earthworm Eisenia fetida. Bauxsol is...
GEETS, Joke, Borremans, B, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Diels, L, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel
Background, Aims and Scope. Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are known for their capacity to reduce and precipitate heavy metals (HM) as metal sulfides, offering the opportunity to create an in situ...
Analysis of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) proteins affected by copper stress (2005)
CUYPERS, Ann, Koistinen, KM, Kokko, H, Karenlampi, S, Auriola, S, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
The effect of excess copper on the expression of soluble proteins in 10-day old Phaseolus vulgaris seedlings was studied with two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry, to find sensitive...
Copper-adapted Suillus luteus, a symbiotic solution for pines colonizing Cu mine spoils (2005)
ADRIAENSEN, Kristin, Vralstad, T, NOBEN, Jean-Paul, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, COLPAERT, Jan
Natural populations thriving in heavy-metal-contaminated ecosystems are often subjected to selective pressures for increased resistance to toxic metals. In the present study we describe a population...
Element profiles and growth in Zn-sensitive and Zn-resistant Suilloid fungi (2005)
COLPAERT, Jan, ADRIAENSEN, Kristin, MULLER, Ludo, LAMBAERTS, Marc, FAES, Christel, CARLEER, Robert, ...
Zn pollution has triggered evolution for adaptive Zn tolerance in populations of Suilloid ectomycorrhizal fungi. The objectives of this study were to determine differential physiological responses...
Brown, S, Christensen, B, Lombi, E, McLaughlin, M, McGrath, S, COLPAERT, Jan, ...
An international inter-laboratory research program investigated the effectiveness of in situ remediation of soils contaminated by cadmium, lead and zinc, measuring changes in soil and soil solution...
MULLER, Ludo, LAMBAERTS, Marc, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, COLPAERT, Jan
The effects of environmental heavy metal pollution on the genetic structure of pioneer populations of the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Suillus luteus were assessed. Sporocarps were collected from...
Colonisation of poplar trees by gfp expressing bacterial endophytes (2004)
Germaine, K, Keogh, E, Garcia-Cabellos, G, Borremans, B, Moore, FP, Moore, ERB, ...
With the exception of nitrogen fixing bacteria, there is little known about the colonisation patterns or population sizes of bacterial endophytes in deciduous trees. This study describes the...
Role of assisted natural remediation in environmental cleanup (2004)
Adriano, DC, Wenzel, WW, Bolan, NS, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Metals are common contaminants worldwide. Long-term deposition of metals in soils can lead to accumulation, transport and biotoxicity/zootoxicity caused by mobility and bioavailability of significant...
Biosensors for detection of mercury in contaminated soils (2004)
Bontidean, L, Mortari, A, Leth, S, Brown, NL, Karlson, U, Larsen, MM, ...
Biosensors based on whole bacterial cells and on bacterial heavy metal binding protein were used to determine the mercury concentration in soil. The soil samples were collected in a vegetable garden...
Taghavi, S, Borremans, B, Provoost, A, BARAC, Tanja, OEYEN, Licy, COLPAERT, Jan, ...
Phytoremediation of highly water soluble and volatile organic xenobiotics is often inefficient because plants do not completely degrade these compounds through their rhizospheres. This results in...
Evolutionary adaptation to Zn toxicity in populations of Suilloid fungi (2004)
COLPAERT, Jan, MULLER, Ludo, LAMBAERTS, Marc, ADRIAENSEN, Kristin, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Zn tolerance was investigated in populations of four ectomycorrhizal fungi: Suillus luteus, Suillus bovinus, Rhizopogon luteolus and Paxillus involutus. The fungi were collected in pioneer pine...
A zinc-adapted fungus protects pines from zinc stress (2004)
Van Laere, A, ADRIAENSEN, Kristin, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, COLPAERT, Jan
Here we investigated zinc tolerance of ectomycorrhizal Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) seedlings. An ectomycorrhizal genotype of Suillus bovinus, collected from a Zn-contaminated site and showing...
Colonisation of poplar trees by gfp expressing bacterial endophytes (2004)
Germaine, Kieran, Garcia-Cabellos, Guiomar, Borremans, Brigitte, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel, BARAC, Tanja, ...
MULLER, Ludo, LAMBAERTS, Marc, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, COLPAERT, Jan
The effects of environmental heavy metal pollution on the genetic structure of pioneer populations of the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Suillus luteus were assessed. Sporocarps were collected from...
Colonisation of poplar trees by gfp expressing bacterial endophytes (2004)
Germaine, K, Keogh, E, Garcia-Cabellos, G, Borremans, B, Moore, FP, Moore, ERB, ...
With the exception of nitrogen fixing bacteria, there is little known about the colonisation patterns or population sizes of bacterial endophytes in deciduous trees. This study describes the...
Role of assisted natural remediation in environmental cleanup (2004)
Adriano, DC, Wenzel, WW, Bolan, NS, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Metals are common contaminants worldwide. Long-term deposition of metals in soils can lead to accumulation, transport and biotoxicity/zootoxicity caused by mobility and bioavailability of significant...
Biosensors for detection of mercury in contaminated soils (2004)
Bontidean, L, Mortari, A, Leth, S, Brown, NL, Karlson, U, Larsen, MM, ...
Biosensors based on whole bacterial cells and on bacterial heavy metal binding protein were used to determine the mercury concentration in soil. The soil samples were collected in a vegetable garden...
Taghavi, S, Borremans, B, Provoost, A, BARAC, Tanja, OEYEN, Licy, COLPAERT, Jan, ...
Phytoremediation of highly water soluble and volatile organic xenobiotics is often inefficient because plants do not completely degrade these compounds through their rhizospheres. This results in...
Evolutionary adaptation to Zn toxicity in populations of Suilloid fungi (2004)
COLPAERT, Jan, MULLER, Ludo, LAMBAERTS, Marc, ADRIAENSEN, Kristin, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Zn tolerance was investigated in populations of four ectomycorrhizal fungi: Suillus luteus, Suillus bovinus, Rhizopogon luteolus and Paxillus involutus. The fungi were collected in pioneer pine...
A zinc-adapted fungus protects pines from zinc stress (2004)
Van Laere, A, ADRIAENSEN, Kristin, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, COLPAERT, Jan
Here we investigated zinc tolerance of ectomycorrhizal Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) seedlings. An ectomycorrhizal genotype of Suillus bovinus, collected from a Zn-contaminated site and showing...
Colonisation of poplar trees by gfp expressing bacterial endophytes (2004)
Germaine, Kieran, Garcia-Cabellos, Guiomar, Borremans, Brigitte, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel, BARAC, Tanja, ...
BIJNENS, Olga, BRUCKERS, Liesbeth, GUEDENS, Wanda, YPERMAN, Jan, CARLEER, Robert, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
BIJNENS, Olga, BRUCKERS, Liesbeth, GUEDENS, Wanda, YPERMAN, Jan, CARLEER, Robert, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Sonke, JE, Burnett, WC, Hoogewerff, JA, Van Der Laan, SR, Corbett, DR, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Pb-210 dating of two metal-polluted organic sediment cores obtained near a former pyrometallurgical zinc smelter in Lommel, Belgium have been used to reconstruct atmospheric lead deposition rates...
Taghavi, S, SNELLINX, Zita, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel
Two consortia, isolated by selective enrichment from a soil sample of a nitroaromatic-contaminated site, degraded 2,4-DNT as their sole nitrogen source without accumulating one or more detectable...
Mench, M, Bussiere, S, Boisson, J, Castaing, E, De Koe, T, Bleeker, P, ...
A series of single extractions and short-term plant tests were performed in order to test a variety of inexpensive mineral amendments for the in situ inactivation of trace elements on the...
Adriano, DC, Mench, M, GEEBELEN, Wouter, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel, CARLEER, Robert, CLIJSTERS, Herman, ...
Lead immobilization in 10 soils contaminated with Pb from different origin was examined using lime (CaCO3), a mix of cyclonic ash and steelshots (CA+ ST), and a North Carolina phosphate rock. The...
Sonke, JE, Burnett, WC, Hoogewerff, JA, Van Der Laan, SR, Corbett, DR, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Pb-210 dating of two metal-polluted organic sediment cores obtained near a former pyrometallurgical zinc smelter in Lommel, Belgium have been used to reconstruct atmospheric lead deposition rates...
Taghavi, S, SNELLINX, Zita, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel
Two consortia, isolated by selective enrichment from a soil sample of a nitroaromatic-contaminated site, degraded 2,4-DNT as their sole nitrogen source without accumulating one or more detectable...
Mench, M, Bussiere, S, Boisson, J, Castaing, E, De Koe, T, Bleeker, P, ...
A series of single extractions and short-term plant tests were performed in order to test a variety of inexpensive mineral amendments for the in situ inactivation of trace elements on the...
Adriano, DC, Mench, M, GEEBELEN, Wouter, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel, CARLEER, Robert, CLIJSTERS, Herman, ...
Lead immobilization in 10 soils contaminated with Pb from different origin was examined using lime (CaCO3), a mix of cyclonic ash and steelshots (CA+ ST), and a North Carolina phosphate rock. The...
Cadmium phytoextraction: present state, biological interactions and research needs (2003)
Vassilev, A., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Yordanov, I.
Cadmium is a toxic metal for living organisms and an environmental contaminant. Agricultural soils in many parts of the world are slightly to moderately contaminated by Cd due to long term use of...
BIJNENS, Olga, VAN STEEN, Kristel, BRUCKERS, Liesbeth, GUEDENS, Wanda, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, YPERMAN, Jan, ...
Sonke, JE, Hoogewerff, JA, Van Der Laan, SR, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
The atmospheric pollution history of a former Belgian Zn-smelter complex is preserved in organic sediments of a nearby peat bog pool. The stratigraphy of trace metals, Pb-isotope ratios and...
Biological remediation of explosives and related nitroaromatic compounds (2002)
Nepovim, A, Taghavi, S, Vanek, T, SNELLINX, Zita, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel
Nitroaromatics form an important group of recalcitrant xenobiotics. Only few aromatic compounds, bearing one nitro group as a substituent of the aromatic ring, are produced as secondary metabolites...
Endophytic bacteria and their potential applications (2002)
Lodewyckx, C, Porteous, F, Moore, ERB, Taghavi, S, Mezgeay, M, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, ...
Vlaamse Instelling Technol Onderzoek, B-2400 Mol, Belgium. Limburgs Univ Ctr, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. Macaulay Land Use Res Inst, Soil Qual & Protect Programme, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, Scotland. CEN...
Adriano, DC, GEEBELEN, Wouter, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CARLEER, Robert, CLIJSTERS, Herman
Lead immobilization was evaluated on soils spiked with increasing concentrations of Pb (as Pb-acetate) using the following soil amendments: bentonite, zeolite, cyclonic ash, compost, lime, steelshot,...
Adriano, DC, VAN POUCKE, Lucien, CLIJSTERS, Herman, GEEBELEN, Wouter, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Sequestration of Pb by synthetic chelates has been reported to increase bioavailability, uptake, and translocation of this metal in plants. In this work the potential phytotoxic effects of Pb-EDTA...
Gonzalez-Chavez, C, Dodd, JC, D'HAEN, Jan, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
The form and localisation of Cu accumulation in the extraradical mycelium (ERM) of three arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), isolated from the same polluted soil contaminated with the Cu and...
CUYPERS, Ann, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman
The contribution of peroxidases was studied in roots and primary leaves of bean seedlings as a part of the defence mechanism against copper and zinc imposed oxidative stress. Based on the metal...
Lodewyckx, C, Mergeay, M, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel
We investigated bacterial populations associated with the Zn hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens subsp. calaminaria grown in a soil collected from an abandoned Zn-Pb mine and smelter in Plombieres,...
Sonke, JE, Hoogewerff, JA, Van Der Laan, SR, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
The atmospheric pollution history of a former Belgian Zn-smelter complex is preserved in organic sediments of a nearby peat bog pool. The stratigraphy of trace metals, Pb-isotope ratios and...
Biological remediation of explosives and related nitroaromatic compounds (2002)
Nepovim, A, Taghavi, S, Vanek, T, SNELLINX, Zita, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel
Nitroaromatics form an important group of recalcitrant xenobiotics. Only few aromatic compounds, bearing one nitro group as a substituent of the aromatic ring, are produced as secondary metabolites...
Endophytic bacteria and their potential applications (2002)
Lodewyckx, C, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Porteous, F, Moore, ERB, Taghavi, S, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel, ...
Vlaamse Instelling Technol Onderzoek, B-2400 Mol, Belgium. Limburgs Univ Ctr, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. Macaulay Land Use Res Inst, Soil Qual & Protect Programme, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, Scotland. CEN...
Adriano, DC, GEEBELEN, Wouter, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CARLEER, Robert, CLIJSTERS, Herman
Lead immobilization was evaluated on soils spiked with increasing concentrations of Pb (as Pb-acetate) using the following soil amendments: bentonite, zeolite, cyclonic ash, compost, lime, steelshot,...
Adriano, DC, VAN POUCKE, Lucien, CLIJSTERS, Herman, GEEBELEN, Wouter, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Sequestration of Pb by synthetic chelates has been reported to increase bioavailability, uptake, and translocation of this metal in plants. In this work the potential phytotoxic effects of Pb-EDTA...
Gonzalez-Chavez, C, Dodd, JC, D'HAEN, Jan, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
The form and localisation of Cu accumulation in the extraradical mycelium (ERM) of three arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), isolated from the same polluted soil contaminated with the Cu and...
CUYPERS, Ann, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman
The contribution of peroxidases was studied in roots and primary leaves of bean seedlings as a part of the defence mechanism against copper and zinc imposed oxidative stress. Based on the metal...
Lodewyckx, C, Mergeay, M, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel
We investigated bacterial populations associated with the Zn hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens subsp. calaminaria grown in a soil collected from an abandoned Zn-Pb mine and smelter in Plombieres,...
CUYPERS, Ann, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman
The ascorbate-glutathione cycle has been shown to be of great importance in multiple stress reactions. In the present study, alterations in the antioxidant pools combined with the evolution of the...
Bouwman, LA, Bloem, J, Romkens, PFAM, Boon, GT, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Background. Growth of metal tolerant grasses on two sandy soils contaminated with either copper (arable soil) or zinc (bare soil) resulted in a significant rehabilitation of soil chemical and...
Accumulation forms of Zn and Pb in Phaseolus vulgaris in the presence and absence of EDTA (2001)
Sarret, G, Manceau, A, Musso, M, Menthonnex, JJ, Hazemann, JL, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, ...
The internalized speciation of Zn and Pb in roots and leaves of Phaseolus vulgaris grown in zinc sulfate, zinc EDTA, lead nitrate, and lead EDTA solutions were studied by electron microscopy (Zn) and...
Assessing phytoremediation's progress in the United States and Europe (2001)
Schwitzguebel, JP, Glass, DJ, Baker, A, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA. Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Lab Environm Biotechnol, Lausanne, Switzerland. Appl PhytoGenet Inc, Athens, GA USA. D Glass Associates, Needham, MA USA. Univ...
Ectomycorrhizal protection of Pinus sylvestris against copper toxicity (2001)
VAN TICHELEN, Katia, COLPAERT, Jan, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Change in the copper (Cu) sensitivity of Pinus sylvestris is presented, in response to the ectomycorrhizal fungi, Suillus bovinus and Thelephora terrestris, common mycobionts on metal contaminated...
CUYPERS, Ann, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman
The ascorbate-glutathione cycle has been shown to be of great importance in multiple stress reactions. In the present study, alterations in the antioxidant pools combined with the evolution of the...
Bouwman, LA, Bloem, J, Romkens, PFAM, Boon, GT, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Background. Growth of metal tolerant grasses on two sandy soils contaminated with either copper (arable soil) or zinc (bare soil) resulted in a significant rehabilitation of soil chemical and...
Accumulation forms of Zn and Pb in Phaseolus vulgaris in the presence and absence of EDTA (2001)
Sarret, G, Manceau, A, Musso, M, Menthonnex, JJ, Hazemann, JL, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, ...
The internalized speciation of Zn and Pb in roots and leaves of Phaseolus vulgaris grown in zinc sulfate, zinc EDTA, lead nitrate, and lead EDTA solutions were studied by electron microscopy (Zn) and...
Assessing phytoremediation's progress in the United States and Europe (2001)
Schwitzguebel, JP, Glass, DJ, Baker, A, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA. Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Lab Environm Biotechnol, Lausanne, Switzerland. Appl PhytoGenet Inc, Athens, GA USA. D Glass Associates, Needham, MA USA. Univ...
Ectomycorrhizal protection of Pinus sylvestris against copper toxicity (2001)
VAN TICHELEN, Katia, COLPAERT, Jan, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Change in the copper (Cu) sensitivity of Pinus sylvestris is presented, in response to the ectomycorrhizal fungi, Suillus bovinus and Thelephora terrestris, common mycobionts on metal contaminated...
CUYPERS, Ann, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman
Copper-imposed oxidative stress and antioxidative defence responses mere investigated in the primary leaves of Phaseolus vulgaris L. plants grown on hydroponics containing 50 muM CuSO4, Copper mainly...
Vanden Koornhuyse, P, COLPAERT, Jan, ADRIAENSEN, Kristin, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Twenty-one isolates of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus luteus were screened for their tolerance to the heavy metals Zn, Cd, Cu and Ni, measured as inhibition of radial growth and biomass...
Genetic engineering in the improvement of plants for phytoremediation of metal polluted soils (2000)
Karenlampi, S, Schat, H, Verkleij, JAC, Mergeay, M, Tervahauta, AI, ...
Metal concentrations in soils are locally quite high, and are still increasing due to many human activities, leading to elevated risk for health and the environment. Phytoremediation may offer a...
Ecological aspects of phytostabilization of heavy metal contaminated soils (2000)
CLIJSTERS, Herman, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel, COLPAERT, Jan
CUYPERS, Ann, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman
Copper-imposed oxidative stress and antioxidative defence responses mere investigated in the primary leaves of Phaseolus vulgaris L. plants grown on hydroponics containing 50 muM CuSO4, Copper mainly...
Vanden Koornhuyse, P, COLPAERT, Jan, ADRIAENSEN, Kristin, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Twenty-one isolates of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus luteus were screened for their tolerance to the heavy metals Zn, Cd, Cu and Ni, measured as inhibition of radial growth and biomass...
Genetic engineering in the improvement of plants for phytoremediation of metal polluted soils (2000)
Karenlampi, S, Schat, H, Verkleij, JAC, Mergeay, M, Tervahauta, AI, ...
Metal concentrations in soils are locally quite high, and are still increasing due to many human activities, leading to elevated risk for health and the environment. Phytoremediation may offer a...
Ecological aspects of phytostabilization of heavy metal contaminated soils (2000)
CLIJSTERS, Herman, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, VAN DER LELIE, Daniel, COLPAERT, Jan
CUYPERS, Ann, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman
It is often described that different environmental stress factors stimulate the production of reactive oxygen species and increase the activity of several enzymes quenching these radicals. The...
Physiological responses to heavy metals in higher plants; Defence against oxidative stress (1999)
CLIJSTERS, Herman, CUYPERS, Ann, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Depending on the physiological process investigated heavy metal phytotoxicity can be either inhibitory or stimulatory. Photosynthesis and its partial light and dark reactions are inhibited; the...
CISCATO, Massimo, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, VALCKE, Roland
The effects of toxic concentrations of Cu, Zn and Cd on the fast induction kinetics of fluorescence from photosystem(PS)II were investigated in a comparative way. The fast fluorescence transient from...
Boisson, J, Mench, M, Kopponen, P, De Koe, T, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, RUTTENS, Ann
Soils were amended with metal and arsenic (As) immobilizing soil additives [steel shots (SS 1% w/w), beringite (B 5% w/w), combination steel shots+beringite(SSB 1% SS + 5% B), hydroxyapatite (HA 0.5,...
Boisson, J, Mench, M, RUTTENS, Ann, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
In order to evaluate the possible use of hydroxyapatite (HA) as a soil additive for the in situ remediation of metal contaminated soils, the immobilizing capacity of this product was investigated....
Gupta, H, CUYPERS, Ann, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman
The involvement of the ascorbate-glutathione cycle in the defence against Cu-induced oxidative stress was studied in the roots of Phaseolus vulgaris is L. cv. Limburgse vroege. All the enzymes of...
The expression pattern of the Arabidopsis ACC synthase gene 1 during rosette leaf development (1999)
Smalle, J, Haegman, M, Mertens, J, Van Montagu, M, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
In Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh,, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase, an enzyme of the ethylene biosynthesis pathway, is encoded by a gene family that contains at least five members,...
Staessen, JA, Roels, HA, Emelianov, D, Kuznetsova, T, Thijs, L, Fagard, R, ...
Background Chronic low-level exposure to cadmium may promote calcium loss via urinary excretion. We undertook a prospective population study to investigate whether environmental exposure to cadmium...
The expression pattern of the Arabidopsis ACC synthase gene 1 during rosette leaf development (1999)
Smalle, J, Haegman, M, Mertens, J, Van Montagu, M, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
In Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh,, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase, an enzyme of the ethylene biosynthesis pathway, is encoded by a gene family that contains at least five members,...
Staessen, JA, Roels, HA, Emelianov, D, Kuznetsova, T, Thijs, L, Fagard, R, ...
Background Chronic low-level exposure to cadmium may promote calcium loss via urinary excretion. We undertook a prospective population study to investigate whether environmental exposure to cadmium...
CUYPERS, Ann, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman
It is often described that different environmental stress factors stimulate the production of reactive oxygen species and increase the activity of several enzymes quenching these radicals. The...
Physiological responses to heavy metals in higher plants; Defence against oxidative stress (1999)
CLIJSTERS, Herman, CUYPERS, Ann, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Depending on the physiological process investigated heavy metal phytotoxicity can be either inhibitory or stimulatory. Photosynthesis and its partial light and dark reactions are inhibited; the...
CISCATO, Massimo, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, VALCKE, Roland
The effects of toxic concentrations of Cu, Zn and Cd on the fast induction kinetics of fluorescence from photosystem(PS)II were investigated in a comparative way. The fast fluorescence transient from...
Boisson, J, Mench, M, Kopponen, P, De Koe, T, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, RUTTENS, Ann
Soils were amended with metal and arsenic (As) immobilizing soil additives [steel shots (SS 1% w/w), beringite (B 5% w/w), combination steel shots+beringite(SSB 1% SS + 5% B), hydroxyapatite (HA 0.5,...
Boisson, J, Mench, M, RUTTENS, Ann, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
In order to evaluate the possible use of hydroxyapatite (HA) as a soil additive for the in situ remediation of metal contaminated soils, the immobilizing capacity of this product was investigated....
Gupta, H, CUYPERS, Ann, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman
The involvement of the ascorbate-glutathione cycle in the defence against Cu-induced oxidative stress was studied in the roots of Phaseolus vulgaris is L. cv. Limburgse vroege. All the enzymes of...
The expression pattern of the Arabidopsis ACC synthase gene 1 during rosette leaf development (1999)
Smalle, J, Haegman, M, Mertens, J, Van Montagu, M, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
In Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh,, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase, an enzyme of the ethylene biosynthesis pathway, is encoded by a gene family that contains at least five members,...
Staessen, JA, Roels, HA, Emelianov, D, Kuznetsova, T, Thijs, L, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, ...
Background Chronic low-level exposure to cadmium may promote calcium loss via urinary excretion. We undertook a prospective population study to investigate whether environmental exposure to cadmium...
Lagriffoul, A, Mocquot, B, Mench, M, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Plants were cultivated in a nutrient solution containing increasing cadmium concentrations (i.e. 0.001-25 mu M), under strictly controlled growth conditions. Changes in both growth parameters and...
Lagriffoul, A, Mocquot, B, Mench, M, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
Plants were cultivated in a nutrient solution containing increasing cadmium concentrations (i.e. 0.001-25 mu M), under strictly controlled growth conditions. Changes in both growth parameters and...
Mattioni, C, Gabbrielli, R, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman
Ni2+ and Cd2+ toxicity and effects on the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH, EC 1.1.1.49), glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH, EC 1.4.1.2), malic enzyme (ME, EC 1.1.1.40), and isocitrate...
Mattioni, C, Gabbrielli, R, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman
Ni2+ and Cd2+ toxicity and effects on the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH, EC 1.1.1.49), glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH, EC 1.4.1.2), malic enzyme (ME, EC 1.1.1.40), and isocitrate...
Mocquot, B, Mench, M, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman
Changes in the growth parameters and in enzyme activities were studied in roots and leaves of 14-days old maize grown in a nutrient solution containing various copper concentrations (i.e. 0.01 to 10...
VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, COLPAERT, Jan, VAN TICHELEN, Katia
In 1990, 3 ha of a highly metal polluted acid sandy soil at the site of a former pyrometallurgical zinc smelter was treated with a combination of beringite and compost, beringite is a substance that...
Mocquot, B, Mench, M, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman
Changes in the growth parameters and in enzyme activities were studied in roots and leaves of 14-days old maize grown in a nutrient solution containing various copper concentrations (i.e. 0.01 to 10...
VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, COLPAERT, Jan, VAN TICHELEN, Katia
In 1990, 3 ha of a highly metal polluted acid sandy soil at the site of a former pyrometallurgical zinc smelter was treated with a combination of beringite and compost, beringite is a substance that...
STERCKX, J, VANASSCHE, F, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman
The possibility of restoring a vegetation on a bare, industrial dumping ground, strongly contaminated by several non-ferrous metals, was studied. The potential beneficial effect of this restoration...
VANASSCHE, F, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman
To reduce the environmental impact of a 135-ha bare industrial area with a highly phytotoxic soil contaminated by non-ferrous metals, a rehabilitation strategy was developed, aimed at the restoration...
STERCKX, J, VANASSCHE, F, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman
The possibility of restoring a vegetation on a bare, industrial dumping ground, strongly contaminated by several non-ferrous metals, was studied. The potential beneficial effect of this restoration...
VANASSCHE, F, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, CLIJSTERS, Herman
To reduce the environmental impact of a 135-ha bare industrial area with a highly phytotoxic soil contaminated by non-ferrous metals, a rehabilitation strategy was developed, aimed at the restoration...
EFFECT OF PARAQUAT ON ETHYLENE BIOSYNTHESIS BY INTACT GREEN PHASEOLUS-VULGARIS SEEDLINGS (1989)
WECKX, J, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, VAN POUCKE, Marcel
WECKX, J, LIMBURGS UNIV CENTRUM,DEPT SBM,UNIV CAMPUS,B-3610 DIEPENBEEK,BELGIUM.
THE EFFECT OF WHITE-LIGHT ON THE ENDOGENOUS ETHYLENE PRODUCTION OF INTACT GREEN SEEDLINGS (1986)
Weckx, J, VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, VAN POUCKE, Marcel
LIMBURGS UNIV CENTRUM,B-3610 DIEPENBEEK,BELGIUM.
Taghavi, Safiyh, Barac, Tanja, Greenberg, Bill, Borremans, Brigitte, Vangronsveld, Jaco, Van Der Lelie, Daniel
Poplar, a plant species frequently used for phytoremediation of groundwater contaminated with organic solvents, was inoculated with the endophyte Burkholderia cepacia VM1468. This strain, whose...
Nawrot, Tim S., Van Hecke, Etienne, Thijs, Lutgarde, Richart, Tom, Kuznetsova, Tatiana, Jin, Yu, ...
NAWROT, Tim, Roels, H., Thijs, L., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco, Richart, T., Van Hecke, E., ...
Wij onderzochten of het risico van longkanker in verband staat met blootstelling aan cadmium via het leefmilieu. Daartoe werden 994 personen gerekruteerd door middel van een aselecte steekproef in...
Taghavi, Safiyh, Garafola, Craig, Monchy, Sébastien, Newman, Lee, Hoffman, Adam, Weyens, Nele, ...
The association of endophytic bacteria with their plant hosts has a beneficial effect for many different plant species. Our goal is to identify endophytic bacteria that improve the biomass production...
WEYENS, Nele, Taghavi, S., VANGRONSVELD, Jaco
A promising field to exploit plant-endophyte partnerships is the remediation of contaminated soils and (ground) water. Many plant growth promoting endophytes can assist their host plant to overcome...