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Article Dans Une Revue European Journal of Soil Science Année : 2006

Effect of earthworm activity (Aporrectodea giardi) on atrazine adsorption and biodegradation

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We investigated the influence of earthworm (Aporrectodea giardi) activity on soil properties and on atrazine (AT) adsorption and biodegradation by comparing a coarse-textured smectite-free wetland soil (Brittany, France) with the earthworm casts derived from the top horizon of this soil. Casts are characterized by lower pH, are enriched in organic carbon (OC) and clay content, have a larger cation exchange capacity, and a greater exchangeable Ca content. The clay mineralogy of the soil studied and casts is characterized by a muscovite-kaolinite-chlorite association. In addition, the clay fraction of the soil contains lepidocrocite (γ-FeOOH), which was not found in the casts. Atrazine adsorption isotherms were reasonably well described by the Freundlich equation and were all non-linear. The mean amounts of adsorbed AT for starting concentrations of 3-30 mg litre1 ranged from 8 to 34%, being largest in earthworm casts. Soil AT adsorption capacity was well correlated with OC content. Non-decomposed organic matter present in the coarse size fractions and specific compounds present in earthworm casts (proteins, mono- and polysaccharides, polyphenols, sugars, lignin) and microbial and fungal biomass contribute to AT adsorption. Weak electrostatic (physical) sorption of AT on organic compounds and on mineral surfaces prevails. For casts, the formation of additional hydrophobic interactions between AT and SOM is proposed. We also studied AT biodegradation by the model bacterium Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP in the presence of soils or earthworm casts. An enhancement of the AT disappearance rate was observed in the presence of all the solid matrices tested compared with that obtained in an aqueous medium. The biodegradation rate was shown to be dependent not only on the OC content of the solid matrix, but mainly on its composition and structure
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hal-00069845 , version 1 (19-05-2006)

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Tatiana Alekseeva, Pascale Pascale Besse, P. Besse-Hoggan Besse-Hoggan, Françoise Binet, A.M. Delort, Claude Forano, et al.. Effect of earthworm activity (Aporrectodea giardi) on atrazine adsorption and biodegradation. European Journal of Soil Science, 2006, 57, pp.295-307. ⟨hal-00069845⟩
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