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Phytoremediation of Toxic Metals and Metalloids

Terry, N., Carlson, C., Raab, T.K. and Zayed, A. 1992. Rates of selenium volatilization among crop species. J. Environ. Quality. 21:341-344.

Zayed, A. and Terry, N. 1992.  Selenium  volatilization in broccoli as influenced by sulfate supply. J. Plant Physiol. 140(6):646-652.

Zayed, A. and Terry, N. 1994. Selenium volatilization in roots and shoots: Effects of shoot removal and sulfate level. J. Plant Physiol. 143: 8-14

Terry, N. and Zayed, A. 1994. Selenium volatilization by plants. Chapter In: W.T. Frankenberger and S. Benson (eds.) Selenium in the environment. Chapter 14. Marcel Dekker, Inc. pp. 343-367.

Bañuelos, G.S., Zayed, A., Terry, N., Wu, L., Akohoue, A. and Zambrzuski, S. 1996.  Accumulation of selenium by different plant species grown under increasing sodium and calcium salinity.  Plant and Soil 183:49-59.

Lytle, C.M., Zayed, A., Terry, N. and Lytle, F.W.  1996.  Phytoconversion of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) by water hyacinth: a case for phytoremediation. Bulletin of the ecological Society of America, v. 77 n. 3 Suppl, Part 2, 277.

Azaizeh, H.A., Gowthaman, S. and Terry, N.  1997.  Microbial selenium volatilization in rhizosphere and bulk soils from a constructed wetland. J. Environmental Quality 26:666-672.

Bañuelos, G.S., Ajwa, H.A., Terry, N. and Zayed, A.  1997.  Phytoremediation of selenium laden soils: a new technology.  J. Soil and Water Conservation 52(6): 426-430.

de Souza, M.P., and Terry, N. 1997. Selenium volatilization by rhizosphere bacteria. Abstracts of the General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. 97:499.

Hansen, D., Duda, P.J., Zayed, A. and Terry, N.  1998.  Selenium removal by constructed wetlands: Role of Biological Volatilization.  Environ. Sci. Technol 32:591-597.

Zayed, A., Gowthaman, S. and Terry, N.  1998.  Phytoaccumulation of toxic trace elements by wetland plants: I. Duckweed (Lemna minor L.).  J. Environ. Quality 27: 715-721.

Zayed, A., Lytle, C.M. and Terry, N.  1998. Accumulation and volatilization of different chemical species of selenium by plants.  Planta 206: 284-292.

Zayed, A., Lytle, C.M., Qian, J.-H. and Terry, N.  1998.  Chromium accumulation, translocation and chemical speciation in vegetable crops. Planta 206: 293-299.

de Souza, M.P., Pilon-Smits, E.A.H., Lytle, C.M., Hwang, S., Tai, J., Honma, T.S.U., Yeh, L. and Terry, N.  1998.  Rate limiting steps in selenium assimilation and volatilization by Brassica junceaPlant Physiology 117:1487-1494.

Terry, N. and Zayed, A.  1998.  Phytoremediation of Selenium. Chapter in: Environmental Chemistry of Selenium.  W.T. Frankenberger and R. Engberg, eds. Marcel Dekker, Inc. pp. 633-656.

Lytle, C.M., Lytle, F.W., Yang, N., Qian, J.-H., Hansen, D., Zayed, A. and Terry, N. 1998.  Phytoconversion of hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) to trivalent chromium (Cr 3+) by wetland plants.  Environ. Sci. Technol., 32:3087-3093.

Lin, Z.-Q., Hansen, D., Zayed, A., and Terry, N.  1999.  Biological selenium volatilization: Method of measurement under field conditions.  J. Environ. Quality, 28:309-315.

Zhu, Y.L., Zayed, A., Qian, J.-H., de Souza, M. and Terry, N.  1999. Phytoremediation of toxic trace elements by wetland plants: II. Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes).  J. Environ. Quality, 28:339-344.

Pilon-Smits, E.A.H., de Souza, M.P., Lytle, C.M., Shang, C., Lugo, T. and Terry, N.  1998.  Selenium volatilization and assimilation by hybrid poplar (Populus tremula x alba).  J. Exp. Bot., 49(328):1889-1892.

de Souza, M.P., Chu, D., Zhao, M., Zayed, A., Ruzin, S.E., Schichnes, D. and Terry, N.  1999.  Rhizosphere bacteria enhance Se accumulation and volatilization by Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.).  Plant Physiol.,119:565-573.

Pilon-Smits, E.A.H., de Souza, M.P., Hong, G., Amini, A., Bravo, R.C., Payabyab, S. and Terry, N.  1999.  Selenium volatilization and accumulation by twenty aquatic plant species.  J. Environ. Quality, 28:1011-1018.

Zayed, A., Pilon-Smits, E.A.H., de Souza, M., Lin, Z. Q. and Terry, N. 2000. Remediation of Selenium-Polluted Soils and Waters by Phytovolatilization. In: Phytoremediation of Trace Elements.  N. Terry and  G. S. Bañuelos, eds.  Ann Arbor Press, Michigan, pp. 61-84.

de Souza, M.P., C.H.A. Huang, N. Chee, and N. Terry.  1999.  Rhizosphere bacteria enhance selenium and mercury accumulation in wetland plants.  Planta, 209:259-263.

Qian, J.-H., Zayed, A., Zhu, Y.L., Yu, M. and Terry, N. 1999. Phytoremediation of toxic trace elements by wetland plants: III. Uptake and accumulation of ten trace elements by twelve plant species  J. Environ. Quality, 28: 1448-1456.

Lin, Z-Q., R.S. Schemenauer, V. Cervinka, A. Zayed, A. Lee and N. Terry. 2000. Selenium volatilization from the soil-Salicornia bigelovii Torr. treatment system for the remediation of contaminated water and soil in the San Joaquin Valley, J. Environ. Quality, 29:1048-1056.

Whiting, S.N., M.P. de Souza, and N. Terry. 2001. Rhizosphere bacteria mobilize Zn for hyperaccumulation by Thlaspi caerulescens. Environ. Sci. Technol., 35:3144-3150.

Ye, Z., S.N. Whiting, Z.Q. Lin, C.M. Lytle, J.H. Qian, and N. Terry. 2001. Removal and distribution of Fe, Mn, Co and Ni within a Pennsylvania constructed wetland treating coal combustion by-product leachate. J. Environ. Qual., 30:1464-1473.

de Souza, M.P., A. Amini, M.A. Dojka, I.J. Pickering, S.C. Dawson, N.R. Pace, and N. Terry. 2001. Identification and characterization of bacteria in a selenium-contaminated hypersaline evaporation pond. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:3785-3794.

Ye, Z.H., S.N. Whiting, J.H. Qian, C.M. Lytle, Z.-Q. Lin, and N. Terry. 2001. Trace element removal from coal ash leachate by a 10-year old constructed wetland. Journal of Environmental Quality, 30:1710-1719.

Lin, Z.-Q., Cervinka, V., Pickering, I. J., Zayed, A., and Terry, N. 2002. Managing selenium-contaminated agricultural drainage water by the integrated on-farm drainage management system: Role of selenium volatilization.Water Research 36: 3150-3160. 

de Souza, M.P., Pickering, I.J., Walla, M., and Terry, N. 2002. Selenium assimilation and volatilization from selenocyanate-treated Indian mustard and muskgrass. Plant Physiol. 128:625-33. 

Lin, Z.Q., de Souza, M., Pickering, I.J., and Terry, N. 2002. Evaluation of the macroalga, muskgrass, for the phytoremediation of selenium-contaminated agricultural drainage water by microcosms.  J. Environ. Qual.31:2104-10

Banuelos, G.S., Lin, Z.Q., Wu, L., and Terry, N. 2002. Phytoremediation of selenium-contaminated soils and waters: fundamentals and future prospects. Rev. Environ. Health. 17:291-306.

Zayed, A.M. and Terry, N. 2003. Chromium in the environment: factors affecting biological remediation. Plant and Soil, 249:139-156.

Hale, K.H., Tufan, H.A., Pickering, I.J., George, G.N., Terry, N., Pilon, M., Pilon-Smits, E.A.H. 2002. Anthocyanins facilitate tungsten accumulation in Brassica. Physiol. Plantarum.116:351-358.

Aviles, C., Loza-Tavera, H., Terry, N., and Moreno-Sanchez, R. 2003. Mercury pretreatment selects an enhanced cadmium-accumulating phenotype in Euglena gracilis. Arch. Microbiol. 180:1-10.

Gao, S., Tanji, K.K., Lin, Z.Q., Terry, N., and Peters, D.W. 2003. Selenium removal and mass balance in a constructed flow-through wetland system. J. Environ. Qual. 32:1557-1570.

Gao, S., K.K. Tanji, D.W. Peters, Z.-Q. Lin, and N. Terry. 2003. Selenium removal from irrigation drainage water flowing through constructed wetland cells with special attention to accumulation in sediments. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 1: 263-284.

Lin, Z.Q. and Terry, N. 2003. Selenium removal by constructed wetlands: quantitative importance of biological volatilization in the treatment of selenium-laden agricultural drainage water. Environ. Sci. Technol. 37:606-615.

Neumann, P.M., de Souza, M.P., Pickering, I.J., and Terry, N. 2003. Rapid microalgal metabolism of selenate to volatile dimethylselenide. Plant Cell Environ. 26:897-905.

Ye, Z.H., Lin, Z.Q., Whiting, S.N., de Souza, M.P., and Terry, N. 2003. Possible use of constructed wetland to remove selenocyanate, arsenic, and boron from electric utility wastewater. Chemosphere 52:1571-9.

LeDuc, D.L. and Terry, N. 2005. Phytoremediation of Toxic Trace Elements in Soil and Water. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 32:514-520.

Bañuelos, G.S., Z.-Q. Lin, I. Arroyo, and N. Terry. 2005. Selenium volatilization in vegetated agricultural drainage sediment from the San Luis Drain, Central California. Chemosphere. 60:1203-1213.

Lin, Z.-Q., H. Mohamed, Z.H. Ye, and N. Terry. 2007. Phytorestoration of metal-contaminated industrial wasteland: a greenhouse feasibility study. In: D. Sarkar, R. Datta, and R. Hannigan (eds.), Concepts and Applications in Environmental Geochemistry. Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (in press)

 

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

de Souza, M. P., E. A. H. Pilon-Smits and N. Terry.  1998. The physiology and biochemistry of selenium volatilization by plants.  Chapter in: I. Raskin and B.  D.  Ensley (eds.).  Phytoremediation of Toxic Trace Metals: Using Plants to Clean up the Environment.  New York: Wiley and Sons, Inc.  pp. 171-190.

Pilon-Smits, E.A.H., Hwang, S., Lytle, C.M., Zhu, Y.L., Tai, J.C., Bravo, R.C., Chen, Y.C., Leustek, T. and Terry, N.  1999.  Over-expression of ATP sulfurylase in Brassica juncea leads to increased selenate uptake, reduction, and tolerance. Plant Physiol., 119:1-10.

Zhu, Y.L., E.A.H. Pilon-Smits, A. Tarun, S.U. Weber, L. Jouanin and N. Terry.  1999.  Cadmium tolerance and accumulation in Indian mustard is enhanced by overexpressing glutamylcysteine synthetase, Plant Physiol., 121: 1169-1177.

Zhu, Y.L., Pilon-Smits, E.A.H., Jouanin, L. and Terry, N.  1999.  Over-expression of glutathione synthetase in Brassica juncea enhances cadmium accumulation and tolerance.  Plant Physiol., 119:73-79.

Terry, N., A.M. Zayed, M.P. de Souza and A.S. Tarun. 2000. Selenium in higher plants, Ann. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol., 51:401-32.

de Souza, M.P., C.M. Lytle, M. Mulholland, M.L. Otte and N. Terry. 2000. Selenium assimilation and volatilization from dimethylselenoniopropionate (DMSeP) by Indian mustard, Plant Physiol., 122:1281-1288.

Pilon-Smits, E.A.H., Y.L. Zhu, T. Sears, and N. Terry.  2000.  Over-expression of glutathione reductase in Brassica juncea: Effects on cadmium accumulation and tolerance.  Physiolog. Plant., 110:455-460.

Hale, K.L., S. McGrath, E. Lombi, S. Stack, N. Terry, I.J. Pickering, G.N. George, and E.A.H. Pilon-Smits. 2001. Molybdenum sequestration in Brassica: A role for anthocyanins? Plant Physiol., 126:1391-1402.

Lee, A., Z.Q. Lin, I. Pickering, and N. Terry. 2001. X-ray absorption spectroscopy study shows that the rapid selenium volatilizer, pickleweed (Salicornia bigelovii Torr.) reduces selenate to organic forms without the aid of microbes. Planta, 213:977-980.

Berken, A., Mulholland, M.M., LeDuc, D.L. and Terry, N. 2002. Genetic engineering of plants to enhance selenium phytoremediation.  Critical Reviews in Plant Science, 21:567-582.

Fox, P.M., D.L. LeDuc, H. Hussein, Z.-Q. Lin, and N. Terry. 2002. Selenium speciation in soils and plants. In: Y. Cai and O. Braids, eds., Biogeochemistry of Environmentally Important Trace Elements. ACS Symposium Series. p. 339-354.

Doucleff, M. and Terry, N. 2002. Pumping out the arsenic. Nature Biotechnology 20:1094-5.

Meija, J., M. Montes-Bayon, D.L. LeDuc, N. Terry, and Caruso, J.A. 2002. Simultaneous monitoring of volatile selenium and sulfur species from Se accumulating plants (wild-type and genetically modified) by GC-MS and GC-ICP-MS using SPME for sample introduction. Anal. Chem.74:5837-44.

Montes-Bayon, M., D.L. LeDuc, N. Terry, and Caruso, J.A. 2002. Selenium speciation in wild-type and genetically modified Se accumulating plants with HPLC separation and ICP-MS/ES-MS detection. J. Anal. Atomic Spectrom. 17:872-879.

Tagmount, A., Berken, A., and Terry, N. 2002. An essential role of S-adenosyl-L-methionine:methionine  S-methyltransferase in selenium volatilization by plants: Methylation of selenomethionine to Se-methyl-L-Se-methionine, the precursor of volatile Se. Plant Physiol. 130:847-856.

LeDuc, D.L. and Terry, N. 2003. Physiological and environmental significance of selenium.  In Sulfur Transport and Assimilation in Plants. Regulation, Interaction, and Signaling. Eds. J.-C. Davidian, D. Grill, L.J. DeKok, I. Stulen, M.J. Hawkesford, E. Schnug, and H. Rennenberg. pp. 79-89. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Bennett, L.E., Burkhead, J.L., Hale, K.L., Terry, N., Pilon, M., and Pilon-Smits, E.A. 2003. Analysis of transgenic Indian mustard plants for phytoremediation of metal-contaminated mine tailings. J. Environ. Qual. 32:432-440.

Ruiz, O.N., Hussein, H.S., Terry, N., and Daniell, H. 2003. Phytoremediation of organomercurial compounds via chloroplast genetic engineering. Plant Physiol. 132:1344-1352.

Van Huysen, A., Abdel-Ghany, S., Hale, K.L., LeDuc, D., Terry, N., and Pilon-Smits, E.A. 2003. Overexpression of cystathionine-gamma-synthase enhances selenium volatilization in Brassica juncea. Planta 218:71-78.

Terry, N., Sambukumar, S.V., LeDuc, D.L. 2003. Biotechnological approaches for enhancing phytoremediation of heavy metals and metalloids. Acta Biotechnologica, 23:281-288

Grant, T.D., Montes-Bayon, M., LeDuc, D., Fricke, M.W., Terry N., and Caruso, J.A. 2004. Identification and characterization of Se-methyl selenomethionine in Brassica juncea roots. Journal of Chromatography A. 1026:159-166.

LeDuc, D.L., Tarun, A.S., Montes-Bayón, M., Meija, J., AbdelSamie, M., Wu, C.P., Malit, M.F., Chang, C.-Y., Tagmount, A., de Souza, M., Neuhierl, B., Böck, A., Caruso, J., and Terry, N. 2004. Overexpression of Selenocysteine Methyltransferase in Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica juncea Increases Selenium Tolerance and Accumulation. Plant Physiology 135:384-399.

Van Huysen, T., N. Terry, and E. A. H. Pilon-Smits. 2004. Exploring the selenium phytoremediation potential of transgenic Indian mustard overexpressing ATP sulfurylase or cystathionine-γ-synthase.  International Journal of Phytoremediation 6:111-118.

Wangeline AL, Burkhead JL, Hale KL, Lindblom S-D, Terry N, Pilon M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2004) Overexpression of ATP Sulfurylase in Brassica juncea:  Effects on tolerance and accumulation of twelve metals. Journal of Environmental Quality 33: 54-60

Bañuelos, G., Terry, N., LeDuc, D., Pilon-Smits, E.A.H., and Mackey, B. 2004. Field trial of transgenic Indian mustard plants shows enhanced phytoremediation of selenium-contaminated soil. Environmental Science & Technology, 39:1771-1777

LeDuc, D.L. and Terry, N. 2005. Genetic engineering stress tolerant plants for phytoremediation. In: Abiotic Stress Tolerence in Plants. Eds. A.K. Rai and T. Takabe. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Lindblom SD, Abdel-Ghany SE, Hanson BR, Hwang S, Terry N, Pilon-Smits EAH 2006. Constitutive expression of a high-affinity sulfate transporter in Brassica juncea affects metal tolerance and accumulation. Journal of Environmental Quality, 35: 726-733

LeDuc, D.L., AbdelSamie, M., Móntes-Bayon, M., Wu, C.P., Reisinger, S.J., and Terry, N.  2006. Overexpressing both ATP sulfurylase and selenocysteine methyltransferase enhances selenium phytoremediation traits in Indian mustard. Environmental Pollution 144:70-76.

Navaza, A.P., Montes-Bayon, M., LeDuc, D.L., Terry, N., and Sanz-Medel, A. 2006. Study of phytochelatins and other related thiols as complexing biomolecules of As and Cd in wild type and genetically modified Brassica juncea plants. Journal of Mass Spectrometry 41:323-331.

Bañuelos, G., LeDuc, D., Pilon-Smits, E.A.H., and Terry, N. 2007. Transgenic Indian  mustard overexpressing selenocysteine lyase or selenocyteine methyltransferase exhibit enhanced potential for selenium phytoremediation under field conditions. Environmental Science & Technology, 41(2); 599-605.

Kubachka, K.M., Meija, J., LeDuc, D.L., Terry, N., and Caruso, J.A. 2007.  Selenium volatiles as proxy to the metabolic pathways of selenium in genetically modified Brassica juncea. Environmental Science & Technology, 41(6):1863-1869

Kassis, E. E., N. Cathala, H. Rouached, P. Fourcroy, P. Berthomieu, N. Terry and J-C. Davidian, 2007. Characterization of a selenate-resistant Arabidopsis thaliana mutant: root growth as a potential target for selenate toxicity. Plant Physiology 143:1231-1241

Patents

Terry, N., Pilon-Smits, E.A.H., and Zhu, Y.L. Heavy Metal Phytoremediation. United States Patent 6,576,816. Issued June 10, 2003.

Terry, N., Pilon-Smits, E.A.H. Trace element phytoremediation. US Patent No.: 7,034,202; Issued: Apr 25, 2006. US Serial No.: 09/365,349

Book

Terry, N. and  G. S. Bañuelos (eds.). 2000. Phytoremediation of Trace Elements. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton. 389 pages.
 

 

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