Paper · 2025 · Journal of Environmental Nanotechnology

Effect of Burkholderia sp. on Root Nodulation in Black Gram Grown in Cadmium-Contaminated Soil Supplemented with Lignite Humic Acid and Seaweed Biochar

R. Shanmugasundaram; S. T. Somasundaram

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Abstract

A non-rhizobial, root-nodulating endophytic bacterium, Burkholderia multivorans strain Strulens, was isolated from black gram root nodules. Under cadmium (Cd) stress, this bacterium synthesized indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), produced exopolysaccharides, and solubilized phosphate. When black gram plants were treated with biochar (2% w/w), humic acid (2% w/w), and Burkholderia sp., they exhibited increased nodule formation and higher leghemoglobin content, even at varying Cd concentrations. Combining humic acid and biochar with Burkholderia sp. also reduced Cd translocation from the roots to the shoots, resulting in a translocation factor of 0.17. These findings suggest that incorporating biochar and humic acid into Cd-affected soils, along with Burkholderia sp. inoculation, can improve legume growth and reduce Cd uptake in contaminated soils.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Biochar, humic acid and Burkholderia sp. increased nodule formation in black gram, even at varying Cd concentrations.

Taxon
black gramVigna mungoe1
Treatment
biochar (2% w/w), humic acid (2% w/w), and Burkholderia sp.e1
Interactor
Burkholderia sp.Burkholderiae1symbiont
Outcome
nodule formatione1
Direction
increasede1
Qualifier
even at varying Cd concentrationse1

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna mungo
Vigna mungo · TaxonSanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Burkholderia
Burkholderia · Interactor · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryMelww at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“When black gram plants were treated with biochar (2% w/w), humic acid (2% w/w), and Burkholderia sp., they exhibited increased nodule formation and higher leghemoglobin content, even at varying Cd concentrations”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 278–489 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Biochar, humic acid and Burkholderia sp. raised leghemoglobin content in black gram, even at varying Cd concentrations.

Taxon
black gramVigna mungoe1
Treatment
biochar (2% w/w), humic acid (2% w/w), and Burkholderia sp.e1
Interactor
Burkholderia sp.Burkholderiae1symbiont
Outcome
leghemoglobin contente1
Direction
highere1
Qualifier
even at varying Cd concentrationse1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna mungo
Vigna mungo · TaxonSanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Burkholderia
Burkholderia · Interactor · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryMelww at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“When black gram plants were treated with biochar (2% w/w), humic acid (2% w/w), and Burkholderia sp., they exhibited increased nodule formation and higher leghemoglobin content, even at varying Cd concentrations”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 278–489 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Humic acid and biochar with Burkholderia sp. reduced Cd translocation from roots to shoots in black gram, with a translocation factor of 0.17.

Taxon
black gramVigna mungoe0
Treatment
humic acid and biochar with Burkholderia sp.e2
Interactor
Burkholderia sp.Burkholderiae2symbiont
Outcome
Cd translocation from the roots to the shootse2
Direction
reducede2
Value
0.17e2

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna mungo
Vigna mungo · TaxonSanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Burkholderia
Burkholderia · Interactor · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryMelww at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“A non-rhizobial, root-nodulating endophytic bacterium, Burkholderia multivorans strain Strulens, was isolated from black gram root nodules”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–138 · show in text ↑
e2

“Combining humic acid and biochar with Burkholderia sp. also reduced Cd translocation from the roots to the shoots, resulting in a translocation factor of 0.17”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 491–649 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The endophytic Burkholderia strain synthesized indole-3-acetic acid, produced exopolysaccharides and solubilized phosphate under cadmium stress.

Taxon
black gramVigna mungoe0
Interactor
Burkholderia multivorans strain StrulensBurkholderia multivoranse0symbiont
Outcome
synthesized indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), produced exopolysaccharides, and solubilized phosphatee3
Qualifier
Under cadmium (Cd) stresse3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna mungo
Vigna mungo · TaxonSanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“A non-rhizobial, root-nodulating endophytic bacterium, Burkholderia multivorans strain Strulens, was isolated from black gram root nodules”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–138 · show in text ↑
e3

“Under cadmium (Cd) stress, this bacterium synthesized indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), produced exopolysaccharides, and solubilized phosphate”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 140–276 · show in text ↑
Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivebasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

Incorporating biochar and humic acid into Cd-affected soils with Burkholderia sp. inoculation may improve legume growth and reduce Cd uptake.

Taxon
legumee4
Treatment
incorporating biochar and humic acid into Cd-affected soilse4
Interactor
Burkholderia sp.Burkholderiae4symbiont
Outcome
improve legume growth and reduce Cd uptakee4

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Burkholderia
Burkholderia · Interactor · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryMelww at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e4

“These findings suggest that incorporating biochar and humic acid into Cd-affected soils, along with Burkholderia sp. inoculation, can improve legume growth and reduce Cd uptake in contaminated soils”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 651–849 · show in text ↑

biochar · molecular: metabolites · Vigna mungo (black gram)Results agree

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other · molecular: metabolites · Vigna mungo (black gram)Results agree

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biochar · nutrient: content · Vigna mungo (black gram)Results agree

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other · nutrient: content · Vigna mungo (black gram)Results agree

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