Paper · 2025 · Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Phanerochaete chrysosporium reduces heavy metal uptake in rice by affecting rhizosphere microbes and root metabolism

Renyan Duan; Yu Zhang; Qian Dai; et al.

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Abstract

The addition of functional microorganisms is a common approach for remediating farmland contaminated with heavy metals, but the mechanisms underlying their reduction of crop absorption of these metals require further investigation. Here, the effect of adding Phanerochaete chrysosporium (PC) on the accumulation of heavy metals, including antimony (Sb), arsenic (As), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn), in rice was investigated, and the possible mechanisms behind these effects were explored. The results revealed that PC treatment significantly decreased the concentrations of Sb, As, Cr, Pb and Zn in rice grains, while increasing the abundance of four beneficial bacterial genera, including Mycobacterium, Desulfovirga, Methylosarcina, and Ferruginibacter. Ultra-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS) analysis showed that adding PC significantly altered the concentrations of root metabolites, including organic acids, choline, and amino acids. The affected metabolic pathways were mainly concentrated in four pathways: (1) histidine metabolism, (2) pyrimidine metabolism, (3) alanine, aspartate, and glutamate metabolism, and (4) glycine, serine, and threonine metabolism. These findings suggest that PC reduces the uptake of heavy metals in rice by altering root metabolism and the composition of the rhizosphere microbiome, providing valuable insights for the remediation of farmland contaminated with heavy metals.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Phanerochaete chrysosporium reduced Sb concentration in rice grains.

Organ / stage
rice grainse0
Treatment
PC treatmente0
Interactor
Phanerochaete chrysosporiumPhanerodontia chrysosporiumt0symbiont
Outcome
Sbe0
Direction
decreasede0

Not reportedComparator

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

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Phanerodontia chrysosporium
Phanerodontia chrysosporium · InteractorJie-Hao Ou · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

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“PC treatment significantly decreased the concentrations of Sb, As, Cr, Pb and Zn in rice grains”

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“Phanerochaete chrysosporium”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Phanerochaete chrysosporium reduced As concentration in rice grains.

Organ / stage
rice grainse0
Treatment
PC treatmente0
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Phanerochaete chrysosporiumPhanerodontia chrysosporiumt0symbiont
Outcome
Ase0
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decreasede0

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

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Phanerodontia chrysosporium
Phanerodontia chrysosporium · InteractorJie-Hao Ou · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

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“PC treatment significantly decreased the concentrations of Sb, As, Cr, Pb and Zn in rice grains”

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“Phanerochaete chrysosporium”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Phanerochaete chrysosporium reduced Cr concentration in rice grains.

Organ / stage
rice grainse0
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PC treatmente0
Interactor
Phanerochaete chrysosporiumPhanerodontia chrysosporiumt0symbiont
Outcome
Cre0
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decreasede0

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

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Phanerodontia chrysosporium
Phanerodontia chrysosporium · InteractorJie-Hao Ou · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

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“PC treatment significantly decreased the concentrations of Sb, As, Cr, Pb and Zn in rice grains”

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“Phanerochaete chrysosporium”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Phanerochaete chrysosporium reduced Pb concentration in rice grains.

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rice grainse0
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PC treatmente0
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Phanerochaete chrysosporiumPhanerodontia chrysosporiumt0symbiont
Outcome
Pbe0
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decreasede0

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

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Phanerodontia chrysosporium
Phanerodontia chrysosporium · InteractorJie-Hao Ou · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

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“PC treatment significantly decreased the concentrations of Sb, As, Cr, Pb and Zn in rice grains”

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“Phanerochaete chrysosporium”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Phanerochaete chrysosporium reduced Zn concentration in rice grains.

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rice grainse0
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PC treatmente0
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Phanerochaete chrysosporiumPhanerodontia chrysosporiumt0symbiont
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Zne0
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decreasede0

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

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Phanerodontia chrysosporium
Phanerodontia chrysosporium · InteractorJie-Hao Ou · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

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“PC treatment significantly decreased the concentrations of Sb, As, Cr, Pb and Zn in rice grains”

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“Phanerochaete chrysosporium”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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PC increased rhizosphere abundance of Mycobacterium.

Treatment
Phanerochaete chrysosporiumt0
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MycobacteriumMycobacteriume0symbiont
Second interactor
Phanerochaete chrysosporiumPhanerodontia chrysosporiumt0symbiont
Outcome
abundancee0
Direction
increasinge0

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

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Mycobacterium
Mycobacterium · Interactor · picture of the genus (one of its species)Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Phanerodontia chrysosporium
Phanerodontia chrysosporium · Second interactorJie-Hao Ou · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

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“increasing the abundance of four beneficial bacterial genera, including Mycobacterium, Desulfovirga, Methylosarcina, and Ferruginibacter”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 627–763 · show in text ↑
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“Phanerochaete chrysosporium reduces heavy metal uptake in rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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PC increased rhizosphere abundance of Desulfovirga.

Treatment
Phanerochaete chrysosporiumt0
Interactor
DesulfovirgaDesulfovirgae0symbiont
Second interactor
Phanerochaete chrysosporiumPhanerodontia chrysosporiumt0symbiont
Outcome
abundancee0
Direction
increasinge0

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

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Phanerodontia chrysosporium
Phanerodontia chrysosporium · Second interactorJie-Hao Ou · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

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“increasing the abundance of four beneficial bacterial genera, including Mycobacterium, Desulfovirga, Methylosarcina, and Ferruginibacter”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 627–763 · show in text ↑
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“Phanerochaete chrysosporium reduces heavy metal uptake in rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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PC increased rhizosphere abundance of Methylosarcina.

Treatment
Phanerochaete chrysosporiumt0
Interactor
MethylosarcinaMethylosarcinae0symbiont
Second interactor
Phanerochaete chrysosporiumPhanerodontia chrysosporiumt0symbiont
Outcome
abundancee0
Direction
increasinge0

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

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Phanerodontia chrysosporium
Phanerodontia chrysosporium · Second interactorJie-Hao Ou · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

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“increasing the abundance of four beneficial bacterial genera, including Mycobacterium, Desulfovirga, Methylosarcina, and Ferruginibacter”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 627–763 · show in text ↑
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“Phanerochaete chrysosporium reduces heavy metal uptake in rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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PC increased rhizosphere abundance of Ferruginibacter.

Treatment
Phanerochaete chrysosporiumt0
Interactor
FerruginibacterFerruginibactere0symbiont
Second interactor
Phanerochaete chrysosporiumPhanerodontia chrysosporiumt0symbiont
Outcome
abundancee0
Direction
increasinge0

Not reportedComparator

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

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Phanerodontia chrysosporium
Phanerodontia chrysosporium · Second interactorJie-Hao Ou · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

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“increasing the abundance of four beneficial bacterial genera, including Mycobacterium, Desulfovirga, Methylosarcina, and Ferruginibacter”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 627–763 · show in text ↑
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“Phanerochaete chrysosporium reduces heavy metal uptake in rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmixedsignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

PC significantly altered root organic acids concentration.

Organ / stage
roote0
Treatment
PCe0
Interactor
Phanerochaete chrysosporiumPhanerodontia chrysosporiumt0symbiont
Outcome
organic acidse0

Not reportedComparatorDirection

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

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Phanerodontia chrysosporium
Phanerodontia chrysosporium · InteractorJie-Hao Ou · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

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“adding PC significantly altered the concentrations of root metabolites, including organic acids, choline, and amino acids”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 854–975 · show in text ↑
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“Phanerochaete chrysosporium reduces heavy metal uptake in rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmixedsignificant (as stated)measured

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PC significantly altered root choline concentration.

Organ / stage
roote0
Treatment
PCe0
Interactor
Phanerochaete chrysosporiumPhanerodontia chrysosporiumt0symbiont
Outcome
cholinee0

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

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Phanerodontia chrysosporium
Phanerodontia chrysosporium · InteractorJie-Hao Ou · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

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“adding PC significantly altered the concentrations of root metabolites, including organic acids, choline, and amino acids”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 854–975 · show in text ↑
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“Phanerochaete chrysosporium reduces heavy metal uptake in rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmixedsignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

PC significantly altered root amino acids concentration.

Organ / stage
roote0
Treatment
PCe0
Interactor
Phanerochaete chrysosporiumPhanerodontia chrysosporiumt0symbiont
Outcome
amino acidse0

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

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Phanerodontia chrysosporium
Phanerodontia chrysosporium · InteractorJie-Hao Ou · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

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“adding PC significantly altered the concentrations of root metabolites, including organic acids, choline, and amino acids”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 854–975 · show in text ↑
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“Phanerochaete chrysosporium reduces heavy metal uptake in rice”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

PC affected histidine, pyrimidine, alanine/aspartate/glutamate, and glycine/serine/threonine metabolism pathways.

Outcome
histidine metabolism, (2) pyrimidine metabolism, (3) alanine, aspartate, and glutamate metabolism, and (4) glycine, serine, and threonine metabolisme0

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

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The affected metabolic pathways were mainly concentrated in four pathways: (1) histidine metabolism, (2) pyrimidine metabolism, (3) alanine, aspartate, and glutamate metabolism, and (4) glycine, serine, and threonine metabolism”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 977–1204 · show in text ↑
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“rice”

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Authors suggest PC reduces rice heavy-metal uptake by changing root metabolism and rhizosphere microbiome composition.

Interactor
Phanerochaete chrysosporiumPhanerodontia chrysosporiumt0symbiont
Outcome
uptake of heavy metalse0
Direction
reducese0
Qualifier
altering root metabolism and the composition of the rhizosphere microbiomee0

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

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Phanerodontia chrysosporium
Phanerodontia chrysosporium · InteractorJie-Hao Ou · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

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“These findings suggest that PC reduces the uptake of heavy metals in rice by altering root metabolism and the composition of the rhizosphere microbiome”

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“Phanerochaete chrysosporium”

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