Project description:The use of biofertilizers is becoming an economical and environmentally friendly alternative to promote sustainable agriculture. Biochar from microalgae can be applied to enhance the productivity of food crops through soil improvement, slow nutrient absorption and release, increased water uptake, and long-term mitigation of greenhouse gas sequestration. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the stimulatory effects of biochar produced from Spirulina platensis biomass on the development and seed production of rice plants. Biochar was produced by slow pyrolysis at 300°C, and characterization was performed through microscopy, chemical, and structural composition analyses. Molecular and physiological analyses were performed in rice plants submitted to different biochar concentrations (0.02, 0.1, and 0.5 mg mL-1) to assess growth and productivity parameters. Morphological and physicochemical characterization revealed a heterogeneous morphology and the presence of K and Mg minerals in the biochar composition. Chemical modification of compounds post-pyrolysis and a highly porous structure with micropores were observed. Rice plants submitted to 0.5 mg mL-1 of biochar presented a decrease in root length, followed by an increase in root dry weight. The same concentration influenced seed production, with an increase of 44% in the number of seeds per plant, 17% in the percentage of full seeds per plant, 12% in the weight of 1,000 full seeds, 53% in the seed weight per plant, and 12% in grain area. Differential proteomic analyses in shoots and roots of rice plants submitted to 0.5 mg mL-1 of biochar for 20 days revealed a fine-tuning of resource allocation towards seed production. These results suggest that biochar derived from Spirulina platensis biomass can stimulate rice seed production.
Project description:To obtain further insights into the role of bacterial activity in biochar-based biofiltration systems, the expressed proteins of the bacterial community residing in biofiltration systems were identified by a metaproteomic approach.
Project description:The functional diversity of soil microbial communities was explored for a poplar plantation, which was treated solely with biogas slurry, or combined with biochar at different fertilization intensities over several years.
2020-03-30 | GSE133800 | GEO
Project description:Biochar soil bacterial sequencing data
Project description:Ischemic stroke is a common acute CNS disorder leading to nearly half a million deaths per year in Europe. The high mortality is primarily owed to the limited treatment options of restoring blood flow in a narrow time window of several hours. Furthermore, inflammatory processes in the days and weeks after ischemic stroke contribute to tissue loss and neurological deficits. The key cells that influence and control this inflammatory cascade are microglia, the innate immune cells of the CNS. Microglia can be influenced and activated by e.g. lipopolysaccharide (LPS),a bacterial cell membrane component. It has been previously shown, that repetitive LPS stimuli prior to infarction (termed immunological preconditioning) lead to reduced infarct volumina in mouse models of ischemic stroke. Furthermore, our laboratory has shown, that phosphoinositide-3 kinase gamma mediates microglial functions after LPS-preconditioning. Hence, the aim of this work was to characterize proteomic alterations in microglia with (I) ischemic stroke in general in the tMCAO (transient middle cerebral artery occlusion) mouse model of ischemic stroke, (II) the influence of LPS-preconditioning on microglial proteomic alterations after tMCAO and (III) the role of PI3Ky in the microglial proteomic changes after tMCAO and preconditioning. This was done by a single LPS injection 3 days before tMCAO in wildtype mice and mice with PI3Ky knockout or knockin of the kinase dead form of PI3Ky.