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Objective: To better understand the wetland restoration, the physicochemical properties and microbial community in different compartments (rhizosphere and bulk soil) of the status of living and death T. chinensis covered soil zones were studied in a restored coastal tidal flat located on the Zhoushan island.Results: There were differences between growth conditions in the levels of soil pH, salinity, SOM, and nutrient. The living status of T. chinensis exhibited higher capacity of decreasing saline-alkali soil than the death condition of plants, and the living condition of T. chinensis showed higher uptake of N, P, and K as compared with the death samples. Proteobacteria, Bacteroidota, and Chloroflexi were the predominant bacterial communities as revealed via high-throughput sequencing. This study contributed to our understanding of halophyte growth on coastal phytoremediation, and guide theoretically for management of T. chinensis population.

Bacterial surface layers (S-layers) are cell envelope structures ubiquitously found in gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, including Lactobacillus. S-layers play a role in the determination and maintenance of cell shape as virulence factors, mediate cell adhesion, and regulate immature dendritic and T cells. In this study, we sought to understand the involvement of MAPK serine/threonine kinases in alterations in Endometrial epithelial cells (ESC) growth induced by Lactobacillus crispatus (L. crispatus) slpA, an S-layer protein. We applied various concentrations of L. crispatus to cultured ESCs and observed growth and changes in the phosphorylation status of ERK1/2, JNK, and p38. Similar experiments were conducted using L. crispatus lacking and overexpressing slpA. We found that ESC growth was altered by slpA primarily via ERK1/2. Our findings suggest that L. crispatus slpA promotes ESC growth mainly through an ERK1/2-dependent pathway.

Bimetallic nanoparticles are generally believed to have improved catalytic activity and stability due to geometric and electronic changes. In this work, biogenic-Pd (bio-Pd), biogenic-Pt (bio-Pt), and biogenic-PdPt (bio-PdPt) nanoparticles were synthesized by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 in the absence or presence of quinone. Compared with direct microbial reduction process, the addition of anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate (AQDS) could promote the reduction efficiency of Pd(II) or/and Pt(IV) and result in decrease of particles size. All kinds of nanoparticles could catalyze 4-nitrophenol reduction by NaBH4 and their catalytic activities took the following order: bio-PdPt (AQDS) ∼ bio-PdPt > bio-Pd (AQDS) > bio-Pd > bio-Pt (AQDS) ∼ bio-Pt. Moreover, the bio-PdPt (AQDS) nanoparticles could be reused for 6 cycles. We believe that this simple and efficient biosynthesis approach for synthesizing bimetallic bio-PdPt nanocatalysts is important for preparing active and stable catalysts.