A novel biobased composite was developed for the removal of phosphate (P) and atrazine from agricultural wastewater. A composite with strong P affinity and good biocompatibility, synthesized from La 3+ and polydopamine (PDA), was immobilized onto an atrazine-degrading bacterium Acinetobacter lwoffii DNS32 (La/PDA/DNS32). Following Box-Behnken design optimization, the maximum removal rate of P (500 mg L -1 ) and atrazine (100 mg L -1 ) by La/PDA/DNS32 reached 28 % and 100 %, respectively. Density functional theory calculations revealed that La/PDA had more negative adsorption energy (−5.90 eV) than PDA alone and exhibited prominent electrophilic sites. Additionally, La/PDA-induced sorption of atrazine improved transmembrane transport and enhanced expression of degradation-associated genes in strain DNS32. La/PDA nanoparticles surrounding strain DNS32 provided a shielding effect and exhibited desirable biostability, thermal stability, and acid-alkaline resistance under contamination stress. This study demonstrates the promising potential of La/PDA/DNS32 in reducing the P and atrazine pollution caused by agricultural production.
Herein, magnetic biochar coupled with Acinetobacter lwoffii DNS32 immobilized pellets (DMBC-P) were synthesized through sodium alginate embedding and fixation, which could fast and completely eliminate atrazine from contaminated farmland soil. Characterization results revealed that DMBC-P exhibited a significant abundance of three-dimensional network porous structures, thereby enhancing the stability and specific surface area of DMBC-P. The application of 0.5 % DMBC-P could completely remove 22 mg/kg atrazine from soil within 4 d under the condition of moisture content of 60 % and soil pH of 7.4. After 5 d of remediation, DMBC-P could be easily extracted from the soil by magnetic separation and still had 100 % removal efficiency for atrazine after 3 rounds of recycling. Moreover, DMBC-P effectively alleviated the oxidative damage of atrazine to soybean seedlings through significantly decreasing the activities of various plants antioxidant enzymes by 27 % to 79 %. Meanwhile, analysis of 16S rRNA revealed a significant increase in the relative abundance of functional microflora such as Acidobacteriota and Chloroflexi at the phylum level, which promoted the growth of soybean seedlings. Additionally, pore filling, hydrogen bonding, and π-π stacking were identified as the primary mechanisms responsible for atrazine adsorption onto DMBC-P. Subsequently, the degrading bacteria DNS32 immobilized on DMBC-P was employed to catalyze the decomposition of atrazine into non-toxic cyanuric acid based on LC-MS. Overall, this study provided a reasonable design of magnetic carbon-based bacterial pellet for atrazine-contaminated soil remediation, which could efficiently remove atrazine and be effectively recycled after remediation.