SOMER Group Soil Organo-Mineral Interactions and Ecological Rehabilitation

2026

  1. Jing Wang, Rui Xu, Qiong Wang, Bing Zhou, Baodong Chen, Songlin Wu (2026). Research Progress on the Role and Application of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria in the Formation and Stabilization of Soil Organic Matter in Mined Land. Rock and Mineral Analysis. View paper
  2. Hui Wu, Songlin Wu, Chenxing Wang, Yige Zhang, Suixiaochen Chen, Wei Fu, Ting-Shan Chan, Duminda Vidana Gamage, Baodong Chen (2026). Physicochemical and mineralogical constraints on the ecological rehabilitation of coal mine waste. Plant and Soil 519(1), 595-613. View paper
  3. Tianyi Niu, Hailang Wang, Wei Fu, Zhipeng Hao, Songlin Wu, Xin Zhang, Baodong Chen (2026). Multifunctional composite microbial inoculants in sustainable agriculture: Design, carriers and field application. Soil Ecology Letters 8(4), 260421. View paper
  4. Songlin Wu, Zhen Li, Fang You, Wei Fu, Qi Feng, Guanghui Yu, Cheng-Wei Kao, Ting-Shan Chan, Baodong Chen, Gordon Southam, Longbin Huang (2026). Microbial Processing and Mineral Stabilization of Organic Matter in Iron Ore Tailings: A Four-Year Microcosm Study via Isotopic Labeling and Submicron-Scale Analysis. Environmental Science & Technology 60(5), 4099-4111. View paper
  5. Hui Wu, Wei Fu, Zijie Yang, Chenglong Lu, Suixiaochen Chen, Yuqi Wu, Yunjia Liu, Meie Wang, Cheng-Wei Kao, Ting-Shan Chan, Baodong Chen, Songlin Wu (2026). Decade-Long Soil Cover Promotes Mineral Weathering and Organic Matter Accrual in Fe Ore Tailings But Deteriorates Topsoil. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, acsearthspacechem.6c00034. View paper
  6. Haishuang Wang, Nan Chen, Chuanping Feng, Duoduo Mei, Hang Gao, Tong Liu (2026). Carbon availability dictates the stability of nitrate-vanadium co-remediation in stratified biofilters. Water Research 302, 126137. View paper
  7. Wei Fu, Qiang Yu, Haiyang Zhang, Chong Xu, Xingguo Han, Baodong Chen (2026). Beyond Plant Diversity: Plant Productivity Responses to Extreme Drought Are Linked to Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Diversity. Global Change Biology 32(1), e70697. View paper
  8. Tong Liu, Lin-lin Ma, Yu-tian Hu, Nan Chen, Chuan-ping Feng (2026). An integrated microbial–mineral–biomass composite strategy for enhancing the stability and efficiency of Cr(VI) bioreduction under continuous flow. Water Science and Engineering 19(2), 269-279. View paper
  9. Tong Liu, Hongrui Ding, Anhuai Lu, Lingzi Meng, Xiao Ge, Ying Liu, Fangchao Zhu, Shuo Yu, Qunjian Yin, Yan Li, Changqiu Wang, Juan Liu, Song Jin (2026). Cycling of Fe(II)/Fe(III) in the euphotic zone mediated by mineral photocatalysis. Nature Communications. View paper
  10. Chenglong Lu, Songlin Wu, Fang You, Dingyi Yu, Jitraporn Vongsvivut, Annaleise Klein, Lars Thomsen, David Parry, Ting-Shan Chan, Longbin Huang (2026). Mineral phase transformation drives molecular fractionation of dissolved organic matter during organic acid-driven weathering of bauxite residue. Chemical Geology 719, 123527. View paper
  11. Xinyu Wu, Hui Wu, Wei Fu, Qiong Wang, Yunjia Liu, Yuqi Wu, Suixiaochen Chen, Baodong Chen, Songlin Wu (2026). Pioneer plant facilitates microbial community assembly by improving physicochemical and mineralogical properties of iron ore tailings. Journal of Environmental Sciences 165, 744-755. View paper

2025

  1. Qi Feng, Qing Yi, Yunjia Liu, Zhen Li, Baodong Chen, Songlin Wu (2025). Research progress on adaptation mechanisms and ecological rehabilitation roles of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in alkaline tailings. Rock and Mineral Analysis.
  2. Songlin Wu, Wei Fu, Baodong Chen, Yuqi Wu, Wei Han, Yongguan Zhu, Longbin Huang (2025). Ecological engineering of soil formation in mine tailings: Theory and technology. Science & Technology Review 43(11), 60-73.
  3. Shuo Yu, Yuzhou Huang, Fangchao Zhu, Tong Liu, Zhenming Zheng, Yongming Huang, Anhuan Lu (2025). Vertical heterogeneity of dissolved ferrous and iron speciation in tropical seagrass beds. Marine Pollution Bulletin 218, 118205. View paper
  4. Songlin Wu, Baodong Chen, Longbin Huang (2025). Overlooking dynamics and multi-functionality of reactive minerals in soil organic carbon stabilization. Soil Ecology Letters 7(3), 250317. View paper
  5. Xiaomeng Ma, Mengfan Zhou, Yakun Liu, Shiyao Li, Qiuhua Li, Xue Feng, Baodong Chen, Osbert Jianxin Sun, Xingguo Han, Yong Jiang, Wei Fu, Heyong Liu (2025). Niche constraints shape the responses of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community to sulfur-induced soil acidification in a meadow steppe. Plant and Soil 515(2), 1685-1701. View paper
  6. Wei Fu, Tianyi Niu, Songlin Wu, Zhipeng Hao, Matthias C. Rillig, Baodong Chen (2025). Harnessing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities for ecological restoration: a conceptual framework. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 209, 109902. View paper
  7. Chenglong Lu, Songlin Wu, Long Ma, Fang You, Narottam Saha, Hao Bu, Joseph Fernando, David Parry, Lars Thomsen, Ting-Shan Chan, Longbin Huang (2025). Haloalkalitolerant plants drive alkaline mineral weathering and dealkalization of seawater-treated bauxite residue. Plant and Soil 514(2), 1993-2011. View paper
  8. Songlin Wu, Fang You, Lars Thomsen, David Parry, Longbin Huang (2025). Early establishment of native halophytic plant species enhanced mineral weathering and organic carbon inputs in bauxite residue under field conditions. Energy & Environment Nexus 1(1), 0-0. View paper
  9. Songlin Wu, Ram C. Dalal, Wei Fu, Yuqi Wu, Hui Wu, Baodong Chen, Ke-Qing Xiao, Tianran Sun, Longbin Huang (2025). Dynamics of Organic Carbon Stabilization by Minerals during Pedogenesis of Mine Tailings: A Conceptual Model. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 9(5), 991-1004. View paper
  10. Yunjia Liu, Songlin Wu, Fang You, Narottam Saha, Ting-Shan Chan, Longbin Huang (2025). Attenuation of pollution risks in sulfidic lead‑zinc tailings through accelerating weathering of sulfides by indigenous Acidithiobacillus consortia. Chemical Geology 683, 122765. View paper
  11. Tong Liu, Yutian Hu, Nan Chen, Hongrui Ding, Chuanping Feng, Wang Lu (2025). Adsorption-induced lattice weakening: understanding the mechanism of cysteine-accelerated pyrite oxidation. Applied Surface Science 706, 163594. View paper
  12. Hao Liting, Wang Jun, Zhou Hongliang, Yang Zhichao, Zhang Dongdong, Liu Tong (2025). Activation parameter engineering for rational design of spent coffee grounds-derived activated carbon: A review of structure, performance, and applications. Sustainable Materials and Technologies 45, e01460. View paper

2024

  1. Zhen Li, Songlin Wu, Yunjia Liu, Lars Thomsen, Fang You, Junjian Wang, Yuanfang Huang, Longbin Huang (2024). Water-stable aggregation and organic matter stabilisation by native plant Acacia auriculiformis in an early Technosol eco-engineered from Fe-ore tailings. Soil & Environmental Health 2(4), 100115. View paper
  2. Songlin Wu, Fayuan Wang, Michael Komárek, Longbin Huang (2024). Ecological rehabilitation of mine tailings. Plant and Soil 497(1-2), 1-5. View paper
  3. Feifei Liu, Tong Liu, Hongrui Ding, Changqiu Wang, Yan Li, Song Jin, Anhuai Lu (2024). Ca-doped birnessite for enhanced photocatalysis of water oxidation. Materials Letters 361, 136135. View paper
  4. Zhen LI, Songlin WU, Yunjia LIU, Qing YI, Merinda HALL, Narottam SAHA, Junjian WANG, Yuanfang HUANG, Longbin HUANG (2024). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi regulate plant mineral nutrient uptake and partitioning in iron ore tailings undergoing eco-engineered pedogenesis. Pedosphere 34(2), 385-398. View paper

2023

  1. Songlin Wu, Wei Fu, Matthias C. Rillig, Baodong Chen, Yong‐Guan Zhu, Longbin Huang (2023). Soil organic matter dynamics mediated by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi – an updated conceptual framework. New Phytologist 242(4), 1417-1425. View paper
  2. Zhen Li, Songlin Wu, Yunjia Liu, Fang You, Merinda Hall, Longbin Huang (2023). Natural nodulation and nitrogen fixation of Acacia Auriculiformis grown in technosol eco-engineered from Fe ore tailings. Plant and Soil 497(1-2), 25-41. View paper
  3. Songlin Wu, Kurt O. Konhauser, Baodong Chen, Longbin Huang (2023). “Reactive Mineral Sink” drives soil organic matter dynamics and stabilization. npj Materials Sustainability 1(1), 3. View paper
  4. Lina Yu, Fang You, Songlin Wu, Zhaohua Lu, April Hastwell, Brett Ferguson, Longbin Huang (2023). Nodule Formation and Nitrogen Fixation in Acacia holosericea Plants Grown in Soil Admixed with Iron Ore Tailings. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 23(1), 1085-1095. View paper
  5. Songlin Wu, Jeremy Bougoure, Jian Wang, Lars Thomsen, Ting-Shan Chan, Qing Yi, Zhen Li, Gordon Southam, Longbin Huang (2023). Nitrogen-Rich Organic Matter Formation and Stabilization in Iron Ore Tailings: A Submicrometer Investigation. Environmental Science & Technology 57(33), 12325-12338. View paper
  6. Qing Yi, Songlin Wu, Yunjia Liu, Ting-Shan Chan, Ying-Rui Lu, Narottam Saha, Gordon Southam, Longbin Huang (2023). Mineral weathering of iron ore tailings primed by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and elemental sulfur under contrasting pH conditions. Science of The Total Environment 856, 159078. View paper
  7. Songlin Wu, Yunjia Liu, Gordon Southam, Tuan A.H. Nguyen, Kurt O. Konhauser, Fang You, Jeremy J. Bougoure, David Paterson, Ting-Shan Chan, Ying-Rui Lu, Shu-Chih Haw, Qing Yi, Zhen Li, Lachlan M. Robertson, Merinda Hall, Narottam Saha, Yong Sik Ok, Longbin Huang (2023). Ecological engineering of iron ore tailings into useable soils for sustainable rehabilitation. iScience 26(7), 107102. View paper
  8. Zhen Li, Songlin Wu, Qing Yi, Yunjia Liu, Jian Wang, Tuan A. H. Nguyen, Yuanying Ma, Fang You, Ting-Shan Chan, Annaleise Klein, Alan Levett, Gordon Southam, Daniel S. Alessi, Yuanfang Huang, Longbin Huang (2023). Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Drive Organo-Mineral Association in Iron Ore Tailings: Unravelling Microstructure at the Submicron Scale by Synchrotron-Based FTIR and STXM-NEXAFS. Environmental Science & Technology 57(51), 21779-21790. View paper

Publications in 2022 and earlier

  1. Zhen Li, Songlin Wu, Yunjia Liu, Qing Yi, Tuan A.H. Nguyen, Yuanying Ma, Fang You, Merinda Hall, Ting-Shan Chan, Yuanfang Huang, Longbin Huang (2022). Plant biomass amendment regulates arbuscular mycorrhizal role in organic carbon and nitrogen sequestration in eco-engineered iron ore tailings. Geoderma 428, 116178. View paper
  2. Lina Yu, Fang You, Songlin Wu, Zhaohua Lu, April Hastwell, Brett Ferguson, Longbin Huang (2022). Nodule Formation and Nitrogen Fixation in Acacia holosericea Plants Grown in Soil Admixed with Iron Ore Tailings. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 23(1), 1085-1095. View paper
  3. Yunjia Liu, Songlin Wu, Tuan A.H. Nguyen, Ting-Shan Chan, Ying-Rui Lu, Longbin Huang (2021). Biochar mediated uranium immobilization in magnetite rich Cu tailings subject to organic matter amendment and native plant colonization. Journal of Hazardous Materials 427, 127860. View paper
  4. Songlin Wu, Fang You, Berin Boughton, Yunjia Liu, Tuan A. H. Nguyen, Jeremy Wykes, Gordon Southam, Lachlan M. Robertson, Ting-Shan Chan, Ying-Rui Lu, Adrian Lutz, Dingyi Yu, Qing Yi, Narottam Saha, Longbin Huang (2021). Chemodiversity of Dissolved Organic Matter and Its Molecular Changes Driven by Rhizosphere Activities in Fe Ore Tailings Undergoing Eco-Engineered Pedogenesis. Environmental Science & Technology, acs.est.1c04527. View paper
  5. Zhen Li, Songlin Wu, Yunjia Liu, Qing Yi, Fang You, Yuanying Ma, Lars Thomsen, Ting-Shan Chan, Ying-Rui Lu, Merinda Hall, Narottam Saha, Yuanfang Huang, Longbin Huang (2022). Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis enhances water stable aggregate formation and organic matter stabilization in Fe ore tailings. Geoderma 406, 115528. View paper
  6. Qing Yi, Songlin Wu, Gordon Southam, Lachlan Robertson, Fang You, Yunjia Liu, Sicheng Wang, Narottam Saha, Richard Webb, Jeremy Wykes, Ting-Shan Chan, Ying-Rui Lu, Longbin Huang (2021). Acidophilic Iron- and Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, Drives Alkaline pH Neutralization and Mineral Weathering in Fe Ore Tailings. Environmental Science & Technology 55(12), 8020-8034. View paper
  7. Songlin Wu, Yunjia Liu, Gordon Southam, Lachlan M. Robertson, Jeremy Wykes, Qing Yi, Merinda Hall, Zhen Li, Qiang Sun, Narottam Saha, Ting-Shan Chan, Ying-Rui Lu, Longbin Huang (2021). Rhizosphere Drives Biotite-Like Mineral Weathering and Secondary Fe-Si Mineral Formation in Fe Ore Tailings. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 5(3), 618-631. View paper
  8. Songlin Wu, Fang You, Merinda Hall, Longbin Huang (2021). Native plant Maireana brevifolia drives prokaryotic microbial community development in alkaline Fe ore tailings under semi-arid climatic conditions. Science of The Total Environment 760, 144019. View paper
  9. Songlin Wu, Fang You, Zhaoxiang Wu, Philip Bond, Merinda Hall, Longbin Huang (2020). Molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities across the gradient of alkaline Fe ore tailings, revegetated waste rock to natural soil sites. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27(11), 11968-11979. View paper
  10. Songlin Wu, Yunjia Liu, Jeremy J. Bougoure, Gordon Southam, Ting-Shan Chan, Ying-Rui Lu, Shu-Chih Haw, Tuan A. H. Nguyen, Fang You, Longbin Huang (2019). Organic Matter Amendment and Plant Colonization Drive Mineral Weathering, Organic Carbon Sequestration, and Water-Stable Aggregation in Magnetite Fe Ore Tailings. Environmental Science & Technology 53(23), 13720-13731. View paper
  11. Songlin Wu, Tuan A.H. Nguyen, Yunjia Liu, Gordon Southam, Shuncai Wang, Ting-Shan Chan, Ying-Rui Lu, Longbin Huang (2019). Deficiencies of secondary Fe (oxy)hydroxides associated with phyllosilicates and organic carbon limit the formation of water-stable aggregates in Fe-ore tailings. Chemical Geology 523, 73-87. View paper
  12. Songlin Wu, Tomas Cajthaml, Jaroslav Semerad, Alena Filipova, Mariana Klementova, Roman Skala, Martina Vitkova, Zuzana Michalkova, Manuel Teodoro, Zhaoxiang Wu, Domingo Martinez-Fernandez, Michael Komarek (2019). Nano zero-valent iron aging interacts with the soil microbial community: a microcosm study. Environmental Science: Nano 6(4), 1189-1206. View paper
  13. Songlin Wu, Xin Zhang, Longbin Huang, Baodong Chen (2019). Arbuscular mycorrhiza and plant chromium tolerance. Soil Ecology Letters 1(3-4), 94-104. View paper
  14. Songlin Wu, Yunjia Liu, Gordon Southam, Lachlan Robertson, Tsz Ho Chiu, Adam T. Cross, Kingsley W. Dixon, Jason C. Stevens, Hongtao Zhong, Ting-Shan Chan, Ying-Jui Lu, Longbin Huang (2019). Geochemical and mineralogical constraints in iron ore tailings limit soil formation for direct phytostabilization. Science of The Total Environment 651, 192-202. View paper
  15. Songlin Wu, Miroslav Vosatka, Katarina Vogel-Mikus, Anja Kavcic, Mitja Kelemen, Luka Sepec, Primoz Pelicon, Roman Skala, Antonio Roberto Valero Powter, Manuel Teodoro, Zuzana Michalkova, Michael Komarek (2018). Nano Zero-Valent Iron Mediated Metal(loid) Uptake and Translocation by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbioses. Environmental Science & Technology 52(14), 7640-7651. View paper
  16. Songlin Wu, Yajun Hu, Xin Zhang, Yuqing Sun, Zhaoxiang Wu, Tao Li, Jitao Lv, Jinglong Li, Jing Zhang, Lirong Zheng, Longbin Huang, Baodong Chen (2018). Chromium detoxification in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis mediated by sulfur uptake and metabolism. Environmental and Experimental Botany 147, 43-52. View paper
  17. Songlin Wu, Xin Zhang, Yuqing Sun, Zhaoxiang Wu, Tao Li, Yajun Hu, Jitao Lv, Gang Li, Zhensong Zhang, Jing Zhang, Lirong Zheng, Xiangjun Zhen, Baodong Chen (2016). Chromium immobilization by extra- and intraradical fungal structures of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses. Journal of Hazardous Materials 316, 34-42. View paper
  18. Songlin Wu, Xin Zhang, Baodong Chen, Zhaoxiang Wu, Tao Li, Yajun Hu, Yuqing Sun, Youshan Wang (2016). Chromium immobilization by extraradical mycelium of arbuscular mycorrhiza contributes to plant chromium tolerance. Environmental and Experimental Botany 122, 10-18. View paper
  19. Xin Zhang, Songlin Wu, Baihui Ren, Baodong Chen (2016). Water management, rice varieties and mycorrhizal inoculation influence arsenic concentration and speciation in rice grains. Mycorrhiza 26(4), 299-309. View paper
  20. Songlin Wu, Xin Zhang, Yuqing Sun, Zhaoxiang Wu, Tao Li, Yajun Hu, Dan Su, Jitao Lv, Gang Li, Zhensong Zhang, Lirong Zheng, Jing Zhang, Baodong Chen (2015). Transformation and Immobilization of Chromium by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi as Revealed by SEM-EDS, TEM-EDS, and XAFS. Environmental Science & Technology 49(24), 14036-14047. View paper
  21. Song-Lin Wu, Bao-Dong Chen, Yu-Qing Sun, Bai-Hui Ren, Xin Zhang, You-Shan Wang (2014). Chromium resistance of dandelion (Taraxacum platypecidum Diels.) and bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon [Linn.] Pers.) is enhanced by arbuscular mycorrhiza in Cr(VI)-contaminated soils. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 33(9), 2105-2113. View paper