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Xiao K, Abbt-Braun G, Pleitner R, Horn H. Effect of ciprofloxacin on the one-stage partial nitrification and anammox biofilm system: A multivariate analysis focusing on size-fractionated organic components. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 355:141731. [PMID: 38494003 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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The impact of ciprofloxacin (CIP) in the partial nitrification and anammox biofilm system was investigated by multivariate analysis, focusing on size-fractionated organic components. The CIP dose of 10 μg/L did not inhibit the total nitrogen (TN) removal efficiency, even though the abundance of antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) (i.e., qnrD, qnrB, qnrA, qnrS, and arcA) was elevated. However, a gradual higher CIP dosing up to 100 μg/L inhibited the TN removal efficiency, while the abundance of ARGs was still increased. Moreover, both the TN removal efficiency and the abundant ARGs were dwindled at 470 μg/L of CIP. As the CIP dose increased from 0 to 100 μg/L, the abundance of high molecular weight (MW) fractions (14,000 to 87,000 Da; 1000 to 14,000 Da) and humic/fulvic acid-like components in the soluble extracellular polymeric substances (HSS) decreased, with more increases of low MW (84-1000 Da; less than 84 Da) fractions and soluble microbial by-products in soluble extracellular polymeric substances (SMPS). Continuously increasing the CIP dose till 470 μg/L, an inverse trend of the changes of these organic components was noted, along with clear reductions of the microbial diversity and richness, and the abundance of key functional genes responsible for nitrogen removal. The predominance of functional gene amoA (related with ammonia oxidizing bacteria) was more significantly with more distribution of SMPS with relatively low MW and less distribution of HSS with relatively high MW, as well as polymer decomposing microorganisms such as Bryobacteraceae and the unclassified Saprospirales.
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- Keke Xiao
- Engler-Bunte-Institut, Water Chemistry and Water Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engler-Bunte-Ring 9, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany; Environmental Science and Engineering Program, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 241 Daxue Road, 515063, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
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- Engler-Bunte-Institut, Water Chemistry and Water Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engler-Bunte-Ring 9, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Engler-Bunte-Institut, Water Chemistry and Water Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engler-Bunte-Ring 9, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Engler-Bunte-Institut, Water Chemistry and Water Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engler-Bunte-Ring 9, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany; DVGW Research Laboratories, Water Chemistry and Water Technology, Engler-Bunte-Ring 9, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Guo L, Yang L, Ren Y, Cui S, Li X, Wang J, Lan J, Lu H, Wang Y. The response and anti-stress mechanisms of nitrifying sludge under long-term exposure to CdSe quantum dots. J Environ Sci (China) 2024; 135:174-184. [PMID: 37778793 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2022.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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The wide application of CdSe quantum dots (QDs) increases its stress risk to sewage treatment systems. This study evaluated the response of nitrification performance, floc characteristics and microbial community of nitrifying sludge under long-term exposure to CdSe QDs. Results showed CdSe QDs (≥1 mg/L) would decrease the activity of ammonia monooxygenase (AMO). Under the stress of 30 mg/L CdSe QDs, the activity of AMO was reduced by 66%, while the activities of hydroxylamine oxidase and nitrite oxidoreductase were enhanced by 19.1% and 26%, respectively. Thus, the final nitrification effects were not adversely affected, and the production rates of NO2--N and NO3--N were accelerated. Additionally, CdSe QDs improved biomass concentration in sludge and maintained the stability of sludge settleability. High throughput sequencing analysis showed that CdSe QDs evidently reduced the abundance and diversity of microbial community in nitrifying sludge. The abundances of amino acid metabolism and lipid metabolism were enriched. Moreover, CdSe QDs decreased the fluorescence intensity of tryptophan-like protein from 2,326 to 1,179 a.u. in loosely bound extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) and from 3,792 to 3,117 a.u. in tightly bound EPSs. To relieve CdSe QD stress, the polysaccharide content increased from 0.31 to 0.61 mg/g MLSS and intracellular antioxidant defense was activated. With CdSe QD level increasing to 30 mg/L, the total antioxygenic capacity and the activities of catalase were enhanced up to 411% and 143.2%, respectively. Thereby, CdSe QDs had little adverse effects on cell membrane integrity, microbial metabolism and the abundance of Nitrospirae.
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- Linkai Guo
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China; Key Lab of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China; Key Lab of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China.
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China; Key Lab of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China; Key Lab of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China; Key Lab of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China; Key Lab of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China; Key Lab of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China; Key Lab of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China; Key Lab of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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Liu HH, Yang L, Guo LK, Tu LX, Li XT, Wang J, Ren YX. The nutrient removal and tolerance mechanism of a heterotrophic nitrifying bacterium Pseudomonas putida strain NP5 under metal oxide nanoparticles stress. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:28227-28237. [PMID: 36399297 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-24055-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The occurrence of metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) has raised great concerns about their adverse impacts on nitrification performance. In this study, a heterotrophic nitrifying bacterium Pseudomonas putida strain NP5 showed strong resistance against TiO2 and NiO NPs. Under 5-50 mg/L NP stress, cell viability was still normal, and the final nutrient removal rates, always higher than 80%, were slightly inhibited. Correspondingly, the PO43--P removal rates were almost the same as those observed in the control test. Although the enzyme assay demonstrated ammonia monooxygenase and hydroxylamine oxidoreductase activities markedly decreased caused by increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) level under 50 mg/L NPs stress. The total antioxidant capability of NP5 could eliminate excess ROS to maintain a balance between oxidants and antioxidants. Besides, in response to the escalating burden of NPs, strain NP5 tended to secrete more extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), which could protect cell from being damaged by binding to ions and coating. Thus, the strong NP resistance of NP5 would help to overcome the vulnerability of the nitrification process in WWTPs.
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- Huan-Huan Liu
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
- Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China.
- Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China.
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
- Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
- Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
- Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
- Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
- Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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Li X, Sun M, Zhang L, Finlay RD, Liu R, Lian B. Widespread bacterial responses and their mechanism of bacterial metallogenic detoxification under high concentrations of heavy metals. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2022; 246:114193. [PMID: 36270034 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.114193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Microbial mineralization is increasingly used in bioremediation of heavy metal pollution, but better mechanistic understanding of the processes involved and how they are regulated are required to improve the practical application of microorganisms in bioremediation. We used a combination of morphological (TEM) and analytical (XRD, XPS, FTIR) methods, together with novel proteomic analyses, to investigate the detoxification mechanisms, used by a range of bacteria, including the strains Bacillus velezensis LB002, Escherichia coli DH5α, B. subtilis 168, Pseudomonas putida KT2440, and B. licheniformis MT-1, exposed to elevated concentrations of Cd2+ and combinations of Cd2+, Pb2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+, in the presence and absence of added CaCl2. Common features of detoxification included biomineralization, including the production of biological vaterite, up-regulation of proteins involved in flagellar movement and chemotaxis, biofilm synthesis, transmembrane transport of small molecules and organic matter decomposition. The putative roles of differentially expressed proteins in detoxification are discussed in relation to chemical and morphological data and together provide important tools to improve screening, selection, and practical application of bacterial isolates in bioremediation of polluted environments.
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- Xiaofang Li
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Microbes and Functional Genomics, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Microbes and Functional Genomics, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Microbes and Functional Genomics, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 75007, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Microbes and Functional Genomics, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China; School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control in Red Soil Hilly Region of Jiangxi Province, Jinggangshan University, Ji'an 343009, China.
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- College of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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Wang J, Chen P, Li S, Zheng X, Zhang C, Zhao W. Mutagenesis of high-efficiency heterotrophic nitrifying-aerobic denitrifying bacterium Rhodococcus sp. strain CPZ 24. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 361:127692. [PMID: 35905881 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Breeding high-efficiency heterotrophic nitrifying-aerobic denitrifying (SND) bacteria is important for the removal of biological nitrogen in wastewater treatment. In this study, a high-efficiency SND mutant strain, ΔRhodococcus sp. CPZ 24, was obtained by ultraviolet-diethyl sulfate compound mutagenesis. The maximum nitrification and denitrification rates were 3.77 and 1.37 mg·L-1·h-1, respectively 30.30 % and 17.10 % higher than those of wild bacteria. Biolog technology and network model analysis revealed that ΔCPZ 24 significantly improved the utilisation ability and metabolic activity of organic carbon sources. Furthermore, the expression levels of the nitrogen removal function genes nxrA, nosZ, amoA, and norB in strain ΔCPZ 24 increased significantly. In actual sewage, mutant bacteria ΔCPZ 24 have a 95.05 % ammonia-nitrogen degradation rate and a 96.67 % nitrate-nitrogen degradation rate. These results suggested that UV-DES compound mutation was a successful strategy to improve the nitrogen removal performance of SND bacteria in wastewater treatment.
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- Jingli Wang
- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China; Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China.
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- Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin 300392, China
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
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Lu L, Chen C, Ke T, Wang M, Sima M, Huang S. Long-term metal pollution shifts microbial functional profiles of nitrification and denitrification in agricultural soils. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 830:154732. [PMID: 35346706 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Revised: 03/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The increasing contamination of heavy metals in agricultural soils and its impact on the nitrogen (N) cycle and N use efficiency have attracted considerable attention in recent years. In this study, agricultural soils neighboring the Dabaoshan copper mining area (DBS) and Qingyuan electronic-waste recycling area (QY), in Guangdong, China, were sampled to study the interaction between heavy metals and nitrification/denitrification processes, especially the related microbial functional profiles. Results showed that the contamination of heavy metals affected nitrifiers and denitrifiers differently. The potential nitrification activity was about four times lower in metal-polluted soils compared with the unpolluted ones, with a significant decrease in the abundance of amoA and nxrB (p < 0.05) in the polluted samples. On the other hand, the potential denitrification activity was more metal-resistant, which attributed to its complex species composition as shown by a slightly higher α-diversity index, and was slightly higher (p > 0.05) in the polluted samples. Among the five denitrifying genes tested, nosZ gene had the highest increase and the nirK gene the most decrease in numbers and in the polluted soils. The metal-polluted soils had fewer correlations among N functional genes based on the co-occurrence network analysis. In addition, the core taxa of the whole bacterial community changed from copiotrophic to oligotrophic bacteria in the presence of heavy metals. Mantel test indicated that heavy metals were the dominant factors determining N-related genes while the bacterial community composition was due to a combination of heavy metal presence and soil properties such as TOC, NO2-, and pH. It is concluded that long-term heavy metals pollution potentially affected nitrifiers and denitrifiers differently as indicated by the shift in N functional genes and the change in nitrification/denitrification processes.
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- Lu Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ecological Environment Simulation and Protection, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Guangzhou 510535, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ecological Environment Simulation and Protection, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Guangzhou 510535, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
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Wang L, Liu Z, Jiang X, Li A. Aerobic granulation of nitrifying activated sludge enhanced removal of 17α-ethinylestradiol. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 801:149546. [PMID: 34438142 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 07/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The positive correlation between the nitrification activity of activated sludge and 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) removal has been widely reported. However, up to now the effect of the granulation of nitrifying activated sludge (NAS) on EE2 removal has not been determined. In this study, nitrifying granular sludge (NGS) exhibited more effective EE2 removal efficiency with 3.705 μgEE2∙(gMLSS∙h)-1 in a sequential batch reactor (SBR). Through the artificial neural network (ANN) model and Spearman correlation analysis, nitrite accumulation was demonstrated to be the key factor affecting EE2 removal. Notably, under the same aeration condition (0.15 L/min), nitrite accumulation was more easily achieved in NGS because of its dense structure. Full-length 16S rRNA gene sequencing suggested that EE2 could strongly influence the microbial communities of NAS and NGS. NGS exhibited an increase in community diversity and richness, but NAS exhibited a decrease. In addition, the relative abundance of Nitrosomonas (ammonia-oxidizing bacteria, AOB) decreased considerably in both NAS and NGS, whereas the expression of amoA and nirK genes in Nitrosomonas was upregulated. It was suggested that Nitrosomonas was forced to regulate its gene expression to resist the negative effects of EE2. Denitrifying bacteria, such as Comamonas, were enriched in both NAS and NGS, and there were more species of heterotrophs that can degrade micropollutants in NGS with exposure to EE2. The transformation pathways of EE2 were uniform in NAS and NGS. Ammonia monooxygenase (AMO) in AOB directly biotransformed EE2 while reactive species produced by AOB chemically transformed EE2. Heterotrophs degraded EE2 and its transformation products (TPs) generated by AOB. According to TPs and microbial structure, NGS exhibited better performance than NAS regarding the collaborative removal of EE2 by AOB and heterotrophs. These results provide important information for the development and application of NGS to treat wastewater containing estrogen and high-strength ammonium.
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- Lili Wang
- Key Laboratory of Water and sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Key Laboratory of Water and sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Key Laboratory of Water and sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Key Laboratory of Water and sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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Tian M, Wang H, Li X, Li D, Zhou Z, Li B. Efficiency of hybrid systems enhanced with different sludge ratios in improving resistance to short-term low temperatures. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 297:113398. [PMID: 34346393 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Revised: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Complete autotrophic nitrogen removal over nitrite (CANON) is used in wastewater treatment. However, the performance of the CANON system significantly decreases at low temperatures; thus, a new strategy to improve the resistance of the CANON system is required. To investigate the impact of sludge ratio control (high-granule, equivalent, and high-floc systems) on the resistance of CANON to low temperatures, and their recovery after restoring to normal temperature, the nitrogen removal performance of hybrid systems with different ratios was evaluated. The equivalent system had the lowest nitrite accumulation rate and highest nitrogen removal rate. Anaerobic ammonia oxidation was the rate-limiting step of each system, and hzs was the rate-limiting gene. The higher anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria (AAOB) abundance and hzs expression levels resulted in an equivalent system with better resistance and recovery to short-term low temperatures at the gene level.
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- Mengyuan Tian
- School of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215009, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Wuhan University School of Basic Medical of Science, Wuhan, Hubei, 430000, China
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- Lyles School of Civil Engineering and Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, United States
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- School of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.
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Wang X, Bai J, Xie T, Wang W, Zhang G, Yin S, Wang D. Effects of biological nitrification inhibitors on nitrogen use efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural soils: A review. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 220:112338. [PMID: 34015632 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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To maintain and increase crop yields, large amounts of nitrogen fertilizers have been applied to farmland. However, the nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of chemical fertilizer remains very low, which may lead to serious environmental problems, including nitrate pollution, air quality degradation and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Nitrification inhibitors can alleviate nitrogen loss by inhibiting nitrification; thus, biological nitrification inhibition by plants has gradually attracted increasing attention due to its low cost and environmental friendliness. Research progress on BNI is reviewed in this article, including the source, mechanisms, influencing factors and application of BNIs. In addition, the impact of BNI on agriculture and GHG emissions is summarized from the perspective of agricultural production and environmental protection, and the key future research prospects of BNIs are also noted.
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- Xin Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Jeong D, Bae H. Insight into functionally active bacteria in nitrification following Na + and Mg 2+ exposure based on 16S rDNA and 16S rRNA sequencing. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 758:143592. [PMID: 33277005 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Revised: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Despite increasing interests in osmotic membrane bioreactors, the information regarding the bacterial toxicity effects of reversely transported draw solute (RTDS) is limited. In this study, two representative draw solutes (NaCl and MgCl2) were used at different concentrations (0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5 and 10.0 g/L) to evaluate their toxicity in a continuous nitrifying bioreactor. Notably, Mg2+ selectively inhibited the activity of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB), which decreased to 11.3% at 7.5 g-Mg2+/L. The rRNA-based analysis was more effective than the rDNA-based analysis to elucidate the relationship between active communities of nitrifying bacteria and the actual nitrifying performance. Nitrosomonas europaea, a representative AOB, was vulnerable to Mg2+ in comparison to Na+. In contrast, the dominant nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB), Nitrobacter winogradskyi and Nitrolancea hollandica, maintained a relevant level of relative abundance for achieving nitrite oxidation after exposure to 10 g/L Na+ and Mg2+. This fundamental inhibition information of the draw solute can be applied to set the operational regime preventing the critical solute concentration in mixed liquor of nitrifying OMBRs.
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- Dawoon Jeong
- Institute of Environmental Research, Kangwon National University, 1 Gangwondaehak-gil, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do 24341, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University, 63 Busandeahak-ro, Geumjeong-Gu, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea.
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Ramos-Zúñiga J, Gallardo S, Martínez-Bussenius C, Norambuena R, Navarro CA, Paradela A, Jerez CA. Response of the biomining Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans to high cadmium concentrations. J Proteomics 2019; 198:132-144. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2018.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Barker LK, Giska JR, Radniecki TS, Semprini L. Effects of short- and long-term exposure of silver nanoparticles and silver ions to Nitrosomonas europaea biofilms and planktonic cells. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 206:606-614. [PMID: 29778938 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Revised: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The increasing use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in consumer products, and their resulting influx into wastewater, may pose a threat to biological nutrient removal in wastewater treatment plants. Planktonic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB), which convert ammonia to nitrite in the first step of nitrification, are highly sensitive to AgNPs and their released silver ions (Ag+), but the sensitivity of AOB biofilms to AgNPs and Ag+ is less clear. This study demonstrated that biofilms of Nitrosomonas europaea, a model AOB, were more resistant to both short-term and long-term exposure to AgNP and Ag+ than planktonic cells. The increased resistance of N. europaea biofilms was attributed primarily to the increased biomass and slower growth rates present in the biofilm. Similar inhibition mechanisms were observed for AgNPs and Ag+ in both planktonic cells and biofilms with enzymatic inhibition observed at lower concentrations and cell lysis observed at higher concentrations. Long-term continuous exposure to AgNPs lowered the inhibitory concentration by 1-2 orders of magnitude below that required by short-term exposures. Although the total AgNP load was similar between the short and long-term exposure scenarios, the long-term exposure resulted in an order of magnitude more silver being associated in the biofilms and is the primary reason for the increased sensitivity observed. This suggests that short-term batch toxicity assays may greatly underestimate the sensitivity of biofilm treatment systems to long-term exposures of low concentrations of AgNPs and Ag+.
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- L K Barker
- School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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- School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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Wu J, Chang Y, Gao H, Liang G, Yu R, Ding Z. Responses and recovery assessment of continuously cultured Nitrosomonas europaea under chronic ZnO nanoparticle stress: Effects of dissolved oxygen. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 195:693-701. [PMID: 29289014 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.12.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Revised: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Although the antibacterial performances of emerging nanoparticles (NPs) have been extensively explored in the nitrifying systems, the impacts of dissolved oxygen (DO) levels on their bio-toxicities to the nitrifiers and the impaired cells' recovery potentials have seldom been addressed yet. In this study, the physiological and transcriptional responses of the typical ammonia oxidizers - Nitrosomonas europaea in a chemostat to the chronic ZnO NP exposure under different DO conditions were investigated. The results indicated that the cells in steady-growth state in the chemostat were more persevering than batch cultured ones to resist ZnO NP stress despite the dose-dependent NP inhibitory effects were observed. In addition, the occurred striking over-expressions of amoA and hao genes at the initial NP exposure stage suggested the cells' self-regulation potentials at the transcriptional level. The low DO (0.5 mg/L) cultured cells displayed higher sensitivity to NP stress than the high DO (2.0 mg/L) cultured ones, probably owning to the inefficient oxygen-dependent electron transfer from ammonia oxidation for energy conversion/production. The following 12-h NP-free batch recovery assays revealed that both high and low DO cultured cells possessed the physiological and metabolic activity recovery potentials, which were in negative correlation with the NP exposure time. The duration of NP stress and the resulting NP dissolution were critical for the cells' damage levels and their performance recoverability. The membrane preservation processes and the associated metabolism regulations were expected to actively participate in the cells' self-adaption to NP stress and thus be responsible for their metabolic activities recovery.
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- Junkang Wu
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environment, Wuxi Engineering Research Center of Taihu Lake Water Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210096, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210009, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environment, Wuxi Engineering Research Center of Taihu Lake Water Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210096, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210009, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environment, Wuxi Engineering Research Center of Taihu Lake Water Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210096, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210009, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environment, Wuxi Engineering Research Center of Taihu Lake Water Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210096, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210009, China.
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- Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210009, China.
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Wu Q, Huang K, Sun H, Ren H, Zhang XX, Ye L. Comparison of the impacts of zinc ions and zinc nanoparticles on nitrifying microbial community. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2018; 343:166-175. [PMID: 28950204 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2017] [Revised: 09/11/2017] [Accepted: 09/12/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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To understand the effects of metal ions and nanoparticles (NPs) on nitrifying bacterial communities, this study investigates the impacts of zinc (Zn) NPs, zinc oxide (ZnO) NPs and Zn ions on the nitrifying bacterial communities. Under low Zn concentration (0.1mgL-1), the nitrification rate was promoted by Zn ions and inhibited by the two NPs, indicating that the toxicity of NPs was caused by the NPs themselves instead of the released Zn ions. Further analysis showed that both Zn NPs and ZnO NPs could result in substantial reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in the nitrifying bacteria community. The inhibition was strongly correlated with amoA gene expression, but not with the expression of hao and nxrA genes. These results indicated that the main difference of the Zn ions and Zn NPs on nitrifying bacterial community could be due to the different impacts on the ROS production and amoA gene expression. Collectively, the findings in this study advanced understanding of the different effects of Zn NPs, ZnO NPs and Zn ions on nitrifying bacteria.
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- Qiang Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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Ru D, Liu J, Hu Z, Zou Y, Jiang L, Cheng X, Lv Z. Improvement of aquaponic performance through micro- and macro-nutrient addition. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 24:16328-16335. [PMID: 28547371 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9273-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Aquaponics is one of the "zero waste" industry in the twenty-first century, and is considered to be one of the major trends for the future development of agriculture. However, the low nitrogen utilization efficiency (NUE) restricted its widely application. To date, many attempts have been conducted to improve its NUE. In the present study, effect of micro- and macro-nutrient addition on performance of tilapia-pak choi aquaponics was investigated. Results showed that the addition of micro- and macro-nutrients improved the growth of plant directly and facilitated fish physiology indirectly, which subsequently increased NUE of aquaponics from 40.42 to 50.64%. In addition, remarkable lower total phosphorus concentration was obtained in aquaponics with micro- and macro-nutrient addition, which was attributed to the formation of struvite. Most of the added micro-nutrients were enriched in plant root, while macro-nutrients mainly existed in water. Moreover, no enrichment of micro- and macro-nutrients in aquaponic products (i.e., fish and plant leaves) was observed, indicating that it had no influence on food safety. The findings here reported manifest that appropriate addition of micro- and macro-nutrients to aquaponics is necessary, and would improve its economic feasibility.
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- Dongyun Ru
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- Environmental Management Committee Office of Dongping Lake and Nansi Lake, Jining, 272000, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China.
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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Kapoor V, Li X, Elk M, Chandran K, Impellitteri CA, Santo Domingo JW. Impact of Heavy Metals on Transcriptional and Physiological Activity of Nitrifying Bacteria. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2015; 49:13454-62. [PMID: 26501957 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Heavy metals can inhibit nitrification, a key process for nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment. The transcriptional responses of amoA, hao, nirK, and norB were measured in conjunction with specific oxygen uptake rate (sOUR) for nitrifying enrichment cultures exposed to different metals (Ni(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), and Pb(II)). There was significant decrease in sOUR with increasing concentrations for Ni(II) (0.03-3 mg/L), Zn(II) (0.1-10 mg/L), and Cd(II) (0.03-1 mg/L) (p < 0.05). However, no considerable changes in sOUR were observed with Pb(II) (1-100 mg/L), except at a dosage of 1000 mg/L causing 84% inhibition. Based on RT-qPCR data, the transcript levels of amoA and hao decreased when exposed to Ni(II) dosages. Slight up-regulation of amoA, hao, and nirK (0.5-1.5-fold) occurred after exposure to 0.3-3 mg/L Zn(II), although their expression decreased for 10 mg/L Zn(II). With the exception of 1000 mg/L Pb(II), stimulation of all genes occurred on Cd(II) and Pb(II) exposure. While overall the results show that RNA-based function-specific assays can be used as potential surrogates for measuring nitrification activity, the degree of inhibition inferred from sOUR and gene transcription is different. We suggest that variations in transcription of functional genes may supplement sOUR based assays as early warning indicators of upsets in nitrification.
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- Vikram Kapoor
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268, United States
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268, United States
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- Pegasus Technical Services, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio 45268, United States
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University , New York, New York 10027, United States
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268, United States
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268, United States
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Yu R, Fang X, Somasundaran P, Chandran K. Short-term effects of TiO2, CeO2, and ZnO nanoparticles on metabolic activities and gene expression of Nitrosomonas europaea. CHEMOSPHERE 2015; 128:207-215. [PMID: 25710320 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2014] [Revised: 01/31/2015] [Accepted: 02/01/2015] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Nanosized TiO2 (n-TiO2), CeO2 (n-CeO2), and ZnO (n-ZnO) and bulk ZnO were chosen for a 4-h exposure study on a model ammonia oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosomonas europaea. n-ZnO displayed the most serious cytotoxicity while n-TiO2 was the least toxic one. The change of cell morphologies, the retardance of specific oxygen uptake rates and ammonia oxidation rates, and the depression of amoA gene expressions under NP stresses were generally observed when the cell densities and membrane integrities were not significantly impaired yet. The TEM imaging and the synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microscopy of the NPs impacted cells revealed the increase of the corresponding intracellular Ti, Ce or Zn contents and suggested the intracellular NP accumulation. The elevation of intracellular S contents accompanied with higher K contents implied the possible activation of thiol-containing glutathione and thioredoxin production for NP stress alleviation. The NP cytotoxicity was not always a function of NP concentration. The 200 mg L(-1) n-TiO2 or n-CeO2 impacted cells displayed the similar ammonia oxidation activities but higher amoA gene expression levels than the 20 mg L(-1) NPs impacted ones. Such phenomenon further indicated the possible establishment of an anti-toxicity mechanism in N. europaea at the genetic level to redeem the weakened AMO activities along with the NP aggregation effects.
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- Ran Yu
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environment, Wuxi Engineering Research Center of Taihu Lake Water Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China; Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, United States.
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, United States
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, United States
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, United States.
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Anderson JW, Semprini L, Radniecki TS. Influence of Water Hardness on Silver Ion and Silver Nanoparticle Fate and Toxicity Toward Nitrosomonas europaea. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE 2014; 31:403-409. [PMID: 25053878 PMCID: PMC4098081 DOI: 10.1089/ees.2013.0426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2013] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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This study investigated the influence of water hardness (Mg2+ and Ca2+) on the fate and toxicity of 20 nm citrate silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and Ag+ toward Nitrosomonas europaea, a model ammonia-oxidizing bacterium. Nitrification inhibition of N. europaea by 1 ppm AgNPs and 0.5 ppm Ag+ was reduced from 80% and 83%, respectively, in the absence of Mg2+ to 2% and 33%, respectively, in the presence of 730 μM Mg2+. Introduction of Mg2+ resulted in the rapid aggregation of the AgNP suspensions and reduced the 3 h Ag+ dissolution rates from 30%, in the absence of Mg2+, to 9%, in the presence of 730 μM Mg2+. Reduced AgNP dissolution rates resulted in decreased concentrations of silver that were found adsorbed to N. europaea cells. Increasing AgNP concentrations in the presence of Mg2+ increased the observed inhibition of nitrification, but was always less than what was observed in the absence of Mg2+. The presence of Mg2+ also reduced the adsorption of Ag+ to cells, possibly due to multiple mechanisms, including a reduction in the negative surface charge of the N. europaea membrane and a competition between Mg2+ and Ag+ for membrane binding sites and transport into the cells. Ca2+ demonstrated similar protection mechanisms, as Ag+ toxicity was reduced and AgNP suspensions aggregated and decreased their dissolution rates. These results indicate that the toxicity of Ag+ and AgNPs to nitrifying bacteria in wastewater treatment would be less pronounced in systems with hard water.
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- Corresponding author: School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, 102 Gleeson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331. Phone: (541) 737-2491; Fax: (541) 737-4600; E-mail:
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Yang Y, Wang J, Xiu Z, Alvarez PJJ. Impacts of silver nanoparticles on cellular and transcriptional activity of nitrogen-cycling bacteria. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2013; 32:1488-1494. [PMID: 23554086 DOI: 10.1002/etc.2230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2013] [Revised: 02/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/18/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The widespread use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) raises the potential for environmental releases that could impact microbial ecosystem services. In the present study, the authors address how the AgNPs and Ag(+) that they release may impact nitrogen-cycling bacteria. The authors studied the cellular and transcriptional response of the denitrifier Pseudomonas stutzeri, the nitrogen fixer Azotobacter vinelandii, and the nitrifier Nitrosomonas europaea exposed to 35 nm (carbon-coated) AgNPs or to Ag(+) (added as AgNO3 ). Based on minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs), Ag(+) was 20 times to 48 times more toxic to the tested strains than AgNPs (including Ag(+) released during exposure). Exposure to sublethal concentrations of AgNPs or Ag(+) (representing 10% of the respective MIC for AgNO3 ) resulted in no significant effect on the expression of the denitrifying genes narG, napB, nirH, and norB in P. stutzeri or the nitrogen-fixing genes nifD, nifH, vnfD, and anfD in A. vinelandii, whereas nitrifying genes (amoA1 and amoC2) in N. europaea were upregulated (2.1- to 3.3-fold). This stimulatory effect disappeared at higher silver concentrations (60% of the Ag(+) MIC), and toxicity was exerted at concentrations higher than 60% of the Ag(+) MIC. The MIC for N. europaea was 8 times to 24 times lower than for the other strains, indicating higher susceptibility to AgNPs. This was corroborated by the lower half-lethal concentration for N. europaea (87 µg/L) compared with P. stutzeri (124 µg/L) and A. vinelandii (>250 µg/L) when cells were exposed with Ag(+) for 24 h in 1 mM bicarbonate buffer. This suggests that ammonia oxidation would be the most vulnerable nitrogen-cycling process in wastewater treatment plants receiving AgNPs and in agricultural soils amended with biosolids that concentrate them.
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- Yu Yang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
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Effects of nitrogen dioxide and anoxia on global gene and protein expression in long-term continuous cultures of Nitrosomonas eutropha C91. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:4788-94. [PMID: 22562996 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00668-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nitrosomonas eutropha is an ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacterium found in environments with high ammonium levels, such as wastewater treatment plants. The effects of NO(2) on gene and protein expression under oxic and anoxic conditions were determined by maintaining N. eutropha strain C91 in a chemostat fed with ammonium under oxic, oxic-plus-NO(2), and anoxic-plus-NO(2) culture conditions. Cells remained viable but ceased growing under anoxia; hence, the chemostat was switched from continuous to batch cultivation to retain biomass. After several weeks under each condition, biomass was harvested for total mRNA and protein isolation. Exposure of N. eutropha C91 to NO(2) under either oxic or anoxic conditions led to a decrease in proteins involved in N and C assimilation and storage and an increase in proteins involved in energy conservation, including ammonia monooxygenase (AmoCAB). Exposure to anoxia plus NO(2) resulted in increased representation of proteins and transcripts reflective of an energy-deprived state. Several proteins implicated in N-oxide metabolism were expressed and remained unchanged throughout the experiment, except for NorCB nitric oxide reductase, which was not detected in the proteome. Rather, NorY nitric oxide reductase was expressed under oxic-plus-NO(2) and anoxic-plus-NO(2) conditions. The results indicate that exposure to NO(2) results in an energy-deprived state of N. eutropha C91 and that anaerobic growth could not be supported with NO(2) as an oxidant.
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Yang Y, Wang J, Zhu H, Colvin VL, Alvarez PJ. Relative susceptibility and transcriptional response of nitrogen cycling bacteria to quantum dots. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2012; 46:3433-41. [PMID: 22360857 DOI: 10.1021/es203485f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Little is known about the potential impacts of accidental or incidental releases of manufactured nanomaterials to microbial ecosystem services (e.g., nutrient cycling). Here, quantum dots (QDs) coated with cationic polyethylenimine (PEI) were more toxic to pure cultures of nitrogen-cycling bacteria than QDs coated with anionic polymaleic anhydride-alt-1-octadecene (PMAO). Nitrifying bacteria (i.e., Nitrosomonas europaea) were much more susceptible than nitrogen fixing (i.e., Azotobacter vinelandii, Rhizobium etli, and Azospirillum lipoferum) and denitrifying bacteria (i.e., Pseudomonas stutzeri). Antibacterial activity was mainly exerted by the QDs rather than by their organic coating or their released QD components (e.g., Cd and Zn), which under the near-neutral pH tested (to minimize QD weathering) were released into the bacterial growth media at lower levels than their minimum inhibitory concentrations. Sublethal exposure to QDs stimulated the expression of genes associated with nitrogen cycling. QD-PEI (10 nM) induced three types of nitrogenase genes (nif, anf, and vnf) in A. vinelandii, and one ammonia monooxygenase gene (amoA) in N. europaea was up-regulated upon exposure to 1 nM QD-PEI. We previously reported up-regulation of denitrification genes in P. stutzeri exposed to low concentrations of QD-PEI. (1) Whether this surprising stimulation of nitrogen cycling activities reflects the need to generate more energy to overcome toxicity (in the case of nitrification or denitrification) or to synthesize organic nitrogen to repair or replace damaged proteins (in the case of nitrogen fixation) remains to be determined.
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- Yu Yang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Investigating Nitrosomonas europaea Stress Biomarkers in Batch, Continuous Culture, and Biofilm Reactors. Methods Enzymol 2011; 496:217-46. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-386489-5.00009-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Nitrification and degradation of halogenated hydrocarbons--a tenuous balance for ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 86:435-44. [PMID: 20146060 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2454-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2009] [Revised: 01/14/2010] [Accepted: 01/14/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The process of nitrification has the potential for the in situ bioremediation of halogenated compounds provided a number of challenges can be overcome. In nitrification, the microbial process where ammonia is oxidized to nitrate, ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) are key players and are capable of carrying out the biodegradation of recalcitrant halogenated compounds. Through industrial uses, halogenated compounds often find their way into wastewater, contaminating the environment and bodies of water that supply drinking water. In the reclamation of wastewater, halogenated compounds can be degraded by AOB but can also be detrimental to the process of nitrification. This minireview considers the ability of AOB to carry out cometabolism of halogenated compounds and the consequent inhibition of nitrification. Possible cometabolism monitoring methods that were derived from current information about AOB genomes are also discussed. AOB expression microarrays have detected mRNA of genes that are expressed at higher levels during stress and are deemed "sentinel" genes. Promoters of selected "sentinel" genes have been cloned and used to drive the expression of gene-reporter constructs. The latter are being tested as early warning biosensors of cometabolism-induced damage in Nitrosomonas europaea with promising results. These and other biosensors may help to preserve the tenuous balance that exists when nitrification occurs in waste streams containing alternative AOB substrates such as halogenated hydrocarbons.
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