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Yang Z, Ohno T, Singh B. Effect of Land Use Change on Molecular Composition and Concentration of Organic Matter in an Oxisol. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:10095-10107. [PMID: 38805386 PMCID: PMC11171453 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c00740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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Land use change from native vegetation to cropping can significantly affect the quantity and quality of soil organic matter (SOM). However, it remains unclear how the chemical composition of SOM is affected by such changes. This study employed a sequential chemical extraction to partition SOM from an Oxisol into several distinct fractions: water-soluble fractions (ultrapure water (W)), organometal complexes (sodium pyrophosphate (PP)), short-range ordered (SRO) oxides (hydroxylamine-HCl (HH)), and well-crystalline oxides (dithionite-HCl (DH)). Coupled with Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS), the impact of land use change on the molecular composition of different OM fractions was investigated. Greater amounts of OM were observed in the PP and HH fractions compared to other fractions, highlighting their importance in SOM stabilization. The composition of different OM fractions varied based on extracted phases, with lignin-like and tannin-like compounds being prevalent in the PP and HH fractions, while aliphatic-like compounds dominated in the DH fraction. Despite changes in the concentration of each OM fraction from native vegetation to cropping, there was little influence of land use change on the molecular composition of OM associated with different mineral phases. No significant selective loss or preservation of organic carbon compounds was observed, indicating the composition of SOM remained unchanged.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zongtang Yang
- School
of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2015, Australia
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- School
of Food and Agriculture, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469-5763, United
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- School
of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2015, Australia
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Ye B, Song ZM, Wu DX, Liang JK, Wang WL, Hu W, Yu Y. Comparative molecular transformations of dissolved organic matter induced by chlorination and ammonia/chlorine oxidation process. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 339:122771. [PMID: 37858698 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2023] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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The ammonia/chlorine oxidation process can greatly degrade PPCPs in water. However, its effect on molecular transformations of natural organic matter (NOM) and effluent organic matter (EfOM) are still poorly understood. In this study, molecular transformations of NOM and EfOM occurring during ammonia/chlorine were explored and compared with those occurred during chlorination, using spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Phenolic and highly unsaturated aliphatic compounds together with aliphatic compounds were found to be predominant in both NOM and EfOM samples, all of which were significantly degraded after two processes. The ammonia/chlorine process led to greater decreases in the molecular weights of such components but lower reductions in aromaticity. Compared with chlorination, ammonia/chlorine was found to be more likely to degrade compounds while remaining fluorophores or chromophores. The CH(N)O(S) precursors were found to be similar for both processes but their products were quite different. The CH(N)O(S) precursors that only found in ammonia/chlorine had higher molecular weights and greater degrees of oxidation but lower degrees of saturation. In contrast, the unique CH(N)O(S) products that only found in ammonia/chlorine exhibited lower molecular weights and lower degrees of oxidation degrees together with higher degrees of saturation. Lower total abundance of chlorinated byproducts was found by ammonia/chlorine compared with chlorination, although the former process provided a richer diversity. In all water samples, chlorinated byproducts were mainly generated by substitution reactions during ammonia/chlorine and chlorination. Overall, the findings of this study could provide new insights into the transformations of NOM and EfOM induced by ammonia/chlorine and chlorination.
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- Bei Ye
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ecological Remediation and Carbon Sequestration, Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China; Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control of Shenzhen, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China; Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 6158540, Japan
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ecological Remediation and Carbon Sequestration, Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China; Pingshan District Urban Management and Law Enforcement Bureau, Shenzhen, 518118, PR China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ecological Remediation and Carbon Sequestration, Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China; Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control of Shenzhen, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ecological Remediation and Carbon Sequestration, Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China; Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, PR China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ecological Remediation and Carbon Sequestration, Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China; Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control of Shenzhen, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China.
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ecological Remediation and Carbon Sequestration, Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China; Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control of Shenzhen, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ecological Remediation and Carbon Sequestration, Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China; Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control of Shenzhen, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China
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Li L, Li Y, Fang Z, He C. Study on molecular structure characteristics of natural dissolved organic nitrogen by use of negative and positive ion mode electrospray ionization Orbitrap mass spectrometry and collision-induced dissociation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 810:152116. [PMID: 34871689 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) in aquatic systems is an important component of the global nitrogen cycle. However, the molecular structural information of DON in natural water is still unknown. In this study, the molecular structural characteristics of DON molecules in three natural waters were studied by using negative and positive ion mode electrospray ionization (ESI) Orbitrap mass spectrometry and collision-induced dissociation (CID). The DON compounds in these natural water samples could be selectively ionized by a positive ESI source with formic acid as the ionization promoter. A fraction of DON may exist as amphoteric substance. Then, possible chemical structures were assigned for some of these DON molecules by CID. Possible O-containing functional groups could be assigned as carboxyl, hydroxyl, carbonyl and methoxyl in negative/positive ESI tandem mass spectra, and neutral loss of NH3 corresponding to amino groups was observed for the first time in a positive ESI CID MSMS analysis, which demonstrated that a fraction of DON in natural water may exist as amino acid-like compounds. The results demonstrate that the positive/negative ESI CID Orbitrap MSMS method could provide valuable molecular structure information on DON in natural water.
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- Lijie Li
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China; Center of Excellence for Environmental Safety and Biological Effects, Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Department of Chemistry and Biology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China.
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Investigation of the molecular structure complexity of dissolved organic matter by UPLC-orbitrap MS/MS. Talanta 2021; 230:122320. [PMID: 33934784 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The complex natural organic matter of the Suwannee River fulvic acid (SRFA) standard was analyzed by online reversed-phase chromatography with Orbitrap MS/MS using collision-induced dissociation (CID). The number of isobars per nominal mass could be reduced to a single dominantly abundant species in a chromatographic run, sharing some ions with signals having the identical molecular formula in adjacent chromatographic segments and later serving as a precursor ion for fragmentation. A very large proportion of the same fragment ions existed in adjacent chromatographic fractions. The difference in the fragment ions in adjacent chromatographic fractions could be attributed to a gradual change in the formula composition of precursor ions in a chromatographic run. It could be concluded that dissolved organic matter (DOM) molecules with the same elemental composition in different chromatographic fractions may have very similar molecular structures. In addition, we propose a possible DOM model that might greatly deepen our understanding of the behavior of DOM in aquatic matrices.
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Moody CS. A comparison of methods for the extraction of dissolved organic matter from freshwaters. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 184:116114. [PMID: 32755731 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116114] [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: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 06/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Studies of dissolved organic matter (DOM) composition have used several different methods to concentrate and extract the DOM from fresh water, but the impact of these methods on the composition of the DOM is relatively unknown, as very few studies use more than one method to compare results. The aim of this study was to use several methods, frequently used in the scientific literature, to concentrate and extract DOM from fresh water and compare the elemental and functional group composition of the extracted DOM. In addition, the cost, in terms of money, resources and time, were assessed for each method. The results showed that the elemental and functional group composition of the extracted DOM varied between methods significantly. The methods that yielded the most similar and reproducible DOM results were rotary evaporation, dry-down at 60 °C and freeze-drying. Although each of these methods required a relatively expensive piece of laboratory equipment, this was a 'one-off' cost, and consumables and time per sample were relatively low. This study highlights the dangers of comparing DOM data from different studies when the DOM has been extracted via different methods. In future, it is recommended that studies of DOM composition report their methods of extraction clearly and consistently, ideally using one (or more) of the methods showing reliable results here.
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Maillard J, Ferey J, Rüger CP, Schmitz-Afonso I, Bekri S, Gautier T, Carrasco N, Afonso C, Tebani A. Optimization of ion trajectories in a dynamically harmonized Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance cell using a design of experiments strategy. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2020; 34:e8659. [PMID: 31800128 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Revised: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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RATIONALE With the recent introduction of the dynamically harmonized Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) cell, the complexity of tuning has expanded drastically, and fine-tuning of the direct current voltages is required to optimize the ion cloud movement. As this adjustment must typically be performed manually, more reliable computational methods would be useful. METHODS Here we propose a computational method based on a design of experiments (DoE) strategy to overcome the limits of classical manual tuning. This DoE strategy was exemplarily applied on a 12 T FT-ICR instrument equipped with a dynamically harmonized ICR cell. The chemometric approach, based on a central composite face (CCF) design, was first applied to a reference material (sodium trifluoroacetate) allowing for the evaluation of the primary cell parameters. Eight factors related to shimming and gating were identified. The summed intensity of the signal corresponding to the even harmonics was defined as one quality criterion. RESULTS The DoE response allowed for rapid and complete mapping of cell parameters resulting in an optimized parameter set. The new set of cell parameters was applied to the study of an ultra-complex sample: Tholins, an ultra-complex mixture that mimics the haze present on Titan, was chosen. We observed a substantial improvement in mass spectrometric performance. The sum of signals related to harmonics was decreased by a factor of three (from 4% for conventional tuning to 1.3%). Furthermore, the dynamic range was also increased, which in turn led to an increase in attributed peaks by 13%. CONCLUSIONS This computational procedure based on an experimental design can be applied to any other mass spectrometric parameter optimization problem. This strategy will lead to a more transparent and data-driven method development.
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- Julien Maillard
- LATMOS/IPSL, Université Versailles St Quentin, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Guyancourt, France
- Université de Rouen, Laboratoire COBRA UMR 6014 & FR 3038, IRCOF, 1 Rue Tesnière, Mont St Aignan Cedex, France
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- Université de Rouen, Laboratoire COBRA UMR 6014 & FR 3038, IRCOF, 1 Rue Tesnière, Mont St Aignan Cedex, France
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- Université de Rouen, Laboratoire COBRA UMR 6014 & FR 3038, IRCOF, 1 Rue Tesnière, Mont St Aignan Cedex, France
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- Université de Rouen, Laboratoire COBRA UMR 6014 & FR 3038, IRCOF, 1 Rue Tesnière, Mont St Aignan Cedex, France
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- Department of Metabolic Biochemistry, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
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- LATMOS/IPSL, Université Versailles St Quentin, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Guyancourt, France
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- LATMOS/IPSL, Université Versailles St Quentin, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Guyancourt, France
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- Université de Rouen, Laboratoire COBRA UMR 6014 & FR 3038, IRCOF, 1 Rue Tesnière, Mont St Aignan Cedex, France
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- LATMOS/IPSL, Université Versailles St Quentin, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Guyancourt, France
- Université de Rouen, Laboratoire COBRA UMR 6014 & FR 3038, IRCOF, 1 Rue Tesnière, Mont St Aignan Cedex, France
- Department of Metabolic Biochemistry, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
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