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Bediako JK, El Ouardi Y, Massima Mouele ES, Mensah B, Repo E. Polyelectrolyte and polyelectrolyte complex-incorporated adsorbents in water and wastewater remediation - A review of recent advances. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 325:138418. [PMID: 36925007 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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In recent years, polyelectrolyte-incorporated functional materials have emerged as novel adsorbents for effective remediation of pollutants in water and wastewater. Polyelectrolytes (PEs) are a special class of polymers with long chains of repeating charged moieties. Polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) are obtained by mixing aqueous solutions of oppositely charged PEs. Herewith, this review discusses recent advances with respect to water and wastewater remediation using PE- and PEC-incorporated adsorbents. The review begins by highlighting some water resources, their pollution sources and available treatment techniques. Next, an overview of PEs and PECs is discussed, highlighting the evolving progress in their processing. Consequently, application of these materials in different facets of water and wastewater remediation, including heavy metal removal, precious metal and rare earth element recovery, desalination, dye and emerging micropollutant removal, are critically reviewed. For water and wastewater remediation, PEs and PECs are mostly applied either in their original forms, as composites or as morphologically-tunable complexes. PECs are deemed superior to other materials owing to their tunability for both cationic and anionic pollutants. Generally, natural and semi-synthetic PEs have been largely applied owing to their low cost, ready availability and eco-friendliness. Except dye removal and desalination of saline water, application of synthetic PEs and PECs is scanty, and hence requires more focus in future research.
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- John Kwame Bediako
- Department of Separation Science, School of Engineering Science, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT), FI-53850 Lappeenranta, Finland; Department of Food Process Engineering, School of Engineering Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 77, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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- Department of Separation Science, School of Engineering Science, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT), FI-53850 Lappeenranta, Finland
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- Department of Separation Science, School of Engineering Science, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT), FI-53850 Lappeenranta, Finland
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 77, Legon, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Separation Science, School of Engineering Science, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT), FI-53850 Lappeenranta, Finland
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Blaga AC, Zaharia C, Suteu D. Polysaccharides as Support for Microbial Biomass-Based Adsorbents with Applications in Removal of Heavy Metals and Dyes. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:2893. [PMID: 34502933 PMCID: PMC8433894 DOI: 10.3390/polym13172893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The use of biosorbents for the decontamination of industrial effluent (e.g., wastewater treatment) by retaining non-biodegradable pollutants (antibiotics, dyes, and heavy metals) has been investigated in order to develop inexpensive and effective techniques. The exacerbated water pollution crisis is a huge threat to the global economy, especially in association with the rapid development of industry; thus, the sustainable reuse of different treated water resources has become a worldwide necessity. This review investigates the use of different natural (living and non-living) microbial biomass types containing polysaccharides, proteins, and lipids (natural polymers) as biosorbents in free and immobilized forms. Microbial biomass immobilization performed by using polymeric support (i.e., polysaccharides) would ensure the production of efficient biosorbents, with good mechanical resistance and easy separation ability, utilized in different effluents' depollution. Biomass-based biosorbents, due to their outstanding biosorption abilities and good efficiency for effluent treatment (concentrated or diluted solutions of residuals/contaminants), need to be used in industrial environmental applications, to improve environmental sustainability of the economic activities. This review presents the most recent advances related the main polymers such as polysaccharides and microbial cells used for biosorbents production; a detailed analysis of the biosorption capability of algal, bacterial and fungal biomass; as well as a series of specific applications for retaining metal ions and organic dyes. Even if biosorption offers many advantages, the complexity of operation increased by the presence of multiple pollutants in real wastewater combined with insufficient knowledge on desorption and regeneration capacity of biosorbents (mostly used in laboratory scale) requires more large-scale biosorption experiments in order to adequately choose a type of biomass but also a polymeric support for an efficient treatment process.
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- Alexandra Cristina Blaga
- Department of Organic, Biochemical and Food Engineering, ‘Cristofor Simionescu’ Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environment Protection, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, 73 D. Mangeron Blvd, 700050 Iasi, Romania;
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, ‘Cristofor Simionescu’ Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environment Protection, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, 73 D. Mangeron Blvd, 700050 Iasi, Romania;
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- Department of Organic, Biochemical and Food Engineering, ‘Cristofor Simionescu’ Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environment Protection, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, 73 D. Mangeron Blvd, 700050 Iasi, Romania;
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Orooji Y, Nezafat Z, Nasrollahzadeh M, Kamali TA. Polysaccharide-based (nano)materials for Cr(VI) removal. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 188:950-973. [PMID: 34343587 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.07.182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Chromium is a potentially poisonous and carcinogenic species, which originates from human activities and various industries such as leather, steel, iron, and electroplating industries. Chromium is present in various oxidation states, among which hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) is highly toxic as a natural contaminant. Therefore, chromium, particularly Cr(VI), must be eliminated from the environment, soil, and water to overcome significant problems due to its accumulation in the environment. There are different approaches such as adsorption, ion exchange, photocatalytic reduction, etc. for removing Cr(VI) from the environment. By converting Cr(VI) to Cr(III), its toxicity is reduced. Cr(III) is essential for the human diet, even in small amounts. Today, biopolymers such as alginate, cellulose, gum, pectin, starch, chitin, and chitosan have received much attention for the removal of environmental pollutants. Biopolymers, particularly polysaccharides, are very useful compounds due to their OH and NH2 functional groups and some advantages such as biodegradability, biocompatibility, and accessibility. Therefore, they can be widely applied in catalytic applications and as efficient adsorbents for the removal of toxic compounds from the environment. This review briefly investigates the application of polysaccharide-based (nano)materials for efficient Cr(VI) removal from the environment using adsorption/reduction, photocatalytic, and chemical reduction mechanisms.
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- Yasin Orooji
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Qom, Qom 37185-359, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Qom, Qom 37185-359, Iran
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Liu B, Nan J, Zu X, Zhang X, Xiao Q. Identification of Genome Sequences of Polyphosphate-Accumulating Organisms by Machine Learning. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 8:626221. [PMID: 33537313 PMCID: PMC7848102 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.626221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In the field of sewage treatment, the identification of polyphosphate-accumulating organisms (PAOs) usually relies on biological experiments. However, biological experiments are not only complicated and time-consuming, but also costly. In recent years, machine learning has been widely used in many fields, but it is seldom used in the water treatment. The present work presented a high accuracy support vector machine (SVM) algorithm to realize the rapid identification and prediction of PAOs. We obtained 6,318 genome sequences of microorganisms from the publicly available microbial genome database for comparative analysis (MBGD). Minimap2 was used to compare the genomes of the obtained microorganisms in pairs, and read the overlap. The SVM model was established using the similarity of the genome sequences. In this SVM model, the average accuracy is 0.9628 ± 0.019 with 10-fold cross-validation. By predicting 2,652 microorganisms, 22 potential PAOs were obtained. Through the analysis of the predicted potential PAOs, most of them could be indirectly verified their phosphorus removal characteristics from previous reports. The SVM model we built shows high prediction accuracy and good stability.
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- Bohan Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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Yu C, Zhang Y, Fang Y, Tan Y, Dai K, Liu S, Huang Q. Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 impregnated Ca-alginate capsule for efficient Cr(VI) reduction and Cr(III) adsorption. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 27:16745-16753. [PMID: 32130632 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-06832-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 (MR-1)-impregnated alginate capsules with 3D porous structure were prepared through cation crossing-linking and was used for the Cr(VI) reduction and removal. After being encapsulated by alginate, the endurance of the MR-1 was largely enhanced under conditions of high Cr(VI) concentrations (up to 4 mM) and low pH (pH 5). The Cr(VI) reduction over the MR-1-impregnated alginate capsules could be fitted by pseudo first-order kinetic model. With the Cr(VI) initial concentration increasing from 1 to 4 mM, the first-order rate constant for the encapsulated MR-1 (kcapsules) and free cells (kcells) fell by 26.3% and 82.4%, respectively. At pH 5, the kcapsules value was 0.19 h- 1, which was about 3.7 times higher than kcells. Moreover, the encapsulated MR-1 held 90.5% of the Cr(VI) reduction ability after 15 days of resting time, while the free MR-1 held 19.7%. After bioreduction, 73.6% of total chromium was adsorbed on the MR-1 impregnated Ca-alginate capsules. XPS results showed 85% of the adsorbed chromium was Cr(III). The mechanism for chromium removal over the MR-1-impregnated Ca-alginate capsules was proposed with the following steps: (1) Cr(VI) was bioreduced via the encapsulated MR-1; (2) the reduced soluble Cr(III) was adsorbed by alginate selectively. In the study, the Ca-alginate shell of the cabbage-like MR-1 impregnated capsules could be a shelter for encapsulated MR-1 to endure unfavorable conditions (e.g., low pH and high concentration of Cr(VI)) and immobilize the soluble chromium. Considering the obtained capsules derived from biomolecules were environment-friendly, the MR-1-impregnated Ca-alginate capsules were potential for the application in the remediation of environmental pollution. Graphical abstract.
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- Cheng Yu
- College of Food Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, P R, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, P R, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, P R, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, P R, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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- College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, P R, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Mengke-Li, Yuting-Zhuo, Yuting-Hu, Shuzhen-Li, Liang-Hu, Hui-Zhong, Zhiguo-He. Exploration on the bioreduction mechanism of Cr(Ⅵ) by a gram-positive bacterium: Pseudochrobactrum saccharolyticum W1. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2019; 184:109636. [PMID: 31536849 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2019] [Revised: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Bioremediation of chromium (Cr(Ⅵ)) contaminations has been widely reported, but the research on its removal mechanism is still scarce. Studies on Cr(Ⅵ) removal by strains affiliated to genus Pseudochobactrum revealed the Cr(Ⅵ) efficiency removal through the reduction of Cr(Ⅵ) to Cr(Ⅲ). However, the location of Cr(Ⅵ) reduction reaction and exact mechanism are still unspecified. In this work, a Gram-positive bacterial strain, Pseudochrobactrum saccharolyticum W1 (P. saccharolyticum W1) was isolated and tested to remove approximately 53.7% of Cr(Ⅵ) (initial concentration was 200 mg L-1) from the MSM medium. Analysis of SEM-EDS and TEM-EDS indicated that chromium-containing particles precipitated both on the cell surface and in the cytoplasm. Batch experiments indicated that the heat-treated bacterial cells almost had no ability to remove Cr(Ⅵ) from solution, while the resting cells could remove 62.0% of Cr(Ⅵ) at the initial concentration of 10 mg L-1. Additionally, at this concentration, 64.8% and 70.8% of Cr(Ⅵ) was reduced by cell envelope components and intracellular soluble substances after 6 h, respectively. These results suggested that the removal of Cr(Ⅵ) by P. saccharolyticum W1 was through direct reduction, which occurred on both cell envelop and cytoplasm. The results also showed that cytoplasm was the main site for Cr(Ⅵ) reduction compared to the cell envelop. Further analysis of FTIR and XPS verified that C-H, C-C, CO, C-OH and C-O-C groups of cells involved in correlation with chromium during Cr(Ⅵ) reduction. The study offered an insight into the Cr(VI) reduction mechanism of P. saccharolyticum W1.
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Analysis of resistance genes of clinical Pannonibacter phragmitetus strain 31801 by complete genome sequencing. Arch Microbiol 2018; 200:1101-1109. [PMID: 29761214 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-018-1522-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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To clarify the resistance mechanisms of Pannonibacter phragmitetus 31801, isolated from the blood of a liver abscess patient, at the genomic level, we performed whole genomic sequencing using a PacBio RS II single-molecule real-time long-read sequencer. Bioinformatic analysis of the resulting sequence was then carried out to identify any possible resistance genes. Analyses included Basic Local Alignment Search Tool searches against the Antibiotic Resistance Genes Database, ResFinder analysis of the genome sequence, and Resistance Gene Identifier analysis within the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database. Prophages, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR), and other putative virulence factors were also identified using PHAST, CRISPRfinder, and the Virulence Factors Database, respectively. The circular chromosome and single plasmid of P. phragmitetus 31801 contained multiple antibiotic resistance genes, including those coding for three different types of β-lactamase [NPS β-lactamase (EC 3.5.2.6), β-lactamase class C, and a metal-dependent hydrolase of β-lactamase superfamily I]. In addition, genes coding for subunits of several multidrug-resistance efflux pumps were identified, including those targeting macrolides (adeJ, cmeB), tetracycline (acrB, adeAB), fluoroquinolones (acrF, ceoB), and aminoglycosides (acrD, amrB, ceoB, mexY, smeB). However, apart from the tripartite macrolide efflux pump macAB-tolC, the genome did not appear to contain the complete complement of subunit genes required for production of most of the major multidrug-resistance efflux pumps.
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Zhou Y, Jiang T, Hu S, Wang M, Ming D, Chen S. Genomic insights of Pannonibacter phragmitetus strain 31801 isolated from a patient with a liver abscess. Microbiologyopen 2017; 6. [PMID: 28857514 PMCID: PMC5727363 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2017] [Revised: 06/04/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Pannonibacter phragmitetus is a bioremediation reagent for the detoxification of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAHs) while it rarely infects healthy populations. However, infection by the opportunistic pathogen P. phragmitetus complicates diagnosis and treatments, and poses a serious threat to immunocompromised patients owing to its multidrug resistance. Unfortunately, genome features, antimicrobial resistance, and virulence potentials in P. phragmitetus have not been reported before. A predominant colony (31801) was isolated from a liver abscess patient, indicating that it accounted for the infection. To investigate its infection mechanism(s) in depth, we sequenced this bacterial genome and tested its antimicrobial resistance. Average nucleotide identity (ANI) analysis assigned the bacterium to the species P. phragmitetus (ANI, >95%). Comparative genomics analyses among Pannonibacter spp. representing the different living niches were used to describe the Pannonibacter pan‐genomes and to examine virulence factors, prophages, CRISPR arrays, and genomic islands. Pannonibacter phragmitetus 31801 consisted of one chromosome and one plasmid, while the plasmid was absent in other Pannonibacter isolates. Pannonibacter phragmitetus 31801 may have a great infection potential because a lot of genes encoding toxins, flagellum formation, iron uptake, and virulence factor secretion systems in its genome. Moreover, the genome has 24 genomic islands and 2 prophages. A combination of antimicrobial susceptibility tests and the detailed antibiotic resistance gene analysis provide useful information about the drug resistance mechanisms and therefore can be used to guide the treatment strategy for the bacterial infection.
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- Yajun Zhou
- Yun Leung Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Yun Leung Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Yun Leung Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Yun Leung Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.,Institute of Nanomedicine Technology and Department of Medical Laboratory, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fujian, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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Wang M, Zhang X, Jiang T, Hu S, Yi Z, Zhou Y, Ming D, Chen S. Liver Abscess Caused by Pannonibacter phragmitetus: Case Report and Literature Review. Front Med (Lausanne) 2017; 4:48. [PMID: 28487855 PMCID: PMC5403815 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2017.00048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2016] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Bacterial hepatic abscess is a common occurrence in developing countries, which is mostly caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli. Pannonibacter phragmitetus is a Gram-negative alkali-tolerant bacillus that exists in the natural environment. Human infection by this bacterium is rare, with only four cases reported. Method We presented one of these cases with a bacterial liver abscess by a polymicrobial infection involving P. phragmitetus and Streptococcus oralis, with P. phragmitetus being the predominate isolate. Result and discussion Our strain of P. phragmitetus was resistant to more antibiotics than the other reported two strains. This case further verified the infectivity of P. phragmitetus.
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- Mingxi Wang
- Yun Leung Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.,Department of Medical Laboratory, Institute of Nanomedicine Technology, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, China
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- Department of Medical Laboratory, Institute of Nanomedicine Technology, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, China
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- Yun Leung Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Yun Leung Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Department of Medical Laboratory, Institute of Nanomedicine Technology, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, China
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- Yun Leung Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fujian, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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Sun X, Li Q, Yang L, Liu H. Removal of chromium(vi) from wastewater using weakly and strongly basic magnetic adsorbents: adsorption/desorption property and mechanism comparative studies. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra27028f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Two novel strongly basic magnetic adsorbents were prepared, and the adsorption/desorption property and mechanism of weakly and strongly basic magnetic adsorbents were compared.
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- Xitong Sun
- CAS Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials
- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Qingdao 266101
- P. R. China
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- School of Biological Engineering
- Dalian Polytechnic University
- Dalian 116034
- P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering
- Institute of Process Engineering
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials
- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Qingdao 266101
- P. R. China
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Paul AK, Dey S. Hexavalent Chromate Reduction During Growth and by Immobilized Cells of Arthrobacter sp. SUK 1205. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.3923/std.2015.158.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Davidson DW, Verma MS, Gu FX. Controlled root targeted delivery of fertilizer using an ionically crosslinked carboxymethyl cellulose hydrogel matrix. SPRINGERPLUS 2013; 2:318. [PMID: 23961392 PMCID: PMC3724987 DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2013] [Accepted: 06/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Aims The recent increases in food prices caused by the corresponding increases in fertilizer costs have highlighted the demand for reducing the overuse of fertilizers in industrial agriculture. There has been increasing interest in developing plant root-targeted delivery (RTD) of fertilizers in order to address the problem of inefficient fertilizer use. The aim of this study is to develop a low cost controlled release device to deliver fertilizers to plant roots and thereby increase fertilizer use efficiency. Methods The Root Targeted Delivery Vehicle (RTDV) is formed by dissolving Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMC) chains in water, mixing it with liquid fertilizer and crosslinking using iron and calcium salts. Basic measurements quantifying nutrient release and green house growth trials were carried out to evaluate fertilizer use efficiency on wheat growing in nutrient depleted soil media. Results Growing wheat in nutrient depleted media showed that the RTDV permits a 78% reduction in the amount of fertilizer needed to achieve similar levels of plant yield in these conditions. Quantifying the losses associated with the RTDV synthesis showed that optimizing manufacturing could possibly increase this value as high as 94%. Furthermore, the delivery device showed a similar lifetime in soil to the plant’s growth cycle, delivering fertilizer over the course of the plant’s growth before removal from soil by degradation. Conclusions These results illustrate the importance of fertilizer delivery in facilitating absorption and may have potential to vastly increase the use efficiency of fertilizers in soil, resulting in a significant reduction of costs and environmental damage. With more in depth study to quantify the fertilizer release and refine the device, there is great potential for the use of the RTDV as an effective means to increase fertilizer use efficiency in agriculture.
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- Drew W Davidson
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
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Kurayama F, Suzuki S, Bahadur NM, Furusawa T, Ota H, Sato M, Suzuki N. Preparation of aminosilane–alginate hybrid microcapsules and their use for enzyme encapsulation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2jm31792c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Xu L, Yang L, Luo M, Liang X, Wei X, Zhao J, Liu H. Reduction of hexavalent chromium by Pannonibacter phragmitetus LSSE-09 coated with polyethylenimine-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles under alkaline conditions. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2011; 189:787-793. [PMID: 21440990 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2011] [Revised: 03/01/2011] [Accepted: 03/03/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
Abstract
A novel cell separation and immobilization method for Cr (VI)-reduction under alkaline conditions was developed by using superparamagnetic Fe(3)O(4) nanoparticles (NPs). The Fe(3)O(4) NPs were synthesized by coprecipitation followed by modification with sodium citrate and polyethyleneimine (PEI). The surface-modified NPs were monodispersed and the particle size was about 15 nm with a saturation magnetization of 62.3 emu/g and an isoelectric point (pI) of 11.5 at room temperature. PEI-modified Fe(3)O(4) NPs possess positive zeta potential at pH below 11.5, presumable because of the high density of amine groups in the long chains of PEI molecules on the surface. At initial pH 9.0, Pannonibacter phragmitetus LSSE-09 cells were immobilized by PEI-modified NPs via electrostatic attraction and then separated with an external magnetic field. Compared to free cells, the coated cells not only had the same Cr (VI)-reduction activity but could also be easily separated from reaction mixtures by magnetic force. In addition, the magnetically immobilized cells retained high specific Cr (VI)-reduction activity over six batch cycles. The results suggest that the magnetic cell separation technology has potential application for Cr (VI) detoxification in alkaline wastewater.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lin Xu
- Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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