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Vidyalakshmi D, Yesudas A, Sivan G, Akhil Prakash E, Priyaja P. Heavy metal accumulation analysis using bivalve, sponge, sea urchin, and gastropod species as bioindicators. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 202:116374. [PMID: 38663344 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116374] [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: 03/10/2024] [Revised: 04/09/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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A comparative assessment of heavy metal accumulation potential in four distinct marine benthic bioindicators: the bivalve Perna perna, the sponge Callyspongia fibrosa, the sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla, and the gastropod Purpura bufo were conducted. These organisms were collected from the same location, and the concentration of ten heavy metals was analyzed in water, sediment and various body parts of the organisms. The bioaccumulation potential was evaluated using the bio-water accumulation factor and bio-sediment accumulation factor. There was significant variation in the bioaccumulation potential of each organism with respect to different metals. The sponge proved to be a reliable indicator of Cd with a highest concentration of 2.60 μg/g. Sea urchin accumulated high concentrations of Cr (16.98 μg/g) and Pb (4.80 μg/g), whereas Cu was predominant (21.05 μg/g) in gastropod, followed by bivalve (17.67 μg/g). The concentration of metals in hard parts was found to be lower than in the tissues.
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- D Vidyalakshmi
- Department of Marine biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India
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- Department of Marine biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India
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- Department of Marine biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India
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- Department of Marine biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India
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- Department of Marine biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India.
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Kavun VY, Podgurskaya OV. Spatial variation of cadmium concentration in the bivalve Beguina semiorbiculata (Linnaeus, 1758) from coastal coral reefs of Vietnam. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2023; 191:114837. [PMID: 37043930 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The spatial distribution of trace metals (Fe, Zn, Cu, Cd, Mn, Pb and Ni) in the soft tissues of Beguina semiorbiculata from coastal reefs of Vietnam was studied. Bivalves were collected in May 2013 from 22 sites along the south-eastern coast from Gulf of Thailand to Ha Long Bay. The most increased concentrations of studied metals (excluding Cd) were shown in the B. semiorbiculata living in Ha Long Bay characterized by terrestrial runoff and anthropogenic effects. In contrast, the maximal Cd concentrations were found in the bivalves from coastal reefs of central Vietnam and Gulf of Thailand. Apparently, Cd concentration depends on seasonal upwellings (central part of Vietnam coast) and composition of suspended matter (Gulf of Thailand). Consequently, Cd distribution in the coastal waters of Vietnam should be strongly controlled in relation with predicted risk of climate change that may further significantly increased Cd bioavailability for habitants of coral reefs.
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- Victor Ya Kavun
- A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Brunch Russian Academy of Sciences, Palchevskogo Str. 17, Vladivostok 690041, Russia
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- A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Brunch Russian Academy of Sciences, Palchevskogo Str. 17, Vladivostok 690041, Russia.
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Medas D, Meneghini C, Pusceddu C, Carlomagno I, Aquilanti G, Dore E, Murgia V, Podda F, Rimondi V, Vacca S, Wanty RB, De Giudici G. Plant-minerals-water interactions: An investigation on Juncus acutus exposed to different Zn sources. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 870:161931. [PMID: 36736402 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161931] [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: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Juncus acutus has been proposed as a suitable species for the design of phytoremediation plans. This research aimed to investigate the role played by rhizosphere minerals and water composition on Zn transformations and dynamics in the rhizosphere-plant system of J. acutus exposed to different Zn sources. Rhizobox experiments were conducted using three different growing substrates (Zn from 137 to 20,400 mg/kg), and two irrigation lines (Zn 0.05 and 180 mg/l). The plant growth was affected by the substrate type, whereas the Zn content in the water did not significantly influence the plant height for a specific substrate. J. acutus accumulated Zn mainly in roots (up to 10,000 mg/kg dw); the metal supply by the water led to variable increases in the total Zn concentration in the vegetal organs, and different Zn distributions both controlled by the rhizosphere mineral composition. Different Zn complexation mechanisms were observed, mainly driven by cysteine and citrate compounds, whose amount increased linearly with Zn content in water, but differently for each of the investigated systems. Our study contributes to gain a more complete picture of the Zn pathway in the rhizosphere-plant system of J. acutus. We demonstrated that this vegetal species is not only capable of developing site-specific tolerance mechanisms, but it is also capable to differently modulate Zn transformation when Zn is additionally supplied by watering. These findings are necessary for predicting the fate of Zn during phytoremediation of sites characterized by specific mineralogical properties and subject to water chemical variations.
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- Daniela Medas
- Department of Chemical and Geological Science, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
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- Department of Sciences, University of Roma Tre, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical and Geological Science, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Geological Science, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical and Geological Science, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; CNR-Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical and Geological Science, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
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- Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Golden, CO 80401, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Geological Science, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
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Bonanni V, Gianoncelli A. Soft X-ray Fluorescence and Near-Edge Absorption Microscopy for Investigating Metabolic Features in Biological Systems: A Review. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043220. [PMID: 36834632 PMCID: PMC9960606 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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Scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) provides the imaging of biological specimens allowing the parallel collection of localized spectroscopic information by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and/or X-ray Absorption Near Edge Spectroscopy (XANES). The complex metabolic mechanisms which can take place in biological systems can be explored by these techniques by tracing even small quantities of the chemical elements involved in the metabolic pathways. Here, we present a review of the most recent publications in the synchrotrons' scenario where soft X-ray spectro-microscopy has been employed in life science as well as in environmental research.
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Ehrlich H, Bailey E, Wysokowski M, Jesionowski T. Forced Biomineralization: A Review. Biomimetics (Basel) 2021; 6:46. [PMID: 34287234 PMCID: PMC8293141 DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics6030046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Revised: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Biologically induced and controlled mineralization of metals promotes the development of protective structures to shield cells from thermal, chemical, and ultraviolet stresses. Metal biomineralization is widely considered to have been relevant for the survival of life in the environmental conditions of ancient terrestrial oceans. Similar behavior is seen among extremophilic biomineralizers today, which have evolved to inhabit a variety of industrial aqueous environments with elevated metal concentrations. As an example of extreme biomineralization, we introduce the category of "forced biomineralization", which we use to refer to the biologically mediated sequestration of dissolved metals and metalloids into minerals. We discuss forced mineralization as it is known to be carried out by a variety of organisms, including polyextremophiles in a range of psychrophilic, thermophilic, anaerobic, alkaliphilic, acidophilic, and halophilic conditions, as well as in environments with very high or toxic metal ion concentrations. While much additional work lies ahead to characterize the various pathways by which these biominerals form, forced biomineralization has been shown to provide insights for the progression of extreme biomimetics, allowing for promising new forays into creating the next generation of composites using organic-templating approaches under biologically extreme laboratory conditions relevant to a wide range of industrial conditions.
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- Hermann Ehrlich
- Institute of Electronic and Sensor Materials, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, 09599 Freiberg, Germany
- Center for Advanced Technology, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61614 Poznan, Poland
- Centre for Climate Change Research, Toronto, ON M4P 1J4, Canada
- ICUBE-University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA;
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- Faculty of Chemical Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemical Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
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Kunene SC, Lin KS, Mdlovu NV, Shih WC. Bioaccumulation of trace metals and speciation of copper and zinc in Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) using XANES/EXAFS spectroscopies. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 265:129067. [PMID: 33246704 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129067] [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: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) concentrations in oyster soft tissues can be particularly high due to contamination, leading to extremely green/blue colors. This raises key questions regarding the behavior and speciation of trace metals in oyster soft tissues. This study investigated trace metal concentration profiles of contaminated Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) soft tissues collected from trace metal-contaminated coastal area of Xiangshan District using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Moreover, Cu and Zn speciation in contaminated and non-contaminated oyster soft tissues were investigated by X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopy/extended X-ray absorption fine structure (XANES/EXAFS) spectroscopic methods. The contents of Cu (1,100-1,400 mg/kg) and Zn (500-700 mg/kg) dry weight were high in oyster soft tissue samples. The XANES/EXAFS results revealed that Cu and Zn existed primarily as copper (II) oxide (CuO) and zinc oxide (ZnO) in contaminated oysters. Furthermore, Cu and Zn formed clusters with Cu-O and Zn-O interatomic distances of 1.97 and 2.21 Å, (coordination numbers 1.0 and 5.6), respectively. In non-contaminated oysters, the less abundant Cu and Zn existed mainly as copper(I) sulfide (Cu2S) and zinc sulfide (ZnS) forming clusters with Cu-S and Zn-S (thiolates) bond distances of 2.09 and 1.23 Å (coordination numbers of 4.6 and 2.4). These results provide further understanding on the chemical speciation of Cu and Zn in contaminated and non-contaminated oyster soft tissues as well as the bioaccumulation of trace metals in the oyster soft tissues.
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- Sikhumbuzo Charles Kunene
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science/Environmental Technology Research Center, Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li District, Taoyuan City, 32003, Taiwan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science/Environmental Technology Research Center, Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li District, Taoyuan City, 32003, Taiwan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science/Environmental Technology Research Center, Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li District, Taoyuan City, 32003, Taiwan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science/Environmental Technology Research Center, Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li District, Taoyuan City, 32003, Taiwan.
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Harayashiki CAY, Márquez F, Cariou E, Castro ÍB. Mollusk shell alterations resulting from coastal contamination and other environmental factors. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 265:114881. [PMID: 32505962 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Effects of contamination on aquatic organisms have been investigated and employed as biomarkers in environmental quality assessment for years. A commonly referenced aquatic organism, mollusks represent a group of major interest in toxicological studies. Both gastropods and bivalves have external mineral shells that protects their soft tissue from predation and desiccation. These structures are composed of an organic matrix and an inorganic matrix, both of which are affected by environmental changes, including exposure to hazardous chemicals. This literature review evaluates studies that propose mollusk shell alterations as biomarkers of aquatic system quality. The studies included herein show that changes to natural variables such as salinity, temperature, food availability, hydrodynamics, desiccation, predatory pressure, and substrate type may influence the form, structure, and composition of mollusk shells. However, in the spatial and temporal studies performed in coastal waters around the world, shells of organisms sampled from multi-impacted areas were found to differ in the form and composition of both organic and inorganic matrices relative to shells from less contaminated areas. Though these findings are useful, the toxicological studies were often performed in the field and were not able to attribute shell alterations to a specific molecule. It is known that the organic matrix of shells regulates the biomineralization process; proteomic analyses of shells may therefore elucidate how different contaminants affect shell biomineralization. Further research using approaches that allow a clearer distinction between shell alterations caused by natural variations and those caused by anthropogenic influence, as well as studies to identify which molecule is responsible for such alterations or to determine the ecological implications of shell alterations, are needed before any responses can be applied universally.
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- Cyntia Ayumi Yokota Harayashiki
- Departamento de Ciências do Mar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Carvalho de Mendonça 144, CEP, 11070-100, Santos, Brazil.
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- LARBIM - IBIOMAR. CCT CONICET-CENPAT, Bvd. Brown 2915, U9120ACV, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina; Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB), Bvd. Brown 3051, U9120ACV, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
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- Observatory of Universe Sciences of Nantes-Atlantique, University of Nantes, Campus Lombarderie, 2 Rue de La Houssinière, 44322, Nantes, France
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- Departamento de Ciências do Mar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Carvalho de Mendonça 144, CEP, 11070-100, Santos, Brazil
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