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Yaragal RR, Mutnuri S. Diversity and functional annotation of microorganisms in anaerobic chamber treating nitrate-rich wastewater. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 39:311. [PMID: 37725182 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-023-03750-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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The vertical flow constructed wetlands (VFCW) for the treatment of domestic wastewater has become a conventional and cost effective treatment system with one of the major disadvantage of elevated nitrate concentrations. The present study makes an effort in providing a new design of anaerobic denitrification unit termed as anaerobic chamber (AC) which was introduced after two-stage VFCW to remove nitrates from the treated wastewater (WW). The AC provided all the essential conditions of effective denitrification such as anaerobic environment with enough carbon and nitrogen source. To understand the pollutant removal mechanism in AC, microbial diversity and functional annotation was studied by metagenomic analysis of sequences obtained from biofilm formed in AC. The efficiency of AC was measured with respect to physicochemical wastewater quality parameters. The removal efficiencies were 88, 65, 43 and 27% for total nitrogen, nitrate (NO3), ammoniacal-nitrogen (NH4) and ortho-phosphate respectively. The microbial flora was much more diverse and unique pertaining to anaerobic microbes in AC compared to WW with total of 954 and 1191 genuses respectively with minimum abundance of 10 hits. The metagenomes exhibited 188% more Archaea in the AC than WW where Crenarchaeota, Euryarchaeota, Korarchaeota, Nanoarchaeota and Thaumarchaeota were major phyla with 60 genuses. The nitrogen metabolism was reported in terms of assimilatory nitrate reductase. As the class, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria were prominent in WW, whereas Proteobacteria, Chloroflexi in AC were abundant. From functional annotation of sequences, the microbial flora in AC has the potential of removal of pollutants present in the form of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus.
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- Rajashree R Yaragal
- Water Sanitation and Hygiene Laboratory, Birla Institute of Technology and Science - K K Birla Goa Campus, NH 17B, Zuarinagar, Goa, 403726, India
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- Water Sanitation and Hygiene Laboratory, Birla Institute of Technology and Science - K K Birla Goa Campus, NH 17B, Zuarinagar, Goa, 403726, India.
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Moghadam SV, Jafarzadeh A, Matta A, Dessouky S, Hutchinson J, Kapoor V. Evaluation of nitrogen removal, functional gene abundance and microbial community structure in a stormwater detention basin. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 325:116669. [PMID: 36335700 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116669] [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: 09/12/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Stormwater control measures such as detention basins are used to mitigate the negative effects of urban stormwater resulting from watershed development. In this study, the performance of a detention basin in mitigating nitrogen pollution was examined and the abundance of N-cycling genes (amoA, nirK, nosZ, hzsB and Ntsp-amoA) present in the soil media of the basin was measured using quantitative PCR. Results showed a net export of nitrogen from the basin, however, differences between in- and outflow concentrations were not significant. Furthermore, the quantitative PCR showed that nirK (denitrification gene) was more abundant in the winter season, whereas amoA (nitrification gene) was more abundant in the summer season. The abundance of nirK, Ntsp-amoA and hzsB genes also varied with the sampling depth of soil and based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing of soil samples, Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria were the most dominant phyla. Species diversity appeared higher in summer, while the top and bottom layer of soil clustered separately based on the bacterial community structure. These results underline the importance of understanding nitrogen dynamics and microbial processes within stormwater control measures to enhance their design and performance.
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- Sina V Moghadam
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, And Construction Management, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA
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- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, And Construction Management, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA
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- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, And Construction Management, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA
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- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, And Construction Management, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA
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- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, And Construction Management, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA.
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Abundance of Phasi-Charoen-like virus in Aedes aegypti mosquito populations in different states of India. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0277276. [PMID: 36490242 PMCID: PMC9733876 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Mosquitoes are known to harbor a large number of insect specific viruses (ISV) in addition to viruses of public health importance. These ISVs are highly species specific and are non-pathogenic to humans or domestic animals. However, there is a potential threat of these ISVs evolving into human pathogens by genome alterations. Some ISVs are known to modulate replication of pathogenic viruses by altering the susceptibility of vector mosquitoes to pathogenic viruses, thereby either inhibiting or enhancing transmission of the latter. In the present study, we report predominance of Phasi Charoen-like virus (PCLV, Family: Phenuviridae) contributing to >60% of the total reads in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes collected from Pune district of Maharashtra state using next generation sequencing based metagenomic analysis of viromes. Similar results were also obtained with mosquitoes from Assam, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka states of India. Comparison of Pune mosquito sequences with PCLV Rio (Brazil) isolate showed 98.90%, 99.027% and 98.88% homologies in the S, M and L segments respectively indicating less genetic heterogeneity of PCLV. The study also demonstrated occurrence of transovarial transmission as seen by detection of PCLV in eggs, larvae, pupae and male mosquitoes. Ae. aegypti mosquitoes collected from Pune also showed a large number of reads for viruses belonging to Baculoviridae, Rhabdoviridae, Genomoviridae and Bunyaviridae families. The role of PCLV in the replication of dengue and chikungunya virus is yet not clear. It warrants further studies to know the significance of PCLV and other ISVs on the replication and transmission of Ae. aegypti borne pathogenic viruses, especially in the absence of prophylactics or therapeutics.
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Li H, Liu Z, Tan C, Zhang X, Zhang Z, Bai X, Wu L, Yang H. Efficient nitrogen removal from stormwater runoff by bioretention system: The construction of plant carbon source-based heterotrophic and sulfur autotrophic denitrification process. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 349:126803. [PMID: 35124218 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The plant carbon source and sulfur were selected as the denitrification electron donors and filled in the internal water storage zone (IWSZ) of bioretention system to establish excellent mixotrophic denitrification system, which was beneficial to waste recycling and showed very high nitrate nitrogen removal efficiency (approximately 94%). The ammonia nitrogen, total nitrogen, and chemical oxygen demand removal efficiencies could reach 79.41%, 85.89%, and 74.07%, respectively. Mechanism study revealed the synergistic degradation effect was existed between acetic acid released from plant carbon source and the generated sulfate, which improved the S/CH3COOH mediated nitrate nitrogen removal reactions. Autotrophic denitrification occurred mainly in the upper layer of IWSZ, and the dominant bacteria were Thiobacillus. While in the lower layer, the dominant bacteria were mainly related to organic matter utilization and heterotrophic denitrification. The abundance of narG, nirK, nirS, and nosZ functional genes in the upper layer was significantly higher than the lower layers.
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- Haiyan Li
- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Urban Sewage System Construction and Risk Control, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Urban Design, Beijing 100044, China
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- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Urban Sewage System Construction and Risk Control, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Urban Design, Beijing 100044, China
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- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Urban Sewage System Construction and Risk Control, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Urban Design, Beijing 100044, China
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- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Urban Sewage System Construction and Risk Control, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Urban Design, Beijing 100044, China
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- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Urban Sewage System Construction and Risk Control, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Urban Design, Beijing 100044, China
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- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Urban Sewage System Construction and Risk Control, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Urban Design, Beijing 100044, China
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- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Urban Sewage System Construction and Risk Control, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Urban Design, Beijing 100044, China.
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- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Urban Sewage System Construction and Risk Control, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Urban Design, Beijing 100044, China
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Jian T, Xia Y, He R, Zhang J. The influence of planting Carex praeclara and Leymus secalinus on soil properties and microbial community in a Zoige desertified alpine grassland. Glob Ecol Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Singh S, Anil AG, Kumar V, Kapoor D, Subramanian S, Singh J, Ramamurthy PC. Nitrates in the environment: A critical review of their distribution, sensing techniques, ecological effects and remediation. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 287:131996. [PMID: 34455120 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Revised: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Nitrate pollution is eminent in almost all the developing nations as a result of increased natural activities apart from anthropogenic pollution. The release of nitrates in more than critical quantities into the water bodies causes accretion impacts on living creatures, environmental receptors, and human vigour by accumulation through the food chain. Nitrates have recently acquired researchers' huge attention and extend their roots in environmental contamination of surface and groundwater systems. The presence of nitrate in high concentrations in surface and groundwater triggers several health problems, for instance, methemoglobinemia, diabetes, eruption of infectious disorders, harmfully influence aquatic organisms. Sensing nitrate is an alternate option for monitoring the distribution of nitrate in different water bodies. Here we review electrochemical, spectroscopic, and electrical modes of nitrate sensing. It is concluded that, among the various sensors discussed in this review, FET sensors are the most desirable choice. Their sensitivity, ease of use and scope for miniaturisation are exceptional. Advanced functional materials need to be designed to satiate the growing need for environmental monitoring. Different sources of nitrate contamination in ground and surface water can be estimated using different techniques such as nitrate isotopic composition, co contaminants, water tracers, and other specialized techniques. This review intends to explore the research work on remediation of nitrate from wastewater and soil using different processes such as reverse osmosis, chemical denitrification, biological denitrification, ion exchange, electrodialysis, and adsorption. Denitrification proves as a promising alternative over previously reported techniques in terms of their nitrate removal because of its high cost-effectiveness.
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- Simranjeet Singh
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research (ICWaR), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 56001, India
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- Department of Material Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 56001, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Central Ayurveda Research Institute, Jhansi, U.P. , India
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- Department of Botany, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, 144111, India
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- Department of Material Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 56001, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, 144111, India.
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research (ICWaR), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 56001, India.
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Biswal BK, Vijayaraghavan K, Adam MG, Lee Tsen-Tieng D, Davis AP, Balasubramanian R. Biological nitrogen removal from stormwater in bioretention cells: a critical review. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2021; 42:713-735. [PMID: 34486441 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2021.1969888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Excess nitrogen in stormwater degrades surface water quality via eutrophication and related processes. Bioretention has been recognized as a highly effective low-impact development (LID) technology for the management of high runoff volumes and reduction of nitrogen (N) pollutants through various mechanisms. This paper provides a comprehensive and critical review of recent developments on the biological N removal processes occurring in bioretention systems. The key plant- and microbe-mediated N transformation processes include assimilation (N uptake by plants and microbes), nitrification, denitrification, and anammox (anaerobic ammonia oxidation), but denitrification is the major pathway of permanent N removal. Overall, both laboratory- and field-scale bioretention systems have demonstrated promising N removal performance (TN: >70%). The phyla Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria are the most abundant microbial communities found to be enriched in biofilter media. Furthermore, the denitrifying communities contain several functional genes (e.g., nirK/nirS, and nosZ), and their concentrations increase near the surface of media depth. The N removal effectiveness of bioretention systems is largely impacted by the hydraulics and environmental factors. When a bioretention system operates at: low hydraulic/N loading rate, containing a saturation zone, vegetated with native plants, having deeper and multilayer biofilter media with warm climate temperature and wet storm events periods, the N removal efficiency can be high. This review highlights shortcomings and current knowledge gaps in the area of total nitrogen removal using bioretention systems, as well as identifies future research directions on this topic.
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- Basanta Kumar Biswal
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology, National Parks Board, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Valenca R, Le H, Zu Y, Dittrich TM, Tsang DCW, Datta R, Sarkar D, Mohanty SK. Nitrate removal uncertainty in stormwater control measures: Is the design or climate a culprit? WATER RESEARCH 2021; 190:116781. [PMID: 33401102 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Eutrophication is caused by excess nitrate and other nutrient exported via stormwater runoff to surface waters, which is projected to increase as a result of climate change. Despite recent increases in the implementation of stormwater control measures (SCM), nutrient export has not abated, indicating poor or inconsistent removal capacities of SCM for nitrate. However, the cause of the variability is unclear. We show that both design and local climate can explain nitrate removal variability by critically analyzing data reported on the international BMP database for nitrate removal by four common types of SCM: bioretention cells, grass swales, media filters, and retention ponds. The relative importance of climate or design on nitrate removal depends on the SCM type. Nitrate removal in grass swales and bioretention systems is more sensitive to local climate than design specifications, whereas nitrate removal in the retention ponds is less sensitive to climate and more sensitive to design features such as vegetation and pond volume. Media filters without amendment have the least capacity compared to other SCM types surveyed, and their removal capacity was independent of the local climate. Adding amendments made up of carbon biomass, iron-based media, or a mixture of these amendments can significantly improve nitrate removal. The type of carbon biomass is also a factor since biochar does not appear to affect nitrate removal. This analysis can help inform the selection of SCM and modification of their design based on local and projected climate to maximize nitrate removal and minimize eutrophication.
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- Renan Valenca
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
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- Department of Biological Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA.
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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