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Wang K, Chen Y, Cao MK, Zheng GD, Cai L. Influence of microbial community succession on biodegradation of municipal sludge during biodrying coupled with photocatalysis. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 349:140901. [PMID: 38065267 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140901] [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: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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A 20-day sludge biodrying process was coupled with photocatalysis to improve biodrying efficiency and investigate the effect of photocatalysis on biodegradation. After biodrying, the moisture content in the coupled photocatalytic group (TCA) and the control group (TUCA) decreased from 63.61% to 50.82% and 52.94%, respectively, and the volatile solids content decreased from 73.18% to 63.42% and 64.39%, respectively. Neutral proteinase activity decreased by 9.38% and 28.69%, and lipase activity decreased by 6.12% and 26.17%, respectively, indicating that photocatalysis helped maintain neutral proteinase and lipase activities. The Chao1 and Shannon indices showed that photocatalysis increased fungal diversity and reduced bacterial richness and diversity. The β diversity clustering analysis indicated that the bacterial community structure during the thermophilic phase in TCA differed from that in TUCA. The Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes annotation showed that photocatalysis has the potential to promote the synthesis and degradation of ketone bodies. Biodrying coupled with photocatalysis can improve the dewatering of sludge without negatively affecting biodegradation.
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- Kan Wang
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China.
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Venice F, Spina F, Davolos D, Ghignone S, Varese GC. The genomes of Scedosporium between environmental challenges and opportunism. IMA Fungus 2023; 14:25. [PMID: 38049914 PMCID: PMC10694956 DOI: 10.1186/s43008-023-00128-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023] Open
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Emerging fungal pathogens are a global challenge for humankind. Many efforts have been made to understand the mechanisms underlying pathogenicity in bacteria, and OMICs techniques are largely responsible for those advancements. By contrast, our limited understanding of opportunism and antifungal resistance is preventing us from identifying, limiting and interpreting the emergence of fungal pathogens. The genus Scedosporium (Microascaceae) includes fungi with high tolerance to environmental pollution, whilst some species can be considered major human pathogens, such as Scedosporium apiospermum and Scedosporium boydii. However, unlike other fungal pathogens, little is known about the genome evolution of these organisms. We sequenced two novel genomes of Scedosporium aurantiacum and Scedosporium minutisporum isolated from extreme, strongly anthropized environments. We compared all the available Scedosporium and Microascaceae genomes, that we systematically annotated and characterized ex novo in most cases. The genomes in this family were integrated in a Phylum-level comparison to infer the presence of putative, shared genomic traits in filamentous ascomycetes with pathogenic potential. The analysis included the genomes of 100 environmental and clinical fungi, revealing poor evolutionary convergence of putative pathogenicity traits. By contrast, several features in Microascaceae and Scedosporium were detected that might have a dual role in responding to environmental challenges and allowing colonization of the human body, including chitin, melanin and other cell wall related genes, proteases, glutaredoxins and magnesium transporters. We found these gene families to be impacted by expansions, orthologous transposon insertions, and point mutations. With RNA-seq, we demonstrated that most of these anciently impacted genomic features responded to the stress imposed by an antifungal compound (voriconazole) in the two environmental strains S. aurantiacum MUT6114 and S. minutisporum MUT6113. Therefore, the present genomics and transcriptomics investigation stands on the edge between stress resistance and pathogenic potential, to elucidate whether fungi were pre-adapted to infect humans. We highlight the strengths and limitations of genomics applied to opportunistic human pathogens, the multifactoriality of pathogenicity and resistance to drugs, and suggest a scenario where pressures other than anthropic contributed to forge filamentous human pathogens.
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- Francesco Venice
- Department of Life Sciences and System Biology, University of Turin, Viale Mattioli 25, 10125, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences and System Biology, University of Turin, Viale Mattioli 25, 10125, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Technological Innovations and Safety of Plants, Products and Anthropic Settlements (DIT), INAIL, Research Area, Via R. Ferruzzi 38/40, 00143, Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), SS Turin-National Research Council (CNR), Viale Mattioli 25, 10125, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences and System Biology, University of Turin, Viale Mattioli 25, 10125, Turin, Italy.
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Ye R, Huo W, Zheng X, Shao Y, Wang H, Lu W. Effect of temperature on fungal nitrification in simulated in-situ aeration of aged MSW landfill. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 344:140286. [PMID: 37769910 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140286] [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: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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Fungal nitrification is one kind of heterotrophic nitrification that involves certain species of fungi promoting the transformation of organic nitrogen and ammonia nitrogen to nitrite/nitrate. In this study, simulated aerated landfill reactors (SALRs) were constructed to investigate fungal nitrification in aged municipal solid refuse, with a focus on understanding the effect of temperature on the performance of fungal nitrification as well as fungal contribution to ammonia nitrogen transformation. Different nitrogen metabolism patterns have been observed in the system with fungi only (SALRF) and complete microbial consortium, i.e., bacteria + fungi (SALRC). At a temperature of 35 °C, autotrophic nitrification dominated the ammonia nitrogen transformation, while fungal nitrification did not significantly contribute to ammonia removal. However, at elevated temperatures (i.e., 45 °C and 55 °C), fungi played a crucial role in ammonia transformation through fungal assimilation and fungal nitrification, with bacterial function suppressed. Furthermore, 45 °C was found to be the optimal temperature for fungal nitrification, exhibiting the highest nitrification rate (13.98 mg L-1 d-1) which accounted for 49.80% of total nitrification rate in the aerated landfill. High throughput sequencing revealed reshaping of fungal community in response to temperature variation. The abundance of Aspergillus fumigatus, with a relative abundance ranging from 67.13% to 92.71% at elevated temperatures, suggested its significant potential for fungal nitrification. These findings have implications for the promotion of nitrogen cycle through strengthening fungal nitrification in aerated landfill sites which often operate at high temperatures.
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- Rong Ye
- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
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Yanbo J, Jianyi J, Xiandong W, Wei L, Lincheng J. Bioaugmentation Technology for Treatment of Toxic and Refractory Organic Waste Water Based on Artificial Intelligence. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:696166. [PMID: 34277590 PMCID: PMC8283819 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.696166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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With the development of modern chemical synthesis technology, toxic and harmful compounds increase sharply. In order to improve the removal efficiency of refractory organic matter in waste water, the method of adding powdered activated carbon (PAC) to the system for adsorption was adopted. Through the analysis of organic matter removal rule before and after waste water treatment, it can be found that PAC is easy to adsorb hydrophobic organic matter, while activated sludge is easy to remove hydrophilic and weakly hydrophobic neutral organic matter. Powdered activated carbon-activated sludge SBR system (PAC-AS) system is obviously superior to AS and PAC system in removing organic matter of hydrophilic and hydrophobic components, that is, biodegradation and PAC adsorption are additive. Compared with the control system, the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) removal rate of refractory substances increased by 8.36%, and PAC had a good adsorption effect on small molecular weight organic compounds, but with the increase of molecular weight of organic compounds, the adsorption effect of PAC gradually weakened, and it had no adsorption effect on macromolecular organic compounds. Based on the research of fuzzy control theory, an Agent control system for ozone oxidation process of industrial waste water based on Mobile Agent Server (MAS) theory was established, which was realized by fuzzy control method. The simulation results showed strong stability and verified the feasibility and adaptability of the distributed intelligent waste water treatment system based on MAS theory in the actual control process.
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- Jiang Yanbo
- Research Center of Wastewater Engineering Treatment and Resource Recovery, Guangxi Beitou Environmental Protection and Water Group, Nanning, China.,Institute of Ecological Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Research Center of Wastewater Engineering Treatment and Resource Recovery, Guangxi Beitou Environmental Protection and Water Group, Nanning, China
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- Research Center of Wastewater Engineering Treatment and Resource Recovery, Guangxi Beitou Environmental Protection and Water Group, Nanning, China
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- Research Center of Wastewater Engineering Treatment and Resource Recovery, Guangxi Beitou Environmental Protection and Water Group, Nanning, China
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Tannery Wastewater Recalcitrant Compounds Foster the Selection of Fungi in Non-Sterile Conditions: A Pilot Scale Long-Term Test. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18126348. [PMID: 34208177 PMCID: PMC8296185 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18126348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Revised: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This study demonstrated that a microbial community dominated by fungi can be selected and maintained in the long-term under non-sterile conditions, in a pilot-scale packed-bed reactor fed with tannery wastewater. During the start-up phase, the reactor, filled with 0.6 m3 of polyurethane foam cubes, was inoculated with a pure culture of Aspergillus tubingensis and Quebracho tannin, a recalcitrant compound widely used by tannery industry, was used as sole carbon source in the feeding. During the start-up, fungi grew attached as biofilm in carriers that filled the packed-bed reactor. Subsequently, the reactor was tested for the removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD) from an exhaust tanning bath collected from tanneries. The entire experiment lasted 121 days and average removals of 29% and 23% of COD and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from the tannins bath were achieved, respectively. The evolution of the microbial consortium (bacteria and fungi) was described through biomolecular analyses along the experiment and also developed as a function of the size of the support media.
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Spennati F, Mora M, Bardi A, Becarelli S, Siracusa G, Di Gregorio S, Gabriel D, Mori G, Munz G. Respirometric techniques coupled with laboratory-scale tests for kinetic and stoichiometric characterisation of fungal and bacterial tannin-degrading biofilms. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2020; 81:2559-2567. [PMID: 32857743 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2020.315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In environmental biotechnology applications for wastewater treatment, bacterial-based bioprocesses are mostly implemented; on the contrary, the application of fungal-based bioprocesses, is still challenging under non-sterile conditions. In a previous laboratory-scale study, we showed that when specific tannins are used as the sole carbon source, fungi can play a key role in the microbial community, under non-sterile conditions and in the long term. In a previous study, an engineered ecosystem, based on fungal tannin biodegradation, was successfully tested in a laboratory-scale bioreactor under non-sterile conditions. In the present study, a kinetic and stoichiometric characterisation of the biomass developed therein was performed through the application of respirometric techniques applied to the biomass collected from the above-mentioned reactor. To this aim, a respirometric set-up was specifically adapted to obtain valuable information from tannin-degrading fungal biofilms. A mathematical model was also developed and applied to describe both the respirometric profiles and the experimental data collected from the laboratory-scale tests performed in the bioreactor. The microbial growth was described through a Monod-type kinetic equation as a first approach. Substrate inhibition, decay rate and tannin hydrolysis process were included to better describe the behaviour of immobilised biomass selected in the tannin-degrading bioreactor. The model was implemented in AQUASIM using the specific tool Biofilm Compartment to simulate the attached fungal biofilm. Biofilm features and transport parameters were either measured or assumed from the literature. Key kinetic and stoichiometric unknown parameters were successfully estimated, overcoming critical steps for scaling-up a novel fungal-based technology for tannins biodegradation.
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- F Spennati
- Laboratorio Cer2co, Consorzio Cuoio-Depur S.p.A,Via Arginale Ovest, 81-S.Miniato 56020, Pisa, Italy E-mail:
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- GENOCOV, Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Florence, Via di S. Marta, 3, 50121, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Via Luca Ghini 13, 56123, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Via Luca Ghini 13, 56123, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Via Luca Ghini 13, 56123, Pisa, Italy
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- GENOCOV, Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratorio Cer2co, Consorzio Cuoio-Depur S.p.A,Via Arginale Ovest, 81-S.Miniato 56020, Pisa, Italy E-mail:
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Florence, Via di S. Marta, 3, 50121, Firenze, Italy
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