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Vasseghian Y, Nadagouda MM, Aminabhavi TM. Biochar-enhanced bioremediation of eutrophic waters impacted by algal blooms. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 367:122044. [PMID: 39096732 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2024] [Revised: 07/26/2024] [Accepted: 07/27/2024] [Indexed: 08/05/2024]
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The permanent problem of formation of algal blooms in water polluted with nitrogen and phosphorus is one of the formidable environmental problems. Biochar has the potential to solve the issues related to eutrophication due to its special structure and ability to absorb the nutrients. Biochar's exceptional nutrient absorption capacity allows it to absorb excess nutrients, causing the algae to use fewer nutrients. This review deals with effective performance of biochar in reducing the effects caused by algal blooms and improving the environmental conditions. Besides, an analysis of the issues involved addresses the origins and consequences of nitrogen and phosphorus pollution, and the formation of algal blooms is also reviewed. It then delves deeply into biochar, explaining its properties, production methods, and their uses in environmental contexts. The review emphasizes that biochar can be effective in dealing with many challenges associated with environments affected by algal blooms, specifically focusing on the positive effects of biochar and algae to examine their roles in controlling algae growth. Finally, the review emphasizes new achievements and innovative ideas to foster sustainable aquatic ecosystems. The discussions emphasize the central role of biochar in managing nutrient-rich waters and algal blooms.
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- Yasser Vasseghian
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan.
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- University of Cincinnati, 2600 Clifton Ave, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA
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- Center for Energy and Environment, School of Advanced Sciences, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, Karnataka, 580 031, India; Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea; University Center for Research & Development (UCRD), Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, 140413, Punjab, India.
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Saputra F, Kishida M, Hu SY. Oxidative stress induced by hydrogen peroxide disrupts zebrafish visual development by altering apoptosis, antioxidant and estrogen related genes. Sci Rep 2024; 14:14454. [PMID: 38914633 PMCID: PMC11196719 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-64933-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/14/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024] Open
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Hydrogen peroxide is considered deleterious molecule that cause cellular damage integrity and function. Its key redox signaling molecule in oxidative stress and exerts toxicity on a wide range of organisms. Thus, to understand whether oxidative stress alters visual development, zebrafish embryos were exposed to H2O2 at concentration of 0.02 to 62.5 mM for 7 days. Eye to body length ratio (EBR) and apoptosis in retina at 48 hpf, and optomotor response (OMR) at 7 dpf were all measured. To investigate whether hydrogen peroxide-induced effects were mediated by oxidative stress, embryos were co-incubated with the antioxidant, glutathione (GSH) at 50 μM. Results revealed that concentrations of H2O2 at or above 0.1 mM induced developmental toxicity, leading to increased mortality and hatching delay. Furthermore, exposure to 0.1 mM H2O2 decreased EBR at 48 hpf and impaired OMR visual behavior at 7 dpf. Additionally, exposure increased the area of apoptotic cells in the retina at 48 hpf. The addition of GSH reversed the effects of H2O2, suggesting the involvement of oxidative stress. H2O2 decreased the expression of eye development-related genes, pax6α and pax6β. The expression of apoptosis-related genes, tp53, casp3 and bax, significantly increased, while bcl2α expression decreased. Antioxidant-related genes sod1, cat and gpx1a showed decreased expression. Expression levels of estrogen receptors (ERs) (esr1, esr2α, and esr2β) and ovarian and brain aromatase genes (cyp19a1a and cyp19a1b, respectively) were also significantly reduced. Interestingly, co-incubation of GSH effectivity reversed the impact of H2O2 on most parameters. Overall, these results demonstrate that H2O2 induces adverse effects on visual development via oxidative stress, which leads to alter apoptosis, diminished antioxidant defenses and reduced estrogen production.
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan.
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Hancock TL, Dahedl EK, Kratz MA, Urakawa H. Bacterial community shifts induced by high concentration hydrogen peroxide treatment of Microcystis bloom in a mesocosm study. HARMFUL ALGAE 2024; 133:102587. [PMID: 38485437 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2024.102587] [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: 09/11/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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Hydrogen peroxide has gained popularity as an environmentally friendly treatment for cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cHABs) that takes advantage of oxidative stress sensitivity in cyanobacteria at controlled concentrations. Higher concentrations of hydrogen peroxide treatments may seem appealing for more severe cHABs but there is currently little understanding of the environmental impacts of this approach. Of specific concern is the associated microbial community, which may play key roles in the succession/recovery process post-treatment. To better understand impacts of a high concentration treatment on non-target microbial communities, we applied a hydrogen peroxide spray equating to a total volume concentration of 14 mM (473 mg/L, 0.04%) to 250 L mesocosms containing Microcystis bloom biomass, monitoring treatment and control mesocosms for 4 days. Cyanobacteria dominated control mesocosms throughout the experiment while treatment mesocosms experienced a 99% reduction, as determined by bacterial amplicon sequencing, and a 92% reduction in bacterial cell density within 1 day post-treatment. Only the bacterial community exhibited signs of regrowth, with a fold change of 9.2 bacterial cell density from day 1 to day 2. Recovery consisted of succession by Planctomycetota (47%) and Gammaproteobacteria (17%), which were likely resilient due to passive cell component compartmentalization and rapid upregulation of dnaK and groEL oxidative stress genes, respectively. The altered microbiome retained beneficial functionality of microcystin degradation through a currently recognized but unidentified pathway in Gammaproteobacteria, resulting in a 70% reduction coinciding with bacterial regrowth. There was also an 81% reduction of both total nitrogen and phosphorus, as compared to 91 and 93% in the control, respectively, due to high expressions of genes related to nitrogen (argH, carB, glts, glnA) and phosphorus (pntAB, phoB, pstSCB) cycling. Overall, we found a portion of the bacterial community was resilient to the high-concentration hydrogen peroxide treatment, resulting in Planctomycetota and Gammaproteobacteria dominance. This high-concentration treatment may be suitable to rapidly end cHABs which have already negatively impacted the aquatic environment rather than allow them to persist.
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- Taylor L Hancock
- School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, United States; Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, United States
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, United States
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, United States
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- School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, United States; Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, United States.
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Fu T, Gifford DR, Knight CG, Brockhurst MA. Eco-evolutionary dynamics of experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations under oxidative stress. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2023; 169:001396. [PMID: 37943284 PMCID: PMC10710836 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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Within-host environments are likely to present a challenging and stressful environment for opportunistic pathogenic bacteria colonizing from the external environment. How populations of pathogenic bacteria respond to such environmental challenges and how this varies between strains is not well understood. Oxidative stress is one of the defences adopted by the human immune system to confront invading bacteria. In this study, we show that strains of the opportunistic pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa vary in their eco-evolutionary responses to hydrogen peroxide stress. By quantifying their 24 h growth kinetics across hydrogen peroxide gradients we show that a transmissible epidemic strain isolated from a chronic airway infection of a cystic fibrosis patient, LESB58, is much more susceptible to hydrogen peroxide than either of the reference strains, PA14 or PAO1, with PAO1 showing the lowest susceptibility. Using a 12 day serial passaging experiment combined with a mathematical model, we then show that short-term susceptibility controls the longer-term survival of populations exposed to subinhibitory levels of hydrogen peroxide, but that phenotypic evolutionary responses can delay population extinction. Our model further suggests that hydrogen peroxide driven extinctions are more likely with higher rates of population turnover. Together, these findings suggest that hydrogen peroxide is likely to be an effective defence in host niches where there is high population turnover, which may explain the counter-intuitively high susceptibility of a strain isolated from chronic lung infection, where such ecological dynamics may be slower.
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- Taoran Fu
- Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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Urakawa H, Steele JH, Hancock TL, Dahedl EK, Schroeder ER, Sereda JV, Kratz MA, García PE, Armstrong RA. Interaction among spring phytoplankton succession, water discharge patterns, and hydrogen peroxide dynamics in the Caloosahatchee River in southwest Florida. HARMFUL ALGAE 2023; 126:102434. [PMID: 37290882 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2023.102434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Phytoplankton communities are major primary producers in the aquatic realm and are responsible for shaping aquatic ecosystems. The dynamics of algal blooms could be determined by a succession of variable taxonomic groups, which are altered based on complex environmental factors such as nutrient availability and hydraulic factors. In-river structures potentially increase the occurrence of harmful algal blooms (HABs) by increasing water residence time and deteriorating water quality. How flowing water stimulates cell growth and affects the population dynamics of phytoplankton communities is a prioritized question that needs to be addressed for water management tactics. The goal of this study was to determine if an interaction between water flow and water chemistry is present, furthermore, to determine the relationship among phytoplankton community successions in the Caloosahatchee River, a subtropical river strongly influenced by human-controlled water discharge patterns from Lake Okeechobee. Particularly we focused on how phytoplankton community shifts influence the natural abundance of hydrogen peroxide, the most stable reactive oxygen species and a byproduct of oxidative photosynthesis. High-throughput amplicon sequencing using universal primers amplify 23S rRNA gene in cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algal plastids revealed that Synechococcus and Cyanobium were the dominant cyanobacterial genera and their relative abundance ranged between 19.5 and 95.3% of the whole community throughout the monitoring period. Their relative abundance declined when the water discharge increased. On the contrary, the relative abundance of eukaryotic algae sharply increased after water discharge increased. As water temperature increased in May, initially dominant Dolichospermum decreased as Microcystis increased. When Microcystis declined other filamentous cyanobacteria such as Geitlerinema, Pseudanabaena, and Prochlorothreix increased in their relative abundances. Interestingly, a peak of extracellular hydrogen peroxide was observed when Dolichospermum dominance was ended, and M. aeruginosa numbers increased. Overall, phytoplankton communities were strongly impacted by human-induced water discharge patterns.
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- Hidetoshi Urakawa
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA; School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA; School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA
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- Grupo de Ecología de Sistemas Acuáticos a escala de Paisaje (GESAP), INIBIOMA, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, CONICET, Quintral 1250, CP8400 San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
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- Lee County Environmental Laboratory, Fort Myers, FL 33907, United States of America
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Yoon H, Kim HC, Kim J, You K, Cho Y, Kim S. Toxicity impact of hydrogen peroxide on the fate of zebrafish and antibiotic resistant bacteria. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 302:114072. [PMID: 34781050 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114072] [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: 09/05/2021] [Revised: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is applied in various environments. It could be present at concentrations ranging from nanomolar to micromolar in a water system. It is produced through pollutants and natural activities. Since few studies have been conducted about the impact of naturally produced H2O2 on aquatic organisms, the objective of the present study was to monitor changes in responses of aquatic model organisms such as zebrafish and antibiotic-resistant bacteria to different exogenous H2O2 exposure. Increases in exposure concentration and time induced decreases in the perception of zebrafish larvae (up to 69%) and movement of adult zebrafish (average speed, average acceleration, movement distance, and activity time) compared to the control (non-exposed group). In addition, as a function of H2O2 exposure concentration (0-100,000 nM) and time, up to 20-fold increase (p = 5.00*10-6) of lipid peroxidation compared to control was observed. For microorganisms, biofilm, an indirect indicator of resistance to external stressors, was increased up to 68% and gene transfer was increased (p = 2.00*10-6) by more than 30% after H2O2 exposure. These results imply that naturally generated H2O2 could adversely affect aquatic environment organisms and public health. Thus, more careful attention is needed for H2O2 production in an aquatic system.
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- Hyojik Yoon
- Program in Environmental Technology and Policy, Korea University, Sejong, 30019, Republic of Korea; Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Korea University, Sejong, 30019, Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute for Advanced Industrial Technology, College of Science and Technology, Korea University, Sejong, 30019, Republic of Korea
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- UnU Inc., Samsung IT Valley, 27 Digital-ro 33-gil, Guro-Gu, Seoul, 08380, Republic of Korea
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- UnU Inc., Samsung IT Valley, 27 Digital-ro 33-gil, Guro-Gu, Seoul, 08380, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Daejeon University, 62 Daehak-Ro, Dong-Gu, Daejeon, 34520, Republic of Korea.
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- Program in Environmental Technology and Policy, Korea University, Sejong, 30019, Republic of Korea; Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Korea University, Sejong, 30019, Republic of Korea.
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