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Huang W, Cao L, Ge R, Wan Z, Zheng D, Li F, Li G, Zhang F. Higher thermal remediation temperature facilitates the sequential bioaugmented reductive dechlorination. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 475:134825. [PMID: 38876014 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134825] [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: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 05/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/16/2024]
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The coupling of thermal remediation with microbial reductive dechlorination (MRD) has shown promising potential for the cleanup of chlorinated solvent contaminated sites. In this study, thermal treatment and bioaugmentation were applied in series, where prior higher thermal remediation temperature led to improved TCE dechlorination performance with both better organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB) colonization and electron donor availability. The 60 °C was found to be a key temperature point where the promotion effect became obvious. Amplicon sequencing and co-occurrence network analysis demonstrated that temperature was a more dominating factor than bioaugmentation that impacted microbial community structure. Higher temperature of prior thermal treatment resulted in the decrease of richness, diversity of indigenous microbial communities, and simplified the network structure, which benefited the build-up of newcoming microorganisms during bioaugmentation. Thus, the abundance of Desulfitobacterium increased from 0.11 % (25 °C) to 3.10 % (90 °C). Meanwhile, released volatile fatty acids (VFAs) during thermal remediation functioned as electron donors and boosted MRD. Our results provided temperature-specific information on synergistic effect of sequential thermal remediation and bioaugmentation, which contributed to better implementation of the coupled technologies in chloroethene-impacted sites.
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- Wan Huang
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Site Remediation Technologies, Beijing 100015, China; ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 311215, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Site Remediation Technologies, Beijing 100015, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Site Remediation Technologies, Beijing 100015, China.
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Yang L, Chen Q, Wei J, Fan T, Kong L, Long T, Zhang S, Deng S. Response of microbial communities in aquifers with multiple organic solvent contamination: Implications for MNA remedy. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 474:134798. [PMID: 38843633 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134798] [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: 03/04/2024] [Revised: 05/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/01/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024]
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The application of Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA) technology has been widespread, while there is a paucity of data on groundwater with multiple co-contaminants. This study focused on high permeability, low hydraulic gradient groundwater with co-contamination of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX), chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons (CAHs), and chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons (CPs). The objective was to investigate the responses of microbial communities during natural attenuation processes. Results revealed greater horizontal variation in groundwater microbial community composition compared to vertical variation. The variation was strongly correlated with the total contaminant quantity (r = 0.722, p < 0.001) rather than individual contaminants. BTEX exerted a more significant influence on community diversity than other contaminants. The assembly of groundwater microbial communities was primarily governed by deterministic processes (βNTI < -2) in high contaminant concentration zones, while stochastic processes (|βNTI| < 2) dominated in low-concentration zones. Moreover, the microbial interactions shifted at different depths indicating the degradation rate variation in the vertical. This study makes fundamental contribution to the understanding for the effects of groundwater flow and material fields on indigenous microbial communities, which will provide a scientific basis for more precise adoption of microbial stimulation/augmentation to accelerate the rate of contaminant removal.
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- Lu Yang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, China.
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, China.
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Luo M, Cao S, Xu C, Zhang X, Zhu X, Zhan M, Yu D, Long T, Yu R. An approach for estimating microbial growth and chlorinated ethenes biotransformation in groundwater based on discrete observations. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 356:124332. [PMID: 38848963 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2024] [Revised: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024]
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The bioremediation of chlorinated ethenes (CEs) contaminated groundwater is attracting increasingly attention in practical remediation projects. However, modelling of microbial metabolic processes under the constraints of substrate and environmental factors is inadequate. This study developed a new kinetic model, which incorporated the logistic model and Dual-Monod kinetic to represent the interaction between the controlled microbial growth and the bioavailable substrates in CE-contaminated groundwater. The proposed model was based on discrete observations to simulate microbial growth under the constraints of substrate and environmental conditions, reducing the amount of observational data required for the model. Meanwhile, the proposed model introduced two new kinetic parameters, the effective specific growth rate μeff and the real self-limiting coefficient of microbial growth keff,sl, to simplified the number of independent parameters. A parameter estimation method based on the quasi-Newton's algorithm for the proposed model was also developed. The model was validated based on the hypothetical data, experimental results, and a published dataset, demonstrated the successful simulation of microbial growth and the sequential biodegradation of PCE in groundwater systems (*E < 0.3). The monitoring duration and the sampling schedule have significant impacts on estimating the biological parameters, and large errors would be induced when the data from the periods of extremely low substrate concentration or microbial growth decline were involved in parameter estimation. The research suggested that the proposed kinetic model provided a new insight to express the limitation of microbial population growth due to the available substrates and environmental factors, and is hoping to be applied in actual CE-contaminated sites.
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- Moye Luo
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210096, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210042, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210042, China
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- Jiangsu Geological Engineering Environment Intelligent Monitoring Engineering Research Center, The First Geological Brigade of Jiangsu Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210041, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210042, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210042, China
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- Nanjing Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Nanjing Environmental Protection Bureau, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210013, China
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- Jiangsu Geological Engineering Environment Intelligent Monitoring Engineering Research Center, The First Geological Brigade of Jiangsu Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210041, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210042, China.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210096, China.
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Gao M, Li X, Zhang Q, Li S, Wu S, Wang Y, Sun H. Spatial distribution of volatile organic compounds in contaminated soil and distinct microbial effect driven by aerobic and anaerobic conditions. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 927:172256. [PMID: 38583613 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172256] [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: 01/30/2024] [Revised: 04/01/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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The vertical distribution of 35 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was investigated in soil columns from two obsolete industrial sites in Eastern China. The total concentrations of ΣVOCs in surface soils (0-20 cm) were 134-1664 ng g-1. Contamination of VOCs in surface soil exhibited remarkable variability, closely related to previous production activities at the sampling sites. Additionally, the concentrations of ΣVOCs varied with increasing soil depth from 0 to 10 m. Soils at depth of 2 m showed ΣVOCs concentrations of 127-47,389 ng g-1. Among the studied VOCs, xylene was the predominant contaminant in subsoils (2 m), with concentrations ranging from n.d. to 45,400 ng g-1. Chlorinated alkanes and olefins demonstrated a greater downward migration ability compared to monoaromatic hydrocarbons, likely due to their lower hydrophobicity. As a result, this vertical distribution of VOCs led to a high ecological risk in both the surface and deep soil. Notably, the risk quotient (RQ) of xylene in subsoil (2 m, RQ up to 319) was much higher than that in surface soil. Furthermore, distinct effects of VOCs on soil microbes were observed under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Specifically, after the 30-d incubation of xylene-contaminated soil, Ilumatobacter was enriched under aerobic condition, whereas Anaerolineaceae was enriched under anaerobic condition. Moreover, xylene contamination significantly affected methylotrophy and methanol oxidation functions for aerobic soil (t-test, p < 0.05). However, aromatic compound degradation and ammonification were significantly enhanced by xylene in anaerobic soil (t-test, p < 0.05). These findings suggest that specific VOC compound has distinct microbial ecological effects under different oxygen content conditions in soil. Therefore, when conducting soil risk assessments of VOCs, it is crucial to consider their ecological effects at different soil depths.
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- Meng Gao
- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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Zhang Z, Ali M, Tang Z, Sun Q, Wang Q, Liu X, Yin L, Yan S, Xu M, Coulon F, Song X. Unveiling complete natural reductive dechlorination mechanisms of chlorinated ethenes in groundwater: Insights from functional gene analysis. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 469:134034. [PMID: 38521036 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134034] [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: 12/22/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024]
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Monitored natural attenuation (MNA) of chlorinated ethenes (CEs) has proven to be a cost-effective and environment-friendly approach for groundwater remediation. In this study, the complete dechlorination of CEs with formation of ethene under natural conditions, were observed at two CE-contaminated sites, including a pesticide manufacturing facility (PMF) and a fluorochemical plant (FCP), particularly in the deeply weathered bedrock aquifer at the FCP site. Additionally, a higher abundance of CE-degrading bacteria was identified with heightened dechlorination activities at the PMF site, compared to the FCP site. The reductive dehalogenase genes and Dhc 16 S rRNA gene were prevalent at both sites, even in groundwater where no CE dechlorination was observed. vcrA and bvcA was responsible for the complete dechlorination at the PMF and FCP site, respectively, indicating the distinct contributions of functional microbial species at each site. The correlation analyses suggested that Sediminibacterium has the potential to achieve the complete dechlorination at the FCP site. Moreover, the profiles of CE-degrading bacteria suggested that dechlorination occurred under Fe3+/sulfate-reducing and nitrate-reducing conditions at the PMF and FCP site, respectively. Overall these findings provided multi-lines of evidence on the diverse mechanisms of CE-dechlorination under natural conditions, which can provide valuable guidance for MNA strategies implementation.
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- Zhuanxia Zhang
- Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- China State Science Dingshi Environmental Engineering CO., LTD, Beijing, China
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- China State Science Dingshi Environmental Engineering CO., LTD, Beijing, China
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- Shandong Academy of Environmental Sciences Co., LTD, Jinan 250013, China
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- School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield University, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK
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- Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Wang M, Jiang D, Yang L, Wei J, Kong L, Xie W, Ding D, Fan T, Deng S. Natural attenuation of BTEX and chlorobenzenes in a formerly contaminated pesticide site in China: Examining kinetics, mechanisms, and isotopes analysis. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 918:170506. [PMID: 38307285 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170506] [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: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 01/21/2024] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
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Groundwater contamination from abandoned pesticide sites is a prevalent issue in China. To address this problem, natural attenuation (NA) of pollutants has been increasingly employed as a management strategy for abandoned pesticide sites. However, limited studies have focused on the long-term NA process of co-existing organic pollutants in abandoned pesticide sites by an integrated approach. In this study, the NA of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX), and chlorobenzenes (CBs) in groundwater of a retired industry in China was systematically investigated during the monitoring period from June 2016 to December 2021. The findings revealed that concentrations of BTEX and CBs were effectively reduced, and their NA followed first-order kinetics with different rate constants. The sulfate-reducing bacteria, nitrate-reducing bacteria, fermenting bacteria, aromatic hydrocarbon metabolizing bacteria, and reductive dechlorinating bacteria were detected in groundwater. It was observed that distinct environmental parameters played a role in shaping both overall and key bacterial communities. ORP (14.72%) and BTEX (12.89%) were the main drivers for variations of the whole and key functional microbial community, respectively. Moreover, BTEX accelerated reductive dechlorination. Furthermore, BTEX and CBs exhibited significant enrichment of 13C, ranging from +2.9 to +27.3‰, demonstrating their significance in situ biodegradation. This study provides a scientific basis for site management.
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- Mengjie Wang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210046, China.
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Zheng S, Wang J, Qiao F, Cheng Z, Miao A, Yu G, Chen Z. Responses of microbial communities subjected to hydrodynamically induced disturbances in an organic contaminated site. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 352:120022. [PMID: 38198836 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120022] [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: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 12/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Organic contaminated sites have gained significant attention as a prominent contributor to shallow groundwater contamination. However, limited knowledge exists regarding the impact of hydrodynamic effects on microbially mediated contaminant degradation at such sites. In this study, we investigated the distribution characteristics and community structure of prokaryotic microorganisms at the selected site during both wet and dry seasons, with a particular focus on their environmental adaptations. The results revealed significant seasonal variations (P < 0.05) in the α-diversity of prokaryotes within groundwater. The dry season showed more exclusive OTUs than the wet season. The response of prokaryotic metabolism to organic pollution pressure in different seasons was explored by PICRUSt2, and enzymes associated with the degradation of organic pollutants were identified based on the predicted functions. The results showed that hormesis was considered as an adaptive response of microbial communities under pollution stress. In addition, structural equation models demonstrated that groundwater level fluctuations can, directly and indirectly, affect the abundance and diversity of prokaryotes through other factors such as oxidation reduction potential (ORP), dissolved oxygen (DO), and naphthalene (Nap). Overall, our findings imply that the taxonomic composition and functional properties of prokaryotes in groundwater in organic contaminated sites is influenced by the interaction between seasonal variations and characteristics of organic pollution. The results provide new insights into microbiological processes in groundwater systems in organic contaminated sites.
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- Shiyu Zheng
- School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China.
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- School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Academy of Environmental Science, Guangzhou, 510045, China
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- China National Chemical Civil Engineering Co., Ltd, Nanjing, 210031, China
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- China National Chemical Civil Engineering Co., Ltd, Nanjing, 210031, China
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- School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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Zhang X, Long T, Deng S, Chen Q, Chen S, Luo M, Yu R, Zhu X. Machine Learning Modeling Based on Microbial Community for Prediction of Natural Attenuation in Groundwater. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:21212-21223. [PMID: 38064381 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c05667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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Natural attenuation is widely adopted as a remediation strategy, and the attenuation potential is crucial to evaluate whether remediation goals can be achieved within the specified time. In this work, long-term monitoring of indigenous microbial communities as well as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) and chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons (CAHs) in groundwater was conducted at a historic pesticide manufacturing site. A machine learning approach for natural attenuation prediction was developed with random forest classification (RFC) followed by either random forest regression (RFR) or artificial neural networks (ANNs), utilizing microbiological information and contaminant attenuation rates for model training and cross-validation. Results showed that the RFC could accurately predict the feasibility of natural attenuation for both BTEX and CAHs, and it could successfully identify the key genera. The RFR model was sufficient for the BTEX natural attenuation rate prediction but unreliable for CAHs. The ANN model showed better performance in the prediction of the attenuation rates for both BTEX and CAHs. Based on the assessments, a composite modeling method of RFC and ANN was proposed, which could reduce the mean absolute percentage errors. This study reveals that the combined machine learning approach under the synergistic use of field microbial data has promising potential for predicting natural attenuation.
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- Xiaodong Zhang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, Jiangsu, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, Jiangsu, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, Jiangsu, China
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- Geo-engineering Investigation Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210041, Jiangsu, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing 210042, Jiangsu, China
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Hussain B, Chen JS, Huang SW, Tsai IS, Rathod J, Hsu BM. Underpinning the ecological response of mixed chlorinated volatile organic compounds (CVOCs) associated with contaminated and bioremediated groundwaters: A potential nexus of microbial community structure and function for strategizing efficient bioremediation. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 334:122215. [PMID: 37473850 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Understanding the structure, dynamics, and functionality of microbial communities is essential for developing sustainable and effective bioremediation strategies, particularly for sites contaminated with mixed chlorinated volatile organic compounds (CVOCs), which can make the biodegradation process more complex and challenging. In this study, 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing revealed a significant change in microbial distribution in response to CVOCs contamination. The loss of sensitive taxa such as Proteobacteria and Acidobacteriota was observed, while CVOCs-resistant taxa such as Campilobacterota were found significantly enriched in contaminated sites. Additionally, varying abundances of crucial enzymes involved in the sequential biodegradation of CVOCs were expressed depending on the contamination level. Association analysis revealed that specific genera such as Sulfurospirillum, Azospira, Trichlorobacter, Acidiphilium, and Magnetospririllum could relatively survive under higher levels of CVOC contamination, whereas pH, ORP and temperature had a negative influence in their abundance and distribution. However, Dechloromonas, Thiobacillus, Pseudarcicella, Hydrogenophaga, and Sulfuritalea showed a negative relationship with CVOC contamination, highlighting their sensitivity towards CVOC contamination. These findings provide valuable insights into the relationship among ecological responses, the groundwater bacterial community, and their functionality in response to mixed CVOC contamination, offering a fundamental basis for developing effective and sustainable bioremediation strategies for CVOC-contaminated groundwater systems.
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- Bashir Hussain
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County, Taiwan; Department of Biomedical Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environmental Toxin and Emerging Contaminant, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Center for Environmental Toxin and Emerging Contaminant Research, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County, Taiwan; Doctoral Program in Science, Technology, Environment and Mathematics, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Gujarat Biotechnology University, Near Gujarat International Finance and Tec (GIFT)-City, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County, Taiwan.
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Cai Q, Shi C, Yuan S, Tong M. Integrated anaerobic-aerobic biodegradation of mixed chlorinated solvents by electrolysis coupled with groundwater circulation in a simulated aquifer. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:31188-31201. [PMID: 36445524 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-24377-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Chlorinated solvents are widespread subsurface contaminants that are often present as complex mixtures. Complete biodegradation of mixed chlorinated solvents remains challenging because the optimal redox conditions for biodegradation of different chlorinated solvents differ significantly. In this study, anaerobic and aerobic conditions were integrated by electrolysis coupled with groundwater circulation for biodegradation of a mixture of chloroform (CF, 8.25 mg/L), 1,2-dichloroethane (DCA, 7.01 mg/L), and trichloroethylene (TCE, 4.56 mg/L). A two-dimensional tank was filled with field sandy and silty-clayed sediments to simulate aquifer conditions, a pair of electrodes was installed between an injection well and abstraction well, and groundwater circulation transported cathodic H2 and anodic O2 to produce multiple redox conditions. Microbial community analysis demonstrated that the system constructed a habitat suitable for the co-existence of aerobic and anaerobic microbes. After 50 days of treatment, 93.1%, 100%, and 87.3% of CF, 1,2-DCA, and TCE were removed without observed intermediates, respectively. Combined with compound specific isotope analysis, the degradation of 1,2-DCA and CF was mainly attributed to aerobic oxidation and reductive dechlorination, respectively, and TCE was removed by both aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation. Our findings provide a new and efficient strategy for in situ bioremediation of groundwater contaminated by mixed chlorinated solvents.
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- Qizheng Cai
- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan, 430078, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan, 430078, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan, 430078, People's Republic of China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Yangze Catchment Environmental Aquatic Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan, 430078, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan, 430078, People's Republic of China.
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Yangze Catchment Environmental Aquatic Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan, 430078, People's Republic of China.
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Zhu X, Liao C, Song D, Yan X, Wan Y, Sun H, Wang X. Glucose facilitates the acclimation of organohalide-respiring bacteria. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 444:130421. [PMID: 36427483 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Organohalide respiring bacteria (OHRB) are the mainstay for bioremediation of organohalide contaminated sites. Enrichment screening of OHRB is prerequisite for the development of high performance dehalogenating bacterial agents. Herein, different domestication strategies were formulated for the main factors (nutrients and inocula) affecting the enrichment of OHRB, and the dehalogenation effect was verified with 2-chlorophenol and per/polyfluoroalkyl substances. The nutrients had a greater impact on the dehalogenation of the systems relative to the inocula, where the combination of glucose and anaerobic sludge (Glu-AS) had a faster degradation rate (26 ± 2.5 µmol L-1 d-1) and more complete dechlorination effectiveness. Meanwhile, the dehalogenation results for perfluorooctanoic acid and trifluoroacetic acid showed the biological defluorination was closely related to the position of fluoride. Further, the microbial community structure profiled the resource competition, metabolic cross-feeding and nutrient dynamic exchange among fermenting bacteria, OHRB and methanogenic bacteria under different domestication strategies as endogenous factors affecting the dehalogenation performance, and speculated a hypothetical model for the interaction of different functional bacteria. Our research contributed guidelines and references for the development of efficient dehalogenating bacterial agents, and provided scientific theoretical and technical support for promoting the maximum efficiency of bioremediation of organohalogenated sites.
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- Xuemei Zhu
- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, No. 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, No. 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, No. 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, No. 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, No. 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, No. 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, No. 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, China.
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Zhao Z, Oury BM, Xia L, Qin Z, Pan X, Qian J, Luo F, Wu Y, Liu L, Wang W. The ecological response and distribution characteristics of microorganisms and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a retired coal gas plant post-thermal remediation site. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 857:159314. [PMID: 36220477 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159314] [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: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Thermal remediation is one of the most common approaches of removing organic pollutants in the retired contamination sites. However, little is known about the performance of bacterial community characteristics after in situ thermal remediation. In this study, the ecological response and spatial distributional characteristics of microorganisms and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were investigated using a high throughput sequencing method in a retired coal gas plant site after in situ thermal remediation in Nanjing, China. Combination of Venn, clustering-correlation heatmap and two - factor correlation network analysis revealed that, microbial communities were obviously affected and classified by soil depths, temperature, and contamination level, respectively. The common and endemic microorganisms of each group were identified. The relative abundances of Thermaerobacter, Calditerricola, Brevibacillus, Ralstonia and Rhodococcus (aerobic bacteria) gradually declined with the increase of soil depth, while those of Bacillus, Fictibacillus, Paenibacillus, Rheinheimera presented opposite tendency. Some thermophilic degradation bacteria of PAHs, including Thermaerobacter, Calditerricola, Bacillus, Rhodococcus, unclassified_p__Firmicutes, Arthrobacter and Deinococcus, were identified and increased in the abundance at heavily polluted sites. Additionally, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidota, Deinococcota, Chloroflexi, Acidobacteriota, and Actinobacteriota showed negative response to the increase of soil depth, temperature and pollution level, while Firmicutes presented a positive response. This implied that Firmicutes has better stress resistance and adaptability to thermal remediation condition. The key environmental factors affecting microorganism composition and distribution were Temperature, Total nitrogen, Oxidation-Reduction Potential, Organic matters, and PAHs concentrations, which explains the dominant driving mechanism of soil depth, temperature, and contamination level on microbial characteristics in thermal remediation site. Our study could contribute to a better understanding of the resilience and adaptation mechanisms of microbial community at the contaminated site after the in situ thermal remediation.
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- Zhenhua Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Nanjing Vocational University of Industry Technology, Nanjing 210016, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Nanjing Qingzhan Environmental Engineering CO. Ltd, China
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- SUMEC Complete Equipment & Engineering CO. LTD, Nanjing 210018, China
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- SUMEC Complete Equipment & Engineering CO. LTD, Nanjing 210018, China
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Qin Z, Zhao Z, Xia L, Wang S, Yu G, Miao A. Responses of abundant and rare prokaryotic taxa in a controlled organic contaminated site subjected to vertical pollution-induced disturbances. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 853:158625. [PMID: 36089032 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Revised: 08/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Soil microbiota as the key role mediates the natural attenuation process of organic contaminated sites, and therefore illuminating the mechanisms underlying the responses of abundant and rare species is essential for understanding ecological processes, maintaining ecosystem stability, and regulating natural attenuation well. Here, we explored the distributional characteristics, ecological diversities, and co-occurrence patterns of abundant and rare prokaryotic subcommunities using 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing in vertical soil profiles of a controlled organic contaminated site. Results showed that abundant prokaryotic taxa were widespread across all soil samples, whereas rare counterparts were unbalancedly distributed. Rare subcommunity had more taxonomic groups and higher α- and β-diversities than abundant subcommunity. Both of these two subcommunities surviving in the organic polluted site possessed the potential of degrading organic contaminants. Abundant subcommunity was little affected by abiotic factors and mainly shaped by soil depth, while rare one was sensitive to environmental disturbances and presented a non-depth-dependent structure. Co-occurrence analysis revealed that rare taxa were more situated at the center of the network and more inclined to cooperate with non-abundant species than abundant taxa, which might play crucial roles in enhancing the resilience and resistance of prokaryotic community and maintaining its structure and stability. Overall, our results suggest that abundant and rare prokaryotic subcommunities present different responses to physicochemical factors and pollution characteristics along vertical soil profiles of organic contaminated sites undergoing natural attenuation.
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- Zhirui Qin
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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- Nanjing Vocational University of Industry Technology, Nanjing 210016, China
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- Beijing Municipal Ecological and Environmental Monitoring Center, Beijing 100048, China
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- China National Chemical Civil Engineering Co., Ltd, Nanjing 210031, China
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- China National Chemical Civil Engineering Co., Ltd, Nanjing 210031, China
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Tucci M, Viggi CC, Crognale S, Matturro B, Rossetti S, Capriotti AL, Cavaliere C, Cerrato A, Montone CM, Harnisch F, Aulenta F. Insights into the syntrophic microbial electrochemical oxidation of toluene: a combined chemical, electrochemical, taxonomical, functional gene-based, and metaproteomic approach. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 850:157919. [PMID: 35964739 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Biodegradation of aromatic hydrocarbons in anoxic contaminated environments is typically limited by the lack of bioavailable electron acceptors. Microbial electrochemical technologies (METs) are able to provide a virtually inexhaustible electron acceptor in the form of a solid electrode. Recently, we provided first experimental evidence for the syntrophic degradation of toluene in a continuous-flow bioelectrochemical reactor known as the "bioelectric well". Herein, we further analyzed the structure and function of the electroactive toluene-degrading microbiome using a suite of chemical, electrochemical, phylogenetic, proteomic, and functional gene-based analyses. The bioelectric well removed 83 ± 7 % of the toluene from the influent with a coulombic efficiency of 84 %. Cyclic voltammetry allowed to identify the formal potentials of four putative electron transfer sites, which ranged from -0.2 V to +0.1 V vs. SHE, consistent with outer membrane c-type cytochromes and pili of electroactive Geobacter species. The biofilm colonizing the surface of the anode was indeed highly enriched in Geobacter species. On the other hand, the planktonic communities thriving in the bulk of the reactor harbored aromatic hydrocarbons degraders and fermentative propionate-producing microorganisms, as revealed by phylogenetic and proteomic analyses. Most likely, propionate, acetate or other VFAs produced in the bulk liquid from the degradation of toluene were utilized as substrates by the electroactive biofilm. Interestingly, key-functional genes related to the degradation of toluene were found both in the biofilm and in the planktonic communities. Taken as a whole, the herein reported results highlight the importance of applying a comprehensive suite of techniques to unravel the complex cooperative metabolisms occurring in METs.
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- Matteo Tucci
- Water Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council (CNR), Monterotondo, RM, Italy
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- Water Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council (CNR), Monterotondo, RM, Italy
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- Water Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council (CNR), Monterotondo, RM, Italy
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- Water Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council (CNR), Monterotondo, RM, Italy
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- Water Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council (CNR), Monterotondo, RM, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Sapienza - University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Sapienza - University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Water Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council (CNR), Monterotondo, RM, Italy.
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Gou Y, Song Y, Yang S, Yang Y, Cheng Y, Li J, Zhang T, Cheng Y, Wang H. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon removal from subsurface soil mediated by bacteria and archaea under methanogenic conditions: Performance and mechanisms. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 313:120023. [PMID: 36030953 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In situ anoxic bioremediation is an easy-to-use technology to remediate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated soil. Degradation of PAHs mediated by soil bacteria and archaea using CO2 as the electron acceptor is an important process for eliminating PAHs under methanogenic conditions; however, knowledge of the performance and mechanisms involved is poorly unveiled. In this study, the effectiveness and efficiency of NaHCO3 (CO2) as an electron acceptor to stimulate the degradation of PAHs by bacteria and archaea in highly contaminated soil were investigated. The results showed that CO2 addition (EC2000) promoted PAH degradation compared to soil without added CO2 (EC0), with 4.18%, 9.01%-8.05%, and 6.19%-12.45% increases for 2-, 3- and 4-ring PAHs after 250 days of incubation, respectively. Soil bacterial abundances increased with increasing incubation time, especially for EC2000 (2.90 × 108 g-1 soil higher than EC0, p < 0.05). Different succession patterns of the soil bacterial and archaeal communities during PAH degradation were observed. According to the PCoA and ANOSIM results, the soil bacterial communities were greatly (ANOSIM: R = 0.7232, P = 0.001) impacted by electron acceptors, whereas significant differences in the archaeal communities were not observed (ANOSIM: R = 0.553, P = 0.001). Soil bacterial and archaeal co-occurrence network analyses showed that positive correlations outnumbered the negative correlations throughout the incubation period for both treatments (e.g., EC0 and EC2000), suggesting the prevalence of coexistence/cooperation within and between these two domains rather than competition. The higher complexity, connectance, edge, and node numbers in EC2000 revealed stronger linkage and a more stable co-occurrence network compared to EC0. The results of this study could improve the knowledge on the removal of PAHs and the responses of soil bacteria and archaea to CO2 application, as well as a scientific basis for the in situ anoxic bioremediation of PAH-contaminated industrial sites.
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- Yaling Gou
- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Remediation of Industrial Pollution Sites, Institute of Resources and Environment, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, Beijing, 100089, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Remediation of Industrial Pollution Sites, Institute of Resources and Environment, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, Beijing, 100089, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Remediation of Industrial Pollution Sites, Institute of Resources and Environment, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, Beijing, 100089, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Remediation of Industrial Pollution Sites, Institute of Resources and Environment, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, Beijing, 100089, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Remediation of Industrial Pollution Sites, Institute of Resources and Environment, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, Beijing, 100089, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Remediation of Industrial Pollution Sites, Institute of Resources and Environment, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, Beijing, 100089, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Remediation of Industrial Pollution Sites, Institute of Resources and Environment, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, Beijing, 100089, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Remediation of Industrial Pollution Sites, Institute of Resources and Environment, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, Beijing, 100089, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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Ding D, Jiang D, Zhou Y, Xia F, Chen Y, Kong L, Wei J, Zhang S, Deng S. Assessing the environmental impacts and costs of biochar and monitored natural attenuation for groundwater heavily contaminated with volatile organic compounds. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 846:157316. [PMID: 35842168 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Revised: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Although biochar (BC) and monitored natural attenuation (MNA) are regarded as green technologies for remediating volatile organic compounds (VOCs) contaminated groundwater, their life cycle environmental impacts and costs have not been systematically quantified. This work assessed the primary and secondary environmental impacts and the cost of three options for remediating the groundwater at a closed pesticide manufacturing plant site, which was contaminated by high levels of multiple VOCs and is undergoing MNA. The studied options include a combination of MNA and BC (MNA + BC), BC, and pump and treat (PT). The environmental impacts were examined through a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) using the ReCiPe 2016 method. The costs were evaluated using a Life Cycle Cost (LCC) method created in the SimaPro. The LCA results show that the overall environmental impacts follow the sequence of PT > BC > MNA + BC, but MNA + BC shows evident primary impacts. The CO2 eq emissions generated from PT are more than five times of MNA + BC or BC. The cement, electricity, and steel for construction, and the operation energy are the environmental hotspots in PT. In MNA + BC and BC, the electricity for feedstock pyrolysis is the environmental hotspot, while the use of BC by-products to generate heat and power has positive environmental credit that compensates other negative environmental burdens. Incorporating institutional controls, using renewable energy and recycled or alternative materials, and developing BC with superior adsorption capacity are recommended to optimize the remediation strategies. The LCC results show that PT renders the highest cost, with cement and electricity being the two most expensive items. Electricity is the dominant contributor to the costs of MNA + BC and BC, while the avoided heat and power generation can save the cost of other items. Overall, this study provides scientific support to develop and optimize green remediation solutions for VOCs contaminated groundwater.
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- Da Ding
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210046, China.
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Fan T, Yang M, Li Q, Zhou Y, Xia F, Chen Y, Yang L, Ding D, Zhang S, Zhang X, Yu R, Deng S. A new insight into the influencing factors of natural attenuation of chlorinated hydrocarbons contaminated groundwater: A long-term field study of a retired pesticide site. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 439:129595. [PMID: 35850066 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 07/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Natural attenuation of contaminants has been increasingly applied as a strategy to manage the retired pesticide manufacturing sites due to the increasing restrictions on the reuse of contaminated sites in China. However, the influencing factors to enhance natural attenuation for chlorinated hydrocarbons in retired pesticide sites were not well studied. In this paper, monitoring of pollutants, environmental factors and microbial community was conducted from 2016 to 2021 in a retired pesticide site in Jiangsu Province undergoing natural attenuation, where the groundwater was severely contaminated with chlorinated hydrocarbons. The spatial variation of main pollutants, including chlorinated ethenes and ethanes, indicated that the site could be divided into the source area, diffusion area, and the end of diffusion area, where organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB) were detected. Pollutants and environmental factors influenced the OHRB community structure, which explained 7.6% and 33.2% of the variation, respectively. The abundances of obligate and facultative OHRB were affected in opposite ways by pollutants and environmental factors. Dehalococcoides and Dehalogenimonas in obligate OHRB were significantly inhibited by sulfate (r = -0.448, p < 0.05). The spatial-temporal characteristics of pollutants and the reveal of microbial community structure and its restricting factors in different areas make the foundation for strengthening the implementation of natural attenuation.
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- Tingting Fan
- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China; Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, No.2 Sipailou Street, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, No.2 Sipailou Street, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China.
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Natural and human-made disasters can cause tremendous physical damage, societal change, and suffering. In addition to their effects on people, disasters have been shown to alter the microbial population in the area affected. Alterations for microbial populations can lead to new ecological interactions, with additional potentially adverse consequences for many species, including humans. Disaster-related stressors can be powerful forces for microbial selection. Studying microbial adaptation in disaster sites can reveal new biological processes, including mechanisms by which some microbes could become pathogenic and others could become beneficial (e.g., used for bioremediation). Here we survey examples of how disasters have affected microbiology and suggest that the topic of "disaster microbiology" is itself a new field of study. Given the accelerating pace of human-caused climate change and the increasing encroachment of the natural word by human activities, it is likely that this area of research will become increasingly relevant to the broader field of microbiology. Since disaster microbiology is a broad term open to interpretation, we propose criteria for what phenomena fall under its scope. The basic premise is that there must be a disaster that causes a change in the environment, which then causes an alteration to microbes (either a physical or biological adaptation), and that this adaptation must have additional ramifications.
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Prediction of Dichloroethene Concentration in the Groundwater of a Contaminated Site Using XGBoost and LSTM. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19159374. [PMID: 35954730 PMCID: PMC9367752 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19159374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons (CAHs) are widely used in agriculture and industries and have become one of the most common groundwater contaminations. With the excellent performance of the deep learning method in predicting, LSTM and XGBoost were used to forecast dichloroethene (DCE) concentrations in a pesticide-contaminated site undergoing natural attenuation. The input variables included BTEX, vinyl chloride (VC), and five water quality indicators. In this study, the predictive performances of long short-term memory (LSTM) and extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) were compared, and the influences of variables on models’ performances were evaluated. The results indicated XGBoost was more likely to capture DCE variation and was robust in high values, while the LSTM model presented better accuracy for all wells. The well with higher DCE concentrations would lower the model’s accuracy, and its influence was more evident in XGBoost than LSTM. The explanation of the SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) value of each variable indicated high consistency with the rules of biodegradation in the real environment. LSTM and XGBoost could predict DCE concentrations through only using water quality variables, and LSTM performed better than XGBoost.
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Wang J, Zhang Y, Ding Y, Song H, Liu T. Analysis of microbial community resistance mechanisms in groundwater contaminated with SAs and high NH 4+-Fe-Mn. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 817:153036. [PMID: 35026256 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The resistance mechanism of microbial communities in contaminated groundwater under the combined stress of sulfonamide antibiotics (SAs), NH4+, and Fe-Mn exceeding the standard levels was studied in an agricultural area along the Songhua River in Northeast China with developed livestock and poultry breeding. Representative points were selected in the study area to explore the response of environmental parameters and microbial communities, and microscopic experiments with different SA concentrations were conducted with background groundwater. The results showed a complex relationship between microbial communities and environmental factors. The environmental factors SM, SM2, SMX, DOC, NO3-, Fe, Mn, and HCO3- significantly affected the microbial community, with SMX, DOC, and Mn having the greatest effect. Three types of antibiotics with similar properties had different effects on the microbial community, and these effects were not simply additive or superimposed. After adding SAs, Proteobacteria with multi-resistance (99.85%) became the dominant phylum, and Acinetobacter (98.68%) became the dominant genus with SA resistance. SAs have a significant influence on bacterial chemotaxis, transporters, substance transport, and metabolism. Microorganisms resist the influence of SAs via a series of resistance mechanisms, such as enhancing the synthesis of relevant enzymes, generating new biochemical reactions, and reducing the transport of harmful substances through cell membranes. We also found that the proportion of exogenous compound degradation and metabolism-related functional genes in the presence of high SA concentrations increased significantly, which may be related to the degradation of SAs by microorganisms.
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- Jili Wang
- Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China; College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China; Institute of Water Resources and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China; College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China; Institute of Water Resources and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China; College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China; Institute of Water Resources and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China; College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China; Institute of Water Resources and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China; College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China; Institute of Water Resources and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China
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Ambaye TG, Chebbi A, Formicola F, Prasad S, Gomez FH, Franzetti A, Vaccari M. Remediation of soil polluted with petroleum hydrocarbons and its reuse for agriculture: Recent progress, challenges, and perspectives. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 293:133572. [PMID: 35016966 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Revised: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Petroleum hydrocarbons (PHs) are used as raw materials in many industries and primary energy sources. However, excessive PHs act as soil pollutants, posing serious threats to living organisms. Various ex-situ or in-situ chemical and biological methods are applied to restore polluted soil. However, most of the chemical treatment methods are expensive, environmentally unfriendly, and sometimes inefficient. That attracts scientists and researchers to develop and select new strategists to remediate polluted soil through risk-based analysis and eco-friendly manner. This review discusses the sources of PHs, properties, distribution, transport, and fate in the environment, internal and external factors affecting the soil remediation and restoration process, and its effective re-utilization for agriculture. Bioremediation is an eco-friendly method for degrading PHs, specifically by using microorganisms. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are being used to monitor contaminated sites. Currently, these new technologies have caused a paradigm shift by giving new insights into the microbially mediated biodegradation processes by targeting rRNA are discussed concisely. The recent development of risk-based management for soil contamination and its challenges and future perspectives are also discussed. Furthermore, nanotechnology seems very promising for effective soil remediation, but its success depends on its cost-effectiveness. This review paper suggests using bio-electrochemical systems that utilize electro-chemically active microorganisms to remediate and restore polluted soil with PHs that would be eco-friendlier and help tailor-made effective and sustainable remediation technologies.
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- Teklit Gebregiorgis Ambaye
- Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brescia, Via Branze 43, 25123, Brescia, Italy.
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- Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brescia, Via Branze 43, 25123, Brescia, Italy; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences -DISAT, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza Della Scienza, 1 - 20126, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences -DISAT, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza Della Scienza, 1 - 20126, Milano, Italy
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- Division of Environment Science, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brescia, Via Branze 43, 25123, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences -DISAT, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza Della Scienza, 1 - 20126, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brescia, Via Branze 43, 25123, Brescia, Italy.
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