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Bozan M, Berreth H, Lindberg P, Bühler K. Cyanobacterial biofilms: from natural systems to applications. Trends Biotechnol 2024:S0167-7799(24)00215-4. [PMID: 39214791 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2024.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2024] [Revised: 07/05/2024] [Accepted: 08/06/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Cyanobacteria are the ancestors of oxygenic photosynthesis. Fueled by light and water, their ability to reduce CO2 to sugar holds potential for carbon-neutral production processes. Due to challenges connected to cultivation and engineering issues, cyanobiotechnology has yet to be able to establish itself broadly in industry. In recent years, applying cyanobacterial biofilms as whole-cell biocatalysts instead of suspension cultures has emerged as a novel concept to counteract low cell densities and low reaction stability, critical challenges in cyanobacterial applications. This review explores the potential of cyanobacterial biofilms for biotechnology and bioremediation. It briefly introduces cyanobacteria as primary producers in natural structured microbial communities; describes various applications in biotechnology and bioremediation; and discusses innovations, challenges, and future trends in this exciting research field.
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- Mahir Bozan
- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz - Center for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz - Center for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz - Center for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany.
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Chen Y, Zheng M, Qiu Y, Wang H, Zhang H, Tao Q, Luo H, Zhang Z. Organic Matter and Total Nitrogen Lead to Different Microbial Community Structure in Sediments Between Lagoon and Surrounding Areas by Regulating Xenococcus Abundance. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:859921. [PMID: 35531298 PMCID: PMC9069056 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.859921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Coastal lagoon is an important productive ecosystem on the Earth. In this study, we compared microbial community in the sediments between lagoon and surrounding areas, and explored mechanism for the variation of microbial community. As a result, the sediment of surrounding area showed significantly higher organic matter and total nitrogen than that of the lagoon. The linear regression analysis revealed that organic matter and total nitrogen are positively correlated with Xenococcus. Bacterial and fungal PCoA1 showed significantly positive relationships with the relative abundance of Xenococcus, indicating that Xenococcus affects the bacterial and fungal community in the sediments of both the lagoon and surrounding area. ANOSIM analysis demonstrated that there were significant differences in bacterial and fungal community structure in the sediments between the lagoon and surrounding areas. Therefore, organic matter and total nitrogen affect the microbial community structure in the sediments of lagoon and surrounding areas by regulating the abundance of Xenococcus.
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- Yonggan Chen
- Key Laboratory of Utilization and Conservation for Tropical Marine Bioresources (Hainan Tropical Ocean University), Ministry of Education, Sanya, China
- Hainan Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Tropical Marine Fishery Resources, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Sanya, China
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- Key Laboratory of Utilization and Conservation for Tropical Marine Bioresources (Hainan Tropical Ocean University), Ministry of Education, Sanya, China
- Hainan Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Tropical Marine Fishery Resources, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Sanya, China
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- Key Laboratory of Utilization and Conservation for Tropical Marine Bioresources (Hainan Tropical Ocean University), Ministry of Education, Sanya, China
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- Key Laboratory of Utilization and Conservation for Tropical Marine Bioresources (Hainan Tropical Ocean University), Ministry of Education, Sanya, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biosafety, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Utilization and Conservation for Tropical Marine Bioresources (Hainan Tropical Ocean University), Ministry of Education, Sanya, China
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- Key Laboratory of Utilization and Conservation for Tropical Marine Bioresources (Hainan Tropical Ocean University), Ministry of Education, Sanya, China
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- Key Laboratory of Utilization and Conservation for Tropical Marine Bioresources (Hainan Tropical Ocean University), Ministry of Education, Sanya, China
- Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biosafety, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Nanjing, China
- *Correspondence: Zhenhua Zhang,
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Jawad LA, Abed JM, Ibáňez AL. Stock differentiation of the greater lizardfish Saurida tumbil (Teleostei: Synodontidae) collected along the western coast of the Arabian Gulf and Sea of Oman using meristic characters. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2021; 99:495-501. [PMID: 33772771 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14739] [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: 01/13/2021] [Revised: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Meristic variation among stocks of greater lizardfish Saurida tumbil through the western coasts of the Arabian Gulf and Sea of Oman was examined using meristic characters. Statistical analysis of meristic traits proposed that there is constrained migration of populations of greater lizardfish along the western coast of the Arabian Gulf and Sea of Oman. Overlapping of the two samples from the northern part of the Arabian Gulf (Iraq-Kuwait waters), three samples from the middle region of the Arabian Gulf (Bahrain-Qatar-Saudi Arabia) and two samples from the southern part of the Arabian Gulf/Sea of Oman (United Arab Emirates-Sultanate of Oman) suggested that there are three self-recruiting populations in the studied area. Inspection of the role of each meristic trait variable to Canonical discriminant analysis showed that changes among samples appeared to be linked with the pattern of distribution of water temperature and configuration of current in both the Arabian Gulf and Sea of Oman areas.
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- Laith A Jawad
- School of Environmental and Animal Sciences, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq
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- Departamento de Hidrobiología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa (UAMI), Ciudad de México, Mexico
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Biodegradation of selected hydrocarbons by novel bacterial strains isolated from contaminated Arabian Gulf sediment. Sci Rep 2020; 10:21846. [PMID: 33318512 PMCID: PMC7736303 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78733-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Three strains of novel bacteria were isolated from oil-contaminated sediment from the Arabian Gulf (Brevibacillus brevis T2C2008, Proteus mirabilis T2A12001, and Rhodococcus quinshengi TA13008). The isolated strains were tested for their degrading efficacy of low and high molecular hydrocarbon (naphthalene and pyrene). The efficacy of the two-hydrocarbon degradation by the isolates bacterial was determined at a temperature of 25 °C and 37 °C and pH of 5.0 and 9.0. In inoculated media at 37 °C, Rhodococcus qinshengi fully metabolized naphthalene and degrade 56% of pyrene. Brevibacillus brevis break down over 80% of naphthalene at room temperatures (25 °C). However, it was found that P. mirabilis and R. qinshengi biodegraded nearly 94% of naphthalene in the incubated media. The capacity for pyrene and naphthalene degradation in varying pH and temperature conditions was shown to be significant in Rhodococcus qinshengi because of its mineralization exceeding 50% across the tested pH and temperature. This implies that the isolated strains are ideal for biodegradation of contaminated sediment with naphthalene and pyrene.
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Lee J, Kim T, Yoon SJ, Kim S, Lee AH, Kwon BO, Allam AA, Al-Khedhairy AA, Lee H, Kim JJ, Hong S, Khim JS. Multiple evaluation of the potential toxic effects of sediments and biota collected from an oil-polluted area around Abu Ali Island, Saudi Arabia, Arabian Gulf. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2019; 183:109547. [PMID: 31408817 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109547] [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: 04/03/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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After the Gulf War Oil Spill, there have been many investigations about distributions of oil-derived pollutants nearby areas, but lacking in ecotoxicological assessment. We evaluated the potential toxicity of asphalt mats, sediments, and biota (polychaetes, chitons, snapping shrimps, and crabs) by combining two bioassays (H4IIE-luc and Vibrio fischeri) and in situ microbial community (eDNA). Samples were collected from Abu Ali Island, and organic extracts were bioassayed and further fractionated according to the chemical polarity using silica gel column. Great aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR)-mediated potencies and inhibition of bioluminescence were mainly found in aromatics (F2) and saturates (F1) fractions of asphalt mat and sediments, respectively, while great toxicological responses in biota samples were found in resins and polar (F3) fraction. We also confirmed that potential toxicities of biota were species-specific; great AhR-mediated potencies were found in polychaetes and great bioluminescence inhibitions were found in crabs. In microbial communities, most genera (up to 90%) were associated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)-degrading bacteria, supporting that PAHs are the primary stressors of the benthic community around Abu Ali Island. The present study provides useful information on the contamination status, risk assessment of environmental matrices and benthic organisms in Abu Ali Island.
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- Junghyun Lee
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Division of Environmental Science & Ecological Engineering, College of Life Science & Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science & Ecological Engineering, College of Life Science & Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Ocean Environmental Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Yoon SJ, Hong S, Kim T, Lee J, Kwon BO, Allam AA, Al-Khedhairy AA, Khim JS. Occurrence and bioaccumulation of persistent toxic substances in sediments and biota from intertidal zone of Abu Ali Island, Arabian Gulf. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2019; 144:243-252. [PMID: 31179994 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Revised: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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North Abu Ali Island is contaminated by crude oil from exogenous sources with a variety of persistent toxic substances (PTSs) being input into intertidal sediments. We detected an array of PTSs in sediments and benthic biota off north Abu Ali Island (Arabian Gulf), including 35 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), 6 alkylphenols (APEOs), 10 styrene oligomers (SOs), and tributyltin. The PTS concentrations were generally greater than those reported in other areas of Arabian Gulf. PAHs mainly originated from petrogenic sources, and APEOs and SOs seem to be of recent origin. Field-based biota-sediment accumulation factors (BSAF) varied by taxa and compounds, but clearly depended on the log Kow values of individual compounds. Some PTSs exceeded the established guidelines for sediments and biota; we found particularly great BSAFs for alkyl-naphthalenes (C1- and C2-), nonylphenol monoethoxylates, and 2,4,6-triphenyl-1-hexene. Remediation will require on-site clean-up of toxic chemicals together with immediate efforts on preventing input of current pollution sources in the given area.
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- Seo Joon Yoon
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Ocean Environmental Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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Amro AN, Abhary MK. Removal of lead and copper ions from water using powdered Zygophyllum coccineum biomass. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION 2019; 21:1457-1462. [PMID: 31250655 DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2019.1633267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The application of the powdered biomass of Zygophyllum coccineum plants for the removal of Pb and Cu ions from water has been investigated. Energy-dispersive X-ray analysis and Fourier-transform infrared characterization revealed the presence of functional groups related to various components of the biomass. Surface area analyses and scanning electron microscopy demonstrated the nonporous and low surface area nature of the powdered biomass. The contact times required for Pb and Cu ion removal to reach equilibrium were 60 and 45 min, respectively. The optimum pH for the highest percentage of removal was 4. In 50 mL Cu ion solution (50 ppm), 0.2 g of powdered biomass was sufficient for Cu ion removal, while at similar concentrations, Pb ion removal increased significantly with the increase in the biomass. The best particle size for the removal of both ions was 0.212-0.50 mm. Pb ion removal was found to correlate with the Langmuir model, while Cu correlated with the Freundlich model. Langmuir isothermal model revealed adsorption capacities of 25.5 and 14.8 mg g-1 for Pb and Cu ions, respectively. This study shows that Z. coccineum biomass is efficient in removing Pb and Cu from water.
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- Abdulaziz N Amro
- Chemistry Department, Taibah University, AlMadinah Almunawwarah, Saudi Arabia
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- Biology Department, Taibah University, AlMadinah Almunawwarah, Saudi Arabia
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Ding CQ, Li KR, Duan YX, Jia SR, Lv HX, Bai H, Zhong C. Study on community structure of microbial consortium for the degradation of viscose fiber wastewater. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2017; 4:31. [PMID: 28748136 PMCID: PMC5502227 DOI: 10.1186/s40643-017-0159-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Enrichment culture was applied to obtain microbial consortium from activated sludge samples collected from biodegradation system, a chemical fiber plant in Hebei Province, China. Bacterial composition and community dynamic variation were assessed employing denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis fingerprinting technology based on amplified 16S rRNA genes in the entire process of enrichment culture for viscose fiber wastewater. Results Four bacteria named as VF01, VF02, VF03, and VF04 were isolated from the microbial consortium adopting the spray-plate method. The DNA bands of these four bacteria were corresponded to the predominant DNA bands in the electrophoresis pattern. VF01, VF02, VF03, and VF04 were phylogenetically closed to Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus subtilis, Paracoccus tibetensis, and Pseudomonas sp. by sequence analysis, respectively. The degradation effects for CODCr of single isolated strain, mixed strains, and microbial consortium (VF) originally screened from viscose fiber wastewater were determined. The degradation ability was as follows: microbial consortium (VF) > mixed strains > single isolated strain. Microbial consortium (VF) showed the optimum degradation rate of CODCr of 87% on 14th day. Degradation of pollutants sped up by bio-augmentation of four strains. The molecular weight distribution of organic matter showed that viscose fiber wastewater contained a certain amount of large molecular organic matter, which could be decomposed into smaller molecular substances by microbial consortium (VF). Conclusions The microbial consortium (VF) obtained from enrichment culture exhibited great potential for CODCr degradation. The screened strains had bio-augmentation functions and the addition of a mixture of four bacteria could speed up the degradation rate of pollutants.
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- Chao-Qun Ding
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, 300457 People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, 300457 People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Academy of Environmental Sciences, Tianjin, 300191 China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, 300457 People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, 300457 People's Republic of China
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- CNOOC Ener Tech Beijing Research Institute of Engineering & Technology for Safety & Environmental Protection, Tianjin, 300457 China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, 300457 People's Republic of China
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Tavares TCL, Normando LRO, de Vasconcelos ATR, Gerber AL, Agnez-Lima LF, Melo VMM. Metagenomic analysis of sediments under seaports influence in the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2016; 557-558:888-900. [PMID: 27088626 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Revised: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/19/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Maritime ports are anthropogenic interventions capable of causing serious alterations in coastal ecosystems. In this study, we examined the benthic microbial diversity and community structure under the influence of two maritime ports, Mucuripe (MUC) and Pecém (PEC), at Equatorial Atlantic Ocean in Northeast Brazil. Those seaports differ in architecture, time of functioning, cargo handling and contamination. The microbiomes from MUC and PEC were also compared in silico to 11 other globally distributed marine microbiomes. The comparative analysis of operational taxonomic units (OTUs) retrieved by PCR-DGGE showed that MUC presents greater richness and β diversity of Bacteria and Archaea than PEC. In line with these results, metagenomic analysis showed that MUC and PEC benthic microbial communities share the main common bacterial phyla found in coastal environments, although can be distinguish by greater abundance of Cyanobacteria in MUC and Deltaproteobacteria in PEC. Both ports differed in Archaea composition, being PEC port sediments dominated by Thaumarchaeota. The microbiomes showed little divergence in their potential metabolic pathways, although shifts on the microbial taxonomic signatures involved in nitrogen and sulphur metabolic pathways were observed. The comparative analysis of different benthic marine metagenomes from Brazil, Australia and Mexico grouped them by the geographic location rather than by the type of ecosystem, although at phylum level seaport sediments share a core microbiome constituted by Proteobacteria, Cyanobacteria, Actinobacteria, Tenericuteres, Firmicutes, Bacteriodetes and Euryarchaeota. Our results suggest that multiple physical and chemical factors acting on sediments as a result of at least 60years of port operation play a role in shaping the benthic microbial communities at taxonomic level, but not at functional level.
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- Tallita Cruz Lopes Tavares
- Instituto de Ciências do Mar, Av. Abolição, 3207, 60170-151 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil; Laboratório de Ecologia Microbiana e Biotecnologia, Departamento de Biologia, Bloco 909, Centro de Ciências, Campus do Pici, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Av. Humberto Monte, 2775, 60440-554 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Microbiana e Biotecnologia, Departamento de Biologia, Bloco 909, Centro de Ciências, Campus do Pici, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Av. Humberto Monte, 2775, 60440-554 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioinformática, Unidade de Genômica Computacional Darcy Fontoura de Almeida, Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica, 25651-075, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioinformática, Unidade de Genômica Computacional Darcy Fontoura de Almeida, Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica, 25651-075, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59072-970 Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências do Mar, Av. Abolição, 3207, 60170-151 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil; Laboratório de Ecologia Microbiana e Biotecnologia, Departamento de Biologia, Bloco 909, Centro de Ciências, Campus do Pici, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Av. Humberto Monte, 2775, 60440-554 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
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Korlević M, Zucko J, Dragić MN, Blažina M, Pustijanac E, Zeljko TV, Gacesa R, Baranasic D, Starcevic A, Diminic J, Long PF, Cullum J, Hranueli D, Orlić S. Bacterial diversity of polluted surface sediments in the northern Adriatic Sea. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:189-97. [PMID: 25857844 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2015.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Revised: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Samples were collected from sea sediments at seven sites in the northern Adriatic Sea that included six sites next to industrial complexes and one from a tourist site (recreational beach). The samples were assayed for alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The composition of the hydrocarbon samples suggested that industrial pollution was present in most cases. A sample from one site was also grown aerobically under crude oil enrichment in order to evaluate the response of indigenous bacterial populations to crude oil exposure. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed varying microbial biodiversity depending on the level of pollution--ranging from low (200 detected genera) to high (1000+ genera) biodiversity, with lowest biodiversity observed in polluted samples. This indicated that there was considerable biodiversity in all sediment samples but it was severely restricted after exposure to crude oil selection pressure. Phylogenetic analysis of putative alkB genes showed high evolutionary diversity of the enzymes in the samples and suggested great potential for bioremediation and bioprospecting. The first systematic analysis of bacterial communities from sediments of the northern Adriatic Sea is presented, and it will provide a baseline assessment that may serve as a reference point for ecosystem changes and hydrocarbon degrading potential--a potential that could soon gain importance due to plans for oil exploitation in the area.
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- Marino Korlević
- Centre for Marine Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Rovinj, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Centre for Marine Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Rovinj, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK; Department of Chemistry, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK
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- Department of Genetics, University of Kaiserslautern, Postfach 3049, 67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Centre for Marine Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Rovinj, Croatia; Division of Material Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.
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Characterization of microbial communities in heavy crude oil from Saudi Arabia. ANN MICROBIOL 2014; 65:95-104. [PMID: 25705147 PMCID: PMC4331609 DOI: 10.1007/s13213-014-0840-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2013] [Accepted: 02/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The complete mineralization of crude oil into carbon dioxide, water, inorganic compounds and cellular constituents can be carried out as part of a bioremediation strategy. This involves the transformation of complex organic contaminants into simpler organic compounds by microbial communities, mainly bacteria. A crude oil sample and an oil sludge sample were obtained from Saudi ARAMCO Oil Company and investigated to identify the microbial communities present using PCR-based culture-independent techniques. In total, analysis of 177 clones yielded 30 distinct bacterial sequences. Clone library analysis of the oil sample was found to contain Bacillus, Clostridia and Gammaproteobacteria species while the sludge sample revealed the presence of members of the Alphaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, Clostridia, Spingobacteria and Flavobacteria. The dominant bacterial class identified in oil and sludge samples was found to be Bacilli and Flavobacteria, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the dominant bacterium in the oil sample has the closest sequence identity to Enterococcus aquimarinus and the dominant bacterium in the sludge sample is most closely related to the uncultured Bacteroidetes bacterium designated AH.KK.
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Cravo-Laureau C, Duran R. Marine coastal sediments microbial hydrocarbon degradation processes: contribution of experimental ecology in the omics'era. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:39. [PMID: 24575083 PMCID: PMC3921567 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2013] [Accepted: 01/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Coastal marine sediments, where important biological processes take place, supply essential ecosystem services. By their location, such ecosystems are particularly exposed to human activities as evidenced by the recent Deepwater Horizon disaster. This catastrophe revealed the importance to better understand the microbial processes involved on hydrocarbon degradation in marine sediments raising strong interests of the scientific community. During the last decade, several studies have shown the key role played by microorganisms in determining the fate of hydrocarbons in oil-polluted sediments but only few have taken into consideration the whole sediment’s complexity. Marine coastal sediment ecosystems are characterized by remarkable heterogeneity, owning high biodiversity and are subjected to fluctuations in environmental conditions, especially to important oxygen oscillations due to tides. Thus, for understanding the fate of hydrocarbons in such environments, it is crucial to study microbial activities, taking into account sediment characteristics, physical-chemical factors (electron acceptors, temperature), nutrients, co-metabolites availability as well as sediment’s reworking due to bioturbation activities. Key information could be collected from in situ studies, which provide an overview of microbial processes, but it is difficult to integrate all parameters involved. Microcosm experiments allow to dissect in-depth some mechanisms involved in hydrocarbon degradation but exclude environmental complexity. To overcome these lacks, strategies have been developed, by creating experiments as close as possible to environmental conditions, for studying natural microbial communities subjected to oil pollution. We present here a review of these approaches, their results and limitation, as well as the promising future of applying “omics” approaches to characterize in-depth microbial communities and metabolic networks involved in hydrocarbon degradation. In addition, we present the main conclusions of our studies in this field.
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- Cristiana Cravo-Laureau
- Equipe Environnement et Microbiologie UMR IPREM 5254, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour Pau, France
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- Equipe Environnement et Microbiologie UMR IPREM 5254, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour Pau, France
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Assessment of different carbohydrates as exogenous carbon source in cultivation of cyanobacteria. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2014; 37:1497-505. [PMID: 24445336 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-013-1121-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2013] [Accepted: 12/22/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Glucose is the substrate most widely used as exogenous carbon source for heterotrophic cultivation of cyanobacteria. Due to limited information about the use of different carbohydrates as carbon sources to support cyanobacterial heterotrophic metabolism, the objective of this work was to evaluate different monosaccharides (arabinose, fructose, galactose, glucose, mannose and xylose), disaccharides (lactose, maltose, sucrose and trehalose) and polysaccharides (carboxymethylcellulose, cassava starch, Hi-maize(®), maltodextrin Corn Globe 1805(®) and xylan) as exogenous carbon source for heterotrophic culture of cyanobacterium Phormidium sp. The batch cultivation using fructose as organic carbon source resulted in the highest (p < 0.05) cell biomass (5,540 mg/L) in parallel with the highest (p < 0.05) substrate yield coefficient (0.67 mg(biomass)/mg(fructose)). Mannose was the carbon source with the highest (p < 0.05) substrate consumption rate (3,185.7 mg/L/day) and maltodextrin was the carbohydrate with major potential to produce biomass (1,072.8 mg(biomass)/L/day) and lipids (160.8 mg(lipids)/L/day). Qualitatively, the fatty acid profiles of the lipid extract from Phormidium sp. showed predominance of saturated chains for the cultures grown with most of the carbon sources, with the exception of the ones grown with xylose and maltodextrin.
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Sheppard C, Al-Husiani M, Al-Jamali F, Al-Yamani F, Baldwin R, Bishop J, Benzoni F, Dutrieux E, Dulvy NK, Durvasula SRV, Jones DA, Loughland R, Medio D, Nithyanandan M, Pilling GM, Polikarpov I, Price ARG, Purkis SJ, Riegl BM, Saburova M, Samimi-Namin K, Taylor O, Wilson S, Zainal K. Environmental Concerns for the Future of Gulf Coral Reefs. CORAL REEFS OF THE WORLD 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3008-3_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Pan K, Lee OO, Qian PY, Wang WX. Sponges and sediments as monitoring tools of metal contamination in the eastern coast of the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2011; 62:1140-1146. [PMID: 21453933 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.02.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2011] [Revised: 02/17/2011] [Accepted: 02/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Sediments and sponges were collected from various locations along the eastern coast of the Red Sea, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Total concentrations of Cd, Zn, Ag, Cu, Pb, As and Hg in the sediments were measured. Metal contamination was not significant in most of the studied sites and only one site was moderately polluted by Zn, Cu, and Pb. Sponges accumulated specific metals readily even though the metal exposure was low in the ambient environment. Contrasting interspecies differences in metal accumulation patterns were observed among the nine collected species of sponges. Significant positive correlations were found between the metal concentrations in the two species of sponges collected from the same sites. The strong ability to accumulate specific metals and the diversity of sponges that live in the Red Sea coastal areas make them a promising biomonitor of metal contamination in the areas.
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- Ke Pan
- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Sheppard C, Al-Husiani M, Al-Jamali F, Al-Yamani F, Baldwin R, Bishop J, Benzoni F, Dutrieux E, Dulvy NK, Durvasula SRV, Jones DA, Loughland R, Medio D, Nithyanandan M, Pilling GM, Polikarpov I, Price ARG, Purkis S, Riegl B, Saburova M, Namin KS, Taylor O, Wilson S, Zainal K. The Gulf: a young sea in decline. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2010; 60:13-38. [PMID: 20005533 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2009] [Accepted: 10/12/2009] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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This review examines the substantial changes that have taken place in marine habitats and resources of the Gulf over the past decade. The habitats are especially interesting because of the naturally high levels of temperature and salinity stress they experience, which is important in a changing world climate. However, the extent of all natural habitats is changing and their condition deteriorating because of the rapid development of the region and, in some cases from severe, episodic warming episodes. Major impacts come from numerous industrial, infrastructure-based, and residential and tourism development activities, which together combine, synergistically in some cases, to cause the observed deterioration in most benthic habitats. Substantial sea bottom dredging for material and its deposition in shallow water to extend land or to form a basis for huge developments, directly removes large areas of shallow, productive habitat, though in some cases the most important effect is the accompanying sedimentation or changes to water flows and conditions. The large scale of the activities compared to the relatively shallow and small size of the water body is a particularly important issue. Important from the perspective of controlling damaging effects is the limited cross-border collaboration and even intra-country collaboration among government agencies and large projects. Along with the accumulative nature of impacts that occur, even where each project receives environmental assessment or attention, each is treated more or less alone, rarely in combination. However, their combination in such a small, biologically interacting sea exacerbates the overall deterioration. Very few similar areas exist which face such a high concentration of disturbance, and the prognosis for the Gulf continuing to provide abundant natural resources is poor.
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Luo YR, Tian Y, Huang X, Yan CL, Hong HS, Lin GH, Zheng TL. Analysis of community structure of a microbial consortium capable of degrading benzo(a)pyrene by DGGE. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2009; 58:1159-1163. [PMID: 19409577 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2009] [Revised: 03/17/2009] [Accepted: 03/24/2009] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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A microbial consortium was obtained by enrichment culture of sea water samples collected from Botan oil port in Xiamen, China, using the persistent high concentration of a mixture of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons enrichment strategy. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) was used to investigate the bacterial composition and community dynamic changes based on PCR amplification of 16S rRNA genes during batch culture enrichment. Using the spray-plate method, three bacteria, designated as BL01, BL02 and BL03, which corresponded to the dominant bands in the DGGE profiles, were isolated from the consortium. Sequence analysis showed that BL01, BL02 and BL03 were phylogenetically close to Ochrobactrum sp., Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Pseudomonas fluorescens, respectively. The degradation of benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), a model high-molecular-weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (HMW PAH) compound was investigated using individual isolates, a mixture of the three isolates, and the microbial consortium (BL) originally isolated from the oil port sea water. Results showed that the order of degradative ability was BL>the mixture of the three isolates>individual isolates. BL degraded 44.07% of the 10 ppm BaP after 14 days incubation, which showed the highest capability for HMW PAH compound degradation.Our results revealed that this high selective pressure strategy was feasible and effective in enriching the HMW PAH-degraders from the original sea water samples.
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- Y R Luo
- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
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Huang X, Tian Y, Luo YR, Liu HJ, Zheng W, Zheng TL. Modified sublimation to isolate phenanthrene-degrading bacteria of the genera Sphingomonas and Burkholderia from Xiamen oil port. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2008; 57:538-543. [PMID: 18502449 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2007] [Accepted: 12/24/2007] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Sublimation was developed by Alley and Brown (2000) in order to isolate bacterial strains that were capable of degrading water insoluble compounds. In this study, sublimation was modified by the use of nutritional agar plates, instead of mineral salt agar, to isolate phenanthrene-degrading bacteria from a mixed culture that had been enriched under the selective pressure of high phenanthrene content. Five strains were obtained with different morphology and degradation ability. Based on the 16S rDNA sequence, two of them were classified as species of the genus Sphingomonas; the others as species of the genus Burkholderia. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) was introduced to detect dynamic changes in the bacterial community during enrichment batch culture, and to determine any correlation between the five isolates and the phenanthrene-degrading consortium. The DGGE profile indicated that these five isolates corresponded to four dominant bands of the consortium. Compared to traditional means of isolation, we concluded that modified sublimation is effective and more convenient.
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- X Huang
- College of Oceanography and Environmental Science, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Llirós M, Gaju N, de Oteyza TG, Grimalt JO, Esteve I, Martínez-Alonso M. Microcosm experiments of oil degradation by microbial mats. II. The changes in microbial species. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2008; 393:39-49. [PMID: 18237762 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.11.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2007] [Revised: 11/05/2007] [Accepted: 11/26/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The influence of microbial mats on the degradation of two crude oils (Casablanca and Maya) and the effect of oil pollution on the mat structure were assessed using model ecosystems, prepared under laboratory conditions subject to tidal movements, from pristine Ebro Delta microbial-mat ecosystems. Both selected oils are examples of those currently used for commercial purposes. Casablanca crude oil is aliphatic with a low viscosity; Maya represents a sulphur-rich heavy crude oil that is predominantly aromatic. In the unpolluted microcosms, Microcoleus chthonoplastes-, Phormidium- and Oscillatoria-like were the dominant filamentous cyanobacterial morphotypes, whilst Synechoccocus-, Synechocystis- and Gloeocapsa-like were the most abundant unicellular cyanobacteria. After oil contamination, no significant changes of chlorophyll a and protein concentrations were observed, though cyanobacterial diversity shifts were monitored. Among filamentous cyanobacteria, M. chthonoplastes-like morphotype was the most resistant for both oils, unlike the other cyanobacteria, which tolerated Casablanca but not Maya. Unicellular cyanobacteria seemed to be resistant to pollution with both essayed oils, with the exception of the morphotype resembling Gloeocapsa, which was sensitive to both oils. The crude-oil addition also had a significant effect on certain components of the heterotrophic microbial community. Casablanca oil induced an increase in anaerobic heterotrophic bacteria, whereas the opposite effect was observed in those heterotrophs when polluted with Maya oil. The overall results, microbiological and crude-oil transformation analysis, indicate that the indigenous community has a considerable potential to degrade oil components by means of the metabolic cooperation of phototrophic and heterotrophic populations.
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- Marc Llirós
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
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Tian Y, Liu HJ, Zheng TL, Kwon KK, Kim SJ, Yan CL. PAHs contamination and bacterial communities in mangrove surface sediments of the Jiulong River Estuary, China. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2008; 57:707-15. [PMID: 18439626 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2007] [Revised: 03/04/2008] [Accepted: 03/05/2008] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Sixteen sediment samples collected from eight transects in a mangrove swamp of the Jiulong River Estuary, Fujian, China were investigated for their content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and the biodegradation potential of the indigenous microorganisms. The bacterial community structures in the mangrove sediments and in enrichment cultures were also investigated. The results showed that the total PAHs concentration of mangrove sediments ranged from 280 to 1074 ng g(-1) dry weight, that the PAHs composition pattern in the mangrove sediments was dominated by high molecular weight PAH components (4-6 rings), and that Benzo[ghi]perylene and Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene were the most dominant at different stations. Abundant PAH-degrading bacteria were found in all the stations, the values of phenanthrene-degrading bacteria ranged from 5.85 x 10(4) to 7.80 x 10(5) CFU g(-1) dry weight, fluoranthene-degrading bacteria ranged from 5.25 x 10(4) to 5.79 x 10(5) CFU g(-1) dry weight, pyrene-degrading bacteria ranged from 3.10 x 10(4) to 6.97 x 10(5) CFU g(-1) dry weight and the benzo(a)pyrene-degrading bacteria ranged from 5.25 x 10(4) to 7.26 x 10(5) CFU g(-1) dry weight. DGGE analysis of PCR-amplified 16S rDNA gene fragments confirmed that there was a remarkable shift in the composition of the bacterial community due to the addition of the different model PAH compound phenanthrene (three ring PAH), fluoranthene(four ring PAH), pyrene(four ring PAH) and benzo(a)pyrene(five ring PAH) during enrichment batch culture. Eleven strains were obtained with different morphology and different degradation ability. The presence of common bands for microbial species in the cultures and in the native mangrove sediment DNA indicated that these strains could be potential in situ PAH-degraders.
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- Y Tian
- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Wetland Ecosystem Research, Xiamen University, Ministry of Education, Xiamen 361005, China.
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