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Huang Z, Gustave W, Bai S, Li Y, Li B, Elçin E, Jiang B, Jia Z, Zhang X, Shaheen SM, He F. Challenges and opportunities in commercializing whole-cell bioreporters in environmental application. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 262:119801. [PMID: 39147190 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2024] [Revised: 08/08/2024] [Accepted: 08/13/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024]
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Since the initial introduction of whole-cell bioreporters (WCBs) nearly 30 years ago, their high sensitivity, selectivity, and suitability for on-site detection have rendered them highly promising for environmental monitoring, medical diagnosis, food safety, biomanufacturing, and other fields. Especially in the environmental field, the technology provides a fast and efficient way to assess the bioavailability of pollutants in the environment. Despite these advantages, the technology has not been commercialized. This lack of commercialization is confusing, given the broad application prospects of WCBs. Over the years, numerous research papers have focused primarily on enhancing the sensitivity and selectivity of WCBs, with little attention paid to their wider commercial applications. So far, there is no a critical review has been published yet on this topic. Therefore, in this article we critically reviewed the research progress of WCBs over the past three decades, assessing the performance and limitations of current systems to understand the barriers to commercial deployment. By identifying these obstacles, this article provided researchers and industry stakeholders with deeper insights into the challenges hindering market entry and inspire further research toward overcoming these barriers, thereby facilitating the commercialization of WCBs as a promising technology for environmental monitoring.
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- Zefeng Huang
- Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, School of Environment and Ecology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- School of Chemistry, Environmental & Life Sciences, University of the Bahamas, Nassau, 4912, Bahamas
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- Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, School of Environment and Ecology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, School of Environment and Ecology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China; Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 78666, USA
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Division of Enzyme and Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, 09970, Turkey
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, School of Environment and Ecology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, School of Environment and Ecology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Agriculture, 21589 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; University of Kafrelsheikh, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, 33516, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt
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- Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, School of Environment and Ecology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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Martínez-Álvarez JA, Vicente-Gómez M, García-Contreras R, Wood TK, Ramírez Montiel FB, Vargas-Maya NI, España-Sánchez BL, Rangel-Serrano Á, Padilla-Vaca F, Franco B. High-Throughput Screening Method Using Escherichia coli Keio Mutants for Assessing Primary Damage Mechanism of Antimicrobials. Microorganisms 2024; 12:793. [PMID: 38674737 PMCID: PMC11051750 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12040793] [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: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 04/09/2024] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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The Escherichia coli Keio mutant collection has been a tool for assessing the role of specific genes and determining their role in E. coli physiology and uncovering novel functions. In this work, specific mutants in the DNA repair pathways and oxidative stress response were evaluated to identify the primary targets of silver nanoparticles (NPs) and their mechanism of action. The results presented in this work suggest that NPs mainly target DNA via double-strand breaks and base modifications since the recA, uvrC, mutL, and nfo mutants rendered the most susceptible phenotype, rather than involving the oxidative stress response. Concomitantly, during the establishment of the control conditions for each mutant, the katG and sodA mutants showed a hypersensitive phenotype to mitomycin C, an alkylating agent. Thus, we propose that KatG catalase plays a key role as a cellular chaperone, as reported previously for the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa, a large subunit catalase. The Keio collection mutants may also be a key tool for assessing the resistance mechanism to metallic NPs by using their potential to identify novel pathways involved in the resistance to NPs.
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- José A. Martínez-Álvarez
- Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Noria Alta S/N, Guanajuato 36050, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Noria Alta S/N, Guanajuato 36050, Mexico
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-4400, USA
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- Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Noria Alta S/N, Guanajuato 36050, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Noria Alta S/N, Guanajuato 36050, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Electroquímica CIDETEQ S.C., Parque Tecnológico Querétaro s/n, Sanfandila, Pedro Escobedo, Querétaro 76703, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Noria Alta S/N, Guanajuato 36050, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Noria Alta S/N, Guanajuato 36050, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Noria Alta S/N, Guanajuato 36050, Mexico
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Chi Z, Xie X, Wang Y. Understanding spatial heterogeneity of groundwater arsenic concentrations at a field scale: Taking the Datong Basin as an example to explore the significance of hydrogeological factors. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 352:120112. [PMID: 38244408 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120112] [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: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 01/22/2024]
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The spatial heterogeneity of arsenic (As) concentration exceeding the 10 μg/L WHO limit at the field scale poses significant challenges for groundwater utilization, but it remains poorly understood. To address this knowledge gap, the Daying site was selected as a representative case (As concentration ranged from 1.55 to 2237 μg/L within a 250 × 150 m field), and a total of 28 groundwater samples were collected and analyzed for hydrochemistry, As speciation, and stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope. Principal component analysis was employed to identify the primary factors controlling groundwater hydrochemistry. Results indicate that the spatial heterogeneity of groundwater As concentration is primarily attributed to vertical recharge and competitive adsorption. Low vertical recharge introduces reductive substances, such as dissolved organic matter, which enhances the reductive environment and facilitates microbial-induced reduction and mobilization of As. Conversely, areas with high vertical recharge introduce oxidizing agents like SO42- and DO, which act as preferred electron acceptors over Fe(III), thus inhibiting the reductive dissolution of Fe(III) oxides and the mobilization of As. PCA and hydrochemistry jointly indicate that spatial variability of P and its competitive adsorption with As are important factors leading to spatial heterogeneity of groundwater As concentration. However, the impacts of pH, Si, HCO3-, and F- on As adsorption are insignificant. Specifically, low vertical recharge can increase the proportion of As(III) and promote P release through organic matter mineralization. This process further leads to the desorption of As, indicating a synergistic effect between low vertical recharge and competitive adsorption. This field-scale spatial heterogeneity underscores the critical role of hydrogeological conditions. Sites with close hydraulic connections to surface water often exhibit low As concentrations in groundwater. Therefore, when establishing wells in areas with widespread high-As groundwater, selecting sites with open hydrogeological conditions can prove beneficial.
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- Zeyong Chi
- Research Institute of Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanchang, 330012, China; State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology & School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, 430074, Wuhan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology & School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, 430074, Wuhan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology & School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, 430074, Wuhan, China
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Zhang X, Zhu Y, Elçin E, He L, Li B, Jiang M, Yang X, Yan XP, Zhao X, Wang Z, Wang F, Shaheen SM, Rinklebe J, Wells M. Whole-cell bioreporter application for rapid evaluation of hazardous metal bioavailability and toxicity in bioprocess. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 461:132556. [PMID: 37757563 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132556] [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: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Assessing heavy metal bioavailability and toxicity during bioprocess is critical for advancing green biotechnology. The capability of whole-cell bioreporters to measure heavy metal bioavailability has been increasingly recognized. The advantages of this technology being applied to bioprocess monitoring are less studied. Here we investigate the potential of a cadmium- and lead-sensitive bioreporter to be used for heavy metals as a class, which holds great interest for bioprocess applications. We evaluated the bioavailability of eight individual heavy metals with bioreporter zntA, as well as the bioavailability and toxicity of mixed metals. The bioavailability and toxicity of heavy metals in bioprocess samples were also evaluated. We have demonstrated for the first time that the zntA bioreporter can effectively detect the bioavailability of zinc, nickel, and cobalt with limit of detection lower than 0.01, 0.08 and 0.5 mg·L-1, respectively. The detection limits meet the requirements of the WHO, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the China drinking water quality standards, which makes this approach reasonable for monitoring heavy metal bioavailability in bioprocess. LIVE/DEAD toxicity experiments have been conducted for the detection of mixed metal solution toxicity to zntA bioreporter which shows an EC50 (as EC50, concentration for 50% of maximal effect) value of mixed metal solution is 3.84 mg·L-1. Samples from wastewater treatment plants, sludge treatment plants and kitchen waste fermentation processes were analyzed to extend upon the laboratory results. The results of this study confirm the potential for practical applications of bioreporter technology in bioprocess monitoring. In turn, development for such practical applications is key to achieve the necessary level of commercialization to further make the routine use of bioreporters in bioprocess monitoring feasible.
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- Xiaokai Zhang
- Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Division of Enzyme and Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Aydın 09970, Turkey
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A & F University, Lin'an 311300, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China
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- Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Material of Water Treatment, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water, andWaste-Management, Laboratory of Soil, and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment, and Arid Land Agriculture, Department of Arid Land Agriculture, 21589 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; University of Kafrelsheikh, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, 33516, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water, andWaste-Management, Laboratory of Soil, and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany
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- The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA; Natural Sciences, Ronin Institute, Montclair, New Jersey 07043, USA
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Antón-Herrero R, Chicca I, García-Delgado C, Crognale S, Lelli D, Gargarello RM, Herrero J, Fischer A, Thannberger L, Eymar E, Petruccioli M, D’Annibale A. Main Factors Determining the Scale-Up Effectiveness of Mycoremediation for the Decontamination of Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in Soil. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:1205. [PMID: 38132804 PMCID: PMC10745009 DOI: 10.3390/jof9121205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Soil contamination constitutes a significant threat to the health of soil ecosystems in terms of complexity, toxicity, and recalcitrance. Among all contaminants, aliphatic petroleum hydrocarbons (APH) are of particular concern due to their abundance and persistence in the environment and the need of remediation technologies to ensure their removal in an environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable way. Soil remediation technologies presently available on the market to tackle soil contamination by petroleum hydrocarbons (PH) include landfilling, physical treatments (e.g., thermal desorption), chemical treatments (e.g., oxidation), and conventional bioremediation. The first two solutions are costly and energy-intensive approaches. Conversely, bioremediation of on-site excavated soil arranged in biopiles is a more sustainable procedure. Biopiles are engineered heaps able to stimulate microbial activity and enhance biodegradation, thus ensuring the removal of organic pollutants. This soil remediation technology is currently the most environmentally friendly solution available on the market, as it is less energy-intensive and has no detrimental impact on biological soil functions. However, its major limitation is its low removal efficiency, especially for long-chain hydrocarbons (LCH), compared to thermal desorption. Nevertheless, the use of fungi for remediation of environmental contaminants retains the benefits of bioremediation treatments, including low economic, social, and environmental costs, while attaining removal efficiencies similar to thermal desorption. Mycoremediation is a widely studied technology at lab scale, but there are few experiences at pilot scale. Several factors may reduce the overall efficiency of on-site mycoremediation biopiles (mycopiles), and the efficiency detected in the bench scale. These factors include the bioavailability of hydrocarbons, the selection of fungal species and bulking agents and their application rate, the interaction between the inoculated fungi and the indigenous microbiota, soil properties and nutrients, and other environmental factors (e.g., humidity, oxygen, and temperature). The identification of these factors at an early stage of biotreatability experiments would allow the application of this on-site technology to be refined and fine-tuned. This review brings together all mycoremediation work applied to aliphatic petroleum hydrocarbons (APH) and identifies the key factors in making mycoremediation effective. It also includes technological advances that reduce the effect of these factors, such as the structure of mycopiles, the application of surfactants, and the control of environmental factors.
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- Rafael Antón-Herrero
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Food Science, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (R.A.-H.); (E.E.)
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- Department of Geology and Geochemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department for Innovation in Biological, Agri-Food and Forestry Systems, University of Tuscia, 01100 Tuscia, Italy; (S.C.); (D.L.); (M.P.); (A.D.)
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- Department for Innovation in Biological, Agri-Food and Forestry Systems, University of Tuscia, 01100 Tuscia, Italy; (S.C.); (D.L.); (M.P.); (A.D.)
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- Water, Air and Soil Unit, Eurecat, Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya, 08242 Manresa, Spain; (R.M.G.); (J.H.)
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- Water, Air and Soil Unit, Eurecat, Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya, 08242 Manresa, Spain; (R.M.G.); (J.H.)
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Food Science, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (R.A.-H.); (E.E.)
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- Department for Innovation in Biological, Agri-Food and Forestry Systems, University of Tuscia, 01100 Tuscia, Italy; (S.C.); (D.L.); (M.P.); (A.D.)
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- Department for Innovation in Biological, Agri-Food and Forestry Systems, University of Tuscia, 01100 Tuscia, Italy; (S.C.); (D.L.); (M.P.); (A.D.)
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Kim J, Lu LC, Gao X, Hofmockel KS, Masiello CA, Silberg JJ. Using Methyl Bromide for Interspecies Cell-Cell Signaling and As a Reporter in a Model Soil Consortium. ACS Synth Biol 2023; 12:3743-3753. [PMID: 37991716 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.3c00559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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Soil microbial communities with reduced complexity are emerging as model systems for studying consortia-scale phenotypes. To establish synthetic biology tools for studying these communities in hard-to-image environmental materials, we evaluated whether a single member of a model soil consortium (MSC) can be programmed to report on gene expression without requiring matrix disruption. For these studies, we targeted a five-membered MSC that includes Dyadobacter fermentans, Ensifer adhaerens, Rhodococcus sp003130705, Streptomyces sp001905665, and Variovorax beijingensis. By coupling the expression of a methyl halide transferase to a constitutive promoter, we show that V. beijingensis can be programmed to synthesize methyl halides that accumulate in the soil headspace at levels that are ≥24-fold higher than all other MSC members across a range of environmentally relevant hydration conditions. We find that methyl halide production can report on an MSC promoter that is activated by changes in water potential, and we demonstrate that a synthetic gas signal can be read out directly using gas chromatography and indirectly using a soil-derived Methylorubrum that is programmed to produce a visual output in response to methyl halides. These tools will be useful for future studies that investigate how MSC responds to dynamic hydration conditions, such as drought and flood events induced by climate change, which can alter soil water potential and induce the release of stored carbon.
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- Jiwoo Kim
- Department of Biosciences, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS-140, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Biosciences, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS-140, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University, 6100 Main St, MS-126, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Department of Biosciences, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS-140, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University, 6100 Main St, MS-126, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS-60, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Biosciences, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS-140, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS-142, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS-362, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Ma Z, Li Y, Lu C, Li M. On-site screening method for bioavailability assessment of the organophosphorus pesticide, methyl parathion, and its primary metabolite in soils by paper strip biosensor. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 457:131725. [PMID: 37295330 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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An important public concern worldwide is soil pollution caused by organophosphorus pesticides and their primary metabolites. To protect the public's health, screening these pollutants on-site and determining their soil bioavailability is important, but doing so is still challenging. This work improved the already-existing organophosphorus pesticide hydrolase (mpd) and transcriptional activator (pobR), and it first designed and constructed a novel biosensor (Escherichia coli BL21/pNP-LacZ) that can precisely detect methyl parathion (MP) and its primary metabolite p-nitrophenol with low background value. To create a paper strip biosensor, E. coli BL21/pNP-LacZ was fixed to filter paper using bio-gel alginate and sensitizer polymyxin B. According to the calibrations of the paper strip biosensor for soil extracts and standard curve, the color intensity of the paper strip biosensor collected by the mobile app may be used to compute the concentration of MP and p-nitrophenol. This method's detection limits were 5.41 µg/kg for p-nitrophenol and 9.57 µg/kg for MP. The detection of p-nitrophenol and MP in laboratory and field soil samples confirmed this procedure. Paper strip biosensor on-site allows for the semi-quantitative measurement of p-nitrophenol and MP levels in soils in a simple, inexpensive, and portable method.
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- Zhao Ma
- Archaeal Biology Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, PR China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, PR China.
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Saline-Alkali Soil Improvement and Utilization (Coastal Saline-Alkali lands), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Archaeal Biology Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, PR China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, PR China.
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Chen Y, Guo Y, Liu Y, Xiang Y, Liu G, Zhang Q, Yin Y, Cai Y, Jiang G. Advances in bacterial whole-cell biosensors for the detection of bioavailable mercury: A review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 868:161709. [PMID: 36682565 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 12/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Mercury (Hg) and its organic compounds, especially monomethylmercury (MeHg), cause major damage to the ecosystem and human health. In surface water or sediments, microorganisms play a crucial role in the methylation and demethylation of Hg. Given that Hg transformation processes are intracellular reactions, accurate assessment of the bioavailability of Hg(II)/MeHg in the environment, particularly for microorganisms, is of major importance. Compared with traditional analytical methods, bacterial whole-cell biosensors (BWCBs) provide a more accurate, convenient, and cost-effective strategy to assess the environmental risks of Hg(II)/MeHg. This Review summarizes recent progress in the application of BWCBs in the detection of bioavailable Hg(II)/MeHg, providing insight on current challenges and strategies. The principle and components of BWCBs for Hg(II)/MeHg bioavailability analysis are introduced. Furthermore, the impact of water chemical factors on the bioavailability of Hg is discussed as are future perspectives of BWCBs in bioavailable Hg analysis and optimization of BWCBs.
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- Yueqian Chen
- School of Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Nanotechnology and Health, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Nanotechnology and Health, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Nanotechnology and Health, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, United States of America
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- School of Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou 310024, China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- School of Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou 310024, China; Laboratory of Environmental Nanotechnology and Health, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- Laboratory of Environmental Nanotechnology and Health, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, United States of America
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Zhang X, Zhu Y, Li B, Tefsen B, Wang Z, Wells M. We need to plan streamlined environmental impact assessment for the future X-Press Pearl disasters. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2023; 188:114705. [PMID: 36791553 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114705] [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: 12/27/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
The X-Press Pearl disaster illustrates the urgent needs for streamlined environmental impact assessment to inform decision making. The environmental contamination caused by the disaster is complex, and the biological impact of different environmental stressors, and at different biological scales, needs to be determined. Traditional methods for analyzing complex environmental stressors are often inefficient and do not reflect the biological impact of pollution. The combination of chemical stressors and biological impacts is the key to environmental impact assessment based on integrated monitoring. Whole-cell bioreporters are tools for rapid, efficient and quantitative detection of the bioavailability, stressor effects, and toxicity of pollutants, i.e., spanning a wide range of applications. Here we propose the view that using whole-cell bioreporter technology to streamline short-term environmental impact assessment for maritime disasters such as the X-Press Pearl is more fit-for-purpose/practical than other approaches in use.
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- Xiaokai Zhang
- Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, CH Utrecht 3584, Netherlands; Natural Sciences, Ronin Institute, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA
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- Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Material of Water Treatment, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China
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- Natural Sciences, Ronin Institute, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA; The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA.
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Novoyatlova US, Kessenikh AG, Kononchuk OV, Bazhenov SV, Fomkin AA, Kudryavtseva AA, Shorunov SV, Bermeshev MV, Manukhov IV. Genotoxic Effect of Dicyclopropanated 5-Vinyl-2-Norbornene. BIOSENSORS 2022; 13:57. [PMID: 36671892 PMCID: PMC9855359 DOI: 10.3390/bios13010057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Dicyclopropanated 5-vinyl-2-norbornene (dcpVNB) is a strained polycyclic hydrocarbon compound with a high energy content, which makes it promising for the development of propellant components based on it. In this work, the genotoxic properties of dcpVNB were studied using whole-cell lux-biosensors based on Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. It was shown that the addition of dcpVNB to bacterial cells leads to the appearance of DNA damage inducing the SOS response and Dps expression with slight activation of the OxyR-mediated response to oxidative stress. The highest toxic effect of dcpVNB is detected by the following lux-biosensors: E. coli pColD-lux, E. coli pDps, B. subtilis pNK-DinC, and B. subtilis pNK-MrgA, in which the genes of bacterial luciferases are transcriptionally fused to the corresponding promoters: Pcda, Pdps, PdinC, and PmrgA. It was shown that lux-biosensors based on B. subtilis, and E. coli are almost equally sensitive to dcpVNB, which indicates the same permeability to this compound of cell wall of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The activation of Pdps after dcpVNB addition maintains even in oxyR mutant E. coli strains, which means that the Pdps induction is only partially determined by the OxyR/S regulon. Comparison of specific stress effects caused by dcpVNB and 2-ethyl(bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane) (EBH), characterized by the absence of cyclopropanated groups, shows that structural changes in hydrocarbons could significantly change the mode of toxicity.
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- Uliana S. Novoyatlova
- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141701 Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141701 Dolgoprudny, Russia
- Laboratory for Microbiology, BIOTECH University, 125080 Moscow, Russia
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- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141701 Dolgoprudny, Russia
- Laboratory for Microbiology, BIOTECH University, 125080 Moscow, Russia
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- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141701 Dolgoprudny, Russia
- Faculty of Physics, HSE University, 109028 Moscow, Russia
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- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141701 Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141701 Dolgoprudny, Russia
- Faculty of Physics, HSE University, 109028 Moscow, Russia
- Federal Research Center of Biological Systems and Agro-Technologies of RAS, 460000 Orenburg, Russia
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- Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, RAS, 119071 Moscow, Russia
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- Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, RAS, 119071 Moscow, Russia
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- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141701 Dolgoprudny, Russia
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Zhu Y, Elcin E, Jiang M, Li B, Wang H, Zhang X, Wang Z. Use of whole-cell bioreporters to assess bioavailability of contaminants in aquatic systems. Front Chem 2022; 10:1018124. [PMID: 36247665 PMCID: PMC9561917 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.1018124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Water contamination has become increasingly a critical global environmental issue that threatens human and ecosystems’ health. Monitoring and risk assessment of toxic pollutants in water bodies is essential to identifying water pollution treatment needs. Compared with the traditional monitoring approaches, environmental biosensing via whole-cell bioreporters (WCBs) has exhibited excellent capabilities for detecting bioavailability of multiple pollutants by providing a fast, simple, versatile and economical way for environmental risk assessment. The performance of WCBs is determined by its elements of construction, such as host strain, regulatory and reporter genes, as well as experimental conditions. Previously, numerous studies have focused on the design and construction of WCB rather than improving the detection process and commercialization of this technology. For investigators working in the environmental field, WCB can be used to detect pollutants is more important than how they are constructed. This work provides a review of the development of WCBs and a brief introduction to genetic construction strategies and aims to summarize key studies on the application of WCB technology in detection of water contaminants, including organic pollutants and heavy metals. In addition, the current status of commercialization of WCBs is highlighted.
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- Yi Zhu
- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Division of Enzyme and Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, Turkey
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, China
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- Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, China
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- *Correspondence: Xiaokai Zhang,
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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