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Harris NA, Sorensen JPR, Marchant B, Old GH, Naden PS, Bowes MJ, Scarlett PM, Nicholls DJE, Armstrong LK, Wickham HD, Read DS, Lapworth D, Bond T, Pond K. Temporal drivers of tryptophan-like fluorescent dissolved organic matter along a river continuum. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 928:172285. [PMID: 38599395 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172285] [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: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
Abstract
Tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF) is used to indicate anthropogenic inputs of dissolved organic matter (DOM), typically from wastewater, in rivers. We hypothesised that other sources of DOM, such as groundwater and planktonic microbial biomass can also be important drivers of riverine TLF dynamics. We sampled 19 contrasting sites of the River Thames, UK, and its tributaries. Multivariate mixed linear models were developed for each site using 15 months of weekly water quality observations and with predictor variables selected according to the statistical significance of their linear relationship with TLF following a stepwise procedure. The variables considered for inclusion in the models were potassium (wastewater indicator), nitrate (groundwater indicator), chlorophyll-a (phytoplankton biomass), and Total bacterial Cells Counts (TCC) by flow cytometry. The wastewater indicator was included in the model of TLF at 89 % of sites. Groundwater was included in 53 % of models, particularly those with higher baseflow indices (0.50-0.86). At these sites, groundwater acted as a negative control on TLF, diluting other potential sources. Additionally, TCC was included positively in the models of six (32 %) sites. The models on the Thames itself using TCC were more rural sites with lower sewage inputs. Phytoplankton biomass (Chlorophyll-a) was only used in two (11 %) site models, despite the seasonal phytoplankton blooms. It is also notable that, the wastewater indicator did not always have the strongest evidence for inclusion in the models. For example, there was stronger evidence for the inclusion of groundwater and TCC than wastewater in 32 % and 5 % of catchments, respectively. Our study underscores the complex interplay of wastewater, groundwater, and planktonic microbes, driving riverine TLF dynamics, with their influence determined by site characteristics.
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- N A Harris
- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK.
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Environmental Health and Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 5XH, UK
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- Centre for Environmental Health and Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 5XH, UK
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Wang K, Jiang J, Zhu Y, Zhou Q, Bing X, Tan Y, Wang Y, Zhang R. Characteristics of DOM and Their Relationships with Potentially Toxic Elements in the Inner Mongolia Section of the Yellow River, China. TOXICS 2024; 12:250. [PMID: 38668473 PMCID: PMC11054287 DOI: 10.3390/toxics12040250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2024] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024]
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The characterization of dissolved organic matter (DOM) is important for better understanding of the migration and transformation mechanisms of DOM in water bodies and its interaction with other contaminants. In this work, fluorescence characteristics and molecular compositions of the DOM samples collected from the mainstream, tributary, and sewage outfall of the Inner Mongolia section of the Yellow River (IMYR) were determined by using fluorescence spectroscopy and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS). In addition, concentrations of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in the relevant surface water and their potential relationships with DOM were investigated. The results showed that the abundance of tyrosine-like components increased significantly in downstream waters impacted by outfall effluents and was negatively correlated with the humification index (HIX). Compared to the mainstream, outfall and tributaries have a high number of molecular formulas and a higher proportion of CHOS molecular formulas. In particular, the O5S class has a relative intensity of 41.6% and the O5-7S class has more than 70%. Thirty-eight PTEs were measured in the surface water samples, and 12 found above their detective levels at all sampling sites. Protein-like components are positively correlated with Cu, which is likely indicating the source of Cu in the aquatic environment of the IMYR. Our results demonstrated that urban wastewater discharges significantly alter characteristics and compositions of DOM in the mainstream of IMYR with strongly anthropogenic features. These results and conclusions are important for understanding the role and sources of DOM in the Yellow River aquatic environment.
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- Kuo Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Environment Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; (K.W.); (J.J.); (Q.Z.); (X.B.); (Y.T.); (Y.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; (K.W.); (J.J.); (Q.Z.); (X.B.); (Y.T.); (Y.W.)
- College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; (K.W.); (J.J.); (Q.Z.); (X.B.); (Y.T.); (Y.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; (K.W.); (J.J.); (Q.Z.); (X.B.); (Y.T.); (Y.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; (K.W.); (J.J.); (Q.Z.); (X.B.); (Y.T.); (Y.W.)
- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; (K.W.); (J.J.); (Q.Z.); (X.B.); (Y.T.); (Y.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; (K.W.); (J.J.); (Q.Z.); (X.B.); (Y.T.); (Y.W.)
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China;
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Xu L, Song S, Graham NJD, Yu W. Simultaneous removal of NOM and sulfate in a bioelectrochemical integrated biofilter treating reclaimed water. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 252:121193. [PMID: 38290239 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121193] [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: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Biofiltration is an environmentally 'green' technology that is compatible with the recently proposed sustainable development goals, and which has an increasingly important future in the field of water treatment. Here, we explored the impacts of bioelectrochemical integration on a bench-scale slow rate biofiltration system regarding its performance in reclaimed water treatment. Results showed that the short-term (<3 months) integration improved the removal of natural organic matter (NOM) (approximately 8.8%). After long-term (5 months and thereafter) integration, the cathodic charge transfer resistance was found to have a significant reduction from 2662 to 1350 Ω. Meanwhile, bioelectrochemical autotrophic sulfate (SO42-) reduction (over 27.6% reduction) through the syntrophic metabolism between hydrogen oxidation strains (genus Hydrogenophaga) and sulfate-reducing microbes (genera Dethiobacter, Desulfovibrio, and Desulfomicrobium) at the cathodic region was observed. More significantly, the microbial-derived chromophoric humic substances were found to act as electron shuttles at the cathodic region, which might facilitate the process of bioelectrochemical SO42- reduction. Overall, this study provided valuable insights into the potential application of bioelectrochemical-integrated biofilter for simultaneous reduction of NOM and SO42- treating reclaimed water.
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- Lei Xu
- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
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Li X, Chai B, Wang C, Li H, Wu Y, Lei X, Chen B. Spatial variation of dissolved organic matter in the Tuojiang River Basin in Chengdu, China: insights based on EEMs-PARAFAC analysis. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2023; 88:1178-1193. [PMID: 37771221 PMCID: wst_2023_267 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2023.267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/30/2023]
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Three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy coupled with parallel factor analysis was adopted to investigate the characteristics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) components in water samples collected from the Tuojiang River Basin in Chengdu, including its main stream and tributaries. Four DOM components that matched with three fluorescence peaks were identified in the whole river basin and tributaries; while three components corresponding to four fluorescence peaks were identified in the main stream. In all cases, humic-like components accounted for high proportions of the DOM. Correlation analysis revealed the same sources for four components in the whole river basin and its tributaries, whereas two components had different sources in the main stream. Ultraviolet absorbance parameters (SUVA254, SR) and fluorescence parameters (BIX, HIX, FI, β:α) indicated the dominant autochthonous sources of DOM in the whole river basin. Higher terrestrial inputs of DOM were observed in the tributaries than in the main stream. In the areas influenced by human activities (6#, 17#, 18#), the sources of DOM showed strong terrestrial characteristics and high degrees of humification and aromatization, as well as serious pollution. The results of this study have potentially far-reaching implications for environmental water management in the area.
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- Xiaxia Li
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Intelligent Regulation & Comprehensive Management of Water Resources, College of Water Resources and Hydropower, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056038, China; Hebei Key Laboratory of Intelligent Water Conservancy, College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056038, China E-mail:
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Intelligent Regulation & Comprehensive Management of Water Resources, College of Water Resources and Hydropower, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056038, China; Hebei Key Laboratory of Intelligent Water Conservancy, College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056038, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China
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- Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
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- Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Hebei Provincial Innovation Center for Water Pollution Control and Water Ecological Remediation, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056038, China
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Xie R, Qi J, Shi C, Zhang P, Wu R, Li J, Waniek JJ. Changes of dissolved organic matter following salinity invasion in different seasons in a nitrogen rich tidal reach. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 880:163251. [PMID: 37023805 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Revised: 03/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a heterogeneous mixture of dissolved material found ubiquitously in aquatic systems and dissolved organic nitrogen is one of its most important components. We hypothesised nitrogen species and salinity intrusions affect the DOM changes. Here, using the nitrogen rich Minjiang River as an easily accessible natural laboratory 3 field surveys with 9 sampling sites (S1-S9) were conducted in November 2018, April and August 2019. The excitation emission matrices (EEMs) of DOM were explored with parallel factor (PARAFAC) and cosine-histogram similarity analysis. Four indices including fluorescence index (FI), biological index (BIX), humification index (HIX) and the fluorescent DOM (FDOM) were calculated and the impact of physicochemical properties was assessed. The results suggested that the highest salinities of 6.15, 2.98 and 10.10, during each campaign corresponded to DTN concentrations of 119.29-240.71, 149.12-262.42 and 88.27-155.29 μmol·L-1, respectively. PARAFAC analysis revealed the presence of tyrosine-like proteins (C1), tryptophan-like proteins or a combination of the peak N and tryptophan-like fluorophore (C2) and the humic-like material (C3). The EEMs in the upstream reach (i.e. S1-S3) were complex with larger spectra ranges, higher intensities and similar similarity. Subsequently, the fluorescence intensity of three components decreased significantly with low similarity of EEMs (i.e. S4-S7). At the downstream, the fluorescence levels dispersed significantly and no obvious peaks were seen except in August. In addition, FI and HIX increased, while BIX and FDOM decreased from upstream to downstream. The salinity positively correlated with FI and HIX, and negatively related to BIX and FDOM. Besides, the elevated DTN had a significant effect on the DOM fluorescence indices. Altogether, salinity intrusion and elevated nitrogen are relevant for the distribution of the DOM, which is helpful for the water management tracing the DOM source according to the on-line monitoring of salinity and nitrogen in estuaries.
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- Rongrong Xie
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China; Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Recycling of Fujian Province, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China; Digital Fujian Environmental Monitoring Internet of Things Laboratory, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Fujian Provincial Academy of Environmental Sciences, Fuzhou 350013, China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China; Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Recycling of Fujian Province, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China; Digital Fujian Environmental Monitoring Internet of Things Laboratory, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemünde, Rostock 18119, Germany.
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Fox BG, Thorn RMS, Dutta TK, Bowes MJ, Read DS, Reynolds DM. A case study: The deployment of a novel in situ fluorimeter for monitoring biological contamination within the urban surface waters of Kolkata, India. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 842:156848. [PMID: 35750190 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The quality and health of many of our vital freshwater systems are poor. To tackle this with ever increasing pressures from anthropogenic and climatic changes, we must improve water quality monitoring and devise and implement more appropriate water quality parameters. Recent research has highlighted the potential for Peak T fluorescence (tryptophan-like fluorescence, TLF) to monitor microbial activity in aquatic systems. The VLux TPro (Chelsea Technologies Ltd., UK), an in situ real-time fluorimeter, was deployed in different urban freshwater bodies within Kolkata (West Bengal, India) during March 2019. This study is the first to apply this technology in surface waters within a densely populated urban area. Spot-sampling was also undertaken at 13 sampling locations enabling physicochemical analysis, bacterial enumeration and determination of nutrient (nitrate and phosphate) concentrations. This case study has demonstrated the ability of an in situ fluorimeter, VLux TPro, to successfully identify both biological contamination events and potential elevated microbial activity, related to nutrient loading, in complex surface freshwaters, without the need for expensive and time-consuming laboratory analysis.
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- B G Fox
- Centre for Research in Biosciences, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, Frenchay Campus, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
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- Centre for Research in Biosciences, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, Frenchay Campus, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Bose Institute P-1/12 C.I.T. Scheme VII-M, Centenary Campus, Kolkata 700054, India
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
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- Centre for Research in Biosciences, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, Frenchay Campus, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK.
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Perrin EM, Thorn RMS, Sargeant SL, Attridge JW, Reynolds DM. The in situ Production of Aquatic Fluorescent Organic Matter in a Simulated Freshwater Laboratory Model. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:817976. [PMID: 35283853 PMCID: PMC8912988 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.817976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is ubiquitous throughout aquatic systems. Fluorescence techniques can be used to characterize the fluorescing proportion of DOM, aquatic fluorescent organic matter (AFOM). AFOM is conventionally named in association with specific fluorescence “peaks,” which fluoresce in similar optical regions as microbially-derived proteinaceous material (Peak T), and terrestrially-derived humic-like compounds (Peaks C/C+), with Peak T previously being investigated as a tool for bacterial enumeration within freshwaters. The impact of anthropogenic nutrient loading on the processing of DOM by microbial communities is largely unknown. Previous laboratory studies utilizing environmental freshwater have employed growth media with complex background fluorescence, or very high nutrient concentrations, preventing the investigation of AFOM production under a range of more representative nutrient concentrations within a matrix exhibiting very low background fluorescence. We describe a laboratory-based model with Pseudomonas aeruginosa that incorporates a low fluorescence growth matrix consisting of a simulated freshwater (SFW), representative of low-hardness freshwater systems allowing controlled nutrient conditions to be studied. The effects of microbial processing of DOM as a function of available nitrogen, phosphorous, and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the form of glucose were investigated over 48 h at highly resolved time increments. The model system demonstrates the production of a range of complex AFOM peaks in the presence and absence of DOC, revealing no linear relationship between cell numbers and any of the peaks for the bacterial species studied, with AFOM peaks increasing with microbial cell number, ranging from 55.2 quinine sulfate units (QSU) per 106 cells to 155 QSU per 106 cells (p < 0.05) for Peak T during the exponential growth phase of P. aeruginosa under high nutrient conditions with 5 mg L−1 DOC. Nutrient and DOC concentration was found to cause differential production of autochthonous- or allochthonous-like AFOM, with lower DOC concentrations resulting in higher Peak T production relative to Peaks C/C+ upon the addition of nutrients, and high DOC concentrations resulting in higher Peak C/C+ production relative to Peak T. Our results show the production of allochthonous-like AFOM from a simple and non-fluorescent carbon source, and provide uncertainty in the use of Peak T as a reliable surrogate for specific bacterial enumeration, particularly in dynamic or nutrient-impacted environments, pointing toward the use of fluorescence as an indicator for microbial metabolism.
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- Eva M Perrin
- Centre for Research in Biosciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Research in Biosciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Research in Biosciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Research in Biosciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Khan MFS, Akbar M, Wu J, Xu Z. A review on fluorescence spectroscopic analysis of water and wastewater. Methods Appl Fluoresc 2021; 10. [PMID: 34823232 DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/ac3d79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In recent years, the application of fluorescence spectroscopy has been widely recognized in water environment studies. The sensitiveness, simplicity, and efficiency of fluorescence spectroscopy are proved to be a promising tool for effective monitoring of water and wastewater. The fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (EEMs) and synchronous fluorescence spectra have been widely used analysis techniques of fluorescence measurement. The presence of organic matter in water and wastewater defines the degree and type of pollution in water. The application of fluorescence spectroscopy to characterize dissolved organic matter (DOM) has made the water quality assessment simple and easy. With the recent advances in this technology, components of DOM are identified by employing parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC), a mathematical trilinear data modeling with EEMs. The majority of wastewater studies indicated that the fluorescence peak of EX/EM at 275 nm/340 nm is referred to tryptophan region (Peak T1). However, some researchers identified another fluorescence peak in the region of EX/EM at 225-237 nm/340-381 nm, which described the tryptophan region and labeled it as Peak T2. Generally, peak T is a protein-like component in the water sample, where T1 and T2 signals were derived from the <0.20μm fraction of pollution. Therefore, a more advanced approach, such as an online fluorescence spectrofluorometer, can be used for the online monitoring of water. The results of various waters studied by fluorescence spectroscopy indicate that changes in peak T intensity could be used for real-time wastewater quality assessment and process control of wastewater treatment works. Finally, due to its effective use in water quality assessment, the fluorescence technique is proved to be a surrogate online monitoring tool and early warning equipment.
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- Muhammad Farooq Saleem Khan
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.,International Faculty of Applied Technology, Yibin City 644000, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.,Research Institute for Environmental Innovation (Suzhou), Tsinghua University, Suzhou 215000, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.,International Faculty of Applied Technology, Yibin City 644000, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.,Research Institute for Environmental Innovation (Suzhou), Tsinghua University, Suzhou 215000, People's Republic of China
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- International Faculty of Applied Technology, Yibin City 644000, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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Sorensen JPR, Nayebare J, Carr AF, Lyness R, Campos LC, Ciric L, Goodall T, Kulabako R, Curran CMR, MacDonald AM, Owor M, Read DS, Taylor RG. In-situ fluorescence spectroscopy is a more rapid and resilient indicator of faecal contamination risk in drinking water than faecal indicator organisms. WATER RESEARCH 2021; 206:117734. [PMID: 34655933 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117734] [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: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Faecal indicator organisms (FIOs) are limited in their ability to protect public health from the microbial contamination of drinking water because of their transience and time required to deliver a result. We evaluated alternative rapid, and potentially more resilient, approaches against a benchmark FIO of thermotolerant coliforms (TTCs) to characterise faecal contamination over 14 months at 40 groundwater sources in a Ugandan town. Rapid approaches included: in-situ tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF), humic-like fluorescence (HLF), turbidity; sanitary inspections; and total bacterial cells by flow cytometry. TTCs varied widely in six sampling visits: a third of sources tested both positive and negative, 50% of sources had a range of at least 720 cfu/100 mL, and a two-day heavy rainfall event increased median TTCs five-fold. Using source medians, TLF was the best predictor in logistic regression models of TTCs ≥10 cfu/100 mL (AUC 0.88) and best correlated to TTC enumeration (ρs 0.81), with HLF performing similarly. Relationships between TLF or HLF and TTCs were stronger in the wet season than the dry season, when TLF and HLF were instead more associated with total bacterial cells. Source rank-order between sampling rounds was considerably more consistent, according to cross-correlations, using TLF or HLF (min ρs 0.81) than TTCs (min ρs 0.34). Furthermore, dry season TLF and HLF cross-correlated more strongly (ρs 0.68) than dry season TTCs (ρs 0.50) with wet season TTCs, when TTCs were elevated. In-situ TLF or HLF are more rapid and resilient indicators of faecal contamination risk than TTCs.
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- James P R Sorensen
- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK; Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK.
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- Department of Geology and Petroleum Studies, Makerere University, Uganda
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- Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK
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- Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK
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- Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK
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- Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Makerere University, Uganda
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- Catherine M Rushworth Curran Ltd., 27 Silverhall Street, Isleworth, TW7 6RF, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK
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- British Geological Survey, Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK
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- Department of Geology and Petroleum Studies, Makerere University, Uganda
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK
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- Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK
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Laboratory In-Situ Production of Autochthonous and Allochthonous Fluorescent Organic Matter by Freshwater Bacteria. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9081623. [PMID: 34442702 PMCID: PMC8400322 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9081623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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This work investigates the origin and range of fluorescent organic matter (FOM) produced in-situ by environmentally sourced freshwater bacteria. Aquatic FOM is an essential component in global carbon cycling and is generally classified as either autochthonous, produced in-situ via microbial processes, or allochthonous, transported into aquatic systems from external sources. We have demonstrated that, within laboratory model systems, environmentally sourced mixed microbial communities and bacterial isolates can produce and/or export FOM associated with both autochthonous and allochthonous material. This study focuses on fluorescence peak B, T, M, C and C+, exploring (1) the cellular nature of FOM produced, (2) FOM exported as extracellular material into the water column and (3) the impact of physical cell lysis on FOM signature. For the laboratory model systems studied, Peak T fluorescence is retained within bacterial cells (>68%), while Peak C fluorescence is mainly observed as extracellular material (>80%). Peak M is identified as both cellular and extracellular FOM, produced by all isolated freshwater microorganisms investigated. The origin of Peak C+ is postulated to originate from functional metabolites associated with specific microorganisms, seen specifically within the Pseudomonas sp. monoculture here. This work challenges the binary classification of FOM as either allochthonous or autochthonous, suggesting that FOM processing and production occurs along a dynamic continuum. Within this study, fluorescence intensity data for the environmental bacteria isolate monocultures are presented as enumeration corrected data, for the first time providing quantitative fluorescence data per bacterial colony forming unit (cfu). From this, we are able to assess the relative contribution of different bacteria to the autochthonous FOM pool and if this material is cellular or extracellular.
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Arias Font R, Khamis K, Milner AM, Sambrook Smith GH, Ledger ME. Low flow and heatwaves alter ecosystem functioning in a stream mesocosm experiment. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 777:146067. [PMID: 33677285 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Revised: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Climate change is expected to intensify the effect of environmental stressors on riverine ecosystems. Extreme events, such as low flow and heatwaves, could have profound consequences for stream ecosystem functioning, but research on the impact of these stressors and their interaction across multiple processes, remains scarce. Here, we report the results of a two-month stream mesocosm experiment testing the effect of low flow (66% water level reduction, without gravel exposure) and heatwaves (three 8-d episodes of +5 °C above ambient with 10-15 days recovery between each episode) on a suite of ecosystem processes (i.e. detrital decomposition, biofilm accrual, ecosystem metabolism and DOC quantity and quality). Low flow reduced whole system metabolism, suppressing the rates of gross primary production (GPP) and ecosystem respiration (ER), but elevated DOC concentration. Overall, habitat contraction was the main driver of reduced ecosystem functioning in the low flow treatment. By contrast, heatwaves increased decomposition, algal accrual, and humic-like DOC, but reduced leaf decomposition efficiency. Net ecosystem production (NEP) generally decreased across the experiment but was most pronounced for low flow and heatwaves when occurring independently. Assessment of NEP responses to the three successive heatwave events revealed that responses later in the sequence were more reduced (i.e. more similar to controls), suggesting biofilm communities may acclimate to autumn heatwaves. However, when heatwaves co-occurred with low flow, a strong reduction in both ER and GPP was observed, suggesting increased microbial mortality and reduced acclimation. Our study reveals autumn heatwaves potentially elongate the growth season for primary producers and stimulate decomposers. With climate change, river ecosystems may become more heterotrophic, with faster processing of recalcitrant carbon. Further research is required to identify the impacts on higher trophic levels, meta-community dynamics and the potential for legacy effects generated by successive low flows and heatwaves.
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- Raquel Arias Font
- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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Shen D, Huang S, Zhang Y, Zhou Y. The source apportionment of N and P pollution in the surface waters of lowland urban area based on EEM-PARAFAC and PCA-APCS-MLR. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 197:111022. [PMID: 33744272 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Multiple sources contribute to nitrogen(N) and phosphorus (P) pollution in lowland urban rivers, and apportioning the sources of N and P pollution is essential for improving the ecological health of urban environments. Three urban polders in Jiaxing were selected to investigate the temporal variations of N and P pollutants in lowland urban river waters under dry and wet conditions. Moreover, the main potential sources of N and P pollution were identified through the correlations of pollutants and components of dissolved organic matter (DOM) derived from excitation-emission matrix (EEM) and parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC). The results indicate that the main pollution sources identified with PCA method were consistent with the potential sources revealed by DOM's EEM-PARAFAC components. Furthermore, absolute principal components score combined with multivariate linear regression (APCS-MLR) was conducted. The results illustrated that domestic wastewater contributes more than 70% of N pollution and river-bottom sediments contribute more than 50% of P pollution under dry conditions. On the contrary, discharged water from the stormwater outlets contributes more than 41% of P and 75% of N under wet conditions. Specifically, about 48% of them come from domestic wastewater, and about 38% come from urban surface runoff. This study highlights the effectiveness of DOM components derived from EEM-PARAFAC in identifying the sources of N and P pollution and the PCA-APCS-MLR in apportioning the contributions of each potential pollution source in lowland urban rivers.
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- Dali Shen
- The Institute of Municipal Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- The Institute of Municipal Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- The Institute of Municipal Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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Contrasting the Optical Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter in Water and Sediment from a Nascent River-Type Lake (Chongqing, China). WATER 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/w13010070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Carbon cycling in rivers is altered by the creation of impoundments through dam construction. This paper seeks to identify the source and composition of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in both water and sediment in Lake Longjing by contrasting the optical characterization of DOM. By comparing the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations, we show that the sediment (53.7 ± 16.6 mg/L) acts as a DOC source to the overlying water (23.1 ± 1.4 mg/L). The estimated DOC flux in the original reservoir region (88.3 mg m−2 d−1) is higher than that in the newly submerged region (26 mg m−2 d−1), whereas the latter has larger contribution to the DOC annual load because of its larger sediment area. Spectroscopic analysis suggested that pore waters had higher aromaticity and lower proportion of fresh DOM than those in surface waters and benthic overlying waters. Through Parallel Factor Analysis, four fluorescent components were identified, i.e., two terrestrial humic-like components, one protein-like, and one microbial humic-like. Spearman correlation and Non-Metric-Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS) analysis manifested that fluorescent DOM in surface sediments is mainly contributed by autochthonous source, the others by allochthonous source. Due to the high sensitivity of the fluorescent intensity of the protein-like component, it is a useful indicator to reveal the changes of source of DOM.
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Sorensen JPR, Diaw MT, Pouye A, Roffo R, Diongue DML, Faye SC, Gaye CB, Fox BG, Goodall T, Lapworth DJ, MacDonald AM, Read DS, Ciric L, Taylor RG. In-situ fluorescence spectroscopy indicates total bacterial abundance and dissolved organic carbon. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 738:139419. [PMID: 32521357 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We explore in-situ fluorescence spectroscopy as an instantaneous indicator of total bacterial abundance and faecal contamination in drinking water. Eighty-four samples were collected outside of the recharge season from groundwater-derived water sources in Dakar, Senegal. Samples were analysed for tryptophan-like (TLF) and humic-like (HLF) fluorescence in-situ, total bacterial cells by flow cytometry, and potential indicators of faecal contamination such as thermotolerant coliforms (TTCs), nitrate, and in a subset of 22 samples, dissolved organic carbon (DOC). Significant single-predictor linear regression models demonstrated that total bacterial cells were the most effective predictor of TLF, followed by on-site sanitation density; TTCs were not a significant predictor. An optimum multiple-predictor model of TLF incorporated total bacterial cells, nitrate, nitrite, on-site sanitation density, and sulphate (r2 0.68). HLF was similarly related to the same parameters as TLF, with total bacterial cells being the best correlated (ρs 0.64). In the subset of 22 sources, DOC clustered with TLF, HLF, and total bacterial cells, and a linear regression model demonstrated HLF was the best predictor of DOC (r2 0.84). The intergranular nature of the aquifer, timing of the study, and/or non-uniqueness of the signal to TTCs can explain the significant associations between TLF/HLF and indicators of faecal contamination such as on-site sanitation density and nutrients but not TTCs. The bacterial population that relates to TLF/HLF is likely to be a subsurface community that develops in-situ based on the availability of organic matter originating from faecal sources. In-situ fluorescence spectroscopy instantly indicates a drinking water source is impacted by faecal contamination but it remains unclear how that relates specifically to microbial risk in this setting.
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- James P R Sorensen
- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK; Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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- Department of Geology, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal
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- Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Geology, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal
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- Centre for Research in Biosciences, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Maclean Building, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Maclean Building, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
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- Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Sorensen JPR, Carr AF, Nayebare J, Diongue DML, Pouye A, Roffo R, Gwengweya G, Ward JST, Kanoti J, Okotto-Okotto J, van der Marel L, Ciric L, Faye SC, Gaye CB, Goodall T, Kulabako R, Lapworth DJ, MacDonald AM, Monjerezi M, Olago D, Owor M, Read DS, Taylor RG. Tryptophan-like and humic-like fluorophores are extracellular in groundwater: implications as real-time faecal indicators. Sci Rep 2020; 10:15379. [PMID: 32958794 PMCID: PMC7505957 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72258-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Fluorescent natural organic matter at tryptophan-like (TLF) and humic-like fluorescence (HLF) peaks is associated with the presence and enumeration of faecal indicator bacteria in groundwater. We hypothesise, however, that it is predominantly extracellular material that fluoresces at these wavelengths, not bacterial cells. We quantified total (unfiltered) and extracellular (filtered at < 0.22 µm) TLF and HLF in 140 groundwater sources across a range of urban population densities in Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, and Uganda. Where changes in fluorescence occurred following filtration they were correlated with potential controlling variables. A significant reduction in TLF following filtration (ΔTLF) was observed across the entire dataset, although the majority of the signal remained and thus considered extracellular (median 96.9%). ΔTLF was only significant in more urbanised study areas where TLF was greatest. Beneath Dakar, Senegal, ΔTLF was significantly correlated to total bacterial cells (ρs 0.51). No significant change in HLF following filtration across all data indicates these fluorophores are extracellular. Our results suggest that TLF and HLF are more mobile than faecal indicator bacteria and larger pathogens in groundwater, as the predominantly extracellular fluorophores are less prone to straining. Consequently, TLF/HLF are more precautionary indicators of microbial risks than faecal indicator bacteria in groundwater-derived drinking water.
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- James P R Sorensen
- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK.
- Department of Geography, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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- Department of Geography, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Geology and Petroleum Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Geology, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
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- Department of Geology, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
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- Department of Geography, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Chancellor College, University of Malawi, P.O. Box 280, Zomba, Malawi
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- British Geological Survey, Keyworth, NG12 5GG, UK
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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- Department of Geology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Victoria Institute for Research on Environment and Development (VIRED) International, Rabuour Environment and Development Centre, Kisumu-Nairobi Road, P.O. Box, Kisumu, 6423-40103, Kenya
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Geology, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
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- Department of Geology, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
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- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP, UK
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- Chancellor College, University of Malawi, P.O. Box 280, Zomba, Malawi
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- Department of Geology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Geology and Petroleum Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
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- Department of Geography, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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Retelletti Brogi S, Balestra C, Casotti R, Cossarini G, Galletti Y, Gonnelli M, Vestri S, Santinelli C. Time resolved data unveils the complex DOM dynamics in a Mediterranean river. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 733:139212. [PMID: 32446062 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Revised: 05/02/2020] [Accepted: 05/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this study, dissolved organic carbon (DOC) data and optical properties (absorbance and fluorescence) of DOM, weekly collected in the Arno River for 2 years, are used to investigate the main processes determining DOM temporal dynamics in a small Mediterranean river, with torrential hydrology and medium-high human impact, and to quantify the contribution of this river to Med Sea carbon budget. A clear seasonal cycle of DOM, with DOC values ranging between 170 and 490 μM, was observed. Optical properties indicates that DOM quality in the river is different depending on the season; terrestrial humic-like substances prevail in winter, when discharge and floods are the main drivers of DOM concentration and quality, whereas autochthonous protein-like substances prevail in spring and summer, when biological processes dominate. Our results provide a robust estimate of the DOC flux to the Med Sea (9.6 · 109 g DOC yr-1) and of its range of variability (12.95 · 109-5.12 · 109 g DOC yr-1). The 80% of this flux was generally delivered during autumn/winter with significant amounts ascribed to single flood events (up to 26% in 2014). This study, by providing a rich dataset on water quantity and quality and by quantifying the importance of the hydrological regime on DOC transport, represents an important step toward a quantitative modeling of the Arno River.
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples 80121, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/C, 34010 Sgonico, (TS), Italy
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- Istituto di Biofisica, CNR, Via G. Moruzzi, Pisa 56124, Italy
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- Istituto di Biofisica, CNR, Via G. Moruzzi, Pisa 56124, Italy
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Holland A, McInerney PJ, Shackleton ME, Rees GN, Bond NR, Silvester E. Dissolved organic matter and metabolic dynamics in dryland lowland rivers. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 229:117871. [PMID: 31839576 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Revised: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) within freshwaters is essential for broad ecosystem function. The concentration and type of DOM within rivers depends on the relative contributions of allochthonous sources and the production and consumption of DOM by microbes. In this work we have examined the temporal patterns in DOM quality and productivity in three lowland rivers in dryland Australia using fluorescence excitation emission scans. We assessed the production and consumption of DOM within light and dark bottle assays to quantify the relative contribution of bacteria and algae to the DOM pool and simultaneously assessed whether the systems were autotrophic or heterotrophic. DOM varied temporally within the three river systems over the course of the study period. Characterisation of DOM within light and dark bottles following a 6-hour incubation revealed microbial consumption of a humic-like component and production of protein-like components similar in nature to the amino acids tryptophan and tyrosine. The lack of a significant difference in DOM quality between the light and dark bottles indicated that the protein-like DOM is likely derived from bacterial activity. Respiration was shown to be higher than gross primary production in both whole river and bottle assays, yielding negative net production values and demonstrating that these rivers were predominately heterotrophic. Our work suggests that bacterial metabolism of DOM may be a significant contributor to the production of protein-like components within heterotrophic freshwater systems.
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- Aleicia Holland
- La Trobe University, School of Life Science, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems, Albury/Wodonga Campus, Vic 3690, Australia.
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- La Trobe University, Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems, Albury/Wodonga Campus, Vic 3690, Australia
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- La Trobe University, Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems, Albury/Wodonga Campus, Vic 3690, Australia
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- CSIRO Land and Water, Thurgoona, NSW 2640, Australia
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- La Trobe University, Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems, Albury/Wodonga Campus, Vic 3690, Australia
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- La Trobe University, School of Life Science, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems, Albury/Wodonga Campus, Vic 3690, Australia
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Yan L, Liu Q, Liu C, Liu Y, Zhang M, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Gu W. Effect of swine biogas slurry application on soil dissolved organic matter (DOM) content and fluorescence characteristics. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2019; 184:109616. [PMID: 31493588 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Revised: 08/23/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The application of biogas slurry as an organic fertilizer is a promising method for utilizing breeding manure wastewater. At present, the impact of biogas slurry on the properties of organic matter in soil is not clear. In this study, a pot experiment in which chemical fertilizers were replaced with biogas slurry from a swine farm was performed. The fluorescence spectra combined with parallel factor (PARAFAC) analysis and principal component analysis (PCA) were used to explore the influence of biogas slurry on the protein and humic substance contents in the dissolved organic matter (DOM) in soil. The results showed that there were two proteins (component 3 (C3) and component 4 (C4)) and two humic substances ( component 1 (C1) and component 2 (C2)) in the DOM of the experimental soil. The application of swine biogas slurry can significantly increase the content of DOM in soil, but the increase was weakened with extended time. Compared with the CKA, the biogas slurry significantly increased the C1, C2, C3 and C4 contents in the initial stage by 116.17%, 76.41%, 578.71% and 278.13%, respectively. Within 28 days of planting corn, proteins with simple molecular structure in the DOM in the soil began to be transformed into humic substances with high molecular weight and more complex molecular structures. On the 60th day, the contents of C1 and C2 in the DOM of the treated treatments soil increased by 13.72%-34.40% and 5.05%-17.78% respectively, and tyrosine content decreased by 90.11%-94.41%. This study provides a new perspective on the effects of biogas slurry application on soil properties and sustainable utilization of soil.
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- Lilong Yan
- School of Resource and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- School of Resource and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- School of Resource and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- School of Resource and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- School of Resource and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- School of Resource and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- School of Resource and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China.
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- College of Agronomy, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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Ho HJ, Cao JW, Kao CM, Lai WL. Characterization of released metabolic organics during AOC analyses by P17 and NOX strains using 3-D fluorescent signals. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 222:205-213. [PMID: 30708154 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.01.115] [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: 04/20/2018] [Revised: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Assimilable organic carbon (AOC) serves as an indicator of the biostability of drinking water distribution systems; however, the properties of the released organic metabolites by Pseudomonas fluorescens (P17) and Spirillum (NOX) used in AOC bioassays are seldom discussed. In this study, fluorescence excitation emission matrix (FEEM) was selected to characterize organic metabolites after substrate biotransformation and their divergences at different growth stages of both strains in AOC bioassay. Excellent correlation between ATP and colony-forming units (CFUs) was observed for both strains. The concentration of ATP per colony was six times higher in the P17 strain than in the NOX strain. A retarding phenomenon was observed for the NOX strain in the presence of high acetate-C content (100-150 μg acetate-C/L). The fluorescence wavelength peaks were wider for the protein-like substance released by the P17 strain than for those released by the NOX strain. However, fluorescent fulvic-like substances only existed in the NOX strain. Relative humus accumulation (RHA), the ratio of protein-like fluorescence intensity to humus-like fluorescence intensity, decreased in the P17 strain but substantially increased in the NOX strain in the logarithmic growth phase. RHA showed a descending trend for the P17 strain as compared to that of the NOX strain during the progress from logarithmic to stationary growth phase at three different acetate-C concentrations; however, the opposite was observed at 100 μg acetate-C/L, indicating that high acetate-C content may affect the properties of released organic matter from both strains.
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- Hsiao-Jung Ho
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Management, Tajen University, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Management, Tajen University, Pingtung, Taiwan.
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Nowicki S, Lapworth DJ, Ward JST, Thomson P, Charles K. Tryptophan-like fluorescence as a measure of microbial contamination risk in groundwater. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 646:782-791. [PMID: 30064104 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Microbial water quality is frequently assessed with a risk indicator approach that relies on Escherichia coli. Relying exclusively on E. coli is limiting, particularly in low-resource settings, and we argue that risk assessments could be improved by a complementary parameter, tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF). Over two campaigns (June 2016 and March 2017) we sampled 37 water points in rural Kwale County, Kenya for TLF, E. coli and thermotolerant coliforms (total n = 1082). Using three World Health Organization defined classes (very high, high, and low/intermediate), risk indicated by TLF was not significantly different from risk indicated by E. coli (p = 0.85). However, the TLF and E. coli risk classifications did show disagreement, with TLF indicating higher risk for 14% of samples and lower risk for 13% of samples. Comparisons of duplicate/replicate results demonstrated that precision is higher for TLF (average relative percent difference of duplicates = 14%) compared to culture-based methods (average RPD of duplicates ≥ 26%). Additionally, TLF sampling is more practical because it requires less time and resources. Precision and practicality make TLF well-suited to high-frequency sampling in low resource contexts. Interpretation and interference challenges are minimised when TLF is measured in groundwaters, which typically have low dissolved organic carbon, relatively consistent temperature, negligible turbidity and pH between 5 and 8. TLF cannot be used as a proxy for E. coli on an individual sample basis, but it can add value to groundwater risk assessments by improving prioritization of sampling and by increasing understanding of spatiotemporal variability.
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- Saskia Nowicki
- University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK.
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK; University of Surrey, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
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- University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK
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- University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK
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Senga Y, Yabe S, Nakamura T, Kagami M. Influence of parasitic chytrids on the quantity and quality of algal dissolved organic matter (AOM). WATER RESEARCH 2018; 145:346-353. [PMID: 30170302 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.08.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2018] [Revised: 08/16/2018] [Accepted: 08/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Algae-derived dissolved organic matter (AOM) is an important nutrient source for heterotrophic bacteria, while AOM such as humic substances pose significant challenges during water treatment processing. We hypothesized that the parasitic infection of algae could change the composition and concentration of AOM. This study investigated the quality and quantity of DOM and bacterial abundance in diatom (Synedra) cultures, with and without parasitic fungi (chytrids). The quality of DOM was analyzed using three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix combined with parallel factor analysis (EEM-PARAFAC) and was compared to changes in algal and bacterial cell numbers. Bacterial abundance was higher and dissolved organic carbon concentrations were lower in the diatom cultures infected with parasitic fungi. Among the DOM compounds, the concentrations of tryptophan-like material derived from algae were significantly lower and the concentrations of humic substance-like material were higher in the infected treatment. The parasitic fungi may have consumed tryptophan-like material and stimulated the release of humic substances. These results provide the first evidence that fungal infection may modulate algal-bacterial interactions, which are associated with changes in the nature of AOM.
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- Yukiko Senga
- Faculty of Sciences, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan.
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- Faculty of Sciences, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan
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- Faculty of Sciences, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan
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- Faculty of Sciences, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan; Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, 240-8501, Japan
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Abundance, Distribution, and Drivers of Microplastic Contamination in Urban River Environments. WATER 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/w10111597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Given the persistence of microplastics in the environment and their potential toxicity to ecosystems, understanding of likely microplastic accumulation ‘hotspots’ in rivers is urgently needed. To contribute to this challenge, this paper reports results of a microplastic survey from a heavily urbanised catchment, the River Tame and four of its tributaries, which flows through the city of Birmingham, UK. All sediment sampled was found to contain microplastics with an average abundance of 165 particles kg−1. While urban areas generally have a greater abundance of microplastics as compared with rural, there is no simple relationship between microplastic numbers and population density or proximity to wastewater treatment sites. The greatest change in microplastic abundance was due to the presence of a lake along the course of the River Tame—i.e., flow velocities are reduced on entering the lake, which promotes the deposition of fine sediment and potentially microplastics. This suggests that the greatest concentrations of microplastics will not be found in-channel but rather on the floodplain and other low velocity environments such as meander cutoffs. We also identified a new mechanism of microplastic fixation in freshwater environments through ecological engineers, specifically caddisflies, that incorporated microplastics into their casing. These results highlight the need to explore further hydrodynamic and ecological impacts on microplastics fate and transport in rivers.
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Retelletti Brogi S, Ha SY, Kim K, Derrien M, Lee YK, Hur J. Optical and molecular characterization of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the Arctic ice core and the underlying seawater (Cambridge Bay, Canada): Implication for increased autochthonous DOM during ice melting. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 627:802-811. [PMID: 29426205 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2017] [Revised: 01/24/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Sea ice contains a large amount of dissolved organic matter (DOM), which can be released into the ocean once it melts. In this study, Arctic sea ice DOM was characterized for its optical (fluorescence) properties as well as the molecular sizes and composition via size exclusion chromatography and Fourier transformation ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS). Ice cores were collected along with the underlying seawater samples in Cambridge Bay, an Arctic area experiencing seasonal ice formation. The ice core samples revealed a marked enrichment of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) compared to the seawater counterparts (up to 6.2 times greater). The accumulation can be attributed to in situ production by the autotrophic and heterotrophic communities. Fluorescence excitation emission matrices (EEMs) elaborated with parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) evidenced the prevalence of protein-like substances in the ice cores, which likely results from in situ production followed by accumulation in the ice. Size exclusion chromatography further revealed the in situ production of all DOM size fractions, with the exception of the humic substance fraction. The majority of DOM in both the ice and seawater consists of low molecular weight compounds (<350 Da) probably derived by the microbial degradation/transformation of freshly produced DOM. Molecular characterization also supported the in situ production of DOM and highlighted the marked difference in molecular composition between sea ice and seawater. This study provides new insights into the possible role of sea ice DOM in the Arctic carbon cycle under climate change.
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- Division of Polar Ocean Science Research, Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), Incheon 21990, South Korea
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- Department of Oceanography, Pusan National University, 30, Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, South Korea
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- Department of Environment & Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, South Korea
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- Department of Environment & Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, South Korea
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- Department of Environment & Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, South Korea.
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Zhang S, Bai Y, Wen X, Ding A, Zhi J. Seasonal and downstream alterations of dissolved organic matter and dissolved inorganic ions in a human-impacted mountainous tributary of the Yellow River, China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:17967-17979. [PMID: 29680893 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-1972-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Human activities impose important disturbances on both organic and inorganic chemistry in fluvial systems. In this study, we investigated the intra-annual and downstream variations of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), dissolved organic matter (DOM) excitation-emission matrix fluorescence (EEM) with parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC), major ions, and dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) species in a mountainous tributary of the Yellow River, China. Both DOM quantity and quality, as represented by DOC and DOM fluorescence respectively, changed spatially and seasonally in the studied region. Fluorescence intensity of tryptophan-like components (C3) were found much higher at the populated downstream regions than in the undisturbed forested upstream regions. Seasonally, stronger fluorescence intensity of protein-like components (C3 and C4) was observed in the low-flow period (December) and in the medium-flow period (March) than in the high-flow period (May), particularly for the downstream reaches, reflecting the dominant impacts of wastewater pollution in the downstream regions. In contrast to the protein-like fluorescence, humic-like fluorescence components C1 and C2 exhibited distinctly higher intensity in the high-flow period with smaller spatial variation indicating strong flushing effect of increasing water discharge on terrestrial-sourced humic-like materials in the high-flow period. Pollution-affected dissolved inorganic ions, particularly Na+, Cl-, and NH4+-N, showed similar spatial and seasonal variations with protein-like fluorescence of DOM. The significant positive correlations between protein-like fluorescence of DOM and pollution-affected ions, particularly Na+, Cl-, and NH4+-N, suggested that there were similar pollution sources and transportation pathways of both inorganic and organic pollutants in the region. The combination of DOM fluorescence properties and inorganic ions could provide an important reference for the pollution source characterization and river basin management.
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- Shurong Zhang
- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Hydrological Cycle and Sponge City Technology, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Hydrological Cycle and Sponge City Technology, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Environmental and Resources Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China
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Sorensen JPR, Baker A, Cumberland SA, Lapworth DJ, MacDonald AM, Pedley S, Taylor RG, Ward JST. Real-time detection of faecally contaminated drinking water with tryptophan-like fluorescence: defining threshold values. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 622-623:1250-1257. [PMID: 29890592 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Revised: 11/14/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We assess the use of fluorescent dissolved organic matter at excitation-emission wavelengths of 280nm and 360nm, termed tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF), as an indicator of faecally contaminated drinking water. A significant logistic regression model was developed using TLF as a predictor of thermotolerant coliforms (TTCs) using data from groundwater- and surface water-derived drinking water sources in India, Malawi, South Africa and Zambia. A TLF threshold of 1.3ppb dissolved tryptophan was selected to classify TTC contamination. Validation of the TLF threshold indicated a false-negative error rate of 15% and a false-positive error rate of 18%. The threshold was unsuccessful at classifying contaminated sources containing <10 TTC cfu per 100mL, which we consider the current limit of detection. If only sources above this limit were classified, the false-negative error rate was very low at 4%. TLF intensity was very strongly correlated with TTC concentration (ρs=0.80). A higher threshold of 6.9ppb dissolved tryptophan is proposed to indicate heavily contaminated sources (≥100 TTC cfu per 100mL). Current commercially available fluorimeters are easy-to-use, suitable for use online and in remote environments, require neither reagents nor consumables, and crucially provide an instantaneous reading. TLF measurements are not appreciably impaired by common intereferents, such as pH, turbidity and temperature, within typical natural ranges. The technology is a viable option for the real-time screening of faecally contaminated drinking water globally.
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- Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
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- Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
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Frank S, Goeppert N, Goldscheider N. Fluorescence-based multi-parameter approach to characterize dynamics of organic carbon, faecal bacteria and particles at alpine karst springs. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 615:1446-1459. [PMID: 28935241 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Revised: 09/09/2017] [Accepted: 09/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Karst springs, especially in alpine regions, are important for drinking water supply but also vulnerable to contamination, especially after rainfall events. This high variability of water quality requires rapid quantification of contamination parameters. Here, we used a fluorescence-based multi-parameter approach to characterize the dynamics of organic carbon, faecal bacteria, and particles at three alpine karst springs. We used excitation emission matrices (EEMs) to identify fluorescent dissolved organic material (FDOM). At the first system, peak A fluorescence and total organic carbon (TOC) were strongly correlated (Spearman's rs of 0.949), indicating that a large part of the organic matter is related to humic-like substances. Protein-like fluorescence and cultivation-based determination of coliform bacteria also had a significant correlation with rs=0.734, indicating that protein-like fluorescence is directly related to faecal pollution. At the second system, which has two spring outlets, the absolute values of all measured water-quality parameters were lower; there was a significant correlation between TOC and humic-like fluorescence (rs=0.588-0.689) but coliform bacteria and protein-like fluorescence at these two springs were not correlated. Additionally, there was a strong correlation (rs=0.571-0.647) between small particle fractions (1.0 and 2.0μm), a secondary turbidity peak and bacteria. At one of these springs, discharge was constant despite the reaction of all other parameters to the rainfall event. Our results demonstrated that i) all three springs showed fast and marked responses of all investigated water-quality parameters after rain events; ii) a constant discharge does not necessarily mean constant water quality; iii) at high contamination levels, protein-like fluorescence is a good indicator of bacterial contamination, while at low contamination levels no correlation between protein-like fluorescence and bacterial values was detected; and iv) a combination of fluorescence measurements and particle-size analysis is a promising approach for a rapid assessment of organic contamination, especially relative to time-consuming conventional bacterial determination methods.
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- Simon Frank
- Institute of Applied Geosciences, Division of Hydrogeology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstr. 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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- Institute of Applied Geosciences, Division of Hydrogeology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstr. 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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- Institute of Applied Geosciences, Division of Hydrogeology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstr. 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Fox BG, Thorn RMS, Anesio AM, Reynolds DM. The in situ bacterial production of fluorescent organic matter; an investigation at a species level. WATER RESEARCH 2017; 125:350-359. [PMID: 28881211 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.08.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Revised: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Aquatic dissolved organic matter (DOM) plays an essential role in biogeochemical cycling and transport of organic matter throughout the hydrological continuum. To characterise microbially-derived organic matter (OM) from common environmental microorganisms (Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa), excitation-emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy was employed. This work shows that bacterial organisms can produce fluorescent organic matter (FOM) in situ and, furthermore, that the production of FOM differs at a bacterial species level. This production can be attributed to structural biological compounds, specific functional proteins (e.g. pyoverdine production by P. aeruginosa), and/or metabolic by-products. Bacterial growth curve data demonstrates that the production of FOM is fundamentally related to microbial metabolism. For example, the majority of Peak T fluorescence (> 75%) is shown to be intracellular in origin, as a result of the building of proteins for growth and metabolism. This underpins the use of Peak T as a measure of microbial activity, as opposed to bacterial enumeration as has been previously suggested. This study shows that different bacterial species produce a range of FOM that has historically been attributed to high molecular weight allochthonous material or the degradation of terrestrial FOM. We provide definitive evidence that, in fact, it can be produced by microbes within a model system (autochthonous), providing new insights into the possible origin of allochthonous and autochthonous organic material present in aquatic systems.
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- B G Fox
- Centre for Research in Biosciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK
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- Centre for Research in Biosciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK
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- School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1SS, UK
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- Centre for Research in Biosciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK.
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Maqbool T, Cho J, Hur J. Spectroscopic descriptors for dynamic changes of soluble microbial products from activated sludge at different biomass growth phases under prolonged starvation. WATER RESEARCH 2017; 123:751-760. [PMID: 28732328 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.07.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2017] [Revised: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 07/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In this study, the spectroscopic indices of soluble microbial products (SMP) were explored using absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy to identify different distinctive biomass growth phases (i.e., exponential phase, pseudo-endogenous phase, and endogenous phase) and to describe the microbial activity of activated sludge in a batch type bioreactor under prolonged starvation. The optical descriptors, including UV absorption at 254 nm (UVA254), spectral slope, absorbance slope index (ASI), biological index (BIX), humification index (HIX), and the ratio of tryptophan-like to humic-like components (C1/C2), were examined to describe the dynamic changes in SMP. These indices were mostly associated with dissolved organic carbon (DOC) of SMPs and specific oxygen uptake rate (SOUR). Among those, ASI was the most strongly correlated with the SOUR data for the pseudo-endogenous and the endogenous periods. Although the three microbial phases were well discriminated using the spectral slope, BIX, and the C1/C2 ratio, the C1/C2 ratio can be suggested as the most preferable indicator as it can also trace the changes of the relative abundance of proteins to humic-like substances in SMPs. The suggested spectroscopic descriptors were reasonably explained by the general trends of decreased large-sized biopolymer fractions (e.g., proteins) and increased humic substrates (HS) with starvation time, which were detected by size exclusion chromatography. This study provides a novel insight into the strong potential of using optical descriptors to easily probe microbial status in biological treatment systems.
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- Tahir Maqbool
- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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Zhu G, Bian Y, Hursthouse AS, Wan P, Szymanska K, Ma J, Wang X, Zhao Z. Application of 3-D Fluorescence: Characterization of Natural Organic Matter in Natural Water and Water Purification Systems. J Fluoresc 2017; 27:2069-2094. [DOI: 10.1007/s10895-017-2146-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Arguelho MDLPDM, Alves JDPH, Monteiro ASC, Garcia CAB. Characterization of dissolved organic matter in an urbanized estuary located in Northeastern Brazil. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2017; 189:272. [PMID: 28516405 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-017-5966-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2016] [Accepted: 04/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The Sal River estuary, which is located in the state of Sergipe, Northeastern Brazil, stands out as an urban estuary, anthropogenically impacted by untreated and treated wastewater discharge. Synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy and measurement of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) were used for characterization of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the estuarine water. Dissolved organic carbon concentrations ranged from 7.5 to 19.0 mg L-1 and, in general, the highest values were recorded during dry season. For both seasons (dry and rainy), DOC presented an inverse linear relationship with salinity, which indicates a conservative dilution of organic matter coming into the estuary. During rainy season, anthropogenic organic constituents and humic substances from land-based sources predominated in DOM composition, carried by river flow. Whereas during the dry season, it has been observed a significant increase of products generated by microbial degradation of anthropogenic organic matter. The relationships between fluorescence intensity and salinity suggest a conservative behavior during rainy season and a non-conservative behavior during dry season, with addition of fluorescent organic matter into the intermediate zone of the estuary. Photodegradation by action of sunlight caused a decrease in fluorescence intensity of humic and tryptophan-like constituents and the release of photoproducts, resulting in an increase in fluorescence intensity of protein-like constituents.
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The autofluorescence characteristics of bacterial intracellular and extracellular substances during the operation of anammox reactor. Sci Rep 2017; 7:39289. [PMID: 28091530 PMCID: PMC5238401 DOI: 10.1038/srep39289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Anammox is a cost-effective process to treat nitrogenous wastewater. In this work, excitation–emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy was used to characterize the intracellular and extracellular substances of anammox sludge during reactor operation of 276 days. Four main fluorophores were identified from the intracellular substances. Two main protein-like fluorophores were identified from the extracellular substances. Correlation analysis revealed that intracellular 420 peak and humic-like peak had strong correlation with nitrogen removal rate. The two intracellular protein-like peaks had high correlation with MLVSS and MLVSS growth rate. Correlation analysis between different fluorophores discovered that the two peaks in each of these three groups—two intracellular protein-like peaks, two humic acid-like peaks and the two extracellular protein-like peaks had strong intercorrelation, which gave evidence of their homology. A specific method for fluorescence monitoring of anammox reactor were put forward, which included typical fluorescence indexes and their possible values for different operation phases.
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Advanced nitrogen removal using bio-refractory organics as carbon source for biological treatment of landfill leachate. Sep Purif Technol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2016.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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M Carstea E, Levei EA, Hoaghia MA, Savastru R. Quality assessment of Romanian bottled mineral water and tap water. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2016; 188:521. [PMID: 27526046 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5531-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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This study reports the evaluation of bottled mineral water characteristics using fluorescence spectroscopy (synchronous fluorescence scans and emission spectra) and physico-chemical analyses. Samples from 14 still mineral water brands were compared to 11 tap waters collected from two Romanian cities. Correlation and factor analyses were undertaken to understand the relationships between the individual components. The concentration of major and minor ions showed great variation between the bottled mineral water samples highlighting the diversity of the water intakes, while in the case of tap water the chemical composition was relatively similar for samples collected in the same city. Fluorescence data showed that the mineral water contained low quantities of organic matter. The humic fraction was dominant in all samples, while the microbial fraction was low in most samples. Synchronous fluorescence scans provided more information, regarding the composition of organic matter, compared to emission spectra. The study evidenced the correlation between fluorescence parameters and major elements and highlighted the potential of using fluorescence for qualitative evaluation of the bottled mineral water quality, as a screening method before undertaking complex analyses.
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- Elfrida M Carstea
- National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics, Atomistilor 409, RO-077125, Magurele, Romania.
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- National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics, Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation Subsidiary, Donath 67, 400293, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics, Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation Subsidiary, Donath 67, 400293, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics, Atomistilor 409, RO-077125, Magurele, Romania
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Butturini A, Guarch A, Romaní AM, Freixa A, Amalfitano S, Fazi S, Ejarque E. Hydrological conditions control in situ DOM retention and release along a Mediterranean river. WATER RESEARCH 2016; 99:33-45. [PMID: 27132197 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.04.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Revised: 04/14/2016] [Accepted: 04/15/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Uncertainties exist regarding the magnitude of in situ dissolved organic matter (DOM) processing in lotic systems. In addition, little is known about the effects of extreme hydrological events on in-stream DOM retention or release during downriver transport. This study quantified the net in-stream retention/release efficiencies (η) of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and its humic and protein-like fluorescent fractions along a Mediterranean river during drought, baseflow and flood conditions. High performance size exclusion chromatography was used to describe the apparent size distributions of the humic and protein-like DOM moieties. A snapshot mass balance allowed estimating the η values of DOC and humic and protein-like fractions. Significant DOM net retention (η < 0) was detected during the drought condition and the protein-like fraction was more retained than the humic-like fraction and bulk DOC. In addition, small substances were more efficiently retained than larger substances. DOC retention decreased under baseflow conditions, but it remained significant. The humic and protein-like net efficiencies exhibited high variability, but the net retention were not significant. From a longitudinal perspective, the entire fluvial corridor contributed net retention of DOC and humic and protein-like moieties net retention during drought condition. In contrast, net retention/release efficiencies exhibited spatial variability during baseflow condition. The flood preferentially mobilized large size DOM molecules and the fluvial corridor behaved as a homogeneous passive DOM (η = 0) conduit. This research highlights the relevance of hydrological extreme events on the magnitude of DOM retention/release mass balance and emphasizes the need to perform measurements during these conditions to quantify the impact of fluvial corridors on DOM fate and transport.
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- A Butturini
- Departament d'Ecologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Departament d'Ecologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
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- Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
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- Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy (IRSA-CNR), Monterotondo, Roma, Italy
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- Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy (IRSA-CNR), Monterotondo, Roma, Italy
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- WasserCluster Lunz, Biologische Station GmbH, Lunz am See, Austria; Department of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography, University of Vienna, Austria
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Santos L, Pinto A, Filipe O, Cunha Â, Santos EBH, Almeida A. Insights on the Optical Properties of Estuarine DOM - Hydrological and Biological Influences. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0154519. [PMID: 27195702 PMCID: PMC4873235 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2015] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in estuaries derives from a diverse array of both allochthonous and autochthonous sources. In the estuarine system Ria de Aveiro (Portugal), the seasonality and the sources of the fraction of DOM that absorbs light (CDOM) were inferred using its optical and fluorescence properties. CDOM parameters known to be affected by aromaticity and molecular weight were correlated with physical, chemical and meteorological parameters. Two sites, representative of the marine and brackish water zones of the estuary, and with different hydrological characteristics, were regularly surveyed along two years, in order to determine the major influences on CDOM properties. Terrestrial-derived compounds are the predominant source of CDOM in the estuary during almost all the year and the two estuarine zones presented distinct amounts, as well as absorbance and fluorescence characteristics. Freshwater inputs have major influence on the dynamics of CDOM in the estuary, in particular at the brackish water zone, where accounted for approximately 60% of CDOM variability. With a lower magnitude, the biological productivity also impacted the optical properties of CDOM, explaining about 15% of its variability. Therefore, climate changes related to seasonal and inter-annual variations of the precipitation amounts might impact the dynamics of CDOM significantly, influencing its photochemistry and the microbiological activities in estuarine systems.
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- Luísa Santos
- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Research Centre for Natural Resources, Environment and Society (CERNAS), College of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Bencanta 3045-601 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Su M, Zhang J, Huo S, Xi B, Hua F, Zan F, Qian G, Liu J. Microbial bioavailability of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) in the sediments of Lake Shankou, Northeastern China. J Environ Sci (China) 2016; 42:79-88. [PMID: 27090697 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2015.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Revised: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) extracted from Lake Shankou sediments using KCl was isolated into hydrophobic and hydrophilic fractions. The bioavailabilities of the hydrophobic and hydrophilic fractions to three types of bacterial communities collected from sediments, activated sludge and compost products were examined. The DON recoveries obtained by DAX-8 and cation exchange resins treatment were 96.17%±1.58% and 98.14%±0% for the samples obtained from N4 and N14 stations, respectively. After 25 days of incubation at 25°C, most DON (59% to 96%) was degraded. Hydrophilic DON exhibited a higher reduction rate than hydrophobic DON during the growth phase. Untreated wastewater from Changshuihe town was the main degradable DON source to station N4, and 93% of hydrophilic DON and 80% of hydrophobic DON were degraded. Station N14 received a large amount of refractory DON from forest soils and exhibited DON degradation rates of 82% and 71% for the hydrophilic and hydrophobic fractions, respectively. Amino acid contents and fluorescence intensities were also analyzed. Approximately 27% to 74% of amino acids were taken up by day 5, and their concentration gradually increased in the following days due to the decomposition of dissolved proteins. Parallel factor analysis resulted in identification of tryptophan-like proteins, tyrosine-like proteins and FA-like substances. During the growth phase, 40%-51% of the tryptophan-like proteins were taken up by bacteria, and the accumulation of tyrosine-like proteins was attributed to the release of biotic substances. The concentration of the FA-like substances decreased due to microbial decomposition.
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- Mingzhou Su
- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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Wang Q, Yang Z, Chai B, Cheng S, Lu X, Bai X. Heterogeneous catalytic ozonation of natural organic matter with goethite, cerium oxide and magnesium oxide. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra21674e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Synthetic goethite (FeOOH), magnesium oxide (MgO), and cerium oxide (CeO2) were used as catalysts to enhance the ozonation of filtered raw river water.
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- Qun Wang
- Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering
- Southwest Jiaotong University
- Chengdu 610031
- P.R. China
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- Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering
- Southwest Jiaotong University
- Chengdu 610031
- P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment
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- Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering
- Southwest Jiaotong University
- Chengdu 610031
- P.R. China
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- Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering
- Southwest Jiaotong University
- Chengdu 610031
- P.R. China
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- Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering
- Southwest Jiaotong University
- Chengdu 610031
- P.R. China
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- Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering
- Southwest Jiaotong University
- Chengdu 610031
- P.R. China
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Sorensen JPR, Sadhu A, Sampath G, Sugden S, Dutta Gupta S, Lapworth DJ, Marchant BP, Pedley S. Are sanitation interventions a threat to drinking water supplies in rural India? An application of tryptophan-like fluorescence. WATER RESEARCH 2016; 88:923-932. [PMID: 26618806 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Revised: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Open defecation is practised by over 600 million people in India and there is a strong political drive to eliminate this through the provision of on-site sanitation in rural areas. However, there are concerns that the subsequent leaching of excreta from subsurface storage could be adversely impacting underlying groundwater resources upon which rural populations are almost completely dependent for domestic water supply. We investigated this link in four villages undergoing sanitary interventions in Bihar State, India. A total of 150 supplies were sampled for thermotolerant (faecal) coliforms (TTC) and tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF): an emerging real-time indicator of faecal contamination. Sanitary risk inspections were also performed at all sites, including whether a supply was located within 10 m of a toilet, the recommended minimum separation. Overall, 18% of water supplies contained TTCs, 91% of which were located within 10 m of a toilet, 58% had TLF above detection limit, and sanitary risk scores were high. Statistical analysis demonstrated TLF was an effective indicator of TTC presence-absence, with a possibility of TTCs only where TLF exceeded 0.4 μg/L dissolved tryptophan. Analysis also indicated proximity to a toilet was the only significant sanitary risk factor predicting TTC presence-absence and the most significant predictor of TLF. Faecal contamination was considered a result of individual water supply vulnerability rather than indicative of widespread leaching into the aquifer. Therefore, increasing faecal contamination of groundwater-derived potable supplies is inevitable across the country as uptake of on-site sanitation intensifies. Communities need to be aware of this link and implement suitable decentralised low-cost treatment of water prior to consumption and improve the construction and protection of new supplies.
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- J P R Sorensen
- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK.
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- Water For People, India Country Office, M-18, First Floor, Green Park Extension, New Delhi, India
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- Water For People, India Country Office, M-18, First Floor, Green Park Extension, New Delhi, India
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- Water For People, Wallingford, UK
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Nicker Hill, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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Sorensen JPR, Lapworth DJ, Marchant BP, Nkhuwa DCW, Pedley S, Stuart ME, Bell RA, Chirwa M, Kabika J, Liemisa M, Chibesa M. In-situ tryptophan-like fluorescence: A real-time indicator of faecal contamination in drinking water supplies. WATER RESEARCH 2015; 81:38-46. [PMID: 26026711 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.05.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2014] [Revised: 05/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Enteric pathogens are typically inferred from the presence of surrogate indicator organisms such as thermotolerant (faecal) coliforms (TTCs). The analysis of TTCs requires time-consuming incubation in suitable laboratories, which can limit sampling resolution, particularly during critical pollution events. Here, we demonstrate the use of in-situ fluorimeters targeting tryptophan-like compounds as a rapid, reagentless indicator of TTCs in groundwater-derived potable water supplies in Africa. A range of other common indicators of TTCs were also determined including nitrate, turbidity, and sanitary risk survey scores. Sampling was conducted during both the dry and wet seasons to investigate seasonality. Tryptophan-like fluorescence was the most effective predictor of both presence/absence and number of TTCs during both seasons. Seasonal changes in tryptophan-like fluorescence in deeper supplies suggest it is transported more efficiently through the aquifer than TTCs. Moreover, the perennial elevated concentrations in some wells suggest it is more resilient than TTCs in groundwater. Therefore tryptophan-like fluorescence could also be a better indicator of some smaller, more easily transported, and long-lived, pathogenic enteric viruses. These sensors have the potential to be included in real-time pollution alert systems for drinking water supplies throughout the world, as well as for mapping enteric pathogen risks in developing regions.
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- J P R Sorensen
- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK.
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Nicker Hill, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK
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- University of Zambia, Great East Road Campus, P.O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Robens Centre for Public and Environmental Health, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
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- British Geological Survey, Nicker Hill, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK
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- University of Zambia, Great East Road Campus, P.O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia
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- University of Zambia, Great East Road Campus, P.O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Lukanga Water and Sewerage Company Limited, P.O. Box 81745, Kabwe, Zambia
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- Lukanga Water and Sewerage Company Limited, P.O. Box 81745, Kabwe, Zambia
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Yuan Q, Wang H, Hang Q, Deng Y, Liu K, Li C, Zheng S. Comparison of the MBBR denitrification carriers for advanced nitrogen removal of wastewater treatment plant effluent. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 22:13970-13979. [PMID: 25953607 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4546-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBRs) were used to remove the residual NO3(-)-N of wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent, and the MBBR carriers for denitrification were compared. The results showed that high denitrification efficiency can be achieved with polyethylene, polypropylene, polyurethane foam, and haydite carriers under following conditions: 7.2 to 8.0 pH, 24 to 26 °C temperature, 12 h hydraulic retention time (HRT), and 25.5 mg L(-1) external methanol dosage, while the WWTP effluent total nitrogen (TN) was between 2.6 and 15.4 mg L(-1) and NO3(-)-N was between 0.2 and 12.6 mg L(-1). The MBBR filled with polyethylene carriers had higher TN and NO3(-)-N removal rate (44.9 ± 19.1 and 83.4 ± 13.0%, respectively) than those with other carriers. The minimum effluent TN and NO3(-)-N of polyethylene MBBR were 1.6 and 0.1 mg L(-1), respectively, and the maximum denitrification rate reached 23.0 g m(-2) day(-1). When chemical oxygen demand (COD)/TN ratio dropped from 6 to 4, the NO3(-)- N and TN removal efficiency decreased significantly in all reactors except for that filled with polyethylene, which indicated that the polyethylene MBBR can resist influent fluctuation much better. The three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix analysis showed that all the influent and effluent of MBBRs contain soluble microbial products (SMPs)-like organics and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), which can be removed better by MBBRs filled with haydite and polyethylene carriers. The nitrous oxide reductase (nosZ)-based terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis suggested that the dominant bacteria in polyethylene MBBR are the key denitrificans.
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- Quan Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, No. 8 Da Yang Fang, Anwai, Chaoyang District, 100012, Beijing, China
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Bridgeman J, Baker A, Brown D, Boxall JB. Portable LED fluorescence instrumentation for the rapid assessment of potable water quality. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2015; 524-525:338-46. [PMID: 25912529 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2015] [Revised: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Characterising the organic and microbial matrix of water are key issues in ensuring a safe potable water supply. Current techniques only confirm water quality retrospectively via laboratory analysis of discrete samples. Whilst such analysis is required for regulatory purposes, it would be highly beneficial to monitor water quality in-situ in real time, enabling rapid water quality assessment and facilitating proactive management of water supply systems. A novel LED-based instrument, detecting fluorescence peaks C and T (surrogates for organic and microbial matter, respectively), was constructed and performance assessed. Results from over 200 samples taken from source waters through to customer tap from three UK water companies are presented. Excellent correlation was observed between the new device and a research grade spectrophotometer (r(2)=0.98 and 0.77 for peak C and peak T respectively), demonstrating the potential of providing a low cost, portable alternative fluorimeter. The peak C/TOC correlation was very good (r(2)=0.75) at low TOC levels found in drinking water. However, correlations between peak T and regulatory measures of microbial matter (2 day/3 day heterotrophic plate counts (HPC), E. coli, and total coliforms) were poor, due to the specific nature of these regulatory measures and the general measure of peak T. A more promising correlation was obtained between peak T and total bacteria using flow cytometry. Assessment of the fluorescence of four individual bacteria isolated from drinking water was also considered and excellent correlations found with peak T (Sphingobium sp. (r(2)=0.83); Methylobacterium sp. (r(2)=1.0); Rhodococcus sp. (r(2)=0.86); Xenophilus sp. (r(2)=0.96)). It is notable that each of the bacteria studied exhibited different levels of fluorescence as a function of their number. The scope for LED based instrumentation for in-situ, real time assessment of the organic and microbial matrix of potable water is clearly demonstrated.
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- J Bridgeman
- School of Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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- Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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- School of Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom.
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Shi P, Ma R, Zhou Q, Li A, Wu B, Miao Y, Chen X, Zhang X. Chemical and bioanalytical assessments on drinking water treatments by quaternized magnetic microspheres. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2015; 285:53-60. [PMID: 25481701 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.09.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2014] [Revised: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 09/13/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This study aimed to compare the toxicity reduction performance of conventional drinking water treatment (CT) and a treatment (NT) with quaternized magnetic microspheres (NDMP) based on chemical analyses. Fluorescence excitation-emission-matrix combined with parallel factor analysis identified four components in source water of different rivers or lake, and the abundance of each component differed greatly among the different samples. Compared with the CT, the NT evidently reduced the concentrations of dissolved organic carbon, adsorbable organic halogens (AOX), bromide and disinfection by-products. Toxicological evaluation indicated that the NT completely eliminated the cytotoxicity, and greatly reduced the genotoxicity and oxidative stress of all raw water. In contrast, the CT increased the cytotoxicity of Taihu Lake and the Zhongshan River water, genotoxicity of Taihu Lake and the Mangshe River water, as well as the levels of superoxide dismutase and malondialdehyde of the Mangshe River water. Correlation analysis indicated that the AOX of the treated samples was significantly correlated with the genotoxicity and glutathione concentration, but exhibited no correlation with either of them for all the samples. As it can effectively reduce pollutant levels and the toxicities of drinking water, NDMP might be widely used for drinking water treatment in future.
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- Peng Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Environmental Health Research Center, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Environmental Health Research Center, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China; National Engineering Research Center of Organic Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Environmental Health Research Center, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China; National Engineering Research Center of Organic Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Environmental Health Research Center, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China; National Engineering Research Center of Organic Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Environmental Health Research Center, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Environmental Health Research Center, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Environmental Health Research Center, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Environmental Health Research Center, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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Yang X, Meng F, Huang G, Sun L, Lin Z. Sunlight-induced changes in chromophores and fluorophores of wastewater-derived organic matter in receiving waters--the role of salinity. WATER RESEARCH 2014; 62:281-292. [PMID: 24968075 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.05.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Revised: 05/13/2014] [Accepted: 05/26/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Wastewater-derived organic matter (WOM) is an important constituent of discharge to urban rivers and is suspected of altering the naturally occurring dissolved organic matter (DOM) in water systems. This study investigated sunlight-induced changes in chromophores and fluorophores of WOM with different salinities (S = 0, 10, 20 and 30) that were collected from two wastewater treatment plants (WWTP-A and WWTP-B). The results showed that exposure to sunlight for 5.3 × 10(5) J/m(2) caused significant decreases in UV254-absorbing WOM (45-59% loss) compared to gross dissolved organic carbon (<15% loss). An increase in salinity accelerated the overall photo-degradation rates of the UV254-absorbing chromophores from both WOM and natural DOM. In addition, irradiated WOM at a higher salinity had a larger molecular size than that at a lower salinity. However, natural DOM did not display such behavior. Parallel factor analysis of the excitation-emission matrix determined the presence of two humic-like components (C1 and C2) and two protein-like components (C3 and C4). All the components in WOM followed second-order kinetics, except for the C4 component in WWTP-A, which fit zero-order photoreaction kinetics. The photo-degradation of the C1 component in both WWTPs appeared to be independent of salinity; however, the photo-degradation rates of the C2 and C3 components in both WWTPs and C4 in WWTP-B increased significantly with increasing salinity. In comparison, the photo-degradation of the C1 component was significantly facilitated by increased salinity in natural DOM, fitting first-order photoreaction kinetics. As such, the current knowledge concerning the photo-degradation of naturally occurring DOM cannot be extrapolated for the understanding of WOM photo-degradation.
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- Xiaofang Yang
- SYSU-HKUST Research Center for Innovative Environmental Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- SYSU-HKUST Research Center for Innovative Environmental Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou 510275, PR China.
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- SYSU-HKUST Research Center for Innovative Environmental Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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Yang X, Li Z, Meng F, Wang Z, Sun L. Photochemical alteration of biogenic particles in wastewater effluents. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-014-0519-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Shutova Y, Baker A, Bridgeman J, Henderson RK. Spectroscopic characterisation of dissolved organic matter changes in drinking water treatment: From PARAFAC analysis to online monitoring wavelengths. WATER RESEARCH 2014; 54:159-169. [PMID: 24568785 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.01.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2013] [Revised: 01/22/2014] [Accepted: 01/26/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Organic matter (OM) causes many problems in drinking water treatment. It is difficult to monitor OM concentrations and character during treatment processes due to its complexity. Fluorescence spectroscopy is a promising tool for online monitoring. In this study, a unique dataset of fluorescence excitation emission matrixes (EEMs) (n = 867) was collected from all treatment stages of five drinking water treatment plants (WTPs) situated in diverse locations from subtropical to temperate climate. The WTPs incorporated various water sources, treatment processes and OM removal efficiencies (DOC removal 0%-68%). Despite these differences, four common fluorescence PARAFAC components were identified for characterisation of OM concentration and treatability. Moreover, fluorescence component ratios showed site-specific statistically significant correlations with OM removal, which contrasted with correlations between specific UV absorbance at 254 nm (SUVA) and OM removal that were not statistically significant. This indicates that use of fluorescence spectroscopy may be a more robust alternative for predicting DOC removal than UV spectroscopy. Based on the identified fluorescence components, four optical locations were selected in order to move towards single wavelength online OM monitoring.
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- Yulia Shutova
- UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia.
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Rodríguez FJ, Schlenger P, García-Valverde M. A comprehensive structural evaluation of humic substances using several fluorescence techniques before and after ozonation. Part I: structural characterization of humic substances. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2014; 476-477:718-730. [PMID: 24364992 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2013] [Revised: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/29/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The main objective of this work (Part I) is to conduct a comprehensive structural characterization of humic substances, using all the current fluorescence techniques: emission scan fluorescence (ESF), synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy (SFS), total luminescence spectroscopy (TLS or EEM) through the use of both 2-D contour maps and 3-D plots, fluorescence index and the λ0.5 parameter. Four humic substances were studied in this work: three of them were provided by the International Humic Substances Society (Suwannee River Fulvic Acid Standard, Suwannee River Humic Acid Standard and Nordic Reservoir Fulvic Acid Reference) and the other one was a commercial humic acid widely used as a surrogate for aquatic humic substances in various studies (Aldrich Humic Acid: ALHA). The EEM spectra for the three natural aquatic substances were quite similar, showing two main peaks of maximum fluorescence intensity: one located in the ultraviolet region and centered at around Ex/Em values of 230/437 nm (peak A) and another one in the visible region, centered at around 335/460 nm (peak C); however, the EEM spectrum of ALHA is completely different to those of natural aquatic humic substances, presenting four poorly resolved main peaks with a high degree of spectral overlap, located at 260/462, 300/479, 365/483 and 450/524 nm. The synchronous spectra at Δλ=18 and 44 nm (especially at Δλ=18 nm) allowed the identification of a protein-like peak at λsyn around 290 nm, which was not detected in the EEM spectra; as it happened with EEM spectra, the synchronous spectra of ALHA are quite different from those of the aquatic humic substances, presenting a higher number of bands that suggest greater structural complexity and a higher degree of polydispersity. Good correlations were achieved between (13)C NMR aromaticity and both fluorescence index and λ0.5 parameter. The different spectra presented by ALHA compared to those shown by the natural aquatic humic substances for all the fluorescence techniques studied suggest an important structural difference between them, which cast doubt on the use of commercial humic acids as surrogates for natural humic substances.
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- Francisco J Rodríguez
- Department of Chemistry, Higher Polytechnic School, University of Burgos, Av. Cantabria s/n, 09006 Burgos, Spain.
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- Department of Chemistry & Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, University of Wuppertal, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Burgos, Pz. Misael Bañuelos s/n, 09001 Burgos, Spain.
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Dartnell LR, Roberts TA, Moore G, Ward JM, Muller JP. Fluorescence characterization of clinically-important bacteria. PLoS One 2013; 8:e75270. [PMID: 24098687 PMCID: PMC3787103 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2013] [Accepted: 08/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Healthcare-associated infections (HCAI/HAI) represent a substantial threat to patient health during hospitalization and incur billions of dollars additional cost for subsequent treatment. One promising method for the detection of bacterial contamination in a clinical setting before an HAI outbreak occurs is to exploit native fluorescence of cellular molecules for a hand-held, rapid-sweep surveillance instrument. Previous studies have shown fluorescence-based detection to be sensitive and effective for food-borne and environmental microorganisms, and even to be able to distinguish between cell types, but this powerful technique has not yet been deployed on the macroscale for the primary surveillance of contamination in healthcare facilities to prevent HAI. Here we report experimental data for the specification and design of such a fluorescence-based detection instrument. We have characterized the complete fluorescence response of eleven clinically-relevant bacteria by generating excitation-emission matrices (EEMs) over broad wavelength ranges. Furthermore, a number of surfaces and items of equipment commonly present on a ward, and potentially responsible for pathogen transfer, have been analyzed for potential issues of background fluorescence masking the signal from contaminant bacteria. These include bedside handrails, nurse call button, blood pressure cuff and ward computer keyboard, as well as disinfectant cleaning products and microfiber cloth. All examined bacterial strains exhibited a distinctive double-peak fluorescence feature associated with tryptophan with no other cellular fluorophore detected. Thus, this fluorescence survey found that an emission peak of 340nm, from an excitation source at 280nm, was the cellular fluorescence signal to target for detection of bacterial contamination. The majority of materials analysed offer a spectral window through which bacterial contamination could indeed be detected. A few instances were found of potential problems of background fluorescence masking that of bacteria, but in the case of the microfiber cleaning cloth, imaging techniques could morphologically distinguish between stray strands and bacterial contamination.
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- Lewis R. Dartnell
- UCL Institute for Origins, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- The Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology (CoMPLEX), University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Microbiology & Virology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- The Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- The Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Meng F, Huang G, Yang X, Li Z, Li J, Cao J, Wang Z, Sun L. Identifying the sources and fate of anthropogenically impacted dissolved organic matter (DOM) in urbanized rivers. WATER RESEARCH 2013; 47:5027-5039. [PMID: 23863376 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.05.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2013] [Revised: 05/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/23/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Anthropogenic activities have dramatically changed the loads and compositions of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in urbanized streams. In this study, the spatial and temporal variations of DOM in the anthropogenically impacted Zhujiang River were investigated by analyzing the water samples in an upstream, urbanized area and downstream of the rivers on different days of one year. The results indicated that the levels of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and total phosphorus (TP) were unaffected by seasonal changes, but the specific UV254 absorbance (SUVA) values and the total nitrogen (TN) content were greater in the winter than those in the summer. Parallel factor (PARAFAC) analysis of the excitation emission matrices (EEM) revealed the presence of three anthropogenically derived components [tryptophan-like (C1) and tyrosine-like proteins (C3) and anthropogenic humic substances (C5)] in the urbanized rivers, and they had greater seasonal and spatial variability than the terrestrial and microbial humic substances (C2 and C4). Cluster analysis revealed that treated wastewater was an important source of DOM in the urbanized streams. Photodegradation experiments indicated that the DOM in the populous area of the rivers had greater photodegradation potentials than that in the downstream region or in the natural waters. Interestingly, that the anthropogenic humic substances (C5) were considerably more photoreactive than the other four PARAFAC components, which exhibited a decrease of 80% after exposure to sunlight for 0.5 d. This study suggests that the treated wastewater could be an important input to the DOM in the urbanized rivers and the naturally occurring photodegradation could help in eliminating the anthropogenic DOM during their transport.
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- Fangang Meng
- SYSU-HKUST Research Center for Innovative Environmental Technology (SHRCIET), School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China.
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Cawley KM, Koerfer V, McKnight DM. The role of dissolved organic matter (DOM) quality in the growth enhancement of Alexandrium fundyense (Dinophyceae) in laboratory culture(1). JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 2013; 49:546-554. [PMID: 27007043 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2011] [Accepted: 02/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Several algal species responsible for harmful algal blooms (HABs), such as Alexandrium fundyense, are mixotrophic under certain environmental conditions. The ability to switch between photosynthetic and heterotrophic modes of growth may play a role in the development of HABs in coastal regions. We examined the influence of humic dissolved organic matter (HDOM) derived from terrestrial (plant/soil) and microbial sources on the growth of A. fundyense. We found that a terrestrially derived HDOM, Suwannee River humic acid (SRHA), did enhance A. fundyense growth; however, a microbially derived HDOM, Pony Lake fulvic acid (PLFA) did not enhance growth. A. fundyense grows in association with bacteria in culture and we observed that bacterial cell densities were much lower in A. fundyense cultures than in bacteria-only cultures, consistent with bacterial grazing by A. fundyense in culture. In bacteria-only cultures with added algal exudates (EX), the addition of PLFA and SRHA resulted in a slight increase in bacterial cell density compared to cultures without HDOM added. Changes over time in the chemical quality of the HDOM in the A. fundyense cultures reflected contributions of microbially derived material with similar characteristics as the PLFA. Overall, these results suggest that the chemical differences between SRHA and PLFA are responsible for the greater effect of SRHA on A. fundyense growth, and that the differential effect is not a result of an effect on the growth of associated bacteria.
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- Kaelin M Cawley
- Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, 80303, USA
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- Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, 80303, USA
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- Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, 80303, USA
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Cumberland S, Bridgeman J, Baker A, Sterling M, Ward D. Fluorescence spectroscopy as a tool for determining microbial quality in potable water applications. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2012; 33:687-693. [PMID: 22629644 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2011.588401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Building on previous work where fluorescence spectroscopy has been used to detect sewage in rivers, a portable LED spectrophotometer was used for the first time to establish bacterial numbers in a range of water samples. A mixed-method approach was used with standard bacteria enumeration techniques on diluted river water and sewage works final effluent using a number of diluents (Ringer's solution, tap water and potable spring water). Fluorescence from uncultured dilutions was detected at a 280 nm excitation/360 nm emission wavelength (corresponding to the region of tryptophan and indole fluorescence) and compared with bacteria numbers on the same cultured sample. Good correlations were obtained for total coliforms, E. coli and heterotrophic bacteria with the portable LED spectrophotometer (R2 = 0.78, 0.72 and 0.81 respectively). The results indicate that the portable spectrophotometer could be applied to establish the quality of drinking water in areas of poor sanitation that are subject to faecal contamination, where infrastructure failure has occurred in the supply of clean drinking water. This would be particularly useful where laboratory facilities are not at hand.
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- Susan Cumberland
- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B1S 2TT, UK
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