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Hong JK, Kim SB, Wee GN, Kang BR, No JH, Nishu SD, Park J, Lee TK. Assessing long-term ecological impacts of PCE contamination in groundwater using a flow cytometric fingerprint approach. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 931:172698. [PMID: 38688365 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172698] [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: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 04/09/2024] [Accepted: 04/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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This study aims to develop and validate a comprehensive method for assessing ecological disturbances in groundwater ecosystems caused by tetrachloroethylene (PCE) contamination, utilizing flow cytometry (FCM) fingerprint approach. We hypothesized that the ecological disturbance resulting from PCE contamination would exhibit 'press disturbance', persisting over extended periods, and inducing notable phenotypic differences in the microbial community compared to undisturbed groundwater. We collected 40 groundwater samples from industrial district with a history of over twenty years of PCE contamination, along with 56 control groundwater from the national surveillance groundwater system. FCM revealed significant alterations in the phenotypic diversity of microbial communities in PCE-contaminated groundwater, particularly during the dry season. The presence of specific dechlorinating bacteria (Dehalococcoides, Dehalogenimonas, and Geobacter) and their syntrophic partners was identified as an indicator of contamination. Phenotypic diversity measures provided clearer and more direct reflections of contamination impact compared to taxonomic diversity measures. This study establishes FCM fingerprinting as a simple, robust, and accurate method for evaluating ecological disturbances, with potential applications in early warning systems and continuous monitoring of groundwater contamination. The findings not only underscore the sensitivity of FCM in detecting phenotypic variations induced by environmental stressors but also highlight its utility in understanding the complex dynamics of microbial communities in contaminated groundwater ecosystems.
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- Jin-Kyung Hong
- Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea.
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Ojo AO, Castillo J, Cason ED, Valverde A. Biodegradation of chloroethene compounds under microoxic conditions. Biotechnol Bioeng 2024; 121:1036-1049. [PMID: 38116701 DOI: 10.1002/bit.28630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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The biodegradation of chloroethene compounds under oxic and anoxic conditions is well established. However, the biological reactions that take place under microoxic conditions are unknown. Here, we report the biostimulated (BIOST: addition of lactate) and natural attenuated (NAT) degradation of chloroethene compounds under microoxic conditions by bacterial communities from chloroethene compounds-contaminated groundwater. The degradation of tetrachloroethene was significantly higher in NAT (15.14% on average) than in BIOST (10.13% on average) conditions at the end of the experiment (90 days). Sporomusa, Paracoccus, Sedimentibacter, Pseudomonas, and Desulfosporosinus were overrepresented in NAT and BIOST compared to the source groundwater. The NAT metagenome contains phenol hydrolase P1 oxygenase (dmpL), catechol-1,2-dioxygenase (catA), catechol-2,3-dioxygenases (dmpB, todE, and xylE) genes, which could be involved in the cometabolic degradation of chloroethene compounds; and chlorate reductase (clrA), that could be associated with partial reductive dechlorination of chloroethene compounds. Our data provide a better understanding of the bacterial communities, genes, and pathways potentially implicated in the reductive and cometabolic degradation of chloroethene compounds under microoxic conditions.
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- Abidemi Oluranti Ojo
- Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
- Centre for Applied Food Sustainability and Biotechnology, Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Salamanca (IRNASA-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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Chen YC, Chang JE. Removal of chlorine-contaminated groundwater by two-stage ozonation and biostimulation methods. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 317:115417. [PMID: 35653838 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Revised: 05/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Trichloroethene (TCE) contamination is a critical environmental hazard, and the substrate options for its biostimulated remediation are limited. This study applied an ozonation-and-biostimulation process to remove TCE from groundwater. The substrate used, denoted as Transferred Energy Element (TEE), was composed of natural organic materials and had a low viscosity (2.914 cP). Ten batch experiments were conducted through the application of micro-nano bubbles (MNBs) and substrates (TEE and EOS® [emulsified oil substrate]). MNBs with an average diameter of 157.5-180.8 nm effectively degraded TCE and dichloroethane within 6 min. Biostimulation using the TEE substrate effectively degraded both TCE and vinyl chloride pollutants and reached a steady state after 25 days. The two-stage dechlorination procedure with MNB treatment as the first stage enhanced TCE removal via biostimulation. MNBs reduced the TCE concentration in the first 20 min, but increased the chloride (Cl-) concentration over the following five days (∼80 mg/L). The procedure with biostimulation as the first stage and 20 min ozonation as the second stage reduced the Cl- concentration by ∼10 mg/L. The Cl- concentrations rebounded after day 25 in the EOS environment. X-ray diffraction revealed that the released Na+ from the TEE settled with Cl- as minerals in the soil. The novel two-stage method for TCE removal was found to be more effective than solo MNB treatment or biostimulation.
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- Ying-Chu Chen
- Department of Civil Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei City, 106, Taiwan, ROC.
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering and Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei City, 106, Taiwan, ROC
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Yu F, Luo W, Xie W, Li Y, Meng S, Kan J, Ye X, Peng T, Wang H, Huang T, Hu Z. Community reassemblies of eukaryotes, prokaryotes, and viruses in the hexabromocyclododecanes-contaminated microcosms. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 436:129159. [PMID: 35643009 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The microbial community in seriously contaminated environment were not well known. This research investigated the community reassemblies in microcosms made of two distinct mangrove sediments amended with high levels of hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs). After eight months of contamination, the transformation of HBCDs yielded various lower brominated products and resulted in acidification (pH ~2). Therefore, the degraders and dehalogenase homologous genes involved in transformation of HBCDs only presented in low abundance to avoid further deterioration of the habitats. Moreover, in these deteriorated habitats, 1344 bacterial, 969 archaeal, 599 eukaryotic (excluded fungi), 187 fungal OTUs, and 10 viral genera, were reduced compared with controls. Specifically, in two groups of microcosms, Zetaproteobacteria, Deinococcus-Thermus, Spirochaetes, Bacteroidetes, Euryarchaeota, and Ascomycota, were positively responding taxa to HBCDs. Caloneis (Bacillariophyta) and Ascomycota turned to the dominant eukaryotic and fungal taxa. Most of predominant taxa were related to the contamination of brominated flame retardants (BFRs). Microbial communities were reassembled in divergent and sediment-dependent manner. The long-term contamination of HBCDs leaded to the change of relations between many taxa, included some of the environmental viruses and their known hosts. This research highlight the importance of monitoring the ecological effects around plants producing or processing halogenated compounds.
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- Fei Yu
- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Guangdong Province, PR China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Guangdong Province, PR China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Guangdong Province, PR China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Guangdong Province, PR China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Guangdong Province, PR China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Guangdong Province, PR China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Guangdong Province, PR China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Guangdong Province, PR China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Guangdong Province, PR China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Guangdong Province, PR China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Guangdong Province, PR China; Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China.
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Hellal J, Joulian C, Urien C, Ferreira S, Denonfoux J, Hermon L, Vuilleumier S, Imfeld G. Chlorinated ethene biodegradation and associated bacterial taxa in multi-polluted groundwater: Insights from biomolecular markers and stable isotope analysis. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 763:142950. [PMID: 33127155 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Chlorinated ethenes (CEs) are most problematic pollutants in groundwater. Dehalogenating bacteria, and in particular organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB), can transform PCE to ethene under anaerobic conditions, and thus contribute to bioremediation of contaminated sites. Current approaches to characterize in situ biodegradation of CEs include hydrochemical analyses, quantification of the abundance of key species (e.g. Dehalococcoides mccartyi) and dehalogenase genes (pceA, vcrA, bvcA and tceA) involved in different steps of organohalide respiration (OHR) by qPCR, and compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) of CEs. Here we combined these approaches with sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons to consider both OHRB and bacterial taxa involved in CE transformation at a multi-contaminated site. Integrated analysis of hydrogeochemical characteristics, gene abundances and bacterial diversity shows that bacterial diversity and OHRB mainly correlated with hydrogeochemical conditions, suggesting that pollutant exposure acts as a central driver of bacterial diversity. CSIA, abundances of four reductive dehalogenase encoding genes and the prevalence of Dehalococcoides highlighted sustained PCE, DCE and VC degradation in several wells of the polluted plume. These results suggest that bacterial taxa associated with OHR play an essential role in natural attenuation of CEs, and that representatives of taxa including Dehalobacterium and Desulfosporosinus co-occur with Dehalococcoides. Overall, our study emphasizes the benefits of combining several approaches to evaluate the interplay between the dynamics of bacterial diversity in CE-polluted plumes and in situ degradation of CEs, and to contribute to a more robust assessment of natural attenuation at multi-polluted sites.
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- Jennifer Hellal
- BRGM, Geomicrobiology and Environmental Monitoring Unit, FR-45060 Orléans, France.
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- BRGM, Geomicrobiology and Environmental Monitoring Unit, FR-45060 Orléans, France
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- Service Recherche, Développement et Innovation-Communautés Microbiennes, GenoScreen, Lille, France
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- Service Recherche, Développement et Innovation-Communautés Microbiennes, GenoScreen, Lille, France
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- Service Recherche, Développement et Innovation-Communautés Microbiennes, GenoScreen, Lille, France
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- BRGM, Geomicrobiology and Environmental Monitoring Unit, FR-45060 Orléans, France; Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, GMGM UMR 7156, Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique, Microbiologie, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, GMGM UMR 7156, Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique, Microbiologie, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS/EOST, LHyGeS UMR 7517, Laboratory of Hydrology and Geochemistry of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Jin D, Zhang F, Shi Y, Kong X, Xie Y, Du X, Li Y, Zhang R. Diversity of bacteria and archaea in the groundwater contaminated by chlorinated solvents undergoing natural attenuation. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2020; 185:109457. [PMID: 32247910 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Chlorinated solvents (CS)-contaminated groundwater poses serious risks to the environment and public health. Microorganisms play a vital role in efficient remediation of CS. In this study, the microbial community (bacterial and archaeal) composition of three CS-contaminated groundwater wells located at an abandoned chemical factory which covers three orders of magnitude in concentration (0.02-16.15 mg/L) were investigated via 16S rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing. The results indicated that Proteobacteria and Thaumarchaeota were the most abundant bacterial and archaeal groups at the phylum level in groundwater, respectively. The major bacterial genera (Flavobacterium sp., Mycobacterium sp. and unclassified Parcubacteria taxa, etc.) and archaeal genera (Thaumarchaeota Group C3, Miscellaneous Crenarchaeotic Group and Miscellaneous Euryarchaeotic Group, etc.) might be involved in the dechlorination processes. In addition, Pearson's correlation analyses showed that alpha diversity of the bacterial community was not significantly correlated with CS concentration, while alpha diversity of archaeal community greatly decreased with the increased contamination of CS. Moreover, partial Mantel test indicated that oxidation-reduction potential, dissolved oxygen, temperature and methane concentration were major drivers of bacterial and archaeal community composition, whereas CS concentration had no significant impact, indicating that both indigenous bacterial and archaeal community compositions are capable of withstanding elevated CS contamination. This study improves our understanding of how the natural microbial community responds to high CS-contaminated groundwater.
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- Decai Jin
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, 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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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, 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 Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Hannover, 30655, Germany
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Wang Q, Song X, Tang S, Yu L. Enhanced removal of tetrachloroethylene from aqueous solutions by biodegradation coupled with nZVI modified by layered double hydroxide. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 243:125260. [PMID: 31734600 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2019] [Revised: 10/12/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Chlorinated volatile organic compounds, such as tetrachloroethylene (PCE), are the most commonly detected toxic contaminants in groundwater. In this study, the performance of PCE removal by a microbial consortium combined with nZVI modified by layered double hydroxide (nZVI-LDH) was evaluated. The enriched PCE-degrading consortium consisted of 44.49% Clostridium and other potential PCE degraders, and 0.5-2.5 mg/L PCE was completely biodegraded within 4 days. The characterization of nZVI-LDH indicated that LDH was coated on the surfaces of nZVI particles with an increased surface area. The PCE removal kinetics by nZVI-LDH was well described by a second-order model, and the removal rate constant of nZVI-LDH was 0.12 L h/mg, higher than that of native nZVI (0.02 L h/mg). Interestingly, the presence of Cu2+ improved the removal efficiency of PCE by nZVI-LDH, owing to its role as a catalyst or medium for charge transfer during reduction. Removal of PCE was enhanced by coupling the PCE-degrading consortium and nZVI-LDH. The initial removal of PCE was mainly dominated by the abiotic degradation and adsorption of nZVI-LDH, and biodegradation then played a major role in the exhaustion of nZVI-LDH. These results suggest that biodegradation coupled with nZVI-LDH has a great potential for applications in the remediation of chlorinated-solvent contaminated groundwater.
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- Qing Wang
- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 21008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 21008, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 21008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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McCarty PL, Criddle CS, Vogel TM. Retrospective on microbial transformations of halogenated organics. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2020; 22:512-517. [PMID: 32181779 DOI: 10.1039/c9em00575g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Prior to the 1960s, knowledge of biological transformations of highly halogenated aliphatic compounds was limited, except in mammalian organisms where enzymatic transformations occurred to rid the body of ingested harmful chemicals. Limited abiotic transformation of such compounds had also been observed, with half-lives varying from days to centuries. Commonly believed was that aerobic transformation might occur by cometabolism rather than to conserve energy for respiration, while anaerobic transformations were in general thought not to occur. However, in the late 1960s anaerobic transformation of chlorinated pesticides was noted, and then in the early 1980s, partial microbial dehalogenation of chlorinated solvents such as tetrachlorethene, trichloroethene, trichlorethane, and carbon tetrachloride was also found to occur. With only partial dechlorination, complete detoxification was not achieved. And at the time, dehalogenation reactions were not believed to yield energy for growth to the degrading microorganisms. However, in the 1990s bacteria began to be found that obtain energy from anaerobic transformations, often enabling complete dechlorination and detoxification. Since then such ability has been found among several bacterial species, many of which use molecular hydrogen as a donor substrate and halogenated organics as electron acceptors, thus conserving energy through reductive dehalogenation. Growth of knowledge in this field has grown rapidly since the 1960s. Broad usages of such microorganisms are now underway to rid contaminated groundwater of hazardous halogenated chemicals.
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- P L McCarty
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305-4020, USA.
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Couradeau E, Sasse J, Goudeau D, Nath N, Hazen TC, Bowen BP, Chakraborty R, Malmstrom RR, Northen TR. Probing the active fraction of soil microbiomes using BONCAT-FACS. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2770. [PMID: 31235780 PMCID: PMC6591230 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10542-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The ability to link soil microbial diversity to soil processes requires technologies that differentiate active microbes from extracellular DNA and dormant cells. Here, we use BONCAT (bioorthogonal non-canonical amino acid tagging) to measure translationally active cells in soils. We compare the active population of two soil depths from Oak Ridge (Tennessee, USA) and find that a maximum of 25-70% of the extractable cells are active. Analysis of 16S rRNA sequences from BONCAT-positive cells recovered by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) reveals that the phylogenetic composition of the active fraction is distinct from the total population of extractable cells. Some members of the community are found to be active at both depths independently of their abundance rank, suggesting that the incubation conditions favor the activity of similar organisms. We conclude that BONCAT-FACS is effective for interrogating the active fraction of soil microbiomes in situ and provides a new approach for uncovering the links between soil processes and specific microbial groups.
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- Estelle Couradeau
- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Joint Genome Institute, Department of Energy, Walnut Creek, CA, USA
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- Joint Genome Institute, Department of Energy, Walnut Creek, CA, USA
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- University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- Joint Genome Institute, Department of Energy, Walnut Creek, CA, USA
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- Earth Science and Environmental Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Joint Genome Institute, Department of Energy, Walnut Creek, CA, USA
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- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Joint Genome Institute, Department of Energy, Walnut Creek, CA, USA.
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Lefevre E, Redfern L, Cooper EM, Stapleton HM, Gunsch CK. Acetate promotes microbial reductive debromination of tetrabromobisphenol A during the startup phase of anaerobic wastewater sludge bioreactors. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 656:959-968. [PMID: 30625682 PMCID: PMC6481660 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Revised: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The detection of increasing concentrations of tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) in wastewater treatment plants is raising concerns as TBBPA has been identified as a potentially toxic flame retardant. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of acetate biostimulation on TBBPA microbial reductive debromination, and the response of anaerobic sludge associated microbial communities repeatedly exposed to TBBPA. Results indicate that the bulk of the microbial community did not experience significant shifts as a result of TBBPA exposure, and that only a small fraction of the community responded to the presence of TBBPA. Taxa most likely responsible for TBBPA transformation affiliated to Clostridiales and the wastewater sludge group Blvii28. The biostimulating effect of acetate was only observed during reactor startup, when acetogenesis was likely not yet occurring. However, when acetate likely started to be microbially generated in the reactor, acetate addition resulted in a slight but significant inhibiting effect on TBBPA transformation. A significant increase of hydrogenotrophic methanogens in the TBBPA-spiked reactor overtime implies that TBBPA degraders were not in direct competition with methanogens for H2. These results strongly suggest that TBBPA degrading taxa might have been primarily using acetate as an electron donor for the reductive debromination of TBBPA.
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- Emilie Lefevre
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Hudson Hall, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Hudson Hall, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, 9 Circuit Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, 9 Circuit Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Hudson Hall, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
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Leitner S, Berger H, Gorfer M, Reichenauer TG, Watzinger A. Isotopic effects of PCE induced by organohalide-respiring bacteria. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 24:24803-24815. [PMID: 28913587 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0075-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/01/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Reductive dechlorination performed by organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB) enables the complete detoxification of certain emerging groundwater pollutants such as perchloroethene (PCE). Environmental samples from a contaminated site incubated in a lab-scale microcosm (MC) study enable documentation of such reductive dechlorination processes. As compound-specific isotope analysis is used to monitor PCE degradation processes, nucleic acid analysis-like 16S-rDNA analysis-can be used to determine the key OHRB that are present. This study applied both methods to laboratory MCs prepared from environmental samples to investigate OHRB-specific isotope enrichment at PCE dechlorination. This method linkage can enhance the understanding of isotope enrichment patterns of distinct OHRB, which further contribute to more accurate evaluation, characterisation and prospection of natural attenuation processes. Results identified three known OHRB genera (Dehalogenimonas, Desulfuromonas, Geobacter) in diverse abundance within MCs. One species of Dehalogenimonas was potentially involved in complete reductive dechlorination of PCE to ethene. Furthermore, the isotopic effects of PCE degradation were clustered and two isotope enrichment factors (ε) (- 11.6‰, - 1.7‰) were obtained. Notably, ε values were independent of degradation rates and kinetics, but did reflect the genera of the dechlorinating OHRB.
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- Simon Leitner
- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Energy Department, Environmental Resources & Technologies, Konrad-Lorenz-Str. 24, 3430, Tulln, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Health & Environment Department, Bioresources, Konrad-Lorenz-Str. 24, 3430, Tulln, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Health & Environment Department, Bioresources, Konrad-Lorenz-Str. 24, 3430, Tulln, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Energy Department, Environmental Resources & Technologies, Konrad-Lorenz-Str. 24, 3430, Tulln, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Energy Department, Environmental Resources & Technologies, Konrad-Lorenz-Str. 24, 3430, Tulln, Austria.
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Němeček J, Dolinová I, Macháčková J, Špánek R, Ševců A, Lederer T, Černík M. Stratification of chlorinated ethenes natural attenuation in an alluvial aquifer assessed by hydrochemical and biomolecular tools. CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 184:1157-1167. [PMID: 28672697 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.06.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2017] [Revised: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 06/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Biomolecular and hydrochemical tools were used to evaluate natural attenuation of chlorinated ethenes in a Quaternary alluvial aquifer located close to a historical source of large-scale tetrachloroethylene (PCE) contamination. Distinct stratification of redox zones was observed, despite the aquifer's small thickness (2.8 m). The uppermost zone of the target aquifer was characterised by oxygen- and nitrate-reducing conditions, with mixed iron- to sulphate-reducing conditions dominant in the lower zone, along with indications of methanogenesis. Natural attenuation of PCE was strongly influenced by redox heterogeneity, while higher levels of PCE degradation coincided with iron- to sulphate reducing conditions. Next generation sequencing of the middle and/or lower zones identified anaerobic bacteria (Firmicutes, Chloroflexi, Actinobacteria and Bacteroidetes) associated with reductive dechlorination. The relative abundance of dechlorinators (Dehalococcoides mccartyi, Dehalobacter sp.) identified by real-time PCR in soil from the lower levels supports the hypothesis that there is a significant potential for reductive dechlorination of PCE. Local conditions were insufficiently reducing for rapid complete dechlorination of PCE to harmless ethene. For reliable assessment of natural attenuation, or when designing monitoring or remedial systems, vertical stratification of key biological and hydrochemical markers should be analysed as standard, even in shallow aquifers.
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- Jan Němeček
- Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, CZ-461 17, Liberec, Czech Republic; ENACON s.r.o., Krčská 16, CZ-140 00, Prague 4, Czech Republic.
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- Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, CZ-461 17, Liberec, Czech Republic
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- Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, CZ-461 17, Liberec, Czech Republic
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- Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, CZ-461 17, Liberec, Czech Republic
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- Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, CZ-461 17, Liberec, Czech Republic
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- Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, CZ-461 17, Liberec, Czech Republic
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- Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, CZ-461 17, Liberec, Czech Republic
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Singer E, Wagner M, Woyke T. Capturing the genetic makeup of the active microbiome in situ. THE ISME JOURNAL 2017; 11:1949-1963. [PMID: 28574490 PMCID: PMC5563950 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2017.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Revised: 03/02/2017] [Accepted: 03/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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More than any other technology, nucleic acid sequencing has enabled microbial ecology studies to be complemented with the data volumes necessary to capture the extent of microbial diversity and dynamics in a wide range of environments. In order to truly understand and predict environmental processes, however, the distinction between active, inactive and dead microbial cells is critical. Also, experimental designs need to be sensitive toward varying population complexity and activity, and temporal as well as spatial scales of process rates. There are a number of approaches, including single-cell techniques, which were designed to study in situ microbial activity and that have been successively coupled to nucleic acid sequencing. The exciting new discoveries regarding in situ microbial activity provide evidence that future microbial ecology studies will indispensably rely on techniques that specifically capture members of the microbiome active in the environment. Herein, we review those currently used activity-based approaches that can be directly linked to shotgun nucleic acid sequencing, evaluate their relevance to ecology studies, and discuss future directions.
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- Esther Singer
- US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, USA
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- University of Vienna, Department of Microbial Ecology and Ecosystem Science, Division of Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, USA
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Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Analyses Reveal the Structure and Dynamics of a Dechlorinating Community Containing Dehalococcoides mccartyi and Corrinoid-Providing Microorganisms under Cobalamin-Limited Conditions. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 83:AEM.03508-16. [PMID: 28188205 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03508-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2016] [Accepted: 02/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The aim of this study is to obtain a systems-level understanding of the interactions between Dehalococcoides and corrinoid-supplying microorganisms by analyzing community structures and functional compositions, activities, and dynamics in trichloroethene (TCE)-dechlorinating enrichments. Metagenomes and metatranscriptomes of the dechlorinating enrichments with and without exogenous cobalamin were compared. Seven putative draft genomes were binned from the metagenomes. At an early stage (2 days), more transcripts of genes in the Veillonellaceae bin-genome were detected in the metatranscriptome of the enrichment without exogenous cobalamin than in the one with the addition of cobalamin. Among these genes, sporulation-related genes exhibited the highest differential expression when cobalamin was not added, suggesting a possible release route of corrinoids from corrinoid producers. Other differentially expressed genes include those involved in energy conservation and nutrient transport (including cobalt transport). The most highly expressed corrinoid de novo biosynthesis pathway was also assigned to the Veillonellaceae bin-genome. Targeted quantitative PCR (qPCR) analyses confirmed higher transcript abundances of those corrinoid biosynthesis genes in the enrichment without exogenous cobalamin than in the enrichment with cobalamin. Furthermore, the corrinoid salvaging and modification pathway of Dehalococcoides was upregulated in response to the cobalamin stress. This study provides important insights into the microbial interactions and roles played by members of dechlorinating communities under cobalamin-limited conditions.IMPORTANCE The key chloroethene-dechlorinating bacterium Dehalococcoides mccartyi is a cobalamin auxotroph, thus acquiring corrinoids from other community members. Therefore, it is important to investigate the microbe-microbe interactions between Dehalococcoides and the corrinoid-providing microorganisms in a community. This study provides systems-level information, i.e., taxonomic and functional compositions and dynamics of the supportive microorganisms in dechlorinating communities under different cobalamin conditions. The findings shed light on the important roles of Veillonellaceae species in the communities compared to other coexisting community members in producing and providing corrinoids for Dehalococcoides species under cobalamin-limited conditions.
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Dehalococcoides and general bacterial ecology of differentially trichloroethene dechlorinating flow-through columns. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 101:4799-4813. [PMID: 28213734 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8180-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2017] [Accepted: 02/03/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The diversity of Dehalococcoides mccartyi (Dhc) and/or other organohalide respiring or associated microorganisms in parallel, partial, or complete trichloroethene (TCE) dehalogenating systems has not been well described. The composition of Dhc populations and the associated bacterial community that developed over 7.5 years in the top layer (0-10 cm) of eight TCE-fed columns were examined using pyrosequencing. Columns biostimulated with one of three carbon sources, along with non-stimulated controls, developed into complete (ethene production, whey amended), partial (cis-dichloroethene (DCE) and VC, an emulsified oil with nonionic surfactant), limited (<5 % cis-DCE and 95 % TCE, an emulsified oil), and non- (controls) TCE dehalogenating systems. Bioaugmentation of one column of each treatment with Bachman Road enrichment culture did not change Dhc populations nor the eventual degree of TCE dehalogenation. Pyrosequencing revealed high diversity among Dhc strains. There were 13 OTUs that were represented by more than 1000 sequences each. Cornell group-related populations dominated in complete TCE dehalogenating columns, while Pinellas group related Dhc dominated in all other treatments. General microbial communities varied with biostimulation, and three distinct microbial communities were established: one each for whey, oils, and control treatments. Bacterial genera, including Dehalobacter, Desulfitobacterium, Sulfurospirillum, Desulfuromonas, and Geobacter, all capable of partial TCE dehalogenation, were abundant in the limited and partial TCE dehalogenating systems. Dhc strain diversity was wider than previously reported and their composition within the community varied significantly depending on the nature of the carbon source applied and/or changes in the Dhc associated partners that fostered different biogeochemical conditions across the columns.
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Zhang S, Merino N, Wang N, Ruan T, Lu X. Impact of 6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol aerobic biotransformation on a sediment microbial community. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2017; 575:1361-1368. [PMID: 27756549 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2016] [Revised: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Sediment microbial communities are responsible for many chemical biotransformation processes in the aquatic environment and play a critical role in various ecosystems and biogeochemical cycling. However, the impact of polyfluoroalkyl substances on sediment microbial communities remains unclear. These substances are increasingly being used in consumer and industrial products to replace environmentally persistent perfluoroalkyl substances. In this study, we investigated the effects of low (5mg/L) and high (15mg/L) doses of 6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol [6:2 FTOH, F(CF2)6CH2CH2OH] on the structure of a sediment microbial community. 6:2 FTOH biotransformation was rapid in the sediment mixture with a half-life <3days, regardless of the initial doses. After 28days, major products produced in the high dose condition included 28mol% 5:2 sFTOH [F(CF2)5CH(OH)CH3], 9.6mol% 5:3 Acid [F(CF2)5CH2CH2COOH] and 11mol% PFHxA [F(CF2)5COOH], while 73mol% 5:2 sFTOH, 23mol% 5:3 Acid and 26mol% PFHxA were observed in the low dose condition. In the original (control) sediment without 6:2 FTOH dosing, Proteobacteria was the predominant microorganism (18%), followed by Chloroflexi (14%), Verrucomicrobia (13%), Firmicutes (3.4%), Bacterioidetes (2.4%), Actinobacteria (1.7%) and Planctomycetes (1.3%). The presence of 6:2 FTOH and the accumulation of transient transformation products in the sediment exerted selection pressure on the microbial taxonomic distribution and diversity. Our observations indicate that potential 6:2 FTOH degraders and tolerant strains, such as Dokdonella spp., Thauera spp., Albidovulum spp. and Caldanaerovirga spp., existed in the sediment mixture and began to dominate over time. This suggests that these genera might have higher tolerance towards elevated 6:2 FTOH and its transformation products. These findings on the characterization of sediment microbial community stability and dynamics will help predict changes in response to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances and also help identify robust microbial strains to degrade polyfluoroalkyl substances in the environment.
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- Shu Zhang
- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- 132 Shrewsbury Dr., Wilmington, DE 19810, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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Sutton NB, Atashgahi S, Saccenti E, Grotenhuis T, Smidt H, Rijnaarts HHM. Microbial Community Response of an Organohalide Respiring Enrichment Culture to Permanganate Oxidation. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0134615. [PMID: 26244346 PMCID: PMC4526698 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 07/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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While in situ chemical oxidation is often used to remediate tetrachloroethene (PCE) contaminated locations, very little is known about its influence on microbial composition and organohalide respiration (OHR) activity. Here, we investigate the impact of oxidation with permanganate on OHR rates, the abundance of organohalide respiring bacteria (OHRB) and reductive dehalogenase (rdh) genes using quantitative PCR, and microbial community composition through sequencing of 16S rRNA genes. A PCE degrading enrichment was repeatedly treated with low (25 μmol), medium (50 μmol), or high (100 μmol) permanganate doses, or no oxidant treatment (biotic control). Low and medium treatments led to higher OHR rates and enrichment of several OHRB and rdh genes, as compared to the biotic control. Improved degradation rates can be attributed to enrichment of (1) OHRB able to also utilize Mn oxides as a terminal electron acceptor and (2) non-dechlorinating community members of the Clostridiales and Deltaproteobacteria possibly supporting OHRB by providing essential co-factors. In contrast, high permanganate treatment disrupted dechlorination beyond cis-dichloroethene and caused at least a 2-4 orders of magnitude reduction in the abundance of all measured OHRB and rdh genes, as compared to the biotic control. High permanganate treatments resulted in a notably divergent microbial community, with increased abundances of organisms affiliated with Campylobacterales and Oceanospirillales capable of dissimilatory Mn reduction, and decreased abundance of presumed supporters of OHRB. Although OTUs classified within the OHR-supportive order Clostridiales and OHRB increased in abundance over the course of 213 days following the final 100 μmol permanganate treatment, only limited regeneration of PCE dechlorination was observed in one of three microcosms, suggesting strong chemical oxidation treatments can irreversibly disrupt OHR. Overall, this detailed investigation into dose-dependent changes of microbial composition and activity due to permanganate treatment provides insight into the mechanisms of OHR stimulation or disruption upon chemical oxidation.
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- Nora B. Sutton
- Environmental Technology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Environmental Technology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Delmont TO, Eren AM, Maccario L, Prestat E, Esen ÖC, Pelletier E, Le Paslier D, Simonet P, Vogel TM. Reconstructing rare soil microbial genomes using in situ enrichments and metagenomics. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:358. [PMID: 25983722 PMCID: PMC4415585 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Despite extensive direct sequencing efforts and advanced analytical tools, reconstructing microbial genomes from soil using metagenomics have been challenging due to the tremendous diversity and relatively uniform distribution of genomes found in this system. Here we used enrichment techniques in an attempt to decrease the complexity of a soil microbiome prior to sequencing by submitting it to a range of physical and chemical stresses in 23 separate microcosms for 4 months. The metagenomic analysis of these microcosms at the end of the treatment yielded 540 Mb of assembly using standard de novo assembly techniques (a total of 559,555 genes and 29,176 functions), from which we could recover novel bacterial genomes, plasmids and phages. The recovered genomes belonged to Leifsonia (n = 2), Rhodanobacter (n = 5), Acidobacteria (n = 2), Sporolactobacillus (n = 2, novel nitrogen fixing taxon), Ktedonobacter (n = 1, second representative of the family Ktedonobacteraceae), Streptomyces (n = 3, novel polyketide synthase modules), and Burkholderia (n = 2, includes mega-plasmids conferring mercury resistance). Assembled genomes averaged to 5.9 Mb, with relative abundances ranging from rare (<0.0001%) to relatively abundant (>0.01%) in the original soil microbiome. Furthermore, we detected them in samples collected from geographically distant locations, particularly more in temperate soils compared to samples originating from high-latitude soils and deserts. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first successful attempt to assemble multiple bacterial genomes directly from a soil sample. Our findings demonstrate that developing pertinent enrichment conditions can stimulate environmental genomic discoveries that would have been impossible to achieve with canonical approaches that focus solely upon post-sequencing data treatment.
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- Tom O Delmont
- Environmental Microbial Genomics, Laboratoire Ampere, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Université de Lyon Ecully, France ; Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole MA, USA
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- Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole MA, USA
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- Environmental Microbial Genomics, Laboratoire Ampere, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Université de Lyon Ecully, France
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- Environmental Microbial Genomics, Laboratoire Ampere, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Université de Lyon Ecully, France
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- Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole MA, USA
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Genoscope Evry, France ; UMR8030, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Evry, France ; Université d'Evry Val d'Essonne Evry, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Genoscope Evry, France ; UMR8030, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Evry, France ; Université d'Evry Val d'Essonne Evry, France
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- Environmental Microbial Genomics, Laboratoire Ampere, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Université de Lyon Ecully, France
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- Environmental Microbial Genomics, Laboratoire Ampere, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Université de Lyon Ecully, France
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