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Tan Y, Chen Z, Liu W, Yang M, Du Z, Wang Y, Bol R, Wu D. Grazing exclusion alters denitrification N 2O/(N 2O + N 2) ratio in alpine meadow of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 912:169358. [PMID: 38135064 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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Grazing exclusion has been implemented worldwide as a nature-based solution for restoring degraded grassland ecosystems that arise from overgrazing. However, the effect of grazing exclusion on soil nitrogen cycle processes, subsequent greenhouse gas emissions and underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we investigated the effect of four-year grazing exclusion on plant communities, soil properties, and soil nitrogen cycle-related functional gene abundance in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Using an automated continuous-flow incubation system, we performed an incubation experiment and measured soil-borne N2O, N2, and CO2 fluxes to three successive "hot moment" events (precipitation, N deposition, and oxic-to-anoxic transition) between grazing-excluded and grazing soil. Higher soil N contents (total nitrogen, NH4+, NO3-) and extracellular enzyme activities (β-1,4-glucosidase, β-1,4-N-acetyl-glucosaminidase, cellobiohydrolase) are observed under grazing exclusion. The aboveground and litter biomass of plant community was significantly increased by grazing exclusion, but grazing exclusion decreased the average number of plant species and microbial diversity. The N2O + N2 fluxes observed under grazing exclusion were higher than those observed under free grazing. The N2 emissions and N2O/(N2O + N2) ratios observed under grazing exclusion were higher than those observed under free grazing in oxic conditions. Instead, higher N2O fluxes and lower denitrification functional gene abundances (nirS, nirK, nosZ, and nirK + nirS) under anoxia were found under grazing exclusion than under free grazing. The N2O site-preference value indicates that under grazing exclusion, bacterial denitrification contributes more to higher N2O production compared with under free grazing (81.6 % vs. 59.9 %). We conclude that grazing exclusion could improve soil fertility and plant biomass, nevertheless it may lower plant and microbial diversity and increase potential N2O emission risk via the alteration of the denitrification end-product ratio. This indicates that not all grassland management options result in a mutually beneficial situation among wider environmental goals such as greenhouse gas mitigation, biodiversity, and social welfare.
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- Yuechen Tan
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Wetland Services and Restoration, Institute of Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Wetland Services and Restoration, Institute of Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- Guangzhou Research Institute of Environment Protection Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510620, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Organic Farming, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Wetland Services and Restoration, Institute of Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China.
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Agrosphere (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany; School of Natural Sciences, Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University, Bangor LL57 2UW, UK
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Organic Farming, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
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Nitrous Oxide from Beef Cattle Manure: Effects of Temperature, Water Addition and Manure Properties on Denitrification and Nitrification. ATMOSPHERE 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/atmos11101056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Beef feedyards produce nitrous oxide (N2O), a potent greenhouse gas. Limited research has evaluated the processes that produce feedyard N2O, and how rainfall and temperature impact N2O losses. Manure in feedyard pens develops into a complex ecosystem of microbes, extracellular enzymes, feces, and urine, with varying H2O content. This study aimed to improve understanding of feedyard N cycling under differing environmental conditions by incubation of manure in simulated feedyard pens using large chambers under laboratory conditions. We hypothesized that nitrification was the primary source of feedyard N2O, with interactions among temperature, H2O content, and manure properties. Emissions of N2O were monitored with a real–time N2O analyzer. Manure samples were taken at intervals for analyses of physicochemical properties, denitrification enzyme activity (DEA), and nitrification activity (NA). Due to equipment limitations, there was only one chamber per temperature tested. Correlation was poor among N2O emissions and rates of DEA and NA. However, significant relationships were found among key manure characteristics, such as ammonia/ammonium and nitrate/nitrite concentrations, manure dry matter, redox status, and temperature. These data suggest that most N2O was derived from denitrification in the top 5 cm of the manure pack. Further study is warranted to identify the processes involved in flushes of N2O emitted immediately after rainfall, possibly due to abiotic chemical reactions that release N2O sequestered in manure pores.
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Xu J, Wei Q, Yang S, Liao L, Qi Z, Wang W. Soil degassing during watering: An overlooked soil N 2O emission process. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2018; 242:257-263. [PMID: 29990933 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.06.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Revised: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 06/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Pulse diffusive nitrous oxide (N2O) emission following water application is well documented, whereas N2O emission caused by soil water-air displacement during the watering process (termed as soil degassing) has been largely overlooked. Watering-induced N2O emissions from ten different soils in China were quantified, and found to range from 74.4 ± 6.7 to 678.1 ± 36.6 μg N2O m-2 h-1 in surface watered (SW) soils, and from 45.6 ± 4.4 to 358.1 ± 23.6 μg N2O m-2 h-1 in subsurface watered (SUW) soils. These N2O fluxes were much larger than the diffusive N2O flux from the same soil either under dry (7.9%-9.6% water filled pore space, WFPS) or wet (85.1%-93.6% WFPS) conditions. The watering process (the water infiltration process upon irrigation/rainfall or the process of shallow groundwater uplifting) resulted in massive N2O emissions.
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- Junzeng Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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Parker DB, Waldrip HM, Casey KD, Todd RW, Willis WM, Webb K. Temporal Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Beef Cattle Feedlot Manure after a Simulated Rainfall Event. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 2017; 46:733-740. [PMID: 28783795 DOI: 10.2134/jeq2017.02.0042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Nitrous oxide (NO) is a greenhouse gas (GHG) emitted from agricultural operations. The objective of this research was to quantify NO-N emissions from simulated open-lot beef cattle feedlot pens after rainfall. A recirculating-flow-through, non-steady state chamber system consisting of five 1-m steel pans was designed for quantifying emissions. A lid was placed sequentially on each pan, and headspace air was recirculated between the pan and a real-time NO analyzer, measuring concentrations every 1 s. Air-dried manure (89.2% dry matter) from a commercial feedlot in the Texas Panhandle was placed in the pans and then 0, 6.3, 12.7, 25.4, or 50.8 mm of water was applied to simulate a one-time rainfall event. Emissions of NO-N were monitored for 45 d, where two distinct episodes of NO-N production were observed over time. The first NO-N episode had a duration of 10 h and peaked 2 h after rainfall at a flux of 1.0 to 200 mg m h. The second episode had a duration of 40 d and peaked 15 d after rainfall at a flux of 0.06 to 35 mg m h. The second episode accounted for 69 to 91% of the cumulative NO-N emitted over the 45-d period. Each millimeter of rainfall increased cumulative NO-N emitted by 167.9 mg m ( = 0.99, < 0.001). This rainfall vs. cumulative emissions relationship will be useful for modeling annual NO-N emissions from open-lot beef cattle feedlots, and for assessing the effectiveness of best management practices for reducing feedlot GHG emissions.
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Zhang L, Yao X, Tang C, Xu H, Jiang X, Zhang Y. Influence of long-term inundation and nutrient addition on denitrification in sandy wetland sediments from Poyang Lake, a large shallow subtropical lake in China. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2016; 219:440-449. [PMID: 27256917 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.05.046] [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: 03/29/2016] [Revised: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 05/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Wetlands at aquatic/terrestrial transition zones may play an important role in nitrogen removal due to the denitrification during inundation events. In this study, air-dried sandy sediment cores from Poyang Lake's wetlands were continuously inundated in the laboratory to investigate the rate, efficiency, and pattern of denitrification at the sediment-water interface (SWI). Denitrification rates responded to inundation in three stages: an adaptive period, a rapid growth period, and a stable period. The average denitrification rates during these stages were 52.62 ± 11.33 μmol N2 m-2 h-1, 115.74 ± 58.40 μmol N2 m-2 h-1 and 187.74 ± 16.44 μmol N2 m-2 h-1, respectively. Multiple regression analysis showed that inundation duration was the most important factor controlling denitrification rates at the SWI rather than nitrate concentrations, which were also positively correlated with denitrification rates. Changes in water content, oxidation-reduction potential (Eh), and pH in the surface sediments, which were consequences of inundation, significantly influenced the denitrification rate (p < 0.05). The N2O/(N2O + N2) flux ratio in denitrification production varied from 1.61% during the adaptive period to 0.03% in the stable period, suggesting that continuous inundation of sediments in aquatic-terrestrial transition zones of Poyang Lake could decrease the proportion of greenhouse gases (N2O). Since inputs of bioavailable nitrogen and phosphorus to Poyang Lake have increased in recent decades, the influence of elevated nutrients on denitrification under continuous inundation were also evaluated by simulation experiments. The results showed that increased nitrate or phosphate loading stimulate denitrification rates in sandy sediments during the inundation process. The addition of nitrate plus phosphate showed a stronger influence on denitrification than single nutrient additions. This study facilitates understanding of the influence of continuous inundation and elevated nutrients on denitrification in sandy sediments in aquatic/terrestrial transition zones.
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- Lu Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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Kaestli M, Grist EPM, Ward L, Hill A, Mayo M, Currie BJ. The association of melioidosis with climatic factors in Darwin, Australia: A 23-year time-series analysis. J Infect 2016; 72:687-697. [PMID: 26945846 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2015] [Revised: 01/15/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Melioidosis is an often fatal disease in humans and animals and endemic in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. It is caused by the environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. We analysed weather and climate factors preceding new melioidosis cases in Darwin and compared the time between weather event and admission to hospital for severe and average wet season rainfall. METHODS In a time-series analysis from 1990 to 2013 we applied a boosted regression tree and a negative binomial model to investigate the association between melioidosis cases and weather events. Fitted Fourier terms controlled for long-term seasonal trends. RESULTS We found a rise in the dew point, cloud cover, rainfall, maximum temperature and groundwater to be associated with an increased risk to acquire melioidosis. A shorter 'putative' incubation period was evident after severe rainfall events. Rainfall occurring early in the wet season was linked to more cases as was an increase in the local sea surface temperature reflecting local weather dynamics and precipitation. CONCLUSIONS Our findings demonstrate a statistical association between frequency of recorded melioidosis cases and the nature and timing of rainfall related events and suggest a future rise in the sea surface and ambient temperature may lead to increased melioidosis.
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- Mirjam Kaestli
- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, PO Box 41096, Casuarina, NT 0811, Australia.
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- Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, PO Box 41096, Casuarina, NT 0811, Australia.
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, PO Box 41096, Casuarina, NT 0811, Australia.
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, PO Box 41096, Casuarina, NT 0811, Australia.
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, PO Box 41096, Casuarina, NT 0811, Australia.
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- M. S. Coyne
- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences; University of Kentucky; Lexington
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Iovieno P, Bååth E. Effect of drying and rewetting on bacterial growth rates in soil. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2008; 65:400-7. [PMID: 18547324 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00524.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The effect of soil moisture on bacterial growth was investigated, and the effects of rewetting were compared with glucose addition because both treatments increase substrate availability. Bacterial growth was estimated as thymidine and leucine incorporation, and was compared with respiration. Low growth rates were found in air-dried soil, increasing rapidly to high stable values in moist soils. Respiration and bacterial growth at different soil moisture contents were correlated. Rewetting air-dried soil resulted in a linear increase in bacterial growth with time, reaching the levels in moist soil (10 times higher) after about 7 h. Respiration rates increased within 1 h to a level >10 times higher than that in moist soil. After the initial flush, there was a gradual decrease in respiration rate, while bacterial growth increased to levels twice that of moist soil 24 h after rewetting, and decreased to levels similar to those in moist soil after 2 days. Adding glucose resulted in no positive effect on bacterial growth during the first 9 h, despite resulting in more than five times higher respiration. This indicated that the initial increase in bacterial growth after rewetting was not due to increased substrate availability.
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- Paola Iovieno
- Department of Microbial Ecology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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DAVIDSON EA, HART SC, SHANKS CA, FIRESTONE MK. Measuring gross nitrogen mineralization, and nitrification by 15 N isotopic pool dilution in intact soil cores. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1991.tb00413.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 407] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Li C, Aber J, Stange F, Butterbach-Bahl K, Papen H. A process-oriented model of N2O and NO emissions from forest soils: 1. Model development. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1029/1999jd900949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 415] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Wu Q, Knowles R. Effect of Chloramphenicol on Denitrification in Flexibacter canadensis and "Pseudomonas denitrificans". Appl Environ Microbiol 1995; 61:434-7. [PMID: 16534926 PMCID: PMC1388344 DOI: 10.1128/aem.61.2.434-437.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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It was recently reported that chloramphenicol inhibits existing denitrification enzyme activity in sediments and carbon-starved cultures of "Pseudomonas denitrificans." Therefore, we studied the effect of chloramphenicol on denitrification by Flexibacter canadensis and "P. denitrificans." Production of N(inf2)O from nitrate by F. canadensis cells decreased as the concentration of chloramphenicol was increased, and 10.0 mM chloramphenicol completely inhibited N(inf2)O production. "P. denitrificans" was less sensitive to chloramphenicol, and production of N(inf2)O from nitrate was inhibited by only about 50% even in the presence of 10.0 mM chloramphenicol. These results suggested that inhibition of denitrification enzyme activity depended on the concentration of chloramphenicol. Increasing the concentration of chloramphenicol decreased the rate of production of nitrite from nitrate by F. canadensis cells, and the concentration of chloramphenicol which resulted in 50% inhibition of production of nitrite from nitrate was 2.5 mM. In contrast, the rates of production of nitrite from nitrate by intact cells and cell extracts of "P. denitrificans" were inhibited by only 58 and 54%, respectively, at a chloramphenicol concentration of 10.0 mM. Chloramphenicol caused accumulation of NO from nitrite but not from nitrate and inhibited NO consumption in F. canadensis; however, it had neither effect in "P. denitrificans." Chloramphenicol did not affect N(inf2)O consumption by these organisms. We concluded that chloramphenicol inhibits denitrification at the level of nitrate reduction and, in F. canadensis, also at the level of NO reduction.
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Brooks MH, Smith RL, Macalady DL. Inhibition of existing denitrification enzyme activity by chloramphenicol. Appl Environ Microbiol 1992; 58:1746-53. [PMID: 1622247 PMCID: PMC195666 DOI: 10.1128/aem.58.5.1746-1753.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Chloramphenicol completely inhibited the activity of existing denitrification enzymes in acetylene-block incubations with (i) sediments from a nitrate-contaminated aquifer and (ii) a continuous culture of denitrifying groundwater bacteria. Control flasks with no antibiotic produced significant amounts of nitrous oxide in the same time period. Amendment with chloramphenicol after nitrous oxide production had begun resulted in a significant decrease in the rate of nitrous oxide production. Chloramphenicol also decreased (greater than 50%) the activity of existing denitrification enzymes in pure cultures of Pseudomonas denitrificans that were harvested during log-phase growth and maintained for 2 weeks in a starvation medium lacking electron donor. Short-term time courses of nitrate consumption and nitrous oxide production in the presence of acetylene with P. denitrificans undergoing carbon starvation were performed under optimal conditions designed to mimic denitrification enzyme activity assays used with soils. Time courses were linear for both chloramphenicol and control flasks, and rate estimates for the two treatments were significantly different at the 95% confidence level. Complete or partial inhibition of existing enzyme activity is not consistent with the current understanding of the mode of action of chloramphenicol or current practice, in which the compound is frequently employed to inhibit de novo protein synthesis during the course of microbial activity assays. The results of this study demonstrate that chloramphenicol amendment can inhibit the activity of existing denitrification enzymes and suggest that caution is needed in the design and interpretation of denitrification activity assays in which chloramphenicol is used to prevent new protein synthesis.
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- M H Brooks
- Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Boulder, Colorado 80303-3328
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