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Li X, Yao S, Bolan N, Wang Z, Jiang X, Song Y. Combined maize straw-biochar and oxalic acids induced a relay activity of abundant specific degraders for efficient phenanthrene degradation: Evidence based on the DNA-SIP technology. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 310:119867. [PMID: 35940483 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 07/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Biochar-oxalic acid composite application (BCOA) have shown to be efficient in the remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated soil, but the functional degraders and the mechanism of improving biodegradation remains unclear. In this study, with the help of stable isotope probing technology of phenanthrene (Phe), we determined that BCOA significantly improved Phe mineralization by 2.1 times, which was ascribed to the increased numbers and abundances of functional degraders. The BCOA increased contents of dissolved organic carbon and available nutrients and decreased pH values in soil, thus promoting the activity, diversity and close cooperation of the functional Phe-degraders, and stimulating their functions associated with Phe degradation. In addition, there is a relay activity among more and diverse functional Phe-degraders in the soil with BCOA. Specifically, Pullulanibacillus persistently participated in Phe-degradation in the soil with BCOA throughout the incubation period. Moreover, Pullulanibacillus, Blastococcus, Alsobacter, Ramlibacter, and Mizugakiibacter were proved to be potential Phe-degraders in soil for the first time. The specific Phe degraders and their relay and cooperation activity in soils as impacted by BCOA were first identified with DNA-stable isotope probing technology. Our findings provided a novel perspective to understand the efficient degradation of PAH in the BCOA treatments, revealed the potential of soil native microbes in the efficient bioremediation of PAH-contaminated natural soil, and provided a basis for the development of in-situ phytoremediation technologies to remediate PAH pollution in future.
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- Xiaona Li
- CAS Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, And School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Agriculture and Environment, UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Nedland, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, And School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Xu P, Chen X, Li K, Meng R, Pu Y. Metagenomic Analysis of Microbial Alliances for Efficient Degradation of PHE: Microbial Community Structure and Reconstruction of Metabolic Network. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:12039. [PMID: 36231339 PMCID: PMC9565075 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191912039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are a widespread organic pollutant worldwide. In this study, a highly efficient phenanthrene (PHE)-degrading microbial community was enriched from oil extraction soil, which could degrade 500 mg/L PHE within 4 days. Using 16S rRNA sequencing, the dominant bacteria in this community at the phylum level were found to be Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Firmicutes. Metagenomic annotation of genes revealed the metabolic pathways and the contribution of different bacteria to the degradation process. Pseudomonadaceae contributed multiple functional genes in the degradation process. This study revealed the functional genes, metabolic pathways, and microbial interactions of the microbial community, which are expected to provide guidance for practical management.
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- Pan Xu
- School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- The Husbandry Technology Promotion Center of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot 010051, China
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- School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Delegan Y, Kocharovskaya Y, Bogun A, Sizova A, Solomentsev V, Iminova L, Lyakhovchenko N, Zinovieva A, Goyanov M, Solyanikova I. Characterization and genomic analysis of Exiguobacterium alkaliphilum B-3531D, an efficient crude oil degrading strain. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 32:e00678. [PMID: 34660213 PMCID: PMC8502702 DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2021.e00678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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B-3531D is the first E. alkaliphilum strain with fully assembled genome. It is the first E. alkaliphilum strain with the ability to utilize crude oil. Strain utilized 34.5% of crude oil for 14 days at 28 °C and a salinity of 11%.
The aim of the work was to carry out the physiological, biochemical and genetic characterization of the Exiguobacterium alkaliphilum B-3531D strain. This strain is promising for use in the field of environmental biotechnology, since it has a pronounced ability to utilize crude oil and individual hydrocarbons in a wide temperature range. The genome of the strain was sequenced and completely assembled, it consists of a 2,903,369 bp circular chromosome and two circular plasmids, namely, pE73 (73,590 bp) and pE52 (52,125 bp). When cultivated in a mineral medium containing 2% of crude oil, the strain utilized 50% within 30 days of the experiment. In simulated seawater with the same oil content, the loss of hydrocarbons was 45% over the same period. For the first time we observed in an E. alkaliphilum strain the ability to efficiently utilize crude oil, including with an increased content of sodium chloride in the cultivation medium.
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- Yanina Delegan
- Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142290, Russian Federation
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- Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142290, Russian Federation.,Pushchino State Institute of Natural Science, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142290, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Obolensk, 142279, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Obolensk, 142279, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Obolensk, 142279, Russian Federation
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- Pushchino State Institute of Natural Science, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142290, Russian Federation
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- Belgorod State University, Belgorod, 308015, Russian Federation
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- Belgorod State University, Belgorod, 308015, Russian Federation
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- Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142290, Russian Federation.,Belgorod State University, Belgorod, 308015, Russian Federation
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Malayil L, Chattopadhyay S, Mongodin EF, Sapkota AR. Coupled DNA-labeling and sequencing approach enables the detection of viable-but-non-culturable Vibrio spp. in irrigation water sources in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOME 2021; 16:13. [PMID: 34158117 PMCID: PMC8218497 DOI: 10.1186/s40793-021-00382-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Nontraditional irrigation water sources (e.g., recycled water, brackish water) may harbor human pathogens, including Vibrio spp., that could be present in a viable-but-nonculturable (VBNC) state, stymieing current culture-based detection methods. To overcome this challenge, we coupled 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) labeling, enrichment techniques, and 16S rRNA sequencing to identify metabolically-active Vibrio spp. in nontraditional irrigation water (recycled water, pond water, non-tidal freshwater, and tidal brackish water). Our coupled BrdU-labeling and sequencing approach revealed the presence of metabolically-active Vibrio spp. at all sampling sites. Whereas, the culture-based method only detected vibrios at three of the four sites. We observed the presence of V. cholerae, V. vulnificus, and V. parahaemolyticus using both methods, while V. aesturianus and V. shilonii were detected only through our labeling/sequencing approach. Multiple other pathogens of concern to human health were also identified through our labeling/sequencing approach including P. shigelloides, B. cereus and E. cloacae. Most importantly, 16S rRNA sequencing of BrdU-labeled samples resulted in Vibrio spp. detection even when our culture-based methods resulted in negative detection. This suggests that our novel approach can effectively detect metabolically-active Vibrio spp. that may have been present in a VBNC state, refining our understanding of the prevalence of vibrios in nontraditional irrigation waters.
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- Leena Malayil
- Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA
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- Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA
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- Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA.
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Hassanshahian M, Amirinejad N, Askarinejad Behzadi M. Crude oil pollution and biodegradation at the Persian Gulf: A comprehensive and review study. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 2020; 18:1415-1435. [PMID: 33312652 PMCID: PMC7721969 DOI: 10.1007/s40201-020-00557-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The Persian Gulf consider as the fundamental biological marine condition between the seas. There is a different assortment of marine life forms including corals, wipes, and fish in this marine condition. Mangrove timberlands are found all through this sea-going biological system. Sullying of the Persian Gulf to oil-based goods is the principle of danger to this marine condition and this contamination can effectively affect this differing marine condition. Numerous specialists examined the result of oil contamination on Persian Gulf marine creatures including corals sponges, bivalves, and fishes. These analysts affirmed this oil contamination on the Persian Gulf significantly diminished biodiversity. Diverse microorganisms fit to consume oil-based commodities detailed by various scientists from the Persian Gulf and their capacity to the debasement of unrefined petroleum has been examined. There has additionally been little exploration of cyanobacteria, yeast, and unrefined petroleum debasing organisms in this sea-going environment. Biosurfactants are amphipathic molecules that upgrade the disintegration of oil and increment their bioavailability to corrupt microscopic organisms. Additionally, biosurfactant-producing bacteria were discovered from the Persian Gulf, and the capability to degradation of crude oil in microscale was evaluated. The current review article aims to collect the finding of various researches performed in the Persian Gulf on oil pollution and crude-oil biodegradation. It is expected that by applying biological methods in combination with mechanical and chemical methods, the hazard consequences of crude-oil contamination on this important aquatic ecosystem at the world will be mitigated and a step towards preserving this diverse marine environment.
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- Mehdi Hassanshahian
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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Jin M, Yu X, Yao Z, Tao P, Li G, Yu X, Zhao JL, Peng J. How biofilms affect the uptake and fate of hydrophobic organic compounds (HOCs) in microplastic: Insights from an In situ study of Xiangshan Bay, China. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 184:116118. [PMID: 32731037 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Microplastic (MP) has been identified as an emerging vector that transports hydrophobic organic compounds (HOCs) across aquatic environments due to its hydrophobic surfaces and small size. However, it is also recognized that environmental factors affect MP's chemical vector effects and that attached biofilms could play a major role, although the specific mechanisms remain unclear. To explore this issue, an in situ experiment was conducted at Xiangshan Bay of southeastern China, and dynamics of HOCs (i.e., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)) and bacterial communities related to the model MP (i.e., PE fibers) were analyzed and compared. Through bacterial characterizations including the 16S rRNA approach, higher summer temperatures (31.4 ± 1.07 °C) were found to promote colonizing bacterial assemblages with larger biomasses, higher activity and more degrading bacteria than winter temperatures (13.3 ± 2.49 °C). Consequently, some sorbed pollutants underwent significant decline in the summer, and this decline was particularly the case for PAHs with low (2-3 rings) and median (4 rings) molecular weights such as phenanthrene (59.4 ± 1.6%), chrysene (70.6 ± 4.2%), fluoranthene (77.1 ± 13.3%) and benz[a]anthracene (71.5 ± 11.0%). In our winter test, however, most pollutants underwent a consistent increase throughout the 8-week exposure period. Moreover, more biorefractory pollutants including PCBs and high molecular weight (5-6 rings) PAHs accumulated regardless of bacterial characteristics. Two putative PAH-degrading bacteria appeared with high relative abundances during the summer test, i.e., family Rhodobacteraceae (18.6 ± 0.5%) and genus Sphingomicrobium (22.4 ± 3.6%), associated with drastic decreases in low (45.2 ± 0.4%) and median (66.0 ± 2.5%) molecular weight PAHs, respectively. Bacterial degradation effects of biofilms on PAHs are also supported by the correlative dynamics of salicylic acid, an important degradation intermediate of PAHs. The results of this study indicate that MP's HOC vector effects are essentially determined by interactions between attached pollutants and microbial assemblages, which are further related to bacterial activity and pollutant features. Further studies of biofilm effects on MP toxicity and on the metabolic pathways of MP-attached HOCs are required.
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- Meng Jin
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, PR China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, PR China.
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, PR China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Health Risk Factors for Seafood of Zhejiang Province, Zhoushan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan, 316021, PR China
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- SCNU Environmental Research Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution and Environmental Safety, School of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China
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Wang X, Wan G, Shi L, Gao X, Zhang X, Li X, Zhao J, Sha B, Huang Z. Direct micro-electric stimulation alters phenanthrene-degrading metabolic activities of Pseudomonas sp. strain DGYH-12 in modified bioelectrochemical system. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:31449-31462. [PMID: 31478172 PMCID: PMC6828628 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-05670-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) have great potential for treating wastewater containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); however, detailed data on cell physiological activities in PAH biodegradation pathways stimulated by BESs are still lacking. In this paper, a novel BES device was assembled to promote the growth of Pseudomonas sp. DGYH-12 in phenanthrene (PHE) degradation. The results showed that in the micro-electric field (0.2 V), cell growth rate and PHE degradation efficiency were 22% and 27.2% higher than biological control without electric stimulation (BC), respectively. The extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) concentration in BES (39.38 mg L-1) was higher than control (33.36 mg L-1); moreover, the membrane permeability and ATPase activities were also enhanced and there existing phthalic acid and salicylic acid metabolic pathways in the strain. The degradation genes nahAc, pcaH, and xylE expression levels were upregulated by micro-electric stimulation. This is the first study to analyze the physiological and metabolic effect of micro-electric stimulation on a PHE-degrading strain in detail and systematically.
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- Xingbiao Wang
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China
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- Binzhou Engineering Technology Research Center for High Salt Wastewater Treatment (chips) of Befar Group, Binzhou, Shandong Province, 256602, People's Republic of China
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- Binzhou Engineering Technology Research Center for High Salt Wastewater Treatment (chips) of Befar Group, Binzhou, Shandong Province, 256602, People's Republic of China
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- Binzhou Engineering Technology Research Center for High Salt Wastewater Treatment (chips) of Befar Group, Binzhou, Shandong Province, 256602, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China.
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Miettinen H, Bomberg M, Nyyssönen M, Reunamo A, Jørgensen KS, Vikman M. Oil degradation potential of microbial communities in water and sediment of Baltic Sea coastal area. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0218834. [PMID: 31265451 PMCID: PMC6605675 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Two long-term potentially oil exposed Baltic Sea coastal sites near old oil refineries and harbours were compared to nearby less exposed sites in terms of bacterial, archaeal and fungal microbiomes and oil degradation potential. The bacterial, archaeal and fungal diversities were similar in oil exposed and less exposed sampling sites based on bacterial and archaeal 16S rRNA gene and fungal 5.8S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing from both DNA and RNA fractions. The number of genes participating in alkane degradation (alkB) or PAH-ring hydroxylation (PAH–RHDα) were detected by qPCR in all water and sediment samples. These numbers correlated with the number of bacterial 16S rRNA gene copies in sediment samples but not with the concentration of petroleum hydrocarbons or PAHs. This indicates that both the clean and the more polluted sites at the Baltic Sea coastal areas have a potential for petroleum hydrocarbon degradation. The active community (based on RNA) of the coastal Baltic Sea water differed largely from the total community (based on DNA). The most noticeable difference was seen in the bacterial community in the water samples were the active community was dominated by Cyanobacteria and Proteobacteria whereas in total bacterial community Actinobacteria was the most abundant phylum. The abundance, richness and diversity of Fungi present in water and sediment samples was in general lower than that of Bacteria and Archaea. Furthermore, the sampling location influenced the fungal community composition, whereas the bacterial and archaeal communities were not influenced. This may indicate that the fungal species that are adapted to the Baltic Sea environments are few and that Fungi are potentially more vulnerable to or affected by the Baltic Sea conditions than Bacteria and Archaea.
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- Hanna Miettinen
- Solutions for Natural Resources and Environment, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, VTT, Finland
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- Solutions for Natural Resources and Environment, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, VTT, Finland
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- Solutions for Natural Resources and Environment, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, VTT, Finland
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- Marine Research Centre, Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, Helsinki, Finland
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- Solutions for Natural Resources and Environment, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, VTT, Finland
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Koo H, Mojib N, Thacker RW, Bej AK. Comparative analysis of bacterial community-metagenomics in coastal Gulf of Mexico sediment microcosms following exposure to Macondo oil (MC252). Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:993-1009. [DOI: 10.1007/s10482-014-0268-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2013] [Accepted: 08/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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David MM, Cecillon S, Warne BM, Prestat E, Jansson JK, Vogel TM. Microbial ecology of chlorinated solvent biodegradation. Environ Microbiol 2014; 17:4835-50. [PMID: 24517489 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2013] [Revised: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 01/26/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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This study focused on the microbial ecology of tetrachloroethene (PCE) degradation to trichloroethene, cis-1,2-dichloroethene and vinyl chloride to evaluate the relationship between the microbial community and the potential accumulation or degradation of these toxic metabolites. Multiple soil microcosms supplied with different organic substrates were artificially contaminated with PCE. A thymidine analogue, bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU), was added to the microcosms and incorporated into the DNA of actively replicating cells. We compared the total and active bacterial communities during the 50-day incubations by using phylogenic microarrays and 454 pyrosequencing to identify microorganisms and functional genes associated with PCE degradation to ethene. By use of this integrative approach, both the key community members and the ecological functions concomitant with complete PCE degradation could be determined, including the presence and activity of microbial community members responsible for producing hydrogen and acetate, which are critical for Dehalococcoides-mediated PCE degradation. In addition, by correlation of chemical data and phylogenic microarray data, we identified several bacteria that could potentially oxidize hydrogen. These results demonstrate that PCE degradation is dependent on some microbial community members for production of appropriate metabolites, while other members of the community compete for hydrogen in soil at low redox potentials.
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- Maude M David
- Environmental Microbial Genomics group, Laboratoire Ampère, CNRS UMR 5005, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Université de Lyon, 36 avenue Guy de Collongue, Ecully, 69134, France.,Ecology Department, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Environmental Microbial Genomics group, Laboratoire Ampère, CNRS UMR 5005, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Université de Lyon, 36 avenue Guy de Collongue, Ecully, 69134, France
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- Massachussets Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Environmental Microbial Genomics group, Laboratoire Ampère, CNRS UMR 5005, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Université de Lyon, 36 avenue Guy de Collongue, Ecully, 69134, France
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- Ecology Department, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Environmental Microbial Genomics group, Laboratoire Ampère, CNRS UMR 5005, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Université de Lyon, 36 avenue Guy de Collongue, Ecully, 69134, France
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Bravo D, Martin G, David MM, Cailleau G, Verrecchia E, Junier P. Identification of active oxalotrophic bacteria by Bromodeoxyuridine DNA labeling in a microcosm soil experiments. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2013; 348:103-11. [PMID: 24033776 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2013] [Revised: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 08/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The oxalate-carbonate pathway (OCP) leads to a potential carbon sink in terrestrial environments. This process is linked to the activity of oxalotrophic bacteria. Although isolation and molecular characterizations are used to study oxalotrophic bacteria, these approaches do not give information on the active oxalotrophs present in soil undergoing the OCP. The aim of this study was to assess the diversity of active oxalotrophic bacteria in soil microcosms using the Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) DNA labeling technique. Soil was collected near an oxalogenic tree (Milicia excelsa). Different concentrations of calcium oxalate (0.5%, 1%, and 4% w/w) were added to the soil microcosms and compared with an untreated control. After 12 days of incubation, a maximal pH of 7.7 was measured for microcosms with oxalate (initial pH 6.4). At this time point, a DGGE profile of the frc gene was performed from BrdU-labeled soil DNA and unlabeled soil DNA. Actinobacteria (Streptomyces- and Kribbella-like sequences), Gammaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria were found as the main active oxalotrophic bacterial groups. This study highlights the relevance of Actinobacteria as members of the active bacterial community and the identification of novel uncultured oxalotrophic groups (i.e. Kribbella) active in soils.
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- Daniel Bravo
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Viggor S, Juhanson J, Jõesaar M, Mitt M, Truu J, Vedler E, Heinaru A. Dynamic changes in the structure of microbial communities in Baltic Sea coastal seawater microcosms modified by crude oil, shale oil or diesel fuel. Microbiol Res 2013; 168:415-27. [PMID: 23510642 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2013.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2012] [Revised: 01/29/2013] [Accepted: 02/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The coastal waters of the Baltic Sea are constantly threatened by oil spills, due to the extensive transportation of oil products across the sea. To characterise the hydrocarbon-degrading bacterial community of this marine area, microcosm experiments on diesel fuel, crude oil and shale oil were performed. Analysis of these microcosms, using alkane monooxygenase (alkB) and 16S rRNA marker genes in PCR-DGGE experiments, demonstrated that substrate type and concentration strongly influence species composition and the occurrence of alkB genes in respective oil degrading bacterial communities. Gammaproteobacteria (particularly the genus Pseudomonas) and Alphaproteobacteria were dominant in all microcosms treated with oils. All alkB genes carried by bacterial isolates (40 strains), and 8 of the 11 major DGGE bands from the microcosms, had more than 95% sequence identity with the alkB genes of Pseudomonas fluorescens. However, the closest relatives of the majority of sequences (54 sequences from 79) of the alkB gene library from initially collected seawater DNA were Actinobacteria. alkB gene expression, induced by hexadecane, was recorded in isolated bacterial strains. Thus, complementary culture dependent and independent methods provided a more accurate picture about the complex seawater microbial communities of the Baltic Sea.
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- Signe Viggor
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Genetics, University of Tartu, 23 Riia Street, Tartu 51010, Estonia.
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Ding GC, Heuer H, Smalla K. Dynamics of bacterial communities in two unpolluted soils after spiking with phenanthrene: soil type specific and common responders. Front Microbiol 2012; 3:290. [PMID: 22934091 PMCID: PMC3423926 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Accepted: 07/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Considering their key role for ecosystem processes, it is important to understand the response of microbial communities in unpolluted soils to pollution with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). Phenanthrene, a model compound for PAH, was spiked to a Cambisol and a Luvisol soil. Total community DNA from phenanthrene-spiked and control soils collected on days 0, 21, and 63 were analyzed based on PCR-amplified 16S rRNA gene fragments. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) fingerprints of bacterial communities increasingly deviated with time between spiked and control soils. In taxon specific DGGE, significant responses of Alphaproteobacteria and Actinobacteria became only detectable after 63 days, while significant effects on Betaproteobacteria were detectable in both soils after 21 days. Comparison of the taxonomic distribution of bacteria in spiked and control soils on day 63 as revealed by pyrosequencing indicated soil type specific negative effects of phenanthrene on several taxa, many of them belonging to the Gamma-, Beta-, or Deltaproteobacteria. Bacterial richness and evenness decreased in spiked soils. Despite the significant differences in the bacterial community structure between both soils on day 0, similar genera increased in relative abundance after PAH spiking, especially Sphingomonas and Polaromonas. However, this did not result in an increased overall similarity of the bacterial communities in both soils.
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- Guo-Chun Ding
- Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Braunschweig, Germany
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Beazley MJ, Martinez RJ, Rajan S, Powell J, Piceno YM, Tom LM, Andersen GL, Hazen TC, Van Nostrand JD, Zhou J, Mortazavi B, Sobecky PA. Microbial community analysis of a coastal salt marsh affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41305. [PMID: 22815990 PMCID: PMC3399869 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2012] [Accepted: 06/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Coastal salt marshes are highly sensitive wetland ecosystems that can sustain long-term impacts from anthropogenic events such as oil spills. In this study, we examined the microbial communities of a Gulf of Mexico coastal salt marsh during and after the influx of petroleum hydrocarbons following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Total hydrocarbon concentrations in salt marsh sediments were highest in June and July 2010 and decreased in September 2010. Coupled PhyloChip and GeoChip microarray analyses demonstrated that the microbial community structure and function of the extant salt marsh hydrocarbon-degrading microbial populations changed significantly during the study. The relative richness and abundance of phyla containing previously described hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria (Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Actinobacteria) increased in hydrocarbon-contaminated sediments and then decreased once hydrocarbons were below detection. Firmicutes, however, continued to increase in relative richness and abundance after hydrocarbon concentrations were below detection. Functional genes involved in hydrocarbon degradation were enriched in hydrocarbon-contaminated sediments then declined significantly (p<0.05) once hydrocarbon concentrations decreased. A greater decrease in hydrocarbon concentrations among marsh grass sediments compared to inlet sediments (lacking marsh grass) suggests that the marsh rhizosphere microbial communities could also be contributing to hydrocarbon degradation. The results of this study provide a comprehensive view of microbial community structural and functional dynamics within perturbed salt marsh ecosystems.
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- Melanie J. Beazley
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America
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McGenity TJ, Folwell BD, McKew BA, Sanni GO. Marine crude-oil biodegradation: a central role for interspecies interactions. AQUATIC BIOSYSTEMS 2012; 8:10. [PMID: 22591596 PMCID: PMC3465203 DOI: 10.1186/2046-9063-8-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2012] [Accepted: 04/25/2012] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The marine environment is highly susceptible to pollution by petroleum, and so it is important to understand how microorganisms degrade hydrocarbons, and thereby mitigate ecosystem damage. Our understanding about the ecology, physiology, biochemistry and genetics of oil-degrading bacteria and fungi has increased greatly in recent decades; however, individual populations of microbes do not function alone in nature. The diverse array of hydrocarbons present in crude oil requires resource partitioning by microbial populations, and microbial modification of oil components and the surrounding environment will lead to temporal succession. But even when just one type of hydrocarbon is present, a network of direct and indirect interactions within and between species is observed. In this review we consider competition for resources, but focus on some of the key cooperative interactions: consumption of metabolites, biosurfactant production, provision of oxygen and fixed nitrogen. The emphasis is largely on aerobic processes, and especially interactions between bacteria, fungi and microalgae. The self-construction of a functioning community is central to microbial success, and learning how such "microbial modules" interact will be pivotal to enhancing biotechnological processes, including the bioremediation of hydrocarbons.
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- Terry J McGenity
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK
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Jansson JK, Neufeld JD, Moran MA, Gilbert JA. Omics for understanding microbial functional dynamics. Environ Microbiol 2011; 14:1-3. [PMID: 21651688 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02518.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Survey of bromodeoxyuridine uptake among environmental bacteria and variation in uptake rates in a taxonomically diverse set of bacterial isolates. J Microbiol Methods 2011; 86:376-8. [PMID: 21663771 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2011] [Revised: 05/23/2011] [Accepted: 05/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Incorporation of 5-Bromo-2'-Deoxyuridine (BrdU) into DNA can be used to target replicating bacteria in the environment, but differential uptake capacity is a potential bias. Among 23 bacterial isolates commonly found in soils, most took up BrdU, but at up to 10-fold different cell-specific rates. Combined with results from an in silico analysis of 1000 BrdU-labeled 16S rRNA gene sequences, our results demonstrate a BrdU uptake bias with no apparent relationship between taxa affiliation and ability to incorporate BrdU.
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Fernández-Luqueño F, Valenzuela-Encinas C, Marsch R, Martínez-Suárez C, Vázquez-Núñez E, Dendooven L. Microbial communities to mitigate contamination of PAHs in soil--possibilities and challenges: a review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2011; 18:12-30. [PMID: 20623198 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-010-0371-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2010] [Accepted: 06/23/2010] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND, AIM, AND SCOPE Although highly diverse and specialized prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial communities in soil degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), most of these are removed slowly. This review will discuss the biotechnological possibilities to increase the microbial dissipation of PAHs from soil as well as the main biological and biotechnological challenges. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS Microorganism provides effective and economically feasible solutions for soil cleanup and restoration. However, when the PAHs contamination is greater than the microbial ability to dissipate them, then applying genetically modified microorganisms might help to remove the contaminant. Nevertheless, it is necessary to have a more holistic review of the different individual reactions that are simultaneously taking place in a microbial cell and of the interactions microorganism-microorganism, microorganism-plant, microorganism-soil, and microorganisms-PAHs. PERSPECTIVES Elucidating the function of genes from the PAHs-polluted soil and the study in pure cultures of isolated PAHs-degrading organisms as well as the generation of microorganisms in the laboratory that will accelerate the dissipation of PAHs and their safe application in situ have not been studied extensively. There is a latent environmental risk when genetically engineered microorganisms are used to remedy PAHs-contaminated soil.
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- F Fernández-Luqueño
- Renewable Energy Engineering, Universidad Tecnológica de Tulancingo, Tulancingo, Hidalgo 43642, México.
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Koskinen K, Hultman J, Paulin L, Auvinen P, Kankaanpää H. Spatially differing bacterial communities in water columns of the northern Baltic Sea. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2010; 75:99-110. [PMID: 21059177 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00987.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The Baltic Sea is a large, shallow, and strongly stratified brackish water basin. It suffers from eutrophication, toxic cyanobacterial blooms, and oxygen depletion, all of which pose a threat to local marine communities. In this study, the diversity and community structure of the northern Baltic Sea bacterial communities in the water column were, for the first time, thoroughly studied by 454 sequencing. The spring and autumn bacterial communities were one order of magnitude less diverse than those in recently studied oceanic habitats. Patchiness and strong stratification were clearly detectable; <1% of operational taxonomic units were shared among 11 samples. The community composition was more uniform horizontally (at a fixed depth) between different sites than vertically within one sampling site, implying that the community structure was affected by prevailing physical and hydrochemical conditions. Taxonomic affiliations revealed a total of 23 bacterial classes and 169 genera, while 5% of the sequences remained unclassified. The cyanobacteria accounted for <2% of the sequences, and potentially toxic cyanobacterial genera were essentially absent during the sampling seasons.
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- Kaisa Koskinen
- DNA Sequencing and Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Pushing the limits for amplifying BrdU-labeled DNA encoding 16S rRNA: DNA polymerase as the determining factor. J Microbiol Methods 2010; 83:312-6. [PMID: 20883730 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2010] [Revised: 09/14/2010] [Accepted: 09/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Identifying microorganisms that are active under specific conditions in ecosystems is a challenge in microbial ecology. Recently, the bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) technique was developed to label actively growing cells. BrdU, a thymidine analog, is incorporated into newly synthesized DNA, and the BrdU-labeled DNA is then isolated from total extractable DNA by immunocapture using a BrdU-specific antibody. Analyzing the BrdU-labeled DNA allows for assessing the actively growing community, which can then be compared to the unlabeled DNA that represents the total community. However, applying the BrdU approach to study soils has been problematic due to low DNA amounts and soil contaminants. To address these challenges, we developed a protocol, optimizing specificity and reproducibility, to amplify BrdU-labeled gene fragments encoding 16S rRNA. We found that the determining factor was the DNA polymerase: among the 13 different polymerases we tested, only 3 provided adequate yields with minimal contamination, and only two of those three produced similar amplification patterns of community DNA.
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Näslund J, Nascimento FJA, Gunnarsson JS. Meiofauna reduces bacterial mineralization of naphthalene in marine sediment. ISME JOURNAL 2010; 4:1421-30. [DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Identification and Characteristics of A Novel Salt-Tolerant Exiguobacterium sp. for Azo Dyes Decolorization. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2009; 159:728-38. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-009-8546-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2008] [Accepted: 01/20/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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