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Valero A, Petrash DA, Kuchenbuch A, Korth B. Enriching electroactive microorganisms from ferruginous lake waters - Mind the sulfate reducers! Bioelectrochemistry 2024; 157:108661. [PMID: 38340618 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2024.108661] [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: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/27/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Electroactive microorganisms are pivotal players in mineral transformation within redox interfaces characterized by pronounced oxygen and dissolved metal gradients. Yet, their systematic cultivation from such environments remains elusive. Here, we conducted an anodic enrichment using anoxic ferruginous waters from a post-mining lake as inoculum. Weak electrogenicity (j = ∼5 µA cm-2) depended on electroactive planktonic cells rather than anodic biofilms, with a preference for formate as electron donor. Addition of yeast extract decreased the lag phase but did not increase current densities. The enriched bacterial community varied depending on the substrate composition but mainly comprised of sulfate- and nitrate-reducing bacteria (e.g., Desulfatomaculum spp. and Stenotrophomonas spp.). A secondary enrichment strategy resulted in different bacterial communities composed of iron-reducing (e.g., Klebsiella spp.) and fermentative bacteria (e.g., Paeniclostridium spp.). Secondary electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy results indicate the precipitation of sulfur- and iron-rich organomineral aggregates at the anode surface, presumably impeding current production. Our findings indicate that (i) anoxic waters containing geogenically derived metals can be used to enrich weak electricigens, and (ii) it is necessary to specifically inhibit sulfate reducers. Otherwise, sulfate reducers tend to dominate over EAM during cultivation, which can lead to anode passivation due to biomineralization.
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- Astolfo Valero
- Institute of Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic; Department of Ecosystem Biology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic; Department of Environmental Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry, Czech Geological Survey, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.
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Qiao J, Chen M, Zhong S, Tong H, Li F. Soil Humic Acid Stimulates Potentially Active Dissimilatory Arsenate-Reducing Bacteria in Flooded Paddy Soil as Revealed by Metagenomic Stable Isotope Probing. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:2303-2312. [PMID: 38263620 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c07753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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Dissimilatory arsenate reduction contributes a large proportion of arsenic flux from flooded paddy soil, which is closely linked to soil organic carbon input and efflux. Humic acid (HA) represents a natural ingredient in soil and is shown to enhance microbial arsenate respiration to promote arsenic mobility. However, the community and function profiles of metabolically active arsenate-respiring bacteria and their interactions with HA in paddy soil remain unclear. To probe this linkage, we performed a genome-centric comparison of potentially active arsenate-respiring bacteria in anaerobic microcosms amended with 13C-lactate and HA by combining stable-isotope probing with genome-resolved metagenomics. Indeed, HA greatly accelerated the microbial reduction of arsenate to arsenite. Enrichment of bacteria that harbor arsenate-respiring reductase genes (arrA) in HA-enriched 13C-DNA was confirmed by metagenomic binning, which are affiliated with Firmicutes (mainly Desulfitobacterium, Bacillus, Brevibacillus, and Clostridia) and Acidobacteria. Characterization of reference extracellular electron transfer (EET)-related genes in these arrA-harboring bacteria supports the presence of EET-like genes, with partial electron-transport chain genes identified. This suggests that Gram-positive Firmicutes- and Acidobacteria-related members may harbor unspecified EET-associated genes involved in metal reduction. Our findings highlight the link between soil HA and potentially active arsenate-respiring bacteria, which can be considered when using HA for arsenic removal.
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- Jiangtao Qiao
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangzhou 510650, China
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Eshun LE, Coker VS, Shaw S, Lloyd JR. Strategies for optimizing biovivianite production using dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacteria. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 242:117667. [PMID: 37980994 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117667] [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: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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Vivianite (Fe3(PO4)2·8H2O), a sink for phosphorus, is a key mineralization product formed during the microbial reduction of phosphate-containing Fe(III) minerals in natural systems, and also in wastewater treatment where Fe(III)-minerals are used to remove phosphate. As biovivianite is a potentially useful Fe and P fertiliser, there is much interest in harnessing microbial biovivianite synthesis for circular economy applications. In this study, we investigated the factors that influence the formation of microbially-synthesized vivianite (biovivianite) under laboratory batch systems including the presence and absence of phosphate and electron shuttle, the buffer system, pH, and the type of Fe(III)-reducing bacteria (comparing Geobacter sulfurreducens and Shewanella putrefaciens). The rate of Fe(II) production, and its interactions with the residual Fe(III) and other oxyanions (e.g., phosphate and carbonate) were the main factors that controlled the rate and extent of biovivianite formation. Higher concentrations of phosphate (e.g., P/Fe = 1) in the presence of an electron shuttle, at an initial pH between 6 and 7, were needed for optimal biovivianite formation. Green rust, a key intermediate in biovivianite production, could be detected as an endpoint alongside vivianite and metavivianite (Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2.(OH)2.6H2O), in treatments with G. sulfurreducens and S. putrefaciens. However, XRD indicated that vivianite abundance was higher in experiments containing G. sulfurreducens, where it dominated. This study, therefore, shows that vivianite formation can be controlled to optimize yield during microbial processing of phosphate-loaded Fe(III) materials generated from water treatment processes.
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- Lordina E Eshun
- University of Manchester, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Geomicrobiology Group, Williamson Building, M13 9QQ, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK.
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- University of Manchester, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Geomicrobiology Group, Williamson Building, M13 9QQ, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK.
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- University of Manchester, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Geomicrobiology Group, Williamson Building, M13 9QQ, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK.
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- University of Manchester, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Geomicrobiology Group, Williamson Building, M13 9QQ, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK.
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Ma J, Feng Y, Li L, Zhu L, He Q, Shi Z, Ke S, Ke Q, Zhao Q. Redox mediators stimulated chain elongation process in fluidized cathode electro-fermentation systems for caproate production. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 348:119286. [PMID: 37857216 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119286] [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: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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Medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs), the secondary products of traditional anaerobic fermentation, can be produced via chain elongation (CE), a process often retarded due to the difficulty during interspecies electron transfer (IET). This study employed redox mediators, neutral red (NR), methyl viologen (MV), and methylene blue (MB) as electron shuttles to expedite the electro-fermentation for caproate production by improving IET. Results showed that MV increased the MCFAs production by promoting acetate to ethanol conversion, leading to the highest MCFAs selectivity of 68.73%. While NR was indicated to improve CE by encouraging H2 production, and the biocathode had the highest electrical activity due to the smallest internal resistance and largest capacitance increase of 96% than the control. A higher proportion of Sutterella, Prevotella, and Hydrogenophaga, linked with the H2 mediated interspecies electron transfer (MIET) during CE process, was observed across redox mediators supplied groups compared to the control. The presence of mediators led to an elevated abundance of key enzymes for enhanced CE process and electron transfer. This study provided the perspective of the stimulated electron transfer for improved MCFAs production in electro-fermentation systems.
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- Jingwei Ma
- Hunan Engineering Research Center of Water Security Technology and Application, College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Building Safety and Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China
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- Hunan Engineering Research Center of Water Security Technology and Application, College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Building Safety and Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China
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- Hunan Engineering Research Center of Water Security Technology and Application, College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Building Safety and Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China
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- Hunan Engineering Research Center of Water Security Technology and Application, College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Building Safety and Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China
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- Hunan Engineering Research Center of Water Security Technology and Application, College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Building Safety and Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China.
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- Hunan Engineering Research Center of Water Security Technology and Application, College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Building Safety and Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China
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- Hunan Engineering Research Center of Water Security Technology and Application, College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Building Safety and Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Ecological Treatment Technology for Urban Water Pollution, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1799 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, PR China
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Wang H, Xu Y, Kumar A, Knorr KH, Zhao X, Perez JPH, Sun G, Yu ZG. Temperature and organic carbon quality control the anaerobic carbon mineralization in peat profiles via modulating microbes: A case study of Changbai Mountain. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 237:116904. [PMID: 37595828 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
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Peatlands account for a significant fraction of the global carbon stock. However, the complex interplay of abiotic and biotic factors governing anaerobic carbon mineralization in response to warming remains unclear. In this study, peat sediments were collected from a typical northern peatland-Changbai Mountain to investigate the behavior and mechanism of anaerobic carbon mineralization in response to depth (0-200 cm) and temperature (5 °C, 15 °C and 20 °C), by integrating geochemical and microbial analysis. Several indices including humification indexes (HI), aromaticity, and water extractable organic carbon (WEOC) components were applied to evaluate carbon quality, while 16S rRNA sequencing was used to measure microbial composition. Regardless of temperature, degradations of carbon quality and associated reduction in microbial abundance as well as diversity resulted in a decrease in anaerobic carbon mineralization (both CO2 and CH4) towards greater depth. Warming either from 5 °C to 15 °C or 20 °C significantly increased anaerobic carbon mineralization in all depth profiles by improving carbon availability. Enhanced carbon availabilities were mediated by the change in microbial composition (p < 0.01) and an increase in metabolic activities, which was particularly evident in the enhanced β-glucosidase activity and microbial collaborations. A remarkable increase of over 10-fold in the relative abundance of the Geothrix genus was observed under warming. Overall, warming resulted in an enhanced contribution of CH4 emission and a higher ratio of hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis, as evidenced by carbon isotope fractionation factors. In addition, deep peat soils (>100 cm) with recalcitrant carbon demonstrated greater temperature sensitivity (Q10: ∼2.0) than shallow peat soils (Q10:∼1.2) when temperature increased from 15 °C to 20 °C. The findings of this study have significantly deepened our understanding for mechanisms of carbon quality and microbe-driven anaerobic carbon mineralization in peatlands under global warming.
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- Hongyan Wang
- School of Hydrology and Water Resources, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China; Key Laboratory of Watershed Earth Surface Processes and Ecological Security, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China; State Key Lab of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- School of Hydrology and Water Resources, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- School of Hydrology and Water Resources, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- University of Münster, Institute for Landscape Ecology, Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry Group, Heisenbergstr. 2, Münster, 48149, Germany
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- School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Sec. 3.2 Organic Geochemistry, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473, Potsdam, Germany
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- State Key Lab of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- School of Hydrology and Water Resources, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China.
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Xu JM, Sun YL, Yao XD, Zhang GJ, Zhang N, Wang HC, Wang S, Wang A, Cheng HY. Highly Efficient Coremoval of Nitrate and Phosphate Driven by a Sulfur-Siderite Composite Reactive Filler toward Secondary Effluent Polishing. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:16522-16531. [PMID: 37844031 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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Reactive fillers consisting of reduced sulfur and iron species (SFe-ReFs) have received increasing attention in tertiary wastewater treatment for nitrate and phosphate coremoval. However, the existing SFe-ReFs suffer from either low performance (e.g., pyrrhotite and pyrite) or unsatisfactory use in terms of combustible risk and residual nonreactive impurities (e.g., sulfur mixing with natural iron ores). Here, we developed a new type of sulfur-siderite composite ReF (SSCReF) with a structure of natural siderite powders eventually embedded into sulfur. SSCReFs exhibited many excellent properties, including higher mechanical strengths and hardness and especially much poorer ignitability compared to pure sulfur. By using SSCReF to construct packed-bed reactors, the highest denitrification and dephosphorization rates reached 829.70 gN/m3/d (25 wt % siderite) and 36.70 gP/m3/d (75 wt % siderite), respectively. Dephosphorization was demonstrated to be dependent on sulfur-driven denitrification, in which the acid produced from the later process promoted Fe(II) dissolution, which then directly combined with phosphate to form vivianite or further converted into phosphate adsorbents (ferrihydrite, a green rust-like compound). Water flush was an effective way to finally wash out these surface deposited Fe-P compounds, as well as those nonreactive impurities (Si and Al-bearing compounds) detached from SSCReF. Such a highly efficient and safe SSCReF holds considerable application potential in secondary effluent polishing.
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- Jia-Min Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Cas Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Cas Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Cas Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Extracellular electron transfer (EET) is the physiological process that enables the reduction or oxidation of molecules and minerals beyond the surface of a microbial cell. The first bacteria characterized with this capability were Shewanella and Geobacter, both reported to couple their growth to the reduction of iron or manganese oxide minerals located extracellularly. A key difference between EET and nearly every other respiratory activity on Earth is the need to transfer electrons beyond the cell membrane. The past decade has resolved how well-conserved strategies conduct electrons from the inner membrane to the outer surface. However, recent data suggest a much wider and less well understood collection of mechanisms enabling electron transfer to distant acceptors. This review reflects the current state of knowledge from Shewanella and Geobacter, specifically focusing on transfer across the outer membrane and beyond-an activity that enables reduction of highly variable minerals, electrodes, and even other organisms.
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- J A Gralnick
- BioTechnology Institute and Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA; ,
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- BioTechnology Institute and Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA; ,
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Yu L, Zhang E, Yang L, Liu S, Rensing C, Zhou S. Combining biological denitrification and electricity generation in methane-powered microbial fuel cells. J Environ Sci (China) 2023; 130:212-222. [PMID: 37032037 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2022.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Methane has been demonstrated to be a feasible substrate for electricity generation in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation (DAMO). However, these two processes were evaluated separately in previous studies and it has remained unknown whether methane is able to simultaneously drive these processes. Here we investigated the co-occurrence and performance of these two processes in the anodic chamber of MFCs. The results showed that methane successfully fueled both electrogenesis and denitrification. Importantly, the maximum nitrate removal rate was significantly enhanced from (1.4 ± 0.8) to (18.4 ± 1.2) mg N/(L·day) by an electrogenic process. In the presence of DAMO, the MFCs achieved a maximum voltage of 610 mV and a maximum power density of 143 ± 12 mW/m2. Electrochemical analyses demonstrated that some redox substances (e.g. riboflavin) were likely involved in electrogenesis and also in the denitrification process. High-throughput sequencing indicated that the methanogen Methanobacterium, a close relative of Methanobacterium espanolae, catalyzed methane oxidation and cooperated with both exoelectrogens and denitrifiers (e.g., Azoarcus). This work provides an effective strategy for improving DAMO in methane-powered MFCs, and suggests that methanogens and denitrifiers may jointly be able to provide an alternative to archaeal DAMO for methane-dependent denitrification.
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- Linpeng Yu
- Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, UK; Biofuels Institute, School of Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
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Puigserver D, Herrero J, Carmona JM. Mobilization pilot test of PCE sources in the transition zone to aquitards by combining mZVI and biostimulation with lactic acid. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 877:162751. [PMID: 36921871 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 02/05/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The potential toxic and carcinogenic effects of chlorinated solvents in groundwater on human health and aquatic ecosystems require very effective remediation strategies of contaminated groundwater to achieve the low legal cleanup targets required. The transition zones between aquifers and bottom aquitards occur mainly in prograding alluvial fan geological contexts. Hence, they are very frequent from a hydrogeological point of view. The transition zone consists of numerous thin layers of fine to coarse-grained clastic fragments (e.g., medium sands and gravels), which alternate with fine-grained materials (clays and silts). When the transition zones are affected by DNAPL spills, free-phase pools accumulate on the less conductive layers. Owing to the low overall conductivity of this zone, the pools are very recalcitrant. Little field research has been done on transition zone remediation techniques. Injection of iron microparticles has the disadvantage of the limited accessibility of this reagent to reach the entire source of contamination. Biostimulation of indigenous microorganisms in the medium has the disadvantage that few of the microorganisms are capable of complete biodegradation to total mineralization of the parent contaminant and metabolites. A field pilot test was conducted at a site where a transition zone existed in which DNAPL pools of PCE had accumulated. In particular, the interface with the bottom aquitard was where PCE concentrations were the highest. In this pilot test, a combined strategy using ZVI in microparticles and biostimulation with lactate in the form of lactic acid was conducted. Throughout the test it was found that the interdependence of the coupled biotic and abiotic processes generated synergies between these processes. This resulted in a greater degradation of the PCE and its transformation products. With the combination of the two techniques, the mobilization of the contaminant source of PCE was extremely effective.
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- Diana Puigserver
- Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Applied Geology. Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Water Research Institute (IdRA-UB), Serra Húnter Tenure-elegible Lecturer, C/ Martí i Franquès, s/n, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Applied Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Water Research Institute (IdRA-UB), C/ Martí i Franquès, s/n, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Applied Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Water Research Institute (IdRA-UB), C/ Martí i Franquès, s/n, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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Shi K, Cheng H, Cornell CR, Wu H, Gao S, Jiang J, Liu T, Wang A, Zhou J, Liang B. Micro-aeration assisted with electrogenic respiration enhanced the microbial catabolism and ammonification of aromatic amines in industrial wastewater. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 448:130943. [PMID: 36860074 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.130943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2022] [Revised: 01/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Improvement of refractory nitrogen-containing organics biodegradation is crucial to meet discharged nitrogen standards and guarantee aquatic ecology safety. Although electrostimulation accelerates organic nitrogen pollutants amination, it remains uncertain how to strengthen ammonification of the amination products. This study demonstrated that ammonification was remarkably facilitated under micro-aerobic conditions through the degradation of aniline, an amination product of nitrobenzene, using an electrogenic respiration system. The microbial catabolism and ammonification were significantly enhanced by exposing the bioanode to air. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing and GeoChip analysis, our results indicated that aerobic aniline degraders and electroactive bacteria were enriched in suspension and inner electrode biofilm, respectively. The suspension community had a significantly higher relative abundance of catechol dioxygenase genes contributing to aerobic aniline biodegradation and reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenger genes to protect from oxygen toxicity. The inner biofilm community contained obviously higher cytochrome c genes responsible for extracellular electron transfer. Additionally, network analysis indicated the aniline degraders were positively associated with electroactive bacteria and could be the potential hosts for genes encoding for dioxygenase and cytochrome, respectively. This study provides a feasible strategy to enhance nitrogen-containing organics ammonification and offers new insights into the microbial interaction mechanisms of micro-aeration assisted with electrogenic respiration.
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- Ke Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and Control, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and Control, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and Control, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and Control, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Key Lab of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and Control, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and Control, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Institute for Environmental Genomics and Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA; School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA; School of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA; Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and Control, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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Shi C, Tong M, Cai Q, Li Z, Li P, Lu Y, Cao Z, Liu H, Zhao HP, Yuan S. Electrokinetic-Enhanced Bioremediation of Trichloroethylene-Contaminated Low-Permeability Soils: Mechanistic Insight from Spatio-Temporal Variations of Indigenous Microbial Community and Biodehalogenation Activity. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:5046-5055. [PMID: 36926893 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c00278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Electrokinetic-enhanced bioremediation (EK-Bio), particularly bioaugmentation with injection of biodehalogenation functional microbes such as Dehalococcoides, has been documented to be effective in treating a low-permeability subsurface matrix contaminated with chlorinated ethenes. However, the spatio-temporal variations of indigenous microbial community and biodehalogenation activity of the background matrix, a fundamental aspect for understanding EK-Bio, remain unclear. To fill this gap, we investigated the variation of trichloroethylene (TCE) biodehalogenation activity in response to indigenous microbial community succession in EK-Bio by both column and batch experiments. For a 195 day EK-Bio column (∼1 V/cm, electrolyte circulation, lactate addition), biodehalogenation activity occurred first near the cathode (<60 days) and then spread to the anode (>90 days), which was controlled by electron acceptor (i.e., Fe(III)) competition and microbe succession. Amplicon sequencing and metagenome analysis revealed that iron-reducing bacteria (Geobacter, Anaeromyxobacter, Geothrix) were enriched within initial 60 d and were gradually replaced by organohalide-respiring bacteria (versatile Geobacter and obligate Dehalobacter) afterward. Iron-reducing bacteria required an initial long time to consume the competitive electron acceptors so that an appropriate reductive condition could be developed for the enrichment of organohalide-respiring bacteria and the enhancement of TCE biodehalogenation activity.
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- Chongwen Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Yangtze Catchment Environmental Aquatic Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Lab of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Yangtze Catchment Environmental Aquatic Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Yangtze Catchment Environmental Aquatic Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Lab of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Yangtze Catchment Environmental Aquatic Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
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Ji M, Wang J, Khanal SK, Wang S, Zhang J, Liang S, Xie H, Wu H, Hu Z. Water-energy-greenhouse gas nexus of a novel high-rate activated sludge-two-stage vertical up-flow constructed wetland system for low-carbon wastewater treatment. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 229:119491. [PMID: 36535087 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Municipal wastewater treatment which is associated with high energy consumption and excessive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, has been facing severe challenges toward carbon emissions. In this study, a high-rate activated sludge-two-stage vertical up-flow constructed wetland (HRAS-TVUCW) system was developed to reduce carbon emissions during municipal wastewater treatment. Through carbon management, optimized mass and energy flows were achieved, resulting in high treatment efficiency and low operational energy consumption. The carbon emission of the HRAS-TVUCW system (i.e., 0.21 kg carbon dioxide equivalent/m3 wastewater) was 4.1-folds lower than that of the conventional anaerobic/anoxic/aerobic (A2O) process. Meanwhile, the recovered energy from the HRAS-TVUCW system increased its contribution to carbon neutrality to 40.2%, 4.6-folds higher than that of the A2O process. Results of functional microbial community analysis at the genus level revealed that the controlled dissolved oxygen allocation led to distinctive microbial communities in each unit of HRAS-TVUCW system, which facilitated denitrification efficiency increase and carbon emissions reduction. Overall, the HRAS-TVUCW system could be considered as a cost-effective and sustainable low-carbon technology for municipal wastewater treatment.
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- Mingde Ji
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Environmental Processes and Health, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Environmental Processes and Health, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Environmental Processes and Health, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- College of Safety and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China.
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Environmental Processes and Health, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Environmental Processes and Health, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Environmental Processes and Health, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Environmental Processes and Health, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China.
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Huang Y, Cai B, Dong H, Li H, Yuan J, Xu H, Wu H, Xu Z, Sun D, Dang Y, Holmes DE. Enhancing anaerobic digestion of food waste with granular activated carbon immobilized with riboflavin. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 851:158172. [PMID: 35988634 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Previous studies have shown that anaerobic digestion of food waste can be enhanced by addition of conductive materials that stimulate direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) between bacteria and methanogens. However, at extremely high organic loading rates (OLRs), volatile fatty acids (VFAs) still tend to accumulate even in the presence of conductive materials because of an imbalance between the formation of fermentation products and the rate of methanogenesis. In this study, granular activated carbon (GAC) immobilized with riboflavin (GAC-riboflavin) was added to an anaerobic digester treating food waste. The GAC-riboflavin reactor operated stably at OLRs as high as 11.5 kgCOD/ (m3·d) and kept VFA concentrations below 69.4 mM, COD removal efficiencies, methane production rates, and biogas methane concentrations were much higher in the GAC-riboflavin reactor than the GAC- and non-amended reactors. Transcripts associated with genes that code for proteins involved in DIET based metabolism were somewhat more highly expressed by Methanothrix in the GAC-riboflavin reactor. However, it is unlikely that riboflavin acted as an electron shuttle to stimulate DIET. Rather, it seemed to provide nutrients that enhanced the growth of microorganisms involved in the anaerobic digestion process, including those that are capable of DIET.
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- Yinhui Huang
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, Engineering Research Center for Water Pollution Source Control and Eco-remediation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, Engineering Research Center for Water Pollution Source Control and Eco-remediation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, Engineering Research Center for Water Pollution Source Control and Eco-remediation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, Engineering Research Center for Water Pollution Source Control and Eco-remediation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Wukong Chuangxiang Techolology Co, Ltd, Beijing 100083, China
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- Xinneng Qinglin (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing 100083, China
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- Xinneng Qinglin (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing 100083, China
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- Lingxi Medical Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, Engineering Research Center for Water Pollution Source Control and Eco-remediation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, Engineering Research Center for Water Pollution Source Control and Eco-remediation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Department of Physical and Biological Sciences, Western New England University, 1215 Wilbraham Rd, Springfield, MA 01119, USA
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Dong Y, Sanford RA, Connor L, Chee-Sanford J, Wimmer BT, Iranmanesh A, Shi L, Krapac IG, Locke RA, Shao H. Differential structure and functional gene response to geochemistry associated with the suspended and attached shallow aquifer microbiomes from the Illinois Basin, IL. WATER RESEARCH 2021; 202:117431. [PMID: 34320445 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Despite the clear ecological significance of the microbiomes inhabiting groundwater and connected ecosystems, our current understanding of their habitats, functionality, and the ecological processes controlling their assembly have been limited. In this study, an efficient pipeline combining geochemistry, high-throughput FluidigmTM functional gene amplification and sequencing was developed to analyze the suspended and attached microbial communities inhabiting five groundwater monitoring wells in the Illinois Basin, USA. The dominant taxa in the suspended and the attached microbial communities exhibited significantly different spatial and temporal changes in both alpha- and beta-diversity. Further analyses of representative functional genes affiliated with N2 fixation (nifH), methane oxidation (pmoA), and sulfate reduction (dsrB, and aprA), suggested functional redundancy within the shallow aquifer microbiomes. While more diversified functional gene taxa were observed for the suspended microbial communities than the attached ones except for pmoA, different levels of changes over time and space were observed between these functional genes. Notably, deterministic and stochastic ecological processes shaped the assembly of microbial communities and functional gene reservoirs differently. While homogenous selection was the prevailing process controlling assembly of microbial communities, the neutral processes (e.g., dispersal limitation, drift and others) were more important for the functional genes. The results suggest complex and changing shallow aquifer microbiomes, whose functionality and assembly vary even between the spatially proximate habitats and fractions. This research underscored the importance to include all the interface components for a more holistic understanding of the biogeochemical processes in aquifer ecosystems, which is also instructive for practical applications.
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- Yiran Dong
- School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China; State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Geology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
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- School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China; State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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Lovley DR, Holmes DE. Electromicrobiology: the ecophysiology of phylogenetically diverse electroactive microorganisms. Nat Rev Microbiol 2021; 20:5-19. [PMID: 34316046 DOI: 10.1038/s41579-021-00597-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Electroactive microorganisms markedly affect many environments in which they establish outer-surface electrical contacts with other cells and minerals or reduce soluble extracellular redox-active molecules such as flavins and humic substances. A growing body of research emphasizes their broad phylogenetic diversity and shows that these microorganisms have key roles in multiple biogeochemical cycles, as well as the microbiome of the gut, anaerobic waste digesters and metal corrosion. Diverse bacteria and archaea have independently evolved cytochrome-based strategies for electron exchange between the outer cell surface and the cell interior, but cytochrome-free mechanisms are also prevalent. Electrically conductive protein filaments, soluble electron shuttles and non-biological conductive materials can substantially extend the electronic reach of microorganisms beyond the surface of the cell. The growing appreciation of the diversity of electroactive microorganisms and their unique electronic capabilities is leading to a broad range of applications.
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- Derek R Lovley
- Electrobiomaterials Institute, Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. .,Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA. .,Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.,Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.,Department of Physical and Biological Sciences, Western New England University, Springfield, MA, USA
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Berger S, Shaw DR, Berben T, Ouboter HT, In 't Zandt MH, Frank J, Reimann J, Jetten MSM, Welte CU. Current production by non-methanotrophic bacteria enriched from an anaerobic methane-oxidizing microbial community. Biofilm 2021; 3:100054. [PMID: 34308332 PMCID: PMC8258643 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioflm.2021.100054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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In recent years, the externalization of electrons as part of respiratory metabolic processes has been discovered in many different bacteria and some archaea. Microbial extracellular electron transfer (EET) plays an important role in many anoxic natural or engineered ecosystems. In this study, an anaerobic methane-converting microbial community was investigated with regard to its potential to perform EET. At this point, it is not well-known if or how EET confers a competitive advantage to certain species in methane-converting communities. EET was investigated in a two-chamber electrochemical system, sparged with methane and with an applied potential of +400 mV versus standard hydrogen electrode. A biofilm developed on the working electrode and stable low-density current was produced, confirming that EET indeed did occur. The appearance and presence of redox centers at −140 to −160 mV and at −230 mV in the biofilm was confirmed by cyclic voltammetry scans. Metagenomic analysis and fluorescence in situ hybridization of the biofilm showed that the anaerobic methanotroph ‘Candidatus Methanoperedens BLZ2’ was a significant member of the biofilm community, but its relative abundance did not increase compared to the inoculum. On the contrary, the relative abundance of other members of the microbial community significantly increased (up to 720-fold, 7.2% of mapped reads), placing these microorganisms among the dominant species in the bioanode community. This group included Zoogloea sp., Dechloromonas sp., two members of the Bacteroidetes phylum, and the spirochete Leptonema sp. Genes encoding proteins putatively involved in EET were identified in Zoogloea sp., Dechloromonas sp. and one member of the Bacteroidetes phylum. We suggest that instead of methane, alternative carbon sources such as acetate were the substrate for EET. Hence, EET in a methane-driven chemolithoautotrophic microbial community seems a complex process in which interactions within the microbial community are driving extracellular electron transfer to the electrode.
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- S Berger
- Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Department of Microbiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.,Soehngen Institute of Anaerobic Microbiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Department of Microbiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Department of Microbiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.,Soehngen Institute of Anaerobic Microbiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Department of Microbiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.,Netherlands Earth System Science Center, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Department of Microbiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.,Soehngen Institute of Anaerobic Microbiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Department of Microbiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Department of Microbiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.,Netherlands Earth System Science Center, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,Soehngen Institute of Anaerobic Microbiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Department of Microbiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.,Soehngen Institute of Anaerobic Microbiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Bio-Electrochemical System Depollution Capabilities and Monitoring Applications: Models, Applicability, Advanced Bio-Based Concept for Predicting Pollutant Degradation and Microbial Growth Kinetics via Gene Regulation Modelling. Processes (Basel) 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/pr9061038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Microbial fuel cells (MFC) are an emerging technology for waste, wastewater and polluted soil treatment. In this manuscript, pollutants that can be treated using MFC systems producing energy are presented. Furthermore, the applicability of MFC in environmental monitoring is described. Common microbial species used, release of genome sequences, and gene regulation mechanisms, are discussed. However, although scaling-up is the key to improving MFC systems, it is still a difficult challenge. Mathematical models for MFCs are used for their design, control and optimization. Such models representing the system are presented here. In such comprehensive models, microbial growth kinetic approaches are essential to designing and predicting a biosystem. The empirical and unstructured Monod and Monod-type models, which are traditionally used, are also described here. Understanding and modelling of the gene regulatory network could be a solution for enhancing knowledge and designing more efficient MFC processes, useful for scaling it up. An advanced bio-based modelling concept connecting gene regulation modelling of specific metabolic pathways to microbial growth kinetic models is presented here; it enables a more accurate prediction and estimation of substrate biodegradation, microbial growth kinetics, and necessary gene and enzyme expression. The gene and enzyme expression prediction can also be used in synthetic and systems biology for process optimization. Moreover, various MFC applications as a bioreactor and bioremediator, and in soil pollutant removal and monitoring, are explored.
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Ma Y, Dai W, Zheng P, Zheng X, He S, Zhao M. Iron scraps enhance simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus removal in subsurface flow constructed wetlands. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 395:122612. [PMID: 32361175 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In rural domestic wastewater treatment using subsurface constructed wetland system (SFCWs), the lack of a carbon source for denitrification and limited phosphorus uptake are responsible for low removal of nitrogen and phosphorus, and a suitable substrate is therefore, necessary. Iron is an important component in nitrogen and phosphorus biogeochemical cycles. Few studies have addressed the application of iron in SFCWs. Therefore, we constructed SFCWs that used iron scraps as a substrate. Enhanced nitrification, denitrification and removal of phosphorus were observed. The large proportion of nitrite-oxidising bacteria present in CWs with iron scraps (CW-T) compared to gravel beds indicated that iron may enhance ammonium (NH4+) oxidation. More nitrate-reducing bacteria related to Fe and autotrophic denitrifying bacteria were discovered in the back zone of CW-T and these enhanced denitrification process. Phosphate (PO43-) reacted with ferrous ion (Fe2+) and ferric ion (Fe3+) to generate the precipitant. Moreover, Fe3+ reacted with water to generate iron oxide (FeOOH) that had a large adsorption capacity for phosphorus. After six months of operation, average NH4+-N, total nitrogen and total phosphorus removal rates were 66.98 ± 13.37 %, 71.26 ± 13.57 % and 93.54 ± 6.64 %, respectively. Iron scraps can potentially be utilised in SFCWs in rural domestic wastewater treatment.
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- Yuhui Ma
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325000, China
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- School of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325000, China
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- School of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325000, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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- School of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325000, China
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Liu D, Chang Q, Gao Y, Huang W, Sun Z, Yan M, Guo C. High performance of microbial fuel cell afforded by metallic tungsten carbide decorated carbon cloth anode. Electrochim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.135243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Microbial Community Succession and Nutrient Cycling Responses following Perturbations of Experimental Saltwater Aquaria. mSphere 2019; 4:4/1/e00043-19. [PMID: 30787117 PMCID: PMC6382968 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00043-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Saltwater aquaria are living systems that support a complex biological community of fish, invertebrates, and microbes. The health and maintenance of saltwater tanks are pressing concerns for home hobbyists, zoos, and professionals in the aquarium trade; however, we do not yet understand the underlying microbial species interactions and community dynamics which contribute to tank setup and conditioning. This report provides a detailed view of ecological succession and changes in microbial community assemblages in two saltwater aquaria which were sampled over a 3-month period, from initial tank setup and conditioning with “live rocks” through subsequent tank cleanings and water replacement. Our results showed that microbial succession appeared to be consistent and replicable across both aquaria. However, changes in microbial communities did not always correlate with water chemistry measurements, and aquarium microbial communities appear to have shifted among multiple stable states without any obvious buildup of undesirable nitrogen compounds in the tank environment. Although aquaria are common features of homes and other buildings, little is known about how environmental perturbations (i.e., tank cleaning, water changes, addition of habitat features) impact the diversity and succession of aquarium microbial communities. In this study, we sought to evaluate the hypotheses that newly established aquaria show clear microbial successional patterns over time and that common marine aquarium-conditioning practices, such as the addition of ocean-derived “live rocks” (defined as any “dead coral skeleton covered with crustose coralline algae” transferred into an aquarium from open ocean habitats) impact the diversity of microbial populations as well as nitrogen cycling in aquaria. We collected water chemistry data alongside water and sediment samples from two independent and newly established saltwater aquaria over a 3-month period. Microbial communities in samples were assessed by DNA extraction, amplification of the 16S rRNA gene, and Illumina MiSeq sequencing. Our results showed clear and replicable patterns of community succession in both aquaria, with the existence of multiple stable states for aquarium microbial assemblages. Notably, our results show that changes in aquarium microbial communities do not always correlate with water chemistry measurements and that operational taxonomic unit (OTU)-level patterns relevant to nitrogen cycling were not reported as statistically significant. Overall, our results demonstrate that aquarium perturbations have a substantial impact on microbial community profiles of aquarium water and sediment and that the addition of live rocks improves nutrient cycling by shifting aquarium communities toward a more typical saltwater assemblage of microbial taxa. IMPORTANCE Saltwater aquaria are living systems that support a complex biological community of fish, invertebrates, and microbes. The health and maintenance of saltwater tanks are pressing concerns for home hobbyists, zoos, and professionals in the aquarium trade; however, we do not yet understand the underlying microbial species interactions and community dynamics which contribute to tank setup and conditioning. This report provides a detailed view of ecological succession and changes in microbial community assemblages in two saltwater aquaria which were sampled over a 3-month period, from initial tank setup and conditioning with “live rocks” through subsequent tank cleanings and water replacement. Our results showed that microbial succession appeared to be consistent and replicable across both aquaria. However, changes in microbial communities did not always correlate with water chemistry measurements, and aquarium microbial communities appear to have shifted among multiple stable states without any obvious buildup of undesirable nitrogen compounds in the tank environment.
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Zhang G, Li B, Liu J, Luan M, Yue L, Jiang XT, Yu K, Guan Y. The bacterial community significantly promotes cast iron corrosion in reclaimed wastewater distribution systems. MICROBIOME 2018; 6:222. [PMID: 30545419 PMCID: PMC6292113 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-018-0610-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Currently, the effect of the bacterial community on cast iron corrosion process does not reach consensus. Moreover, some studies have produced contrasting results, suggesting that bacteria can either accelerate or inhibit corrosion. RESULTS The long-term effects of the bacterial community on cast iron corrosion in reclaimed wastewater distribution systems were investigated from both spatial (yellow layer vs. black layer) and temporal (1-year dynamic process) dimensions of the iron coupon-reclaimed wastewater microcosm using high-throughput sequencing and flow cytometry approaches. Cast iron coupons in the NONdisinfection and UVdisinfection reactors suffered more severe corrosion than did those in the NaClOdisinfection reactor. The bacterial community significantly promoted cast iron corrosion, which was quantified for the first time in the practical reclaimed wastewater and found to account for at least 30.5% ± 9.7% of the total weight loss. The partition of yellow and black layers of cast iron corrosion provided more accurate information on morphology and crystal structures for corrosion scales. The black layer was dense, and the particles looked fusiform, while the yellow layer was loose, and the particles were ellipse or spherical. Goethite was the predominant crystalline phase in black layers, while corrosion products mainly existed as an amorphous phase in yellow layers. The bacterial community compositions of black layers were distinctly separated from yellow layers regardless of disinfection methods. The NONdisinfection and UVdisinfection reactors had a more similar microbial composition and variation tendency for the same layer type than did the NaClOdisinfection reactor. Biofilm development can be divided into the initial start-up stage, mid-term development stage, and terminal stable stage. In total, 12 potential functional genera were selected to establish a cycle model for Fe, N, and S metabolism. Desulfovibrio was considered to accelerate the transfer of Fe0 to Fe2+ and speed up weight loss. CONCLUSION The long-term effect of disinfection processes on corrosion behaviors of cast iron in reclaimed wastewater distribution systems and the hidden mechanisms were deciphered for the first time. This study established a cycle model for Fe, N, and S metabolism that involved 12 functional genera and discovered the significant contribution of Desulfovibrio in promoting corrosion.
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- Guijuan Zhang
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Microbiome Research Centre, St George and Sutherland Clinical School, Department of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Environment and Energy, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Monteverde DR, Sylvan JB, Suffridge C, Baronas JJ, Fichot E, Fuhrman J, Berelson W, Sañudo-Wilhelmy SA. Distribution of Extracellular Flavins in a Coastal Marine Basin and Their Relationship to Redox Gradients and Microbial Community Members. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:12265-12274. [PMID: 30257556 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b02822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The flavins (including flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and riboflavin (RF)) are a class of organic compounds synthesized by organisms to assist in critical redox reactions. While known to be secreted extracellularly by some species in laboratory-based cultures, flavin concentrations are largely unreported in the natural environment. Here, we present pore water and water column profiles of extracellular flavins (FMN and RF) and two degradation products (lumiflavin and lumichrome) from a coastal marine basin in the Southern California Bight alongside ancillary geochemical and 16S rRNA microbial community data. Flavins were detectable at picomolar concentrations in the water column (93-300 pM FMN, 14-40 pM RF) and low nanomolar concentrations in pore waters (250-2070 pM FMN, 11-210 pM RF). Elevated pore water flavin concentrations displayed an increasing trend with sediment depth and were significantly correlated with the total dissolved Fe (negative) and Mn (positive) concentrations. Network analysis revealed a positive relationship between flavins and the relative abundance of Dehalococcoidia and the MSBL9 clade of Planctomycetes, indicating possible secretion by members of these lineages. These results suggest that flavins are a common component of the so-called shared extracellular metabolite pool, especially in anoxic marine sediments where they exist at physiologically relevant concentrations for metal oxide reduction.
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- Danielle R Monteverde
- Department of Earth Sciences , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California United States
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- Department of Oceanography , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California United States
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- Department of Earth Sciences , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California United States
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- Department of Earth Sciences , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California United States
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- Department of Earth Sciences , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California United States
- Department of Biological Sciences , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California United States
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Sepúlveda Cisternas I, Salazar JC, García-Angulo VA. Overview on the Bacterial Iron-Riboflavin Metabolic Axis. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1478. [PMID: 30026736 PMCID: PMC6041382 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Redox reactions are ubiquitous in biological processes. Enzymes involved in redox metabolism often use cofactors in order to facilitate electron-transfer reactions. Common redox cofactors include micronutrients such as vitamins and metals. By far, while iron is the main metal cofactor, riboflavin is the most important organic cofactor. Notably, the metabolism of iron and riboflavin seem to be intrinsically related across life kingdoms. In bacteria, iron availability influences expression of riboflavin biosynthetic genes. There is documented evidence for riboflavin involvement in surpassing iron-restrictive conditions in some species. This is probably achieved through increase in iron bioavailability by reduction of extracellular iron, improvement of iron uptake pathways and boosting hemolytic activity. In some cases, riboflavin may also work as replacement of iron as enzyme cofactor. In addition, riboflavin is involved in dissimilatory iron reduction during extracellular respiration by some species. The main direct metabolic relationships between riboflavin and iron in bacterial physiology are reviewed here.
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- Ignacio Sepúlveda Cisternas
- Programa de Microbiología y Micología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Programa de Microbiología y Micología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Programa de Microbiología y Micología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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McGee CF, Storey S, Clipson N, Doyle E. Concentration-dependent responses of soil bacterial, fungal and nitrifying communities to silver nano and micron particles. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:18693-18704. [PMID: 29705905 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-2087-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The growing use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) is likely to result in increased environmental contamination. Although AgNPs have been reported to affect microbial communities in a range of ecosystems, there is still a lack of information concerning the effect of low concentrations of AgNPs on soil microbial community structures and functional groups involved in biogeochemical cycling. In this study, the concentration-dependent effects of AgNPs and silver micron particles (AgMPs) on bacterial and fungal community structures in an agricultural pastureland soil were examined in a microcosm-based experiment using enzyme analysis, molecular fingerprinting, qPCR and amplicon sequencing. Soil enzyme processes were impacted by Ag contamination, with soil dehydrogenase activity reduced by 1 mg kg-1 of AgNPs and AgMPs. Soil urease activity was less susceptible, but was inhibited by ≥ 10 mg kg-1 AgNPs. The significant (P ≤ 0.001) decrease in copy numbers of the amoA gene by 10 mg kg-1 AgNPs indicated that archaea ammonia oxidisers may be more sensitive to AgNP contamination than bacteria. Amplicon sequencing revealed the bacterial phyla Acidobacteria and Verrucomicrobia to be highly sensitive to AgNP contamination. A broad reduction in the relative abundance of Acidobacterial genera was observed, with the exception of the genus Geothrix which increased in response to AgNP and AgMP amendment. Broad tolerance to Ag was observed among the Bacteriodetes, with higher relative abundance of most genera observed in the presence of AgNPs and AgMPs. The proteobacterial genus Dyella was highly tolerant to AgNPs and AgMPs and relative abundance of this genus increased with Ag concentration. Soil fungal community structure responded to both AgNPs and AgMPs, but the nanoparticle had an impact at a lower concentration. This study demonstrates that pastureland soil microbial communities are highly sensitive to AgNP amendment and key functional processes may be disrupted by relatively low levels of contamination.
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- Conor Francis McGee
- School of Biology and Environmental Science and Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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- School of Biology and Environmental Science and Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- School of Biology and Environmental Science and Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- School of Biology and Environmental Science and Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Sutcliffe B, Chariton AA, Harford AJ, Hose GC, Stephenson S, Greenfield P, Midgley DJ, Paulsen IT. Insights from the Genomes of Microbes Thriving in Uranium-Enriched Sediments. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2018; 75:970-984. [PMID: 29128951 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-017-1102-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Elevated uranium dose (4 g kg-1) causes a shift in billabong sediment communities that result in the enrichment of five bacterial species. These taxa include Geobacter, Geothrix and Dyella species, as well as a novel-potentially predatory-Bacteroidetes species, and a new member of class Anaerolineae (Chloroflexi). Additionally, a population of methanogenic Methanocella species was also identified. Genomic reconstruction and metabolic examination of these taxa reveal a host of divergent life strategies and putative niche partitioning. Resistance-nodulation-division heavy metal efflux (RND-HME) transporters are implicated as potential uranium tolerance strategies among the bacterial taxa. Potential interactions, uranium tolerance and ecologically relevant catabolism are presented in a conceptual model of life in this environment.
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- Brodie Sutcliffe
- Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), PO BOX 52, North Ryde, NSW, 1670, Australia
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- Supervising Scientist Branch, Department of the Environment and Energy, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), PO BOX 52, North Ryde, NSW, 1670, Australia
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- Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), PO BOX 52, North Ryde, NSW, 1670, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), PO BOX 52, North Ryde, NSW, 1670, Australia
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Yamamura S, Sudo T, Watanabe M, Tsuboi S, Soda S, Ike M, Amachi S. Effect of extracellular electron shuttles on arsenic-mobilizing activities in soil microbial communities. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2018; 342:571-578. [PMID: 28888188 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.08.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Revised: 08/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Microbially mediated arsenate (As(V)) and Fe(III) reduction play important roles in arsenic (As) cycling in nature. Extracellular electron shuttles can impact microbial Fe(III) reduction, yet little is known about their effects on microbial As mobilization in soils. In this study, microcosm experiments consisting of an As-contaminated soil and microbial communities obtained from several pristine soils were conducted, and the effects of electron shuttles on As mobilization were determined. Anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate (AQDS) and riboflavin (RF) were chosen as common exogenous and biogenic electron shuttles, respectively, and both compounds significantly enhanced reductive dissolution of As and Fe. Accumulation of Fe(II)-bearing minerals was also observed, which may lead to re-immobilization of As after prolonged incubation. Interestingly, Firmicutes-related bacteria became predominant in all microcosms, but their compositions at the lower taxonomic level were different in each microcosm. Putative respiratory As(V) reductase gene (arrA) analysis revealed that bacteria closely related to a Clostridia group, especially those including the genera Desulfitobacterium and Desulfosporosinus, might play significant roles in As mobilization. These results indicate that the natural soil microbial community can use electron shuttles for enhanced mobilization of As; the use of this type of system is potentially advantageous for bioremediation of As-contaminated soils.
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- Shigeki Yamamura
- Center for Regional Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, 648 Matsudo, Matsudo, Chiba 271-8510, Japan
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- Center for Regional Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
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- Center for Regional Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
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- Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, 648 Matsudo, Matsudo, Chiba 271-8510, Japan
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Zeng Z, Tice MM. Electron Transfer Strategies Regulate Carbonate Mineral and Micropore Formation. ASTROBIOLOGY 2018; 18:28-36. [PMID: 29265883 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2016.1560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Some microbial carbonates are robust biosignatures due to their distinct morphologies and compositions. However, whether carbonates induced by microbial iron reduction have such features is unknown. Iron-reducing bacteria use various strategies to transfer electrons to iron oxide minerals (e.g., membrane-bound enzymes, soluble electron shuttles, nanowires, as well as different mechanisms for moving over or attaching to mineral surfaces). This diversity has the potential to create mineral biosignatures through manipulating the microenvironments in which carbonate precipitation occurs. We used Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, Geothrix fermentans, and Geobacter metallireducens GS-15, representing three different strategies, to reduce solid ferric hydroxide in order to evaluate their influence on carbonate and micropore formation (micro-size porosity in mineral rocks). Our results indicate that electron transfer strategies determined the morphology (rhombohedral, spherical, or long-chained) of precipitated calcium-rich siderite by controlling the level of carbonate saturation and the location of carbonate formation. Remarkably, electron transfer strategies also produced distinctive cell-shaped micropores in both carbonate and hydroxide minerals, thus producing suites of features that could potentially serve as biosignatures recording information about the sizes, shapes, and physiologies of iron-reducing organisms. Key Words: Microbial iron reduction-Micropore-Electron transfer strategies-Microbial carbonate. Astrobiology 18, 28-36.
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- Zhirui Zeng
- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas
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Zacharoff LA, Morrone DJ, Bond DR. Geobacter sulfurreducens Extracellular Multiheme Cytochrome PgcA Facilitates Respiration to Fe(III) Oxides But Not Electrodes. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2481. [PMID: 29312190 PMCID: PMC5732950 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Extracellular cytochromes are hypothesized to facilitate the final steps of electron transfer between the outer membrane of the metal-reducing bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens and solid-phase electron acceptors such as metal oxides and electrode surfaces during the course of respiration. The triheme c-type cytochrome PgcA exists in the extracellular space of G. sulfurreducens, and is one of many multiheme c-type cytochromes known to be loosely bound to the bacterial outer surface. Deletion of pgcA using a markerless method resulted in mutants unable to transfer electrons to Fe(III) and Mn(IV) oxides; yet the same mutants maintained the ability to respire to electrode surfaces and soluble Fe(III) citrate. When expressed and purified from Shewanella oneidensis, PgcA demonstrated a primarily alpha helical structure, three bound hemes, and was processed into a shorter 41 kDa form lacking the lipodomain. Purified PgcA bound Fe(III) oxides, but not magnetite, and when PgcA was added to cell suspensions of G. sulfurreducens, PgcA accelerated Fe(III) reduction similar to addition of FMN. Addition of soluble PgcA to ΔpgcA mutants also restored Fe(III) reduction. This report highlights a distinction between proteins involved in extracellular electron transfer to metal oxides and poised electrodes, and suggests a specific role for PgcA in facilitating electron transfer at mineral surfaces.
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- Lori A Zacharoff
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.,BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Saratale GD, Saratale RG, Shahid MK, Zhen G, Kumar G, Shin HS, Choi YG, Kim SH. A comprehensive overview on electro-active biofilms, role of exo-electrogens and their microbial niches in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 178:534-547. [PMID: 28351012 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.03.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2016] [Revised: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are biocatalyzed systems which can drive electrical energy by directly converting chemical energy using microbial biocatalyst and are considered as one of the important propitious technologies for sustainable energy production. Much research on MFCs experiments is under way with great potential to become an alternative to produce clean energy from renewable waste. MFCs have been one of the most promising technologies for generating clean energy industry in the future. This article summarizes the important findings in electro-active biofilm formation and the role of exo-electrogens in electron transfer in MFCs. This study provides and brings special attention on the effects of various operating and biological parameters on the biofilm formation in MFCs. In addition, it also highlights the significance of different molecular techniques used in the microbial community analysis of electro-active biofilm. It reviews the challenges as well as the emerging opportunities required to develop MFCs at commercial level, electro-active biofilms and to understand potential application of microbiological niches are also depicted. Thus, this review is believed to widen the efforts towards the development of electro-active biofilm and will provide the research directions to overcome energy and environmental challenges.
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- Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale
- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University-Seoul, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10326, Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute of Biotechnology and Medical Converged Science, Dongguk University-Seoul, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10326, Republic of Korea
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- Shanghai Key Lab for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-Restoration, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Dongchuan Rd. 500, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and Environment Research Group, Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University-Seoul, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10326, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Daegu university, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Daegu university, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea
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Riboflavin derivatives are essential cofactors for a myriad of flavoproteins. In bacteria, flavins importance extends beyond their role as intracellular protein cofactors, as secreted flavins are a key metabolite in a variety of physiological processes. Bacteria obtain riboflavin through the endogenous riboflavin biosynthetic pathway (RBP) or by the use of importer proteins. Bacteria frequently encode multiple paralogs of the RBP enzymes and as for other micronutrient supply pathways, biosynthesis and uptake functions largely coexist. It is proposed that bacteria shut down biosynthesis and would rather uptake riboflavin when the vitamin is environmentally available. Recently, the overlap of riboflavin provisioning elements has gained attention and the functions of duplicated paralogs of RBP enzymes started to be addressed. Results point towards the existence of a modular structure in the bacterial riboflavin supply pathways. Such structure uses subsets of RBP genes to supply riboflavin for specific functions. Given the importance of riboflavin in intra and extracellular bacterial physiology, this complex array of riboflavin provision pathways may have developed to contend with the various riboflavin requirements. In riboflavin-prototrophic bacteria, riboflavin transporters could represent a module for riboflavin provision for particular, yet unidentified processes, rather than substituting for the RBP as usually assumed.
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- Víctor Antonio García-Angulo
- a Microbiology and Mycology Program, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile , Santiago , Chile
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Tan Y, Adhikari RY, Malvankar NS, Ward JE, Nevin KP, Woodard TL, Smith JA, Snoeyenbos-West OL, Franks AE, Tuominen MT, Lovley DR. The Low Conductivity of Geobacter uraniireducens Pili Suggests a Diversity of Extracellular Electron Transfer Mechanisms in the Genus Geobacter. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:980. [PMID: 27446021 PMCID: PMC4923279 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Studies on the mechanisms for extracellular electron transfer in Geobacter species have primarily focused on Geobacter sulfurreducens, but the poor conservation of genes for some electron transfer components within the Geobacter genus suggests that there may be a diversity of extracellular electron transport strategies among Geobacter species. Examination of the gene sequences for PilA, the type IV pilus monomer, in Geobacter species revealed that the PilA sequence of Geobacter uraniireducens was much longer than that of G. sulfurreducens. This is of interest because it has been proposed that the relatively short PilA sequence of G. sulfurreducens is an important feature conferring conductivity to G. sulfurreducens pili. In order to investigate the properties of the G. uraniireducens pili in more detail, a strain of G. sulfurreducens that expressed pili comprised the PilA of G. uraniireducens was constructed. This strain, designated strain GUP, produced abundant pili, but generated low current densities and reduced Fe(III) very poorly. At pH 7, the conductivity of the G. uraniireducens pili was 3 × 10-4 S/cm, much lower than the previously reported 5 × 10-2 S/cm conductivity of G. sulfurreducens pili at the same pH. Consideration of the likely voltage difference across pili during Fe(III) oxide reduction suggested that G. sulfurreducens pili can readily accommodate maximum reported rates of respiration, but that G. uraniireducens pili are not sufficiently conductive to be an effective mediator of long-range electron transfer. In contrast to G. sulfurreducens and G. metallireducens, which require direct contact with Fe(III) oxides in order to reduce them, G. uraniireducens reduced Fe(III) oxides occluded within microporous beads, demonstrating that G. uraniireducens produces a soluble electron shuttle to facilitate Fe(III) oxide reduction. The results demonstrate that Geobacter species may differ substantially in their mechanisms for long-range electron transport and that it is important to have information beyond a phylogenetic affiliation in order to make conclusions about the mechanisms by which Geobacter species are transferring electrons to extracellular electron acceptors.
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- Yang Tan
- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst,Amherst, MA, USA; Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst, MA, USA; Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst,Amherst, MA, USA; Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe UniversityMelbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
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Badalamenti JP, Summers ZM, Chan CH, Gralnick JA, Bond DR. Isolation and Genomic Characterization of 'Desulfuromonas soudanensis WTL', a Metal- and Electrode-Respiring Bacterium from Anoxic Deep Subsurface Brine. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:913. [PMID: 27445996 PMCID: PMC4914508 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 05/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Reaching a depth of 713 m below the surface, the Soudan Underground Iron Mine (Soudan, MN, USA) transects a massive Archaean (2.7 Ga) banded iron formation, providing a remarkably accessible window into the terrestrial deep biosphere. Despite organic carbon limitation, metal-reducing microbial communities are present in potentially ancient anoxic brines continuously emanating from exploratory boreholes on Level 27. Using graphite electrodes deposited in situ as bait, we electrochemically enriched and isolated a novel halophilic iron-reducing Deltaproteobacterium, ‘Desulfuromonas soudanensis’ strain WTL, from an acetate-fed three-electrode bioreactor poised at +0.24 V (vs. standard hydrogen electrode). Cyclic voltammetry revealed that ‘D. soudanensis’ releases electrons at redox potentials approximately 100 mV more positive than the model freshwater surface isolate Geobacter sulfurreducens, suggesting that its extracellular respiration is tuned for higher potential electron acceptors. ‘D. soudanensis’ contains a 3,958,620-bp circular genome, assembled to completion using single-molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing reads, which encodes a complete TCA cycle, 38 putative multiheme c-type cytochromes, one of which contains 69 heme-binding motifs, and a LuxI/LuxR quorum sensing cassette that produces an unidentified N-acyl homoserine lactone. Another cytochrome is predicted to lie within a putative prophage, suggesting that horizontal gene transfer plays a role in respiratory flexibility among metal reducers. Isolation of ‘D. soudanensis’ underscores the utility of electrode-based approaches for enriching rare metal reducers from a wide range of habitats.
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- BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Saint Paul MN, USA
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- BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Saint Paul MN, USA
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- BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Saint PaulMN, USA; Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, MinneapolisMN, USA
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- BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Saint PaulMN, USA; Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, MinneapolisMN, USA
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Tricky cyclic voltammetry peaks in glycerol anaerobic fermentation: Microbial excreted organics or others? J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2016.03.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Sisó-Terraza P, Rios JJ, Abadía J, Abadía A, Álvarez-Fernández A. Flavins secreted by roots of iron-deficient Beta vulgaris enable mining of ferric oxide via reductive mechanisms. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2016; 209:733-45. [PMID: 26351005 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2015] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Iron (Fe) is abundant in soils but generally poorly soluble. Plants, with the exception of Graminaceae, take up Fe using an Fe(III)-chelate reductase coupled to an Fe(II) transporter. Whether or not nongraminaceous species can convert scarcely soluble Fe(III) forms into soluble Fe forms has deserved little attention so far. We have used Beta vulgaris, one among the many species whose roots secrete flavins upon Fe deficiency, to study whether or not flavins are involved in Fe acquisition. Flavins secreted by Fe-deficient plants were removed from the nutrient solution, and plants were compared with Fe-sufficient plants and Fe-deficient plants without flavin removal. Solubilization of a scarcely soluble Fe(III)-oxide was assessed in the presence or absence of flavins, NADH (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, reduced form) or plant roots, and an Fe(II) trapping agent. The removal of flavins from the nutrient solution aggravated the Fe deficiency-induced leaf chlorosis. Flavins were able to dissolve an Fe(III)-oxide in the presence of NADH. The addition of extracellular flavins enabled roots of Fe-deficient plants to reductively dissolve an Fe(III)-oxide. We concluded that root-secretion of flavins improves Fe nutrition in B. vulgaris. Flavins allow B. vulgaris roots to mine Fe from Fe(III)-oxides via reductive mechanisms.
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- Patricia Sisó-Terraza
- Department of Plant Nutrition, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei (CSIC), Av. Montañana 1005, E-50080, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei (CSIC), Av. Montañana 1005, E-50080, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei (CSIC), Av. Montañana 1005, E-50080, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei (CSIC), Av. Montañana 1005, E-50080, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei (CSIC), Av. Montañana 1005, E-50080, Zaragoza, Spain
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Cheng HY, Liang B, Mu Y, Cui MH, Li K, Wu WM, Wang AJ. Stimulation of oxygen to bioanode for energy recovery from recalcitrant organic matter aniline in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). WATER RESEARCH 2015; 81:72-83. [PMID: 26043373 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2014] [Revised: 05/05/2015] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The challenge of energy generation from biodegradation of recalcitrant organics in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) is mainly attributed to their persistence to degradation under anaerobic condition in anode chamber of MFCs. In this work, we demonstrated that electricity generation from aniline, a typical recalcitrant organic matter under anaerobic condition was remarkably facilitated by employing oxygen into bioanode of MFCs. By exposing bioanode to air, electrons of 47.2 ± 6.9 C were recovered with aniline removal efficiency of 91.2 ± 2.2% in 144 h. Limited oxygen supply (the anodic headspace was initially filled with air and then closed) resulted in the decrease of electrons recovery and aniline removal efficiency by 52.5 ± 9.4% and 74.2 ± 2.1%, respectively, and further decline by respective 64.3 ± 4.5% and 82.7 ± 1.0% occurred under anaerobic condition. Community analysis showed that anode biofilm was predominated by several aerobic aniline degrading bacteria (AADB) and anode-respiration bacteria (ARB), which likely cooperated with each other and finally featured the energy recovery from aniline. Cyclic voltammetry indicated that anodic bacteria transferred electrons to anode mainly through electron shuttle. This study provided a new sight to acquaint us with the positive role of oxygen in biodegradation of recalcitrant organics on anode as well as electricity generation.
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- Hao-Yi Cheng
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology (SKLUWRE, HIT), Harbin 150090, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Chemistry, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology (SKLUWRE, HIT), Harbin 150090, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology (SKLUWRE, HIT), Harbin 150090, PR China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, William & Cloy Codiga Resource Recovery Center, Center for Sustainable Development & Global Competitiveness, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4020, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology (SKLUWRE, HIT), Harbin 150090, PR China.
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Navarro RR, Aoyagi T, Kimura M, Itoh H, Sato Y, Kikuchi Y, Ogata A, Hori T. High-Resolution Dynamics of Microbial Communities during Dissimilatory Selenate Reduction in Anoxic Soil. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2015; 49:7684-7691. [PMID: 26020820 DOI: 10.1021/es505210p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Selenate is one of the most common toxic metal compounds in contaminated soils. Its redox status can be changed by microbial activity, thus affecting its water solubility and soil mobility. However, current knowledge of microbial dynamics has been limited by the low sensitivity of past isolation and identification protocols. Here, high-throughput Illumina sequencing of 16S rRNA genes was applied to monitor the shift of the microorganisms in an anoxic contaminated soil after Se(VI) and acetate amendment. An autoclaved soil with both chemicals and a live soil with acetate alone were used as controls. Preliminary chemical analysis clearly showed the occurrence of biological selenate reduction coupled with acetate oxidation. Principal coordinate analysis and diversity indices of Illumina-derived sequence data showed dynamic succession and diversification of the microbial community in response to selenate reduction. High-resolution phylogenetic analysis revealed that the relative frequency of an operational taxonomic unit (OTU) from the genus Dechloromonas increased remarkably from 0.2% to 36% as a result of Se(VI) addition. Multiple OTUs representing less abundant microorganisms from the Rhodocyclaceae and Comamonadaceae families had significant increases as well. This study demonstrated that these microorganisms are concertedly involved in selenate reduction of the employed contaminated soil under anoxic conditions.
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- Ronald R Navarro
- †Environmental Management Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Onogawa 16-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan
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- †Environmental Management Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Onogawa 16-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan
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- †Environmental Management Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Onogawa 16-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan
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- ‡Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukisamu-higashi 2-17-2-1, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8517, Japan
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- †Environmental Management Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Onogawa 16-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan
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- ‡Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukisamu-higashi 2-17-2-1, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8517, Japan
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- †Environmental Management Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Onogawa 16-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan
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- †Environmental Management Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Onogawa 16-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan
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The Microbiota and Abundance of the Class 1 Integron-Integrase Gene in Tropical Sewage Treatment Plant Influent and Activated Sludge. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0131532. [PMID: 26115093 PMCID: PMC4482650 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 06/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Bacteria are assumed to efficiently remove organic pollutants from sewage in sewage treatment plants, where antibiotic-resistance genes can move between species via mobile genetic elements known as integrons. Nevertheless, few studies have addressed bacterial diversity and class 1 integron abundance in tropical sewage. Here, we describe the extant microbiota, using V6 tag sequencing, and quantify the class 1 integron-integrase gene (intI1) in raw sewage (RS) and activated sludge (AS). The analysis of 1,174,486 quality-filtered reads obtained from RS and AS samples revealed complex and distinct bacterial diversity in these samples. The RS sample, with 3,074 operational taxonomic units, exhibited the highest alpha-diversity indices. Among the 25 phyla, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes represented 85% (AS) and 92% (RS) of all reads. Increased relative abundance of Micrococcales, Myxococcales, and Sphingobacteriales and reduced pathogen abundance were noted in AS. At the genus level, differences were observed for the dominant genera Simplicispira and Diaphorobacter (AS) as well as for Enhydrobacter (RS). The activated sludge process decreased (55%) the amount of bacteria harboring the intI1 gene in the RS sample. Altogether, our results emphasize the importance of biological treatment for diminishing pathogenic bacteria and those bearing the intI1 gene that arrive at a sewage treatment plant.
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Sander M, Hofstetter TB, Gorski CA. Electrochemical analyses of redox-active iron minerals: a review of nonmediated and mediated approaches. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2015; 49:5862-78. [PMID: 25856208 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Redox-active minerals are ubiquitous in the environment and are involved in numerous electron transfer reactions that significantly affect biogeochemical processes and cycles as well as pollutant dynamics. As a consequence, research in different scientific disciplines is devoted to elucidating the redox properties and reactivities of minerals. This review focuses on the characterization of mineral redox properties using electrochemical approaches from an applied (bio)geochemical and environmental analytical chemistry perspective. Establishing redox equilibria between the minerals and working electrodes is a major challenge in electrochemical measurements, which we discuss in an overview of traditional electrochemical techniques. These issues can be overcome with mediated electrochemical analyses in which dissolved redox mediators are used to increase the rate of electron transfer and to facilitate redox equilibration between working electrodes and minerals in both amperometric and potentiometric measurements. Using experimental data on an iron-bearing clay mineral, we illustrate how mediated electrochemical analyses can be employed to derive important thermodynamic and kinetic data on electron transfer to and from structural iron. We summarize anticipated methodological advancements that will further contribute to advance an improved understanding of electron transfer to and from minerals in environmentally relevant redox processes.
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- Michael Sander
- †Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Environmental Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- ‡Environmental Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Ueberlandstrasse 133,8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland
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- §Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 212 Sackett Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-1408, United States
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Deng D, Zhang Y, Liu Y. A Geobacter strain isolated from rice paddy soil with higher bioelectricity generation capability in comparison to Geobacter sulfurreducens PCA. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra06211j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A novel electrochemically active strain D-8 was successfully isolated from rice paddy soil. The strain D-8 can use more carbon sources and show higher current density thanG. sulfurreducensPCA. It might be a promising bioanodic organism in MFCs.
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- Dandan Deng
- College of Life Sciences
- Northwest A&F University
- Yangling
- PR China
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- College of Life Sciences
- Northwest A&F University
- Yangling
- PR China
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- College of Life Sciences
- Northwest A&F University
- Yangling
- PR China
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Kracke F, Krömer JO. Identifying target processes for microbial electrosynthesis by elementary mode analysis. BMC Bioinformatics 2014; 15:410. [PMID: 25547630 PMCID: PMC4310134 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-014-0410-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2014] [Accepted: 12/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background Microbial electrosynthesis and electro fermentation are techniques that aim to optimize microbial production of chemicals and fuels by regulating the cellular redox balance via interaction with electrodes. While the concept is known for decades major knowledge gaps remain, which make it hard to evaluate its biotechnological potential. Here we present an in silico approach to identify beneficial production processes for electro fermentation by elementary mode analysis. Since the fundamentals of electron transport between electrodes and microbes have not been fully uncovered yet, we propose different options and discuss their impact on biomass and product yields. Results For the first time 20 different valuable products were screened for their potential to show increased yields during anaerobic electrically enhanced fermentation. Surprisingly we found that an increase in product formation by electrical enhancement is not necessarily dependent on the degree of reduction of the product but rather the metabolic pathway it is derived from. We present a variety of beneficial processes with product yield increases of maximal 36% in reductive and 84% in oxidative fermentations and final theoretical product yields up to 100%. This includes compounds that are already produced at industrial scale such as succinic acid, lysine and diaminopentane as well as potential novel bio-commodities such as isoprene, para-hydroxybenzoic acid and para-aminobenzoic acid. Furthermore, it is shown that the way of electron transport has major impact on achievable biomass and product yields. The coupling of electron transport to energy conservation could be identified as crucial for most processes. Conclusions This study introduces a powerful tool to determine beneficial substrate and product combinations for electro-fermentation. It also highlights that the maximal yield achievable by bio electrochemical techniques depends strongly on the actual electron transport mechanisms. Therefore it is of great importance to reveal the involved fundamental processes to be able to optimize and advance electro fermentations beyond the level of lab-scale studies. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12859-014-0410-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Centre for Microbial Electrosynthesis, The University of Queensland, Level 4, Gehrmann Laboratories Building (60), Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia. .,Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
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- Centre for Microbial Electrosynthesis, The University of Queensland, Level 4, Gehrmann Laboratories Building (60), Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia. .,Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
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Ding CM, Lv ML, Zhu Y, Jiang L, Liu H. Wettability-Regulated Extracellular Electron Transfer from the Living Organism ofShewanella loihicaPV-4. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 54:1446-51. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201409163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2014] [Revised: 10/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ding CM, Lv ML, Zhu Y, Jiang L, Liu H. Wettability-Regulated Extracellular Electron Transfer from the Living Organism ofShewanella loihicaPV-4. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201409163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Structure and microbial diversity of biofilms on different pipe materials of a model drinking water distribution systems. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 31:37-47. [PMID: 25342310 PMCID: PMC4282696 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-014-1761-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Accepted: 10/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The experiment was conducted in three model drinking water distribution systems (DWDSs) made of unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC), silane cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes to which tap water was introduced. After 2 years of system operation, microbial communities in the DWDSs were characterized with scanning electron microscopy, heterotrophic plate count, and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. The most extensive biofilms were found in HDPE pipes where bacteria were either attached to mineral deposits or immersed in exopolymers. On PEX surfaces, bacteria did not form large aggregates; however, they were present in the highest number (1.24 × 107 cells cm−2). PVC biofilm did not contain mineral deposits but was made of single cells with a high abundance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which can be harmful to human health. The members of Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes were found in all biofilms and the water phase. Sphingomonadales and Methylophilaceae bacteria were found only in PEX samples, whereas Geothrix fermentans, which can reduce Fe(III), were identified only in PEX biofilm. The DNA sequences closely related to the members of Alphaproteobacteria were the most characteristic and intense amplicons detected in the HDPE biofilm.
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Going wireless: Fe(III) oxide reduction without pili by Geobacter sulfurreducens strain JS-1. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:4331-40. [PMID: 24814783 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01122-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Previous studies have suggested that the conductive pili of Geobacter sulfurreducens are essential for extracellular electron transfer to Fe(III) oxides and for optimal long-range electron transport through current-producing biofilms. The KN400 strain of G. sulfurreducens reduces poorly crystalline Fe(III) oxide more rapidly than the more extensively studied DL-1 strain. Deletion of the gene encoding PilA, the structural pilin protein, in strain KN400 inhibited Fe(III) oxide reduction. However, low rates of Fe(III) reduction were detected after extended incubation (>30 days) in the presence of Fe(III) oxide. After seven consecutive transfers, the PilA-deficient strain adapted to reduce Fe(III) oxide as fast as the wild type. Microarray, whole-genome resequencing, proteomic, and gene deletion studies indicated that this adaptation was associated with the production of larger amounts of the c-type cytochrome PgcA, which was released into the culture medium. It is proposed that the extracellular cytochrome acts as an electron shuttle, promoting electron transfer from the outer cell surface to Fe(III) oxides. The adapted PilA-deficient strain competed well with the wild-type strain when both were grown together on Fe(III) oxide. However, when 50% of the culture medium was replaced with fresh medium every 3 days, the wild-type strain outcompeted the adapted strain. A possible explanation for this is that the necessity to produce additional PgcA, to replace the PgcA being continually removed, put the adapted strain at a competitive disadvantage, similar to the apparent selection against electron shuttle-producing Fe(III) reducers in many anaerobic soils and sediments. Despite increased extracellular cytochrome production, the adapted PilA-deficient strain produced low levels of current, consistent with the concept that long-range electron transport through G. sulfurreducens biofilms is more effective via pili.
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Description of a riboflavin biosynthetic gene variant prevalent in the phylum Proteobacteria. J Bacteriol 2013; 195:5479-86. [PMID: 24097946 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00651-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is the precursor of flavin mononucleotide and flavin adenine dinucleotide, which are cofactors essential for a host of intracellular redox reactions. Microorganisms synthesize flavins de novo to fulfill nutritional requirements, but it is becoming increasingly clear that flavins play a wider role in cellular physiology than was previously appreciated. Flavins mediate diverse processes beyond the cytoplasmic membrane, including iron acquisition, extracellular respiration, and interspecies interactions. While investigating the regulation of flavin electron shuttle biosynthesis in the Gram-negative gammaproteobacterium Shewanella oneidensis, we discovered that a riboflavin biosynthetic gene (ribBA) annotated as encoding a bifunctional 3,4-dihydroxy-2-butanone 4-phosphate (DHBP) synthase/GTP cyclohydrolase II does not possess both functions. The novel gene, renamed ribBX here, encodes an amino-terminal DHBP synthase domain. The carboxy-terminal end of RibBX not only lacks GTP cyclohydrolase II activity but also has evolved a different function altogether in S. oneidensis, regulating the activity of the DHBP synthase domain. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the misannotation of ribBX as ribBA is rampant throughout the phylum Proteobacteria (40% of 2,173 annotated ribBA genes) and that ribBX emerged early in the evolution of this group of microorganisms. We examined the functionality of representative ribBX genes from Beta-, Gamma-, and Epsilonproteobacteria and found that, consistent with sequence-based predictions, the encoded GTP cyclohydrolase II domains lack catalytic activity. The persistence of ribBX in the genomes of so many phylogenetically divergent bacterial species lends weight to the argument that ribBX has evolved a function which lends a selective advantage to the host.
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