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Pan Y, Tang L, Li L, Wu X, Yan L. A versatile fluorescent probe for the ratiometric detection of hydrazine (N 2H 4) in water, soil, plant, and food samples. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 359:124766. [PMID: 39154880 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2024] [Revised: 07/03/2024] [Accepted: 08/16/2024] [Indexed: 08/20/2024]
Abstract
Hydrazine (N2H4) is a crucial chemical raw material extensively utilized in chemical production. However, due to its volatility, water solubility, and high toxicity, both the gaseous form and aqueous solution of N2H4 pose significant environmental risks by causing severe pollution that can adversely impact plants, microorganisms, and human health. Therefore, accurate detection of N2H4 in the environment is imperative for safeguarding public health. In this study, we synthesized a ratiometric fluorescent probe (BCaz-Cy2) based on Carbazole and Hemicyanine groups. This probe exhibits simple synthesis procedure, rapid response time, high sensitivity and selectivity as well as remarkable detection signals. It enables effective detection of N2H4 in various matrices such as water, food, soil and plant samples thereby significantly expanding the scope of applications for N2H4 probes.
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- Yan Pan
- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, PR China.
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Luan Y, Wang Y, Liu C, Lv L, Xu A, Song Z. Effects of potassium monopersulfate on nitrification activity and bacterial community structure of sponge biocarrier biofilm in Litopenaeus vannamei aquaculture system. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2024; 45:3354-3366. [PMID: 37190965 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2023.2215455] [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: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Effects of potassium monopersulfate (KMPS) on the nitrification activity, aquacultural water quality and bacterial community structure of sponge biocarriers with pre-cultured biofilm (SBBF) were analysed through shaking flask experiments and L. vannamei aquaculture experiments. Changes in the ammonia oxidation rate (AOR) and nitrite oxidation rate (NOR) of SBBF under six KMPS concentration treatments (0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 mg/L) were studied. The results showed that the AOR and NOR of SBBF treated with high concentrations of KMPS (3, 4 and 5 mg/L) were significantly lower than those of the control group (CK) (p < 0.05). However, compared with the first dosing of NH4Cl and NaNO2, the inhibition of AOR and NOR by KMPS on AOR and NOR was weakened after the second and third dosing times. That is, AOR and NOR can recover partially or completely over time. The L. vannamei aquaculture experiment was performed using four concentrations of KMPS (0, 2, 4 and 8 mg/L). The results showed that with increasing KMPS dosage, the average and peak concentrations of NH4+-N and NO2--N in each treatment significantly increased (P < 0.05), and the final body weight of shrimp significantly decreased (P < 0.05). Furthermore the highest dose (8.0 mg/L) of KMPS reduced the survival rate by 9.33% compared to the CK. High-throughput sequencing analysis of the biofilm structure showed that the relative abundances of Nitrospirota, Nitrosomonas and Nitrococcus, which are related to nitrogen cycling, and beneficial bacteria including Firmicutes and Bacilli decreased with the addition of KMPS (p < 0.05).
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- Yazhi Luan
- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao Technological University, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Engineer and Pollution Remediation in Shandong Province, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao Technological University, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Engineer and Pollution Remediation in Shandong Province, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao Technological University, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Engineer and Pollution Remediation in Shandong Province, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao Technological University, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Engineer and Pollution Remediation in Shandong Province, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao Technological University, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Engineer and Pollution Remediation in Shandong Province, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao Technological University, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Engineer and Pollution Remediation in Shandong Province, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
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Chen N, Zhang XJ, Wei DH, Ma YP, Liu N, Ma BB, Zhang H, Yang HJ. Effect of sulfide on the nitrogen removal performance and microbial community of low-substrate Anammox process. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2024; 45:2427-2437. [PMID: 36705331 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2023.2174048] [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: 08/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Anammox is one of the most innovative nitrogen removal technologies, while its functional bacteria-anaerobic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AAOB) is sensitive to the impurities in the wastewater. In this study, the long-term effects of sulfide at different concentrations (0, 5, 10, 20, 30, 50, 25 mg L-1) on low substrate Anammox process were studied. The results showed that when the sulfide was 25-30 mg L-1, AAOB was well coupled with sulfide-denitrifying bacteria and the total nitrogen removal efficiency (TNRE) reached a maximum of 91.0%. The hydroxylamine oxidoreductase activity and Heme-c reached 1.678 EU g-1 SS and 0.0023 mmol g-1 SS, respectively, with the hzo and nosZ gene concentrations as 2.52 × 108 and 4.45 × 107 copies mL-1. 50 mg L-1 sulfide inhibited the nitrogen removal by AAOB, resulting in the TNRE decreasing to 81.7%. The experimental results provide a reference for the practical application of Anammox in treating sulfur-containing wastewater.
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- Na Chen
- Henan Collaborative Innovation Center of Environmental Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, School of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Collaborative Innovation Center of Environmental Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, School of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Collaborative Innovation Center of Environmental Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, School of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Collaborative Innovation Center of Environmental Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, School of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Collaborative Innovation Center of Environmental Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, School of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Collaborative Innovation Center of Environmental Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, School of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Collaborative Innovation Center of Environmental Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, School of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Collaborative Innovation Center of Environmental Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, School of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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Beeckman F, Drozdzecki A, De Knijf A, Audenaert D, Beeckman T, Motte H. High-throughput assays to identify archaea-targeting nitrification inhibitors. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 14:1283047. [PMID: 38259951 PMCID: PMC10800436 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1283047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Nitrification is a microbial process that converts ammonia (NH3) to nitrite (NO2 -) and then to nitrate (NO3 -). The first and rate-limiting step in nitrification is ammonia oxidation, which is conducted by both bacteria and archaea. In agriculture, it is important to control this process as high nitrification rates result in NO3 - leaching, reduced nitrogen (N) availability for the plants and environmental problems such as eutrophication and greenhouse gas emissions. Nitrification inhibitors can be used to block nitrification, and as such reduce N pollution and improve fertilizer use efficiency (FUE) in agriculture. Currently applied inhibitors target the bacteria, and do not block nitrification by ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA). While it was long believed that nitrification in agroecosystems was primarily driven by bacteria, recent research has unveiled potential significant contributions from ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA), especially when bacterial activity is inhibited. Hence, there is also a need for AOA-targeting nitrification inhibitors. However, to date, almost no AOA-targeting inhibitors are described. Furthermore, AOA are difficult to handle, hindering their use to test or identify possible AOA-targeting nitrification inhibitors. To address the need for AOA-targeting nitrification inhibitors, we developed two miniaturized nitrification inhibition assays using an AOA-enriched nitrifying community or the AOA Nitrosospaera viennensis. These assays enable high-throughput testing of candidate AOA inhibitors. We here present detailed guidelines on the protocols and illustrate their use with some examples. We believe that these assays can contribute to the discovery of future AOA-targeting nitrification inhibitors, which could complement the currently applied inhibitors to increase nitrification inhibition efficiency in the field and as such contribute to a more sustainable agriculture.
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- Fabian Beeckman
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Ghent, Belgium
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- Screening Core, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Ghent, Belgium
- Centre for Bioassay Development and Screening (C-BIOS), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Ghent, Belgium
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- Screening Core, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Ghent, Belgium
- Centre for Bioassay Development and Screening (C-BIOS), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Ghent, Belgium
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Bodle KB, Mueller RC, Pernat MR, Kirkland CM. Treatment performance and microbial community structure in an aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactor amended with diclofenac, erythromycin, and gemfibrozil. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOMES 2023; 2:1242895. [PMID: 38076031 PMCID: PMC10705044 DOI: 10.3389/frmbi.2023.1242895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
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This study characterizes the effects of three commonly detected pharmaceuticals-diclofenac, erythromycin, and gemfibrozil-on aerobic granular sludge. Approximately 150 μg/L of each pharmaceutical was fed in the influent to a sequencing batch reactor for 80 days, and the performance of the test reactor was compared with that of a control reactor. Wastewater treatment efficacy in the test reactor dropped by approximately 30-40%, and ammonia oxidation was particularly inhibited. The relative abundance of active Rhodocyclaceae, Nitrosomonadaceae, and Nitrospiraceae families declined throughout exposure, likely explaining reductions in wastewater treatment performance. Pharmaceuticals were temporarily removed in the first 12 days of the test via both sorption and degradation; both removal processes declined sharply thereafter. This study demonstrates that aerobic granular sludge may successfully remove pharmaceuticals in the short term, but long-term tests are necessary to confirm if pharmaceutical removal is sustainable.
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- Kylie B. Bodle
- Department of Civil Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
- Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
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- Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA, United States
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
- Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
- Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
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Wright CL, Lehtovirta-Morley LE. Nitrification and beyond: metabolic versatility of ammonia oxidising archaea. THE ISME JOURNAL 2023; 17:1358-1368. [PMID: 37452095 PMCID: PMC10432482 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-023-01467-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Ammonia oxidising archaea are among the most abundant living organisms on Earth and key microbial players in the global nitrogen cycle. They carry out oxidation of ammonia to nitrite, and their activity is relevant for both food security and climate change. Since their discovery nearly 20 years ago, major insights have been gained into their nitrogen and carbon metabolism, growth preferences and their mechanisms of adaptation to the environment, as well as their diversity, abundance and activity in the environment. Despite significant strides forward through the cultivation of novel organisms and omics-based approaches, there are still many knowledge gaps on their metabolism and the mechanisms which enable them to adapt to the environment. Ammonia oxidising microorganisms are typically considered metabolically streamlined and highly specialised. Here we review the physiology of ammonia oxidising archaea, with focus on aspects of metabolic versatility and regulation, and discuss these traits in the context of nitrifier ecology.
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- Chloe L Wright
- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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