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Chen H, Gao B, Guo Y, Yu Q, Hu M, Zhang X. Adding carbon sources to the substrates enhances Cr and Ni removal and mitigates greenhouse gas emissions in constructed wetlands. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 252:118940. [PMID: 38626871 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118940] [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: 01/03/2024] [Revised: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
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Constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment pose challenges related to long-term operational efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions on a global scale. This study investigated the impact of adding peat, humic acid, and biochar into the substrates of constructed wetlands and focused on Cr, and Ni removal, greenhouse gas emissions, and microbial communities in constructed wetlands. Biochar addition treatment achieved the highest removal efficiencies for total Cr (99.96%), Cr (VI) (100%), and total Ni (91.04%). Humic acid and biochar addition both significantly increased the heavy metal content in wetland plant Leersia hexandra and substrates of constructed wetlands. Further analysis of microbial community proportions by high-throughput sequencing revealed that biochar and humic acid treatments enhanced Cr and Ni removal efficiency by increasing the abundance of Bacteroidetes, Geobacter and Ascomycota. Humic acid addition treatment reduced CO2 emissions by decreasing the abundance of Bacteroidetes and increasing that of Basidiomycota. Peat treatment decreased CH4 emissions by reducing the abundance of the Bacteroidetes. Biochar treatment increased the abundance of the Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria as well as Basidiomycota, resulting in reduced N2O emissions. Biochar and humic acid treatments efficiently removed heavy metals from wastewater and mitigated greenhouse gas emissions in constructed wetlands by modifying the microbial communities.
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- Hongxu Chen
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Theory and Technology, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Pollution Control and Water Safety in Karst Area, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China
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- College of Tourism & Landscape Architecture, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China; College of Plant and Ecological Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Theory and Technology, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Pollution Control and Water Safety in Karst Area, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Theory and Technology, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Pollution Control and Water Safety in Karst Area, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Theory and Technology, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Pollution Control and Water Safety in Karst Area, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Theory and Technology, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Pollution Control and Water Safety in Karst Area, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China.
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Munyai R, Ogola HJO, Wambui Kimani V, Modise DM. Unlocking water potential in drylands: Quicklime and fly ash enhance soil microbiome structure, ecological networks and function in acid mine drainage water-irrigated agriculture. Heliyon 2024; 10:e27985. [PMID: 38533070 PMCID: PMC10963335 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
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In water-stressed regions, treated acid mine drainage (AMD) water for irrigated agriculture is a potential solution to address freshwater scarcity. However, a significant knowledge gap exists on the short and long-term effects of treated AMD water on soil health. This study used high-throughput Illumina sequencing and predictive metagenomic profiling to investigate the impact of untreated AMD (AMD), quicklime- (A1Q and A2Q) and quicklime and fly ash-treated AMD water (AFQ) irrigation on soil bacterial diversity, co-occurrence networks and function. Results showed that untreated AMD water significantly increased soil acidity, electrical conductivity (EC), sulfate (SO42-), and heavy metals (HM), including reduced microbial diversity, disrupted interaction networks, and functional capacity. pH, EC, Cu, and Pb were identified as key environmental factors shaping soil microbial diversity and structure. Predominantly, Pseudomonas, Ralstonia picketti, Methylotenera KB913035, Brevundimonas vesicularis, and Methylobacteriumoryzae, known for their adaptability to acidic conditions and metal resistance, were abundant in AMD soils. However, soils irrigated with treated AMD water exhibited significantly reduced acidity (pH > 6.5), HM and SO42- levels, with an enrichment of a balanced bacterial taxa associated with diverse functions related to soil health and agricultural productivity. These taxa included Sphingomonas, Pseudoxanthomonas, Achromobacter, Microbacterium, Rhodobacter, Clostridium, Massillia, Rhizobium, Paenibacillus, and Hyphomicrobium. Moreover, treated AMD water contributed to higher connectivity and balance within soil bacterial co-occurrence networks compared to untreated AMD water. These results show that quicklime/fly ash treatments can help lessen impacts of AMD water on soil microbiome and health, suggesting its potential for irrigated agriculture in water-scarce regions.
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- Rabelani Munyai
- Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, University of South Africa, Florida Science Campus, Roodepoort, 1709, South Africa
- School of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, P.O Box 210-40601 Bondo, Kenya
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- School of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, P.O Box 210-40601 Bondo, Kenya
- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, Florida Science Campus, Roodepoort, 1709, South Africa
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- Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology Research Centre (IMB-RC), Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute (KIRDI), Popo Road off Mombasa Road, South C, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, North West University, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa
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Kumar V, Ameen F, Verma P. Unraveling the shift in bacterial communities profile grown in sediments co-contaminated with chlorolignin waste of pulp-paper mill by metagenomics approach. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1350164. [PMID: 38529176 PMCID: PMC10961449 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1350164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024] Open
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Pulp-paper mills (PPMs) are known for consistently generating a wide variety of pollutants, that are often unidentified and highly resistant to environmental degradation. The current study aims to investigate the changes in the indigenous bacterial communities profile grown in the sediment co-contaminated with organic and inorganic pollutants discharged from the PPMs. The two sediment samples, designated PPS-1 and PPS-2, were collected from two different sites. Physico-chemical characterization of PPS-1 and PPS-2 revealed the presence of heavy metals (mg kg-1) like Cu (0.009-0.01), Ni (0.005-0.002), Mn (0.078-0.056), Cr (0.015-0.009), Pb (0.008-0.006), Zn (0.225-0.086), Fe (2.124-0.764), Al (3.477-22.277), and Ti (99.792-45.012) along with high content of chlorophenol, and lignin. The comparative analysis of organic pollutants in sediment samples using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) revealed the presence of major highly refractory compounds, such as stigmasterol, β-sitosterol, hexadecanoic acid, octadecanoic acid; 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol; heptacosane; dimethyl phthalate; hexachlorobenzene; 1-decanol,2-hexyl; furane 2,5-dimethyl, etc in sediment samples which are reported as a potential toxic compounds. Simultaneously, high-throughput sequencing targeting the V3-V4 hypervariable region of the 16S rRNA genes, resulted in the identification of 1,249 and 1,345 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) derived from a total of 115,665 and 119,386 sequences read, in PPS-1 and PPS-2, respectively. Analysis of rarefaction curves indicated a diversity in OTU abundance between PPS-1 (1,249 OTUs) and PPS-2 (1,345 OTUs). Furthermore, taxonomic assignment of metagenomics sequence data showed that Proteobacteria (55.40%; 56.30%), Bacteoidetes (11.30%; 12.20%), and Planctomycetes (5.40%; 4.70%) were the most abundant phyla; Alphproteobacteria (20.50%; 23.50%), Betaproteobacteria (16.00%; 12.30%), and Gammaproteobacteria were the most recorded classes in PPS-1 and PPS-2, respectively. At the genus level, Thiobacillus (7.60%; 4.50%) was the most abundant genera grown in sediment samples. The results indicate significant differences in both the diversity and relative abundance of taxa in the bacterial communities associated with PPS-2 when compared to PPS-1. This study unveils key insights into contaminant characteristics and shifts in bacterial communities within contaminated environments. It highlights the potential for developing efficient bioremediation techniques to restore ecological balance in pulp-paper mill waste-polluted areas, stressing the importance of identifying a significant percentage of unclassified genera and species to explore novel genes.
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- Vineet Kumar
- Bioprocess and Bioenergy Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Bioprocess and Bioenergy Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
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Sun H, Chen M, Wei L, Xue P, Zhao Q, Gao P, Geng L, Wen Q, Liu W. Roots recruited distinct rhizo-microbial communities to adapt to long-term Cd and As co-contaminated soil in wheat-maize rotation. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 342:123053. [PMID: 38042468 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123053] [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: 10/21/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/04/2023]
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Cd and As accumulation in staple crops poses potential risks to food safety and human health. Rhizo-microbial communities are involved in their behaviors from soil to crops. However, the responses of rhizo-microbial communities to different Cd and As co-contaminated soils in wheat‒maize rotation are still unclear. This study explored whether wheat or maize could recruit distinct rhizo-microbial communities to adapt to long-term co-contaminated soils with low or high levels of Cd and As (LS or HS). It was apparent that the average wheat grain-Cd/As concentrations were 17.96-fold/4.81-fold in LS and 5.64-fold/7.70-fold in HS higher than those in maize grains, significantly depending on the mobility of Cd/As in soil-crop system, especially from soil to root and from straw to grain. Meanwhile, wheat or maize roots recruited specific bacteria and fungi in LS and HS, which were substantially associated with Cd/As bioavailability in rhizosphere. Wheat roots recruited specific bacterial genera norank_c__MB-A2-108 (Actinobacteria), norank_f__JG30-KF-CM45 (Chloroflexi), and norank_o__Rokubacteriales (Methylomirabilota) and fungal genera Metarhizium and Olpidium under HS, and their relative abundances were positively correlated with soil Cd/As bioavailability and were resistant to Cd and As co-contamination. However, bacterial genera Arthrobacter, Nocardioides, Devosia, Skermanella, and Pedobacter were sensitive to Cd and As co-contamination and were specifically enriched in wheat rhizospheres under LS. Meanwhile, the bacterial genus norank_c__KD4-96 (Chloroflexi) was resistant to Cd and As co-contamination under HS and was distinctly enriched in maize rhizosphere. Furthermore, the roots of wheat and maize recruited the bacterial genus Marmoricola in LS, which was sensitive to Cd and As co-contamination, and recruited specific fungal genus Fusicolla in HS, which was tolerant to Cd and As co-contamination. These results confirmed that HS and LS shifted the composition and structure of the rhizo-microbial communities in the wheat-maize rotation to promote crops survival in different long-term Cd and As co-contaminated soils.
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- Hongxin Sun
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Hebei, Baoding, 071000, China; Key Laboratory for Farmland Eco-environment of Hebei Province, Hebei, Baoding, 071000, China; Department of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering, Hebei, Xingtai, 054000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Hebei, Baoding, 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Hebei, Baoding, 071000, China; Key Laboratory for Farmland Eco-environment of Hebei Province, Hebei, Baoding, 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Hebei, Baoding, 071000, China; Key Laboratory for Farmland Eco-environment of Hebei Province, Hebei, Baoding, 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Hebei, Baoding, 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Hebei, Baoding, 071000, China; Key Laboratory for Farmland Eco-environment of Hebei Province, Hebei, Baoding, 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Hebei, Baoding, 071000, China; Key Laboratory for Farmland Eco-environment of Hebei Province, Hebei, Baoding, 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Hebei, Baoding, 071000, China; Key Laboratory for Farmland Eco-environment of Hebei Province, Hebei, Baoding, 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Hebei, Baoding, 071000, China; Key Laboratory for Farmland Eco-environment of Hebei Province, Hebei, Baoding, 071000, China.
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Abbaszade G, Toumi M, Farkas R, Vajna B, Krett G, Dobosy P, Szabó C, Tóth E. Exploring the relationship between metal(loid) contamination rate, physicochemical conditions, and microbial community dynamics in industrially contaminated urban soils. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 897:166094. [PMID: 37582445 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166094] [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: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
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Increasing metal(loid) contamination in urban soils and its impact on soil microbial community have attracted considerable attention. In the present study, the physicochemical parameters and the effects of twelve metal(loid) pollution on soil microbial diversity, their ecotoxic effects, and human health risk assessment in urban soils with different industrial background were studied in comparison with an unpolluted forest soil sample. Results showed that urban soils were highly contaminated, and metal(loid) contamination significantly influenced structure of the soil microbial communities. In all samples the bacterial community was dominated by Proteobacteria, and on the level of phyla characteristic differences were not possible to observe between polluted and control sampling sites. However, clear differences emerged at class and genus level, where several rare taxa disappeared from contaminated urban soils. Simper test results showed that there is 71.6 % bacterial OTU and 9.5 % bacterial diversity dissimilarity between polluted and control samples. Ratio of Patescibacteria, Armatimonadetes, Chlamydiae, Fibrobacteres, and Gemmatimonadetes indicated a significant (p < 0.05) positive correlation with soil Zn, Cr, Pb, Sn, Cu, Mn content, suggest that metal(loid)s strongly influence the structure of microbial community. In contrast, the presence of metal(loid) contamination in urban soils has been found to significantly reduce the population of Archaeal communities. This can be attributed to the depletion of organic matter caused by contamination that reached a minimum of 0.5 m/m% for nitrate and 0.9 m/m% for total organic carbon. The values of urban soil pH were close to neutral, ranging from 5.9 to 8.3. The findings of ecotoxicology test are alarming, as all the studied urban soil sites were cytotoxic to soil microorganisms, and in one site metal(loid) contamination reached genotoxic level. Moreover, all the metal(loid) contaminated sites pose severe and persistent health risk to children, highlighting the urgent need for effective measures to mitigate metal(loid) pollution in urban areas.
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- Gorkhmaz Abbaszade
- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; Lithosphere Fluid Research Lab, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Centre for Ecological Research, Budapest, Hungary
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- Lithosphere Fluid Research Lab, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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Zuo Y, Li Y, Chen H, Ran G, Liu X. Effects of multi-heavy metal composite pollution on microorganisms around a lead-zinc mine in typical karst areas, southwest China. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2023; 262:115190. [PMID: 37390724 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Revised: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
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Heavy metal pollution poses a serious hazard to the soil bacterial community. The purpose of this study is to understand the characteristics of soil heavy metal pollution in lead-zinc mines in karst areas and the response of Pb, Zn, Cd, and As-induced composite pollution to soil microorganisms. This paper selected soil samples from the lead-zinc mining area of Xiangrong Mining Co., Ltd., Puding County, Guizhou Province, China. The soil in the mining area is contaminated by multiple heavy metals such as Pb, Zn, Cd and As. The average levels of Pb, Zn, Cd and As in the Pb-Zn mining soil were 14.5, 7.8, 5.5 and 4.4 times higher than the soil background in this area, respectively. Bacterial community structures and functions were analyzed using 16 S rRNA high-throughput sequencing technology and the PICRUSt method. A total of 19 bacterial phyla, 34 classes and 76 orders were detected in the tested soil. At the phylum level, the Proteobacteria are the dominant flora of the soil in the tailings reservoir area of the lead-zinc mine, respectively GWK1 (49.64%), GWK2 (81.89%), GWK3 (95.16%); and for the surrounding farmland soil, the Proteobacteria, Actinobacteriota, Acidobacteriota, Chloroflexi and Firmicutes are the most abundant in five bacterial groups. RDA analyses revealed that the heavy metal pollution of the lead-zinc mining area has a significant impact on the diversity of soil microorganisms. As the distance from the mining area increased, the heavy metal comprehensive pollution and potential risk value decreased, and the bacterial diversity increased. Additionally, various types of heavy metals have different effects on bacterial communities, and soil heavy metal content will also change the bacterial community structure. Proteobacteria positively related to Pb, Cd, and Zn, therefore, Proteobacteria were highly resistant to heavy metals. PICRUSt analysis suggested that heavy metals significantly affect the metabolic function of microorganisms. Microorganisms might generate resistance and enable themselves to survive by increasing the transport of metal ions and excreting metal ions. These results can be used as a basis for the microbial remediation of heavy metal-contaminated farmland in mining areas.
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- Yingying Zuo
- College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, People's Republic of China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China; Puding Karst Ecosystem Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Puding 562100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China; Puding Karst Ecosystem Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Puding 562100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China; Puding Karst Ecosystem Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Puding 562100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China; Puding Karst Ecosystem Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Puding 562100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China; Puding Karst Ecosystem Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Puding 562100, China.
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Salam LB, Obayori OS, Ilori MO, Amund OO. Chromium contamination accentuates changes in the microbiome and heavy metal resistome of a tropical agricultural soil. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 39:228. [PMID: 37338635 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-023-03681-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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The impacts of hexavalent chromium (Cr) contamination on the microbiome, soil physicochemistry, and heavy metal resistome of a tropical agricultural soil were evaluated for 6 weeks in field-moist microcosms consisting of a Cr-inundated agricultural soil (SL9) and an untreated control (SL7). The physicochemistry of the two microcosms revealed a diminution in the total organic matter content and a significant dip in macronutrients phosphorus, potassium, and nitrogen concentration in the SL9 microcosm. Heavy metals analysis revealed the detection of seven heavy metals (Zn, Cu, Fe, Cd, Se, Pb, Cr) in the agricultural soil (SL7), whose concentrations drastically reduced in the SL9 microcosm. Illumina shotgun sequencing of the DNA extracted from the two microcosms showed the preponderance of the phyla, classes, genera, and species of Actinobacteria (33.11%), Actinobacteria_class (38.20%), Candidatus Saccharimonas (11.67%), and Candidatus Saccharimonas aalborgensis (19.70%) in SL7, and Proteobacteria (47.52%), Betaproteobacteria (22.88%), Staphylococcus (16.18%), Staphylococcus aureus (9.76%) in SL9, respectively. Functional annotation of the two metagenomes for heavy metal resistance genes revealed diverse heavy metal resistomes involved in the uptake, transport, efflux, and detoxification of various heavy metals. It also revealed the exclusive detection in SL9 metagenome of resistance genes for chromium (chrB, chrF, chrR, nfsA, yieF), cadmium (czcB/czrB, czcD), and iron (fbpB, yqjH, rcnA, fetB, bfrA, fecE) not annotated in SL7 metagenome. The findings from this study revealed that Cr contamination induces significant shifts in the soil microbiome and heavy metal resistome, alters the soil physicochemistry, and facilitates the loss of prominent members of the microbiome not adapted to Cr stress.
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- Lateef Babatunde Salam
- Department of Biological Sciences, Microbiology unit, Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, Nigeria.
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria
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Sanghani AD, Patel RK, Dave SR, Tipre DR. Culturable heterotrophic bacterial diversity study from an Indian lignite mine habitat. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2023; 195:649. [PMID: 37160469 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-11176-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Diversity lifts the productivity of any ecosystem as all the species have a vital role to play that is present within the ecosystem. The characterization is essential to delve into the ecological functions of microbial communities and discover the type of microorganisms present within the ecosystem. As microbial diversity in ecosystems responds to environmental disturbances, it functions as a marker to indicate the change in such ecosystems. Mine ecology differs significantly from other habitats due to the presence of acidic runoff. This paper provides insight into the diversity of cultivable bacteria isolated from lignite mines located in south Gujarat. A total of 67 heterotrophic isolates were successfully cultivated from the collected solid and water samples of the Rajpardi and Tadkeshwar Lignite mine sites. The isolates were characterized morphologically and biochemically, and intra- and extracellular enzyme synthesis were studied. Moreover, the relative density and frequency of cultivated isolates from the samples were calculated. The similarity and evenness of the heterotrophic isolated were studied by calculating diversity indices such as Shannon and Simpson. Alpha diversity was calculated in PAST software to analyse the similarity between the selected two mine sites. This research also explored the relationship between the variance in heterotrophic microbial diversity and substrate utilization richness of the studied lignite mines of Gujarat.
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- Anjana D Sanghani
- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 380009, India
- Bioinformatics and Supercomputer Lab, Department of Biosciences, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, 395007, India
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- Bioinformatics and Supercomputer Lab, Department of Biosciences, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, 395007, India
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- Xavier's Research Foundation, Loyola Centre for R & D, St. Xavier College Campus, Navarangpura, Ahmedabad, 380009, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 380009, India.
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Yin X, Martineau C, Samad A, Fenton NJ. Out of site, out of mind: Changes in feather moss phyllosphere microbiota in mine offsite boreal landscapes. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1148157. [PMID: 37089542 PMCID: PMC10113616 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1148157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
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Plant-microbe interactions play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity and ecological services in boreal forest biomes. Mining for minerals, and especially the emission of heavy metal-enriched dust from mine sites, is a potential threat to biodiversity in offsite landscapes. Understanding the impacts of mining on surrounding phyllosphere microbiota is especially lacking. To investigate this, we characterized bacterial and fungal communities in the phyllosphere of feather moss Pleurozium schreberi (Brid). Mitt in boreal landscapes near six gold mine sites at different stages of the mine lifecycle. We found that (1) both mining stage and ecosystem type are drivers of the phyllosphere microbial community structure in mine offsite landscapes; (2) Bacterial alpha diversity is more sensitive than fungal alpha diversity to mining stage, while beta diversity of both groups is impacted; (3) mixed and deciduous forests have a higher alpha diversity and a distinct microbial community structure when compared to coniferous and open canopy ecosystems; (4) the strongest effects are detectable within 0.2 km from operating mines. These results confirmed the presence of offsite effects of mine sites on the phyllosphere microbiota in boreal forests, as well as identified mining stage and ecosystem type as drivers of these effects. Furthermore, the footprint was quantified at 0.2 km, providing a reference distance within which mining companies and policy makers should pay more attention during ecological assessment and for the development of mitigation strategies. Further studies are needed to assess how these offsite effects of mines affect the functioning of boreal ecosystems.
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- Xiangbo Yin
- NSERC-UQAT Industrial Chair in Northern Biodiversity in a Mining Context, Rouyn-Noranda, QC, Canada
- Centre d’Étude de la Forêt, Institut de Recherche sur les Forêts (IRF), Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), Rouyn-Noranda, QC, Canada
- *Correspondence: Xiangbo Yin,
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- NSERC-UQAT Industrial Chair in Northern Biodiversity in a Mining Context, Rouyn-Noranda, QC, Canada
- Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- NSERC-UQAT Industrial Chair in Northern Biodiversity in a Mining Context, Rouyn-Noranda, QC, Canada
- Centre d’Étude de la Forêt, Institut de Recherche sur les Forêts (IRF), Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), Rouyn-Noranda, QC, Canada
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Shen Q, Fu W, Chen B, Zhang X, Xing S, Ji C, Zhang X. Community response of soil microorganisms to combined contamination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and potentially toxic elements in a typical coking plant. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1143742. [PMID: 36950156 PMCID: PMC10025358 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1143742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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Both polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and potentially toxic elements (PTEs) of coking industries impose negative effects on the stability of soil ecosystem. Soil microbes are regarded as an essential moderator of biochemical processes and soil remediation, while their responses to PAHs-PTEs combined contamination are largely unknown. In the present study, soil microbial diversity and community composition in the typical coking plant under the chronic co-exposure of PAHs and PTEs were investigated and microbial interaction networks were built to reveal microbial co-occurrence patterns. The results indicated that the concentrations of PAHs in the soil inside the coking plant were significantly higher than those outside the plant. The mean concentration of ∑16PAHs was 2894.4 ng·g-1, which is 5.58 times higher than that outside the plant. The average Hg concentration inside the coking plant was 22 times higher than the background value of Hebei province. The soil fungal community inside the coking plant showed lower richness compared with that of outside community, and there are significant difference in the bacterial and fungal community composition between inside and outside of coking plant (p < 0.01). Predicted contribution of different environmental factors to each dominant species based on random forest identified 20 and 25 biomarkers in bacteria and fungi, respectively, that were highly sensitive to coking plant soil in operation, such as Betaproteobacteria,Sordariomycetes and Dothideomycetes. Bacterial and fungal communities were shaped by the soil chemical properties (pH), PTEs (Hg), and PAHs together in the coking plant soils. Furthermore, the bacterial and fungal interaction patterns were investigated separately or jointly by intradomain and interdomain networks. Competition is the main strategy based on the co-exclusion pattern in fungal community, and the competitive relationship inside the coking plant is more complex than that outside the plant. In contrast, cooperation is the dominant strategy in bacterial networks based on the co-occurrence pattern. The present study provided insights into microbial response strategies and the interactions between bacteria and fungi under long-term combined contamination.
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- Qihui Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Odhiambo KA, Ogola HJO, Onyango B, Tekere M, Ijoma GN. Contribution of pollution gradient to the sediment microbiome and potential pathogens in urban streams draining into Lake Victoria (Kenya). ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:36450-36471. [PMID: 36543987 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-24517-0] [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: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), urban rivers/streams have long been subjected to anthropogenic pollution caused by urbanization, resulting in significantly altered chemical and biological properties of surface water and sediments. However, little is known about the diversity and structure of river microbial community composition and pathogens, as well as how they respond to anthropogenic inputs. High-throughput 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing and PICRUSt predictive function profiling were used in this study to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the spatial bacterial distribution and metabolic functions in sediment of two urban streams (Kisat and Auji) flowing through Kisumu City, Kenya. Results revealed that sediment samples from the highly urbanized mid and lower stream catchment zones of both streams had significantly higher levels of total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorous (TP) than the less urbanized upper catchment zone, and were severely polluted with toxic heavy metals lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and copper (Cu). Differential distribution of Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, Chloroflexi, and Verrucomicrobia in sediment bacterial composition was detected along stream catchment zones. The polluted mid and lower catchment zones were rich in Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria, as well as a variety of potential pathogenic taxa such as Corynebacterium, Staphylococcus, Cutibacterium, Turicella, Acinetobacter, and Micrococcus, as well as enteric bacteria such as Faecalibacterium, Shewanella, Escherichia, Klebsiella, Enterococcus, Prevotella, Legionella, Vibrio and Salmonella. Furthermore, PICRUSt metabolic inference analysis revealed an increasing enrichment in the sediments of genes associated with carbon and nitrogen metabolism, disease pathogenesis, and virulence. Environmental factors (TOC, Pb, Cd, TN, pH) and geographical distance as significant drivers of sediment bacterial community assembly, with the environmental selection to play a dominant role. In polluted river catchment zone sediment samples, Pb content was the most influential sediment property, followed by TOC and Cd content. Given the predicted increase in urbanization in SSA, further alteration of surface water and sediment microbiome due to urban river pollution is unavoidable, with potential long-term effects on ecosystem function and potential health hazards. As a result, this study provides valuable information for ecological risk assessment and management of urban rivers impacted by diffuse and point source anthropogenic inputs, which is critical for future proactive and sustainable urban waste management, monitoring, and water pollution control in low-income countries.
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- Kennedy Achieng Odhiambo
- Department of Biological Sciences, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, P.O Box 210, Bondo, 40601, Kenya
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- Department of Environmental Science, University of South Africa, Florida Science Campus, Roodepoort, 1709, South Africa.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, P.O Box 210, Bondo, 40601, Kenya
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- Department of Environmental Science, University of South Africa, Florida Science Campus, Roodepoort, 1709, South Africa
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- Institute for the Development of Energy for African Sustainability (IDEAS), College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa, Florida, Roodepoort, 1709, South Africa
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Zhu W, Lv Y, Zhang QD, Chang LM, Chen QH, Wang B, Jiang JP. Cascading effects of Pb on the environmental and symbiotic microbiota and tadpoles' physiology based on field data and laboratory validation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 862:160817. [PMID: 36502979 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Revised: 12/04/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Heavy metal pollution poses a serious threat to ecosystems. Currently, there is a lack of field data that would enable us to gain a systematic understanding of the influences of heavy metals on aquatic ecosystems, especially the interactions between environments and animals. We studied the relationships between the variations in heavy metal concentrations (10 species including Pb in sediments and surface water), the community structure of environmental and symbiotic microbiota, and the gut traits of Bufo gargarizans tadpoles across 16 sampling sites on the Chengdu Plain through rigorous statistical analysis and laboratory validation. The results show that heavy metal concentrations, especially the Pb concentration of the sediment, are linked to the variations in sediment and tadpoles' gut microbiomes but not to water microbiota. For the sediment microbiota, Pb causes a trade-off between the proportions of Burkholderiales and Verrucomicrobiae and affects the methane, sulfide, and nitrate metabolisms. For tadpoles, a high sediment Pb content leads to a low abundance of gut aerobic bacteria and a large relative gut weight under both field and laboratory conditions. In addition, Pb promotes the growth of B. gargarizans tadpoles under laboratory conditions. These effects seem to be beneficial to tadpoles. However, a high Pb content leads to a low abundance of probiotic bacteria (e.g., Verrucomicrobiae, Eubacteriaceae, and Cetobacterium) and a high abundance of pathogenic bacteria in the gut and environment, suggesting potential health risks posed by Pb. Interestingly, there is a causal relationship between Pb-induced variations in sediment and symbiotic microbiotas, and the latter is further linked to the variation in relative gut weight of tadpoles. This suggests a cascading effect of Pb on the ecosystem. In conclusion, our results indicate that among the heavy metals, the Pb in sediment is a critical factor affecting the aquatic ecosystem through an environment-gut-physiology pathway mediated by microbiota.
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- Wei Zhu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China.
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Zhang W, Mo Q, Huang Z, Sabar MA, Medunić G, Ivošević T, He H, Urynowicz M, Liu FJ, Guo H, Haider R, Ali MI, Jamal A. Contaminants from a former Croatian coal sludge dictate the structure of microbiota in the estuarine (Raša Bay) sediment and soil. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1126612. [PMID: 36846805 PMCID: PMC9947854 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1126612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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Introduction Croatian superhigh-organic-sulfur Raša coal had been mined for nearly 400 years. The release of hazardous trace elements (HTEs) and toxic organic pollutants (TOPs) into the local environment by coal mining, preparation, and combustion activities has resulted in pollution. Methods In this study, the diversity and composition of microbial communities in estuarine sediment and soil samples as well as community function responses to the pollutants were investigated. Results The results showed that PAH degradation does occur following 60 years of natural attenuation, the location is still heavily polluted by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and HTEs. Microbial analyses have shown that high concentrations of PAHs have reduced the diversity and abundance of microbial communities. The pollution exerted an adverse, long-term impact on the microbial community structure and function in the brackish aquatic ecosystem. Microorganisms associated with the degradation of PAHs and sulfur-containing compounds have been enriched although the diversity and abundance of the microbial community have reduced. Fungi which are believed to be the main PAH degrader may play an important role initially, but the activity remains lower thereafter. It is the high concentrations of coal-derived PAHs, rather than HTEs, that have reduced the diversity and abundance of microbial communities and shaped the structure of the local microbiota. Discussion This study could provide a basis for the monitoring and restoration of ecosystems impacted by coal mining activities considering the expected decommission of a large number of coal plants on a global scale in the coming years due to growing global climate change concerns.
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- Weiting Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Coal Processing and Efficient Utilization of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Processing and Efficient Utilization of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Processing and Efficient Utilization of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
- Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States
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- Environmental Risk Control Engineering Laboratory, Division of Environmental Design, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Processing and Efficient Utilization of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Processing and Efficient Utilization of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
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- College of Safety and Emergency Management and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, China
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- Institute of Energy & Environmental Engineering, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Xu H, Fu B, Lei J, Kang H, Wang J, Huang X, Zhu F. Soil microbial communities and their co-occurrence networks in response to long-term Pb-Zn contaminated soil in southern China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:26687-26702. [PMID: 36369447 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23962-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Mining causes extreme heavy metal (HM) contamination to surrounding environments and poses threats to soil microbial community. The effects of HMs on soil microbial communities are not only related to their total amounts but also associated with the distribution of chemical fractions. However, the effects of chemical fractions on soil microbes and their interactions remain largely unclear. Here we investigated soil physicochemical properties and bacterial and fungal communities of soil samples from the control area and lightly (L), moderately (M), and heavily (H) contaminated areas, respectively, which were collected from long-term Pb-Zn slag contamination area in the southern China. The results showed that bacterial and fungal community composition and structure were significantly affected by HMs, while community diversity was not significantly affected by HMs. The critical environmental factor affecting bacterial and fungal communities was pH, and the impacts of chemical fractions on their changes were more significant than the total amounts of HMs. Variance partitioning analysis (VPA) revealed fungal community changes were mostly driven by HM total amounts, but bacterial community changes were mostly driven by soil chemical properties. Co-occurrence network indicated that interactions among species of fungal network were sparser than that of bacterial network, but fungal network was more stable, due to a more significant number of keystone taxa and a lower percentage of positive associations. These illustrated that the fungal community might serve as indicator taxa for HM-contaminated status, and specific HM-responsive fungal species such as Triangularia mangenotii, Saitozyma podzolica, and Cladosporium endophytica, and genus Rhizophagus can be considered relevant bioindicators due to their less relative abundance in contaminated areas. Additionally, HM-responsive bacterial OTUs representing five genera within Sulfurifustis, Thiobacillus, Sphingomonas, Qipengyuania, and Sulfurirhabdus were found to be tolerant to HM stress due to their high relative abundance in contaminated levels.
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- Hongyang Xu
- College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Central-South, University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, People's Republic of China
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Art Design, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, People's Republic of China
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- Changsha Environmental Protection College, Changsha, 410004, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Central-South, University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, People's Republic of China
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Art Design, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, People's Republic of China
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Art Design, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, People's Republic of China.
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Zhu Y, Song K, Cheng G, Xu H, Wang X, Qi C, Zhang P, Liu Y, Liu J. Changes in the bacterial communities in chromium-contaminated soils. Front Vet Sci 2023; 9:1066048. [PMID: 36686195 PMCID: PMC9845777 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1066048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Introduction Hexavalent chromium or Cr(VI) is essential to various industries, such as leather manufacturing and stainless steel production. Given that inevitable leakage from industries pollutes the soil and thereby affects the soil environment. Microbial communities could improve the quality of the soil. Abundant bacterial communities would significantly enhance the soil richness and resist external pressure, benefiting agriculture. But the pollution of heavy metal broke the balance and decrease the abundance of bacterial communities, which weak the self-adjust ability of soil. This study aimed to explore changes in the diversity of soil bacterial communities and to identify the influences of soil bacterial communities on enzymes in soil polluted by Cr(VI). Methods The target soils were sampled quickly and aseptically. Their chromium content was detected through inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, and bacterial microbiome communities were explored through MiSeq high-throughput sequencing. Then, the content of nitrite reductase and catalases were investigated through enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results Chromium content in polluted soils was higher than that in the control soils at all depths. Sobs, Chao1, Ace, and Shannon diversity estimators in the control were higher, whereas Simpson's diversity estimators in the control soils were lower than those of contaminated samples at all depths. Contaminants affected the composition of the bacterial community. The soil microbial species were relatively single and inhomogeneous in the polluted soils. The bacterial phyla in polluted and controlled soils include Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, and Acidobacteria, which differ markedly in abundance. Discussion The results of these observations provide insights into the ecotoxicological effects of Cr(VI) exposure to soil microorganisms. To sum up these results are critical for evaluating the stabilized state of microbial community structures, contributing to the assessment of the potential risk of metal accumulation in soils.
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- Yiran Zhu
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- Research Center for Animal Disease Control Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- Research Center for Animal Disease Control Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- The Affiliated Tai'an City Central Hospital of Qingdao University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- Research Center for Animal Disease Control Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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Pu T, Liu J, Dong J, Qian J, Zhou Z, Xia C, Wei G, Duan B. Microbial community diversity and function analysis of Aconitum carmichaelii Debeaux in rhizosphere soil of farmlands in Southwest China. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1055638. [PMID: 36590406 PMCID: PMC9797738 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1055638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Understanding how microbial communities affect plant growth is crucial for sustainable productivity and ecological health. However, in contrast with the crop system, there is limited information on the microbial community associated with the medicinal plant. We observed that altitude was the most influential factor on the soil microbial community structures of Aconitum carmichaelii Debeaux. For community composition, bacterial reads were assigned to 48 phyla, with Proteobacteria, Acidobacteriota, and Actinobacteriota being the dominant phyla. The fungal reads were assigned to seven phyla, and Ascomycota was the predominant phylum detected in most groups. The four dominant phyla were categorized as keystone taxa in the co-occurrence networks, suggesting that they may be involved in soil disease suppression and nutrient mobility. Bacterial co-occurrence networks had fewer edges, lower average degree, and lower density at YL1, HQ1, HQ2, BC, and DL than fungal networks, creating less intricate rhizosphere network patterns. Furthermore, the bacterial and fungal communities showed strong distance decay of similarity across the sampling range. Overall, this study improves our understanding of regulating rhizosphere microbial communities in soil systems and also provides potential production strategies for planting A. carmichaelii.
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- Tingting Pu
- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Dali University, Dali, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Dali University, Dali, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Dali University, Dali, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Dali University, Dali, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Dali University, Dali, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Dali University, Dali, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Dali University, Dali, China,Key Laboratory of Beijing for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China,*Correspondence: Guangfei Wei, ; Baozhong Duan,
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Dali University, Dali, China,*Correspondence: Guangfei Wei, ; Baozhong Duan,
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Zhang X, Chen Z, Yu Y, Liu Z, Mo L, Sun Z, Lin Z, Wang J. Response of bacterial diversity and community structure to metals in mangrove sediments from South China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 850:157969. [PMID: 35985575 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157969] [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: 06/23/2022] [Revised: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Human activities have given rise to metal contamination in the constituents of mangrove ecosystems, posing a critical threat to sediment microorganisms; hence, it is of great importance to comprehend the effects of metals on the microbial communities in mangrove sediments. This study was the first to explore the response of the bacterial diversity and community structure to nine metals (As, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, V and Zn) and organic matter fractions (including total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), and total sulfur (TS)) in mangrove wetlands from Zhanjiang, China, using 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing technology and Spearman correlation analysis. The results showed that these nine metals were scattered differently in different mangrove sediments, and the metals and organic matter fractions jointly affected the bacterial communities in the sediments. Several metals displayed significant positive correlations with the abundances of the phylum Bacteroidetes and the genera Actibacter and Sphingobacterium but significant negative correlations with the abundances of two genera Holophaga and Caldithrix. Furthermore, the abundances of the phylum Actinobacteria and many bacterial genera showed significant positive or negative responses to the levels of the three organic matter fractions. Interestingly, the levels of a number of bacterial genera that exhibited increased abundance with high levels of metals and TS might be reduced with high TOC and TN, and vice versa: the levels of genera that exhibited decreased abundance with high levels of metals and TS might be increased with high TOC and TN. Overall, many bacterial groups showed different response patterns to each metal or organic matter fraction, and these metals together with organic matter fractions influenced the bacterial diversity and community structure in mangrove sediments.
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- Xiaoyong Zhang
- University Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- University Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Loughborough University, London E20 3BS, UK
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- University Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- University Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- University Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- University Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- University Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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Zhang M, Zhang T, Zhou L, Lou W, Zeng W, Liu T, Yin H, Liu H, Liu X, Mathivanan K, Praburaman L, Meng D. Soil microbial community assembly model in response to heavy metal pollution. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 213:113576. [PMID: 35710022 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Heavy metal pollution affected the stability and function of soil ecosystem. The impact of heavy metals on soil microbial community and the interaction of microbial community has been widely studied, but little was known about the response of community assembly to the heavy metal pollution. In this study, we collected 30 soil samples from non (CON), moderately (CL) and severely (CH) contaminated fields. The prokaryotic community was studied using high-throughput Illumina sequencing of 16s rRNA gene amplicons, and community assembly were quantified using phylogenetic-bin-based null approach (iCAMP). Results showed that diversity and composition of both bacterial and archaeal community changed significantly in response to heavy metal pollution. The microbial community assembly tended to be more deterministic with the increase of heavy metal concentration. Among the assembly processes, the relative importance of homogeneous selection (deterministic process) increased significantly (increased by 16.2%), and the relative importance of drift and dispersal limitation (stochastic process) decreased significantly (decreased by 11.4% and 5.4%, respectively). The determinacy of bacterial and archaeal community assembly also increased with heavy metal stress, but the assembly models were different. The deterministic proportion of microorganisms tolerant to heavy metals, such as Thiobacillus, Euryarchaeota and Crenarchaeota (clustered in bin 32, bin59 and bin60, respectively) increased, while the stochastic proportion of microorganisms sensitive to heavy metals, such as Koribacteraceae (clustered in bin23) increased. Therefore, the heavy metal stress made the prokaryotic community be deterministic, however, the effects on the assembly process of different microbial groups differed obviously.
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- Min Zhang
- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China; Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410083, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China; Hunan Urban and Rural Environmental Construction Co., Ltd, Changsha, 410118, China
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- Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy, 101148, China
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- Hunan Heqing Environmental Technology Co., Ltd, 410221, China
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- Changsha Tobacco Company of Hunan Province, Changsha, 410011, China
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- Tobacco Research Institute of Hunan Province, Changsha, 410004, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China; Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410083, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China; Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410083, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China; Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410083, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China; Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410083, China.
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Cai S, Zhou S, Cheng J, Wang Q, Dai Y. Heavy metals speciation and distribution of microbial communities in sediments from the abandoned Mo-Ni polymetallic mines, southwest of China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:35350-35364. [PMID: 35060049 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-18697-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Chemical fractions of heavy metals (Mo, Ni, Cu, Zn, Fe, Mn, Pb, Cd, and Cr) and compositions of bacteria and fungi in surface sediments from the Mo-Ni polymetallic mine area were analyzed. The results indicated that the mean concentrations of Mo, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Cd were higher than their background values. The mean percentage of Cr in residual fraction was much higher than that of other heavy metals. Mo, Cu, Zn, Fe, and Pb were mainly associated with oxidizable fraction. The dominant proportions of Mn and Cd were found in exchangeable fraction with mean percentages of 93.46% and 54.50%, respectively. According to RAC classification and potential ecological risk index (PERI), the Cd with high bioavailability had a very high environmental risk. The MisSeq sequencing results of bacteria and fungi revealed that microbial communities discrepantly respond to different sampling sites. The most abundant phylum of bacteria and fungi were Proteobacteria and Ascomycota, respectively. The bioavailable heavy metals including Mo-B, Pb-B, and Cd-B were recognized to have important influences on both dominant bacterial and fungal communities. The present study manifested that the bioavailability of heavy metal is very important to assess the potential environmental risk and plays a key role in shaping microbial structure.
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- Shenwen Cai
- College of Resources and Environment, Zunyi Normal University, Zunyi, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Resources and Environment Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Zunyi Normal University, Zunyi, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Zunyi Normal University, Zunyi, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Zunyi Normal University, Zunyi, People's Republic of China
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Yang ZN, Liu ZS, Wang KH, Liang ZL, Abdugheni R, Huang Y, Wang RH, Ma HL, Wang XK, Yang ML, Zhang BG, Li DF, Jiang CY, Corvini PFX, Liu SJ. Soil microbiomes divergently respond to heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in contaminated industrial sites. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ECOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 10:100169. [PMID: 36159729 PMCID: PMC9488039 DOI: 10.1016/j.ese.2022.100169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Contaminated sites from electronic waste (e-waste) dismantling and coking plants feature high concentrations of heavy metals (HMs) and/or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil. Mixed contamination (HMs + PAHs) hinders land reclamation and affects the microbial diversity and function of soil microbiomes. In this study, we analyzed HM and PAH contamination from an e-waste dismantling plant and a coking plant and evaluated the influences of HM and PAH contamination on soil microbiomes. It was noticed that HMs and PAHs were found in all sites, although the major contaminants of the e-waste dismantling plant site were HMs (such as Cu at 5,947.58 ± 433.44 mg kg-1, Zn at 4,961.38 ± 436.51 mg kg-1, and Mn at 2,379.07 ± 227.46 mg kg-1), and the major contaminants of the coking plant site were PAHs (such as fluorene at 11,740.06 ± 620.1 mg kg-1, acenaphthylene at 211.69 ± 7.04 mg kg-1, and pyrene at 183.14 ± 18.89 mg kg-1). The microbiomes (diversity and abundance) of all sites were determined via high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA genes, and redundancy analysis was conducted to investigate the relations between soil microbiomes and contaminants. The results showed that the microbiomes of the contaminated sites divergently responded to HMs and PAHs. The abundances of the bacterial genera Sulfuritalea, Pseudomonas, and Sphingobium were positively related to PAHs, while the abundances of the bacterial genera Bryobacter, Nitrospira, and Steroidobacter were positively related to HMs. This study promotes an understanding of how soil microbiomes respond to single and mixed contamination with HMs and PAHs.
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- Zhen-Ni Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, Hebei Province, China
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- School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221004, Jiangsu Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Muttenz, 4132, Switzerland
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Microbial Technology Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao, 226237, Shandong Province, China
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Responses of Bacterial Taxonomical Diversity Indicators to Pollutant Loadings in Experimental Wetland Microcosms. WATER 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/w14020251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Urbanization results in higher stormwater loadings of pollutants such as metals and nutrients into surface waters. This directly impacts organisms in aquatic ecosystems, including microbes. Sediment microbes are known for pollution reduction in the face of contamination, making bacterial communities an important area for bioindicator research. This study explores the pattern of bacterial responses to metal and nutrient pollution loading and seeks to evaluate whether bacterial indicators can be effective as a biomonitoring risk assessment tool for wetland ecosystems. Microcosms were built containing sediments collected from wetlands in the urbanizing Pike River watershed in southeastern Wisconsin, USA, with metals and nutrients added at 7 day intervals. Bacterial DNA was extracted from the microcosm sediments, and taxonomical profiles of bacterial communities were identified up to the genera level by sequencing 16S bacterial rRNA gene (V3–V4 region). Reduction of metals (example: 90% for Pb) and nutrients (example: 98% for NO3−) added in water were observed. The study found correlations between diversity indices of genera with metal and nutrient pollution as well as identified specific genera (including Fusibacter, Aeromonas, Arthrobacter, Bacillus, Bdellovibrio, and Chlorobium) as predictive bioindicators for ecological risk assessment for metal pollution.
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Yan X, An J, Yin Y, Gao C, Wang B, Wei S. Heavy metals uptake and translocation of typical wetland plants and their ecological effects on the coastal soil of a contaminated bay in Northeast China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 803:149871. [PMID: 34525770 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Heavy metal pollution in coastal zone is a global environment problem concerning the international society. As an eco-friendly and economical method, phytoremediation is a promising strategy for improving heavy metal pollution in coastal soil. In order to alleviate the ecological risk of heavy metal pollution in Jinzhou Bay, a typical and important heavy industrial area in China, three local wetland plants (Scirpus validus, Typha orientalis and Phragmites australis) were selected and planted in the field. The plants showed strong tolerance of high concentrations of heavy metals. Stressed by the heavy metals, the root weight of S. validus and P. australis increased 114.74% and 49.91%, respectively. The concentrations of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, As, Hg) accumulated in the plant roots were 4-60 times higher than that in plant shoots. The SEM analysis found that abundant heavy metals were adhered to the root surface closely. Bioconcentration factor of heavy metals on the plant roots were 0.08-0.89 (except Cr, Ni), while the translocation factor from roots to above ground of plants were 0.02-0.27. Furthermore, the wetland plants improved the regional ecological environment quality. The concentrations of heavy metals in the rhizosphere soil decreased significantly. Compared with the bulk soil, the potential ecological risk index in the rhizosphere soil reduced 26.51%-69.14%. Moreover, the microbial diversity in rhizosphere soil increased significantly, and the abundances of Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes also increased in rhizosphere soil. Pearson correlations indicated that Hg, As, Ni and Cr were negatively correlated with Proteobacteria (p < 0.05), and Cu was significantly negative correlated with Bacteroidetes (p < 0.05). The results support that using suitable local plants is a promising approach for repairing heavy metal contaminated costal soil, not only because it can improve the regional ecological environment quality, but also because it can enhance the landscape value of coastal zone.
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- Xiuxiu Yan
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China.
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- Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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Tang Y, Liang Z, Li G, Zhao H, An T. Metagenomic profiles and health risks of pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes in various industrial wastewaters and the associated receiving surface water. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 283:131224. [PMID: 34153911 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 06/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The aquatic environment may represent an essential route for transmission of antibiotic resistance to opportunistic human pathogens. Since industrial wastewater is discharged into the river after treatment, understanding the distribution of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in river systems and the possibility of pathogens acquiring antibiotic resistance are challenges with far-reaching significance. This work mainly studied distribution profiles of pathogens and ARGs, and compared their health risk in various industrial wastewater with that of river water. Results showed that 166 pathogens were concurrently shared by the six water samples, with Salmonella enterica and Pseudomonas aeruginosa being the most abundant, followed by Fusarium graminearum and Magnaporthe oryzae. The similar composition of the pathogens suggests that pathogens in river water may mainly come from sewage discharge of slaughterhouses and that changes in water quality contribute significantly to the prevalence of these pathogens. Of the 57 ARG types detected, bacitracin was the most abundant, followed by sulfonamide, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, and aminoglycoside. Strikingly, the wastewater from a pharmaceutical factory producing Chinese medicine was also rich in bacA, sul1, mexW, mexB, mexF and oprn. It can be seen from the co-occurrence patterns that pathogens and the main ARGs have strong co-occurrence. Higher abundance of offensive virulence factors in industrial wastewater and their strong correlation with pathogens containing ARGs suggest higher microbiological risk. These findings highlight the need to assess ARG acquisition by pathogens in the surface water of human-impacted environments where pathogens and ARGs may co-thrive.
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- Yao Tang
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, Guangdong Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Contaminants Exposure and Health, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, Guangdong Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Contaminants Exposure and Health, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, Guangdong Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Contaminants Exposure and Health, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Griffith University, Griffith School Environment, Gold Coast Campus, Southport, Qld, 4222, Australia
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, Guangdong Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Contaminants Exposure and Health, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
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Herruzo-Ruiz AM, Fuentes-Almagro CA, Jiménez-Pastor JM, Pérez-Rosa VM, Blasco J, Michán C, Alhama J. Meta-omic evaluation of bacterial microbial community structure and activity for the environmental assessment of soils: overcoming protein extraction pitfalls. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4706-4725. [PMID: 34258847 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Revised: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Microorganisms play unique, essential and integral roles in the biosphere. This work aims to assess the utility of soil's metaomics for environmental diagnosis. Doñana National Park (DNP) was selected as a natural lab since it contains a strictly protected core that is surrounded by numerous threats of pollution. Culture-independent high-throughput molecular tools were used to evaluate the alterations of the global structure and metabolic activities of the microbiome. 16S rRNA sequencing shows lower bacterial abundance and diversity in areas historically exposed to contamination that surround DNP. For metaproteomics, an innovative post-alkaline protein extraction protocol was developed. After NaOH treatment, successive washing with Tris-HCl buffer supplemented with glycerol was essential to eliminate interferences. Starting from soils with different physicochemical characteristics, the method renders proteins with a remarkable resolution on SDS-PAGE gels. The proteins extracted were analysed by using an in-house database constructed from the rRNA data. LC-MS/MS analysis identified 2182 non-redundant proteins with 135 showing significant differences in relative abundance in the soils around DNP. Relevant global biological processes were altered in response to the environmental changes, such as protective and antioxidant mechanisms, translation, folding and homeostasis of proteins, membrane transport and aerobic respiratory metabolism.
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- Ana M Herruzo-Ruiz
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario CeiA3, Universidad de Córdoba, Campus de Rabanales, Edificio Severo Ochoa, Córdoba, E-14071, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario CeiA3, Universidad de Córdoba, Campus de Rabanales, Edificio Severo Ochoa, Córdoba, E-14071, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario CeiA3, Universidad de Córdoba, Campus de Rabanales, Edificio Severo Ochoa, Córdoba, E-14071, Spain
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- Department of Ecology and Coastal Management, ICMAN-CSIC, Campus Rio San Pedro, Puerto Real, E-11510, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario CeiA3, Universidad de Córdoba, Campus de Rabanales, Edificio Severo Ochoa, Córdoba, E-14071, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario CeiA3, Universidad de Córdoba, Campus de Rabanales, Edificio Severo Ochoa, Córdoba, E-14071, Spain
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Long S, Tong H, Zhang X, Jia S, Chen M, Liu C. Heavy Metal Tolerance Genes Associated With Contaminated Sediments From an E-Waste Recycling River in Southern China. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:665090. [PMID: 34054770 PMCID: PMC8155521 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.665090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Heavy metal pollution that results from electronic waste (e-waste) recycling activities has severe ecological environmental toxicity impacts on recycling areas. The distribution of heavy metals and the impact on the bacteria in these areas have received much attention. However, the diversity and composition of the microbial communities and the characteristics of heavy metal resistance genes (HMRGs) in the river sediments after long-term e-waste contamination still remain unclear. In this study, eight river sediment samples along a river in a recycling area were studied for the heavy metal concentration and the microbial community composition. The microbial community consisted of 13 phyla including Firmicutes (ranging from 10.45 to 36.63%), Proteobacteria (11.76 to 32.59%), Actinobacteria (14.81 to 27.45%), and unclassified bacteria. The abundance of Firmicutes increased along with the level of contaminants, while Actinobacteria decreased. A canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) showed that the concentration of mercury was significantly correlated with the microbial community and species distribution, which agreed with an analysis of the potential ecological risk index. Moreover, manually curated HMRGs were established, and the HMRG analysis results according to Illumina high-throughput sequencing showed that the abundance of HMRGs was positively related to the level of contamination, demonstrating a variety of resistance mechanisms to adapt, accommodate, and live under heavy metal-contaminated conditions. These findings increase the understanding of the changes in microbial communities in e-waste recycling areas and extend our knowledge of the HMRGs involved in the recovery of the ecological environment.
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- Shengqiao Long
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China.,College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental Science and Technology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental Science and Technology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China.,National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental Science and Technology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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