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Gao H, Chen J, Wang C, Wang P, Wang R, Feng B. Regulatory mechanisms of submerged macrophyte on bacterial community recovery in decabromodiphenyl ether contaminated sediment: Microbiological and metabolomic perspectives. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 337:122616. [PMID: 37757929 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122616] [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: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
Abstract
Polybrominated diphenyl ether contamination in sediments poses serious threats to human health and ecological safety. Despite the broad application of submerged macrophytes for remediating pollutants, their regulatory influence on bacterial communities in contaminated sediments remains unclear. Herein, we analyzed the effects of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) and Hydrilla verticillata on sediment bacterial community and function using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and sediment metabolomics. Results showed that BDE-209 significantly inhibited sediment bacterial diversity and metabolic functions. It also enhanced bacterial interactions and altered both the bacterial community and metabolite composition. Uridine and inosine were critical metabolites that positively co-occurred with bacterial taxa inhibited by BDE-209. Notably, planting H. verticillata effectively alleviated the adverse impacts of BDE-209 by reducing its residuals, increasing the total organic carbon, and modifying metabolic profiles. Such mitigation was evidenced by enhancing bacterial diversity, restoring metabolic functions, and attenuating bacterial interactions. However, mitigation effectiveness depended on treatment time. Additionally, propionic acid, palmitic acid, and palmitoleic acid may facilitate the restoration of phylum Proteobacteria and class Planctomycetacia in H. verticillata planted sediment. Together, these findings improve understanding of BDE-209's impacts on aquatic ecosystems and provide valuable insights for ecological restoration using submerged macrophytes.
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- Han Gao
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing, 210098, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing, 210098, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing, 210098, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing, 210098, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing, 210098, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing, 210098, PR China.
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Hsu JS, Yu TY, Wei DJ, Jane WN, Chang YT. Degradation of Decabromodiphenyl Ether in an Aerobic Clay Slurry Microcosm Using a Novel Immobilization Technique. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10020402. [PMID: 35208857 PMCID: PMC8877889 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10020402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A novel chitosan immobilization technique that entraps photocatalyst and microbes was developed and applied to decompose decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) in a clay slurry microcosm. The optimized conditions for immobilization were obtained by mixing 1.2% (w/v) chitosan dissolved in 1% (v/v) acetic acid with nano-TiO2 particles and the BDE-209-degrading bacterial mixed culture. This aqueous mixture was injected into 1% (w/v) water solution containing sodium tripolyphosphate to form spherical immobilized beads. The surface of the immobilized beads was reinforced by 0.25% (v/v) glutaraldehyde cross-linking. These beads had enough mechanical strength during BDE-209 degradation to maintain their shape in the system at a stirring rate of 200-rpm, while undergoing continuous 365 nm UVA irradiation. This novel TiO2-Yi-Li immobilized chitosan beads system allowed a successful simultaneous integration of photolysis, photocatalysis and biodegradation to remove BDE-209. The remaining percentage of BDE-209 was 41% after 70 days of degradation using this system. The dominant bacteria in the BDE-209-degrading bacterial mixed culture during remediation were Chitinophaga spp., Methyloversatilis spp., Terrimonas spp. and Pseudomonas spp. These bacteria tolerated the long-term UVA irradiation and high-level free radicals present, while utilizing BDE-209 as their primary carbon resource. This new method has great potential for the treatment of a range of pollutants.
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- Jung-Shan Hsu
- Department of Microbiology, Soochow University, No.70 Linxi Rd., Shilin Dist., Taipei 11112, Taiwan; (J.-S.H.); (T.-Y.Y.); (D.-J.W.)
- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, P210 West Pavilion 619 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL 35233-7331, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Soochow University, No.70 Linxi Rd., Shilin Dist., Taipei 11112, Taiwan; (J.-S.H.); (T.-Y.Y.); (D.-J.W.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Soochow University, No.70 Linxi Rd., Shilin Dist., Taipei 11112, Taiwan; (J.-S.H.); (T.-Y.Y.); (D.-J.W.)
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- Academia Sinica, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, 128 Sec. 2 Academia Rd., Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan;
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- Department of Microbiology, Soochow University, No.70 Linxi Rd., Shilin Dist., Taipei 11112, Taiwan; (J.-S.H.); (T.-Y.Y.); (D.-J.W.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +886-2-2881-9471 (ext. 6862)
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Shi C, Hu Y, Kobayashi T, Zhang N, Kuramochi H, Zhang Z, Lei Z, Xu KQ. Comparison of decabromodiphenyl ether degradation in long-term operated anaerobic bioreactors under thermophilic and mesophilic conditions and the pathways involved. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 294:113009. [PMID: 34126536 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113009] [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: 11/29/2020] [Revised: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Anaerobic digestion of decabromodiphenyl ether was carried out and compared in two continuously stirred anaerobic bioreactors for 210 days under thermophilic and mesophilic conditions. Results show that the degradation of decabromodiphenyl ether followed the first-order reaction kinetics, which exhibited a higher removal rate in the thermophilic reactor when compared to the mesophilic one, reaching its maximum of 1.1 μg·day-1. The anaerobic digestion of decabromodiphenyl ether was found to involve the replacement of bromines from polybrominated diphenyl ether by hydrogen atoms, gradually forming nona-, octa- and hepta-brominated diphenyl ether, respectively. Under the thermophilic condition, the reactors were dominated by Bacillus sp. and Methanosarcina sp. with high bioactivity and high concentrations of debromination microorganisms.
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- Chen Shi
- Material Cycles Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan; Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan; Sino-Dutch R&D Centre for Future Wastewater Treatment Technologies, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Urban Design, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, 100044, PR China
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- Material Cycles Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan
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- Material Cycles Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan
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- Material Cycles Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan
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- Material Cycles Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan; Fujian Ospring Technology Development Co., Ltd., No. 22 Jinrong North Road Cangshan District, Fuzhou, 350000, PR China.
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Chang YT, Chen HC, Chou HL, Li H, Boyd SA. A coupled UV photolysis-biodegradation process for the treatment of decabrominated diphenyl ethers in an aerobic novel bioslurry reactor. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:6078-6089. [PMID: 32989696 PMCID: PMC7521767 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-10753-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The commercial flame retardant is an emerging contaminant (EC) commonly found in soils and sediments. A coupled UV-photolysis-biodegradation process was used to decompose decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) in clay slurries. A novel bioslurry bioreactor (NBB) was employed in which BDE-209 degradation was maximized by the simultaneous application of LED UVA irradiation and biodegradation by a mixed bacterial culture. The rate of BDE-209 degradation decreased in the order: coupled UV photolysis-biodegradation (1.31 × 10-2 day-1) > UV photolysis alone (1.10 × 10-2 day-1) > biodegradation alone (1.00 × 10-2 day-1). Degradation intermediates detected included hydroxylated polybrominated diphenylethers, partially debrominated PBDE congeners and polybrominated dibenzofuran. The UV-resistant bacterial strains isolated that could utilize BDE-209 as a sole carbon source included Stenotrophomonas sp., Pseudomonas sp., and Microbacterium sp. These strains encoded important functional genes such as dioxygenase and reductive dehalogenases. Continuous UV irradiation during the NBB process affected various biochemical oxidative reactions during PBDEs biodegradation. Simultaneous photolysis and biodegradation in the NBB system described reduces operational time, energy, expense, and maintenance-demands required for the remediation of BDE-209 when compared to sequential UV-biodegradation process or to biodegradation alone.
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- Yi-Tang Chang
- Department of Microbiology, Soochow University, Taipei, 11102, Taiwan.
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology, Soochow University, Taipei, 11102, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology, Soochow University, Taipei, 11102, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
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Chang YT, Chao WL, Chen HY, Li H, Boyd SA. Characterization of a Sequential UV Photolysis-Biodegradation Process for Treatment of Decabrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Sorbent/Water Systems. Microorganisms 2020; 8:E633. [PMID: 32349399 PMCID: PMC7284435 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8050633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2020] [Revised: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Decabrominated diphenyl ether (BDE-209) is a primary component of the brominated flame retardants used in a variety of industrial and domestic applications. BDE-209 bioaccumulates in aquatic organisms and has been identified as an emerging contaminant that threatens human and ecosystem health. Sequential photolysis-microbial biodegradation processes were utilized here to treat BDE-209 in clay- or soil-water slurries. The removal efficiency of BDE-209 in the clay-water slurries was high; i.e., 96.5%, while that in the soil-water slurries was minimal. In the clay-water slurries the first order rate constants for the UV photolysis and biodegradation of BDE-209 were 0.017 1/day and 0.026 1/day, respectively. UV wavelength and intensity strongly influenced the BDE-209 photolysis and the subsequent biodegradation of photolytic products. Facultative chemotrophic bacteria, including Acidovorax spp., Pseudomonas spp., Novosphingobium spp. and Sphingomonas spp., were the dominant members of the bacterial community (about 71%) at the beginning of the biodegradation; many of these organisms have previously been shown to biodegrade BDE-209 and other polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) congeners. The Achromobacter sp. that were isolated (NH-2; NH-4; NH-6) were especially effective during the BDE-209 degradation. These results indicated the effectiveness of the sequential UV photolysis and biodegradation for treating certain BDE-209-contaminated solids; e.g., clays; in bioreactors containing such solids as aqueous slurries. Achieving a similar treatment effectiveness for more heterogeneous solids containing natural organic matter, e.g., surface solids, appears to be significantly more difficult. Further investigations are needed in order to understand the great difference between the clay-water or soil-water slurries.
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- Yi-Tang Chang
- Department of Microbiology, Soochow University, Shilin District, Taipei 11102, Taiwan; (W.-L.C.); (H.-Y.C.)
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA;
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- Department of Microbiology, Soochow University, Shilin District, Taipei 11102, Taiwan; (W.-L.C.); (H.-Y.C.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Soochow University, Shilin District, Taipei 11102, Taiwan; (W.-L.C.); (H.-Y.C.)
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA;
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA;
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