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Jia Y, He C, Lahm M, Chen Q, Powers L, Gonsior M, Chen F. A pilot study suggests the correspondence between SAR202 bacteria and dissolved organic matter in the late stage of a year-long microcosm incubation. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1357822. [PMID: 38633701 PMCID: PMC11021592 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1357822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
Abstract
SAR202 bacteria are abundant in the marine environment and they have been suggested to contribute to the utilization of recalcitrant organic matter (RDOM) within the ocean's biogeochemical cycle. However, this functional role has only been postulated by metagenomic studies. During a one-year microcosm incubation of an open ocean microbial community with lysed Synechococcus and its released DOM, SAR202 became relatively more abundant in the later stage (after day 30) of the incubation. Network analysis illustrated a high degree of negative associations between SAR202 and a unique group of molecular formulae (MFs) in phase 2 (day 30 to 364) of the incubation, which is empirical evidence that SAR202 bacteria are major consumers of the more oxygenated, unsaturated, and higher-molecular-weight MFs. Further investigation of the SAR202-associated MFs suggested that they were potentially secondary products arising from initial heterotrophic activities following the amendment of labile Synechococcus-derived DOM. This pilot study provided a preliminary observation on the correspondence between SAR202 bacteria and more resistant DOM, further supporting the hypothesis that SAR202 bacteria play important roles in the degradation of RDOM and thus the ocean's biogeochemical cycle.
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- Yufeng Jia
- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD, United States
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, MD, United States
- State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD, United States
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Department of Chemistry, Syracuse, NY, United States
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- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD, United States
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Li S, Harir M, Bastviken D, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Gonsior M, Enrich-Prast A, Valle J, Hertkorn N. Dearomatization drives complexity generation in freshwater organic matter. Nature 2024; 628:776-781. [PMID: 38658683 PMCID: PMC11043043 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07210-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is one of the most complex, dynamic and abundant sources of organic carbon, but its chemical reactivity remains uncertain1-3. Greater insights into DOM structural features could facilitate understanding its synthesis, turnover and processing in the global carbon cycle4,5. Here we use complementary multiplicity-edited 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra to quantify key substructures assembling the carbon skeletons of DOM from four main Amazon rivers and two mid-size Swedish boreal lakes. We find that one type of reaction mechanism, oxidative dearomatization (ODA), widely used in organic synthetic chemistry to create natural product scaffolds6-10, is probably a key driver for generating structural diversity during processing of DOM that are rich in suitable polyphenolic precursor molecules. Our data suggest a high abundance of tetrahedral quaternary carbons bound to one oxygen and three carbon atoms (OCqC3 units). These units are rare in common biomolecules but could be readily produced by ODA of lignin-derived and tannin-derived polyphenols. Tautomerization of (poly)phenols by ODA creates non-planar cyclohexadienones, which are subject to immediate and parallel cycloadditions. This combination leads to a proliferation of structural diversity of DOM compounds from early stages of DOM processing, with an increase in oxygenated aliphatic structures. Overall, we propose that ODA is a key reaction mechanism for complexity acceleration in the processing of DOM molecules, creation of new oxygenated aliphatic molecules and that it could be prevalent in nature.
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- Siyu Li
- Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Department of Thematic Studies - Environmental Change, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD, USA
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- Department of Thematic Studies - Environmental Change, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
- Institute of Marine Science, Federal University of São Paulo, Santos, Brazil
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- Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.
- Department of Thematic Studies - Environmental Change, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
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Powers LC, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Gonsior M. Evaluating the photochemical reactivity of disinfection byproducts formed during seawater desalination processes. Sci Total Environ 2024; 912:169292. [PMID: 38104835 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
Abstract
Reverse osmosis (RO) is widely used for seawater desalination but pre-chlorination of intake water produces halogenated disinfection byproducts (DBPs). The fate and environmental impacts associated with the discharge of DBP-containing RO brine wastewater are unknown. Therefore, to evaluate if photochemistry plays a role in DBP degradation in seawater, we collected samples at a desalination plant, which were desalted and concentrated using two-inline solid phase extraction (SPE) techniques combining reverse-phase polymeric (PPL) and weak anion exchange (WAX) resins. Both filtered water samples and SPE samples (extracts reconstituted in open ocean seawater) were exposed to simulated sunlight in a custom-built flow-through system. Optical property analysis during irradiation experiments did not provide distinguishing features between intake water and RO reject water (brine). Extractable organic bromine (organoBr) concentrations were low in intake water samples (7.8 μg Br L-1) and did not change significantly due to irradiation. OrganoBr concentrations in laboratory-chlorinated raw water were much higher (135 μg Br L-1) and on average decreased by 42 % after 24 h irradiation. However, while organoBr concentrations were highest in RO reject water (473 μg Br L-1), changes in organoBr concentrations in PPL SPE samples after 24 h irradiation were variable, ranging from a 1-46 % loss. Furthermore, most bromine-containing molecular ions identified by high resolution mass spectrometry that were present in RO reject water before irradiation were also found after both 24 h and 50 h exposures. Although only one RO reject water sample was tested in this study, results highlight that hundreds of yet to be identified brominated DBPs in RO reject water could be resistant to photodegradation or phototransform into existing DBPs in the environment. Future work examining the biolability of DBPs in RO reject water, as well as the interplay between photochemical and biological DBP cycling, is warranted.
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- Leanne C Powers
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, United States.
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- Helmholtz Munich, Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Munich, Germany; Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technical University München, Munich, Germany; Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD, United States
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- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD, United States
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Li S, Harir M, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Machado-Silva F, Gonsior M, Bastviken D, Enrich-Prast A, Valle J, Hertkorn N. Distinct Non-conservative Behavior of Dissolved Organic Matter after Mixing Solimões/Negro and Amazon/Tapajós River Waters. ACS ES T Water 2023; 3:2083-2095. [PMID: 37588807 PMCID: PMC10425957 DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.2c00621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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Positive and negative electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry and 1H NMR revealed major compositional and structural changes of dissolved organic matter (DOM) after mixing two sets of river waters in Amazon confluences: the Solimões and Negro Rivers (S + N) and the Amazon and Tapajós Rivers (A + T). We also studied the effects of water mixing ratios and incubation time on the composition and structure of DOM molecules. NMR spectra demonstrated large-scale structural transformations in the case of S + N mixing, with gain of pure and functionalized aliphatic units and loss of all other structures after 1d incubation. A + T mixing resulted in comparatively minor structural alterations, with a major gain of small aliphatic biomolecular binding motifs. Remarkably, structural alterations from mixing to 1d incubation were in essence reversed from 1d to 5d incubation for both S + N and A + T mixing experiments. Heterotrophic bacterial production (HBP) in endmembers S, N, and S + N mixtures remained near 0.03 μgC L-1 h-1, whereas HBP in A, T, and A + T were about five times higher. High rates of dark carbon fixation took place at S + N mixing in particular. In-depth biogeochemical characterization revealed major distinctions between DOM biogeochemical changes and temporal evolution at these key confluence sites within the Amazon basin.
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- Siyu Li
- Research
Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz
Munich, Ingolstaedter
Landstrasse 1, Neuherberg 85764, Germany
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- Research
Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz
Munich, Ingolstaedter
Landstrasse 1, Neuherberg 85764, Germany
- Chair
of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische
Universität München, Alte Akademie 10, Freising-Weihenstephan 85354, Germany
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- Research
Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz
Munich, Ingolstaedter
Landstrasse 1, Neuherberg 85764, Germany
- Chair
of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische
Universität München, Alte Akademie 10, Freising-Weihenstephan 85354, Germany
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- Program
in Geosciences—Environmental Geochemistry, Chemistry Institute, Fluminense Federal University, Niteroi 24020-141, Brazil
- Department
of Environmental Sciences, University of
Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606, United States
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- Chesapeake
Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, Maryland 20688, United States
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- Department
of Thematic Studies—Environmental Change, Linköping University, Linköping SE-581 83, Sweden
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- Department
of Thematic Studies—Environmental Change and Biogas Solutions
Research Center (BSRC), Linköping
University, Linköping SE-581 83, Sweden
- Multiuser
Unit of Environmental Analysis, University
Federal of Rio de Janeiro, Rio
de Janeiro 11070-100, Brazil
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- Research
Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz
Munich, Ingolstaedter
Landstrasse 1, Neuherberg 85764, Germany
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- Research
Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz
Munich, Ingolstaedter
Landstrasse 1, Neuherberg 85764, Germany
- Department
of Thematic Studies—Environmental Change and Biogas Solutions
Research Center (BSRC), Linköping
University, Linköping SE-581 83, Sweden
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Jia Y, Lahm M, Chen Q, Powers L, Gonsior M, Chen F. The Predominance of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea in an Oceanic Microbial Community Amended with Cyanobacterial Lysate. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0240522. [PMID: 36622233 PMCID: PMC9927567 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02405-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
When the oligotrophic microbial community was amended with Synechococcus-derived dissolved organic matter (SDOM) and incubated under the dark condition, archaea relative abundance was initially very low but made up more than 60% of the prokaryotic community on day 60, and remained dominant for at least 9 months. The archaeal sequences were dominated by Candidatus Nitrosopumilus, the Group I.1a Thaumarchaeota. The increase of Thaumarchaeota in the dark incubation corresponded to the period of delayed ammonium oxidation upon an initially steady increase in ammonia, supporting the remarkable competency of Thaumarchaeota in energy utilization and fixation of inorganic carbon in the ocean. IMPORTANCE Thaumarchaeota, which are ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA), are mainly chemolithoautotrophs that can fix inorganic carbon to produce organic matter in the dark. Their distinctive physiological traits and high abundance in the water column indicate the significant ecological roles they play in the open ocean. In our study, we found predominant Thaumarchaeota in the microbial community amended with cyanobacteria-derived lysate under the dark condition. Furthermore, Thaumarchaeota remained dominant in the microbial community even after 1 year of incubation. Through the ammonification process, dissolved organic matter (DOM) from cyanobacterial lysate was converted to ammonium which was used as an energy source for Thaumarchaeota to fix inorganic carbon into biomass. Our study further advocates the important roles of Thaumarchaeota in the ocean's biogeochemical cycle.
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- Yufeng Jia
- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, Maryland, USA
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, Maryland, USA
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Department of Chemistry, Syracuse, New York, USA
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- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, Maryland, USA
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Li S, Harir M, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Gonsior M, Enrich-Prast A, Bastviken D, Valle J, Machado-Silva F, Hertkorn N. Comprehensive assessment of dissolved organic matter processing in the Amazon River and its major tributaries revealed by positive and negative electrospray mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. Sci Total Environ 2023; 857:159620. [PMID: 36280052 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Rivers are natural biogeochemical systems shaping the fates of dissolved organic matter (DOM) from leaving soils to reaching the oceans. This study focuses on Amazon basin DOM processing employing negative and positive electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (ESI[±] FT-ICR MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) to reveal effects of major processes on the compositional space and structural characteristics of black, white and clear water systems. These include non-conservative mixing at the confluences of (1) Solimões and the Negro River, (2) the Amazon River and the Madeira River, and (3) in-stream processing of Amazon River DOM between the Madeira River and the Tapajós River. The Negro River (black water) supplies more highly oxygenated and high molecular weight compounds, whereas the Solimões and Madeira Rivers (white water) contribute more CHNO and CHOS molecules to the Amazon River main stem. Aliphatic CHO and abundant CHNO compounds prevail in Tapajos River DOM (clear water), likely originating from primary production. Sorption onto particles and heterotrophic microbial degradation are probably the principal mechanisms for the observed changes in DOM composition in the Amazon River and its tributaries.
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- Siyu Li
- Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Munich, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Munich, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Muenchen, Alte Akademie 10, 85354 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Munich, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Muenchen, Alte Akademie 10, 85354 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, 146 Williams Street, Solomons, MD 20688, United States
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- Department of Thematic Studies - Environmental Change, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden; Institute of Marine Science, Federal University of São Paolo, Santos, Brazil
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- Department of Thematic Studies - Environmental Change, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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- Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Munich, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Program in Geosciences - Environmental Geochemistry, Chemistry Institute, Fluminense Federal University, 24020-141 Niteroi, Brazil; Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Munich, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
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Gonsior M, Powers L, Lahm M, McCallister SL. New Perspectives on the Marine Carbon Cycle-The Marine Dissolved Organic Matter Reactivity Continuum. Environ Sci Technol 2022; 56:5371-5380. [PMID: 35442650 PMCID: PMC9069685 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c08871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
Abstract
This perspective challenges our current understanding of the marine carbon cycle, including an alternative explanation of bulk 14C-DOM measurements. We propose the adoption of the carbon reactivity continuum concept previously established for lakes and sediments for the oceans using kinetic data and term this the marine DOM reactivity continuum. We need to gain a fundamental understanding of the biogeochemical drivers of surface water DOM concentrations and reactivity, biological carbon pump efficiency, and the autotrophic communities that are the ultimate but variable sources of marine DOM. This perspective is intended to shift our focus to a more inclusive kinetic model and may lead us to a more accurate assessment of the active and dynamic role marine DOM plays in the global carbon cycle. Currently, the kinetic data to establish and validate such a marine DOM reactivity continuum model are still lacking, and their resolution depends on the discovery of new organic tracers that span large differences in reactivity and microbial degradation rates. We may need to refocus our efforts in deciphering the structure and reactivity of marine organic molecules in a kinetic context, including the microbial and physicochemical constraints on molecular reactivity that are present in the deep ocean.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michael Gonsior
- Chesapeake
Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Science, 146 Williams Street, Solomons, Maryland 20688, United
States
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- Chesapeake
Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Science, 146 Williams Street, Solomons, Maryland 20688, United
States
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- Chesapeake
Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Science, 146 Williams Street, Solomons, Maryland 20688, United
States
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- Biology
Department, College of Humanities and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, United States
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Xiao X, Powers LC, Liu J, Gonsior M, Zhang R, Zhang L, MacIntyre HL, Chen X, Hu C, Batt J, Shi Q, Xu D, Zhang Y, Jiao N. Biodegradation of Terrigenous Organic Matter in a Stratified Large-Volume Water Column: Implications of the Removal of Terrigenous Organic Matter in the Coastal Ocean. Environ Sci Technol 2022; 56:5234-5246. [PMID: 35357815 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c08317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Large amounts of terrigenous organic matter (TOM) are delivered to the ocean every year. However, removal processes of TOM in the ocean are still poorly constrained. Here, we report results from a 339-day dark incubation experiment with a unique system holding a vertically stratified freshwater-seawater column. The quality and quantity of dissolved organic matter (DOM), RNA-based size-fraction microbial communities, and environmental factors were high-frequency-monitored. Microbial processes impacted TOM composition, including an increased DOM photobleaching rate with incubation time. The mixed layer had changed the bacterial community structure, diversity, and higher oxygen consumption rate. A two-end member modeling analysis suggested that estimated nutrient concentrations and prokaryotic abundance were lower, and total dissolved organic carbon was higher than that of the measured values. These results imply that DOM biodegradation was stimulated during freshwater-seawater mixing. In the bottom layer, fluorescent DOM components increased with the incubation time and were significantly positively related to highly unsaturated, oxygenated, and presumably aromatic compound molecular formulas. These results suggest that surfaced-derived TOM sinking leads to increased DOM transformation and likely results in carbon storage in the bottom water. Overall, these results suggest that microbial transforming TOM plays more important biogeochemical roles in estuaries and coastal oceans than what we know before.
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- Xilin Xiao
- College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
- Joint Laboratory for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
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- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, Maryland20688, United States
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- Joint Laboratory for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao266237, China
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- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, Maryland20688, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
- Joint Laboratory for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
- Joint Laboratory for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
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- Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova ScotiaB3H 4R2, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
- Joint Laboratory for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
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- College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
- Joint Laboratory for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
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- Joint Laboratory for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
- Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova ScotiaB3H 4R2, Canada
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- Joint Laboratory for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
- Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova ScotiaB3H 4R2, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
- Joint Laboratory for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
- Joint Laboratory for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
- Joint Laboratory for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, Xiamen361102, China
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Chen X, Wei W, Xiao X, Wallace D, Hu C, Zhang L, Batt J, Liu J, Gonsior M, Zhang Y, LaRoche J, Hill P, Xu D, Wang J, Jiao N, Zhang R. Heterogeneous viral contribution to dissolved organic matter processing in a long-term macrocosm experiment. Environ Int 2022; 158:106950. [PMID: 34715430 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Viruses saturate environments throughout the world and play key roles in microbial food webs, yet how viral activities affect dissolved organic matter (DOM) processing in natural environments remains elusive. We established a large-scale long-term macrocosm experiment to explore viral dynamics and their potential impacts on microbial mortality and DOM quantity and quality in starved and stratified ecosystems. High viral infection dynamics and the virus-induced cell lysis (6.23-64.68% d-1) was found in the starved seawater macrocosm, which contributed to a significant transformation of microbial biomass into DOM (0.72-5.32 μg L-1 d-1). In the stratified macrocosm, a substantial amount of viral lysate DOM (2.43-17.87 μg L-1 d-1) was released into the upper riverine water, and viral lysis and DOM release (0.35-5.75 μg L-1 d-1) were reduced in the mixed water layer between riverine water and seawater. Viral lysis was stimulated at the bottom of stratified macrocosm, potentially fueled by the sinking of particulate organic carbon. Significant positive and negative associations between lytic viral production and different fluorescent DOM components were found in the starved and stratified macrocosm, indicating the potentially complex viral impacts on the production and utilization of DOM. Results also revealed the significant viral contribution to pools of both relatively higher molecular weight labile DOM and lower molecular weight recalcitrant DOM. Our study suggests that viruses have heterogeneous impact on the cycling and fate of DOM in aquatic environments.
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- Xiaowei Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, 361102 Xiamen, PR China; Joint Lab for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, 361102 Xiamen, PR China; Joint Lab for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, PR China; College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, 361102 Xiamen, PR China; Joint Lab for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, PR China
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- Joint Lab for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, PR China; Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, 361102 Xiamen, PR China; Joint Lab for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, 361102 Xiamen, PR China; Joint Lab for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, PR China
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- Joint Lab for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, PR China; Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Joint Lab for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, PR China; Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD 20688, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, 361102 Xiamen, PR China; Joint Lab for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, PR China
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- Joint Lab for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, PR China; Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, 361102 Xiamen, PR China; Joint Lab for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, 361102 Xiamen, PR China; Joint Lab for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, 361102 Xiamen, PR China; Joint Lab for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, 361102 Xiamen, PR China; Joint Lab for Ocean Research and Education (LORE) of Dalhousie University, Canada, and Shandong University and Xiamen University, PR China.
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Conway AJ, Gonsior M, Clark C, Heyes A, Mitchelmore CL. Acute toxicity of the UV filter oxybenzone to the coral Galaxea fascicularis. Sci Total Environ 2021; 796:148666. [PMID: 34273823 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Revised: 06/20/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Coral reefs are impacted by a variety of anthropogenic stressors including inputs of chemical contaminants. Although data is currently limited, sunscreens containing ultraviolet (UV) filters have recently been suggested as an emerging class of chemical contaminants. To provide further data on the toxicity of the UV filter oxybenzone (benzophenone-3 or BP-3) to corals, we conducted three independent acute toxicity tests exposing the colonial stony coral Galaxea fascicularis to BP-3 (0.31 to 10 mg/L nominal concentrations). Assessments included daily analytical verification of the exposure concentrations, calculation of the lethal concentration to result in 50% mortality (LC50) and numerous biological endpoints to further investigate the potential impact to both the coral and symbiont. LC50s for the three tests were similar and averaged 6.53 ± 0.47 mg/L nominal concentration BP-3 (4.45 mg/L measured dissolved BP-3). BP-3 did not initiate coral bleaching or show a significant loss of symbionts from the coral tissue in this species as reductions in measurements used for bleaching (i.e. visual color, color saturation and photosynthetic pigment concentrations) were only seen concurrently with tissue loss (i.e. at ≥2.5 mg/L nominal concentration BP-3). Polyp retraction, the most sensitive endpoint of this test, was seen to be a sub-lethal behavioral response to BP-3 exposure. Using the calculated LC50 with measured concentrations from a high-quality UV filter monitoring study in Hawaii, a preliminary, conservative risk quotient for BP-3 was calculated at 0.032. These results suggest that BP-3 likely does not pose an acute risk of mortality to G. fascicularis and additional testing is required to determine sublethal impacts of BP-3 under environmentally relevant concentrations and longer-term chronic exposures. This study highlights complications in conducting toxicity tests with organic UV filters including under-estimations of exposure concentrations and provides recommendations to improve these methods for better comparisons between studies.
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- Annaleise J Conway
- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, 146 Williams Street, Solomons, MD 20688, USA
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, 146 Williams Street, Solomons, MD 20688, USA
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, 146 Williams Street, Solomons, MD 20688, USA
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, 146 Williams Street, Solomons, MD 20688, USA
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, 146 Williams Street, Solomons, MD 20688, USA.
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Chen Q, Chen F, Gonsior M, Li Y, Wang Y, He C, Cai R, Xu J, Wang Y, Xu D, Sun J, Zhang T, Shi Q, Jiao N, Zheng Q. Correspondence between DOM molecules and microbial community in a subtropical coastal estuary on a spatiotemporal scale. Environ Int 2021; 154:106558. [PMID: 33878614 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) changes in quantity and quality over time and space, especially in highly dynamic coastal estuaries. Bacterioplankton usually display seasonal and spatial variations in abundance and composition in the coastal regions, and influence the DOM pool via assimilation, transformation and release of organic molecules. The change in DOM can also affect the composition of bacterial community. However, little is known on the correspondence between DOM molecules and bacterial composition, particularly through a systematic field survey. In this study, the spatiotemporal signatures of microbial communities and DOM composition in the subtropical coastal estuary of Xiamen are investigated over one and half years. The co-occurrence analysis between bacteria and DOM suggested microorganisms likely transformed the DOM from a relatively high (>400 Da) to a low (<400 Da) molecular weight, corresponding to an apparent increase in overall aromaticity. This might be the reason why microbial transformation renders "dark" organic matter visible in mass spectrometry due to more efficient ionization of microbial metabolites, as well as photodegradation processes. K- and r-strategists exhibited different correlations with two-size categories of DOM molecules owing to their different lifestyles and responses to environmental nutrient conditions. A comparison of the environmental variables and DOM composition with the microbial communities showed that the environmental/DOM variations played a more important role in shaping the microbial communities than vice versa. This study sheds light on the interactions between microbial populations and DOM molecules at the spatiotemporal scale, improving our understanding of microbial roles in marine biogeochemical cycles.
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- Qi Chen
- State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, 701 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, United States
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- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, 146 Williams Street, Solomons, MD 20688, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, 18 Fuxue Road, Changping District, Beijing 102249, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, 18 Fuxue Road, Changping District, Beijing 102249, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, 18 Fuxue Road, Changping District, Beijing 102249, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China.
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Seopela MP, Powers LC, Clark C, Heyes A, Gonsior M. Combined fluorescent measurements, parallel factor analysis and GC-mass spectrometry in evaluating the photodegradation of PAHS in freshwater systems. Chemosphere 2021; 269:129386. [PMID: 33383250 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 12/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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To better understand the transformation and photochemical fate of PAHs in aquatic environments, a custom-designed closed-circuit recirculation photodegradation system, combined with inline semi-continuous fluorescence and absorbance measurements, as well as modelling of excitation-emission (EEM) measurements with parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC), and GC-MS analysis, were combined to create a robust tool for holistically assessing the photodegradation of individual PAHs, their mixtures and photoproduct formation. Selected compounds included in the US EPA priority list, representing 2- to 6-ring compounds, were monitored individually and in mixtures, during 24 h photodegradation experiments. Experiments were conducted in solutions simulating ideal (ultrapure water) and environmentally relevant conditions (1.00 mg L-1 Suwannee River Natural Organic Matter (SRNOM)). The fluorescence, primary PARAFAC components and quantification data obtained by GC-MS, indicated that the decline in parent molecule concentration occurred rapidly within 200 min. The degradation rates of parent PAHs increased with aromaticity (6-ring ≫ 2-ring PAHs) and followed pseudo-first order degradation kinetics. The presence and transformation of degradation products, were captured by PARAFAC. NOM influenced the diversity of photoproducts. From the GC-MS results, photoproducts were only detected in Ant, BAnt and the PAH mixture solutions, but optical property analyses indicated that diverse changes occurred with all PAHs. Spectrometric and chromatographic data demonstrated that parent PAHs and photoproducts co-existed at various stages, which is significant for freshwater systems contaminated with these compounds if photoproducts have higher-toxic potential. These results may be used to model the hazard-potential associated with PAHs present in freshwater systems and understanding the mechanisms that govern their environmental fate.
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- Mathapelo Pearl Seopela
- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD, USA; Department of Chemistry, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa; University of Johannesburg, Department of Chemical Sciences Auckland Park Campus, PO Box 524 Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa.
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD, USA
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD, USA
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD, USA
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD, USA
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Postigo C, Andersson A, Harir M, Bastviken D, Gonsior M, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Gago-Ferrero P, Ahrens L, Ahrens L, Wiberg K. Unraveling the chemodiversity of halogenated disinfection by-products formed during drinking water treatment using target and non-target screening tools. J Hazard Mater 2021; 401:123681. [PMID: 33113720 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Revised: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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To date, there is no analytical approach available that allows the full identification and characterization of highly complex disinfection by-product (DBP) mixtures. This study aimed at investigating the chemodiversity of drinking water halogenated DBPs using diverse analytical tools: measurement of adsorbable organic halogen (AOX) and mass spectrometry (MS)-based target and non-target analytical workflows. Water was sampled before and after chemical disinfection (chlorine or chloramine) at four drinking water treatment plants in Sweden. The target analysis had the highest sensitivity, although it could only partially explain the AOX formed in the disinfected waters. Non-target Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) MS analysis indicated that only up to 19 Cl and/or Br-CHO formulae were common to all disinfected waters. Unexpectedly, a high diversity of halogenated DBPs (presumed halogenated polyphenolic and highly unsaturated compounds) was found in chloraminated surface water, comparable to that found in chlorinated surface water. Overall, up to 86 DBPs (including isobaric species) were tentatively identified using liquid chromatography (LC)-Orbitrap MS. Although further work is needed to confirm their identity and assess their relevance in terms of toxicity, they can be used to design suspect lists to improve the characterization of disinfected water halogenated mixtures.
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- Cristina Postigo
- Water, Environmental, and Food Chemistry Unit (ENFOCHEM), Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7050, SE-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Thematic Studies-Environmental Change, Linköping University, 581 83, Linköping, Sweden
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- Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Department of Environmental Sciences, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, D-85764, Neuherberg, Germany; Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Maximus-von-Imhof-Forum 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Department of Thematic Studies-Environmental Change, Linköping University, 581 83, Linköping, Sweden
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- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD, 20688, United States
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- Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Department of Environmental Sciences, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, D-85764, Neuherberg, Germany; Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Maximus-von-Imhof-Forum 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Emili Grahit, 101, Edifici H2O, Parc Científic i Tecnològic de la Universitat de Girona, 17003, Girona, Spain
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7050, SE-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7050, SE-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7050, SE-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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Xiang Y, Gonsior M, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Shang C. Influence of the UV/H 2O 2 Advanced Oxidation Process on Dissolved Organic Matter and the Connection between Elemental Composition and Disinfection Byproduct Formation. Environ Sci Technol 2020; 54:14964-14973. [PMID: 33179505 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c03220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The UV/H2O2 process is a promising advanced oxidation process (AOP) for micropollutant abatement in drinking water treatment and water reuse plants. However, during micropollutant degradation by the AOP, dissolved organic matter (DOM) and the disinfection byproduct (DBP) formation potential may also be altered. This study investigated the influence of the UV/H2O2 AOP on the elemental composition and DBP formation potential of two DOM isolates by using ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry (UHRMS). After the AOP, 629 new chemical formulas with an increased degree of oxidation and decreased aromaticity were obtained. Such alterations led to the formation of 226 unknown DBPs with decreased aromaticity indices (AImod) in the subsequent 3-day chlorination. Links between the unknown DBPs and the corresponding precursors in DOM were visualized by network computational analysis. The analysis gave three zones in the van Krevelen diagram based on the possibility of the C7-22HnOm formulas located in each zone to link to the corresponding DBPs. A further investigation with two model compounds reconfirmed the hydroxylation and ring cleavage of DOM by HO· attack during the AOP and the influence on DBP formation. These results obtained from UHRMS build the connection between the elemental composition of DOM and the formation potential of DBPs.
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- Yingying Xiang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon 000, Hong Kong SAR
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- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, Maryland 20688, United States
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Neuherberg 85764, Germany
- Technische Universität München, Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Freising-Weihenstephan 80333, Germany
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon 000, Hong Kong SAR
- Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon 000, Hong Kong SAR
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Valle J, Harir M, Gonsior M, Enrich-Prast A, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Bastviken D, Hertkorn N. Molecular differences between water column and sediment pore water SPE-DOM in ten Swedish boreal lakes. Water Res 2020; 170:115320. [PMID: 31837638 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Revised: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Boreal lakes are considered hot spots of dissolved organic matter (DOM) processing within the global carbon cycle. This study has used FT-ICR mass spectrometry and comprehensive data evaluation to assess the molecular differences of SPE-DOM between lake column water SPE-DOM and sedimentary pore water SPE-DOM in 10 Swedish boreal lakes of the Malingsbo area, which were selected for their large diversity of physicochemical and morphological characteristics. While lake column water is well mixed and fairly oxygenated, sedimentary pore water is subject to depletion of oxygen and to confinement of molecules. Robust trends were deduced from molecular compositions present in all compartments and in all 10 lakes ("common compositions") with recognition of relative abundance. Sedimentary pore water SPE-DOM featured higher proportions of heteroatoms N and S, higher average H/C ratios in presence of higher DBE/C ratios, and higher average oxygenation than lake column water SPE-DOM. These trends were observed in all lakes except Ljustjärn, which is a ground water fed kettle lake with an unique lake biogeochemistry. Analogous trends were also observed in case of single or a few lakes and operated also for compounds present solely in either lake column water or sedimentary pore water. Unique compounds detected in either compartments and/or in a few lakes showed higher molecular diversity than the "common compositions". Processing of DOM molecules in sediments included selective preservation for polyphenolic compounds and microbial resynthesis of selected molecules of considerable diversity.
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- Juliana Valle
- Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, P. O. Box 1129, D-85758, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, P. O. Box 1129, D-85758, Neuherberg, Germany; Technische Universität München, Chair Analytical Food Chemistry, Maximus-von-Imhof-Forum 2, D-85354, Freising, Weihenstephan, Germany
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, USA
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- Linköping University, Department of Thematic Studies - Environmental Change, Linköping, Sweden; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Department of Botany, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, P. O. Box 1129, D-85758, Neuherberg, Germany; Technische Universität München, Chair Analytical Food Chemistry, Maximus-von-Imhof-Forum 2, D-85354, Freising, Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Linköping University, Department of Thematic Studies - Environmental Change, Linköping, Sweden
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, P. O. Box 1129, D-85758, Neuherberg, Germany.
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Ali P, Shah AA, Hasan F, Hertkorn N, Gonsior M, Sajjad W, Chen F. A Glacier Bacterium Produces High Yield of Cryoprotective Exopolysaccharide. Front Microbiol 2020; 10:3096. [PMID: 32117080 PMCID: PMC7026135 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.03096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas sp. BGI-2 is a psychrotrophic bacterium isolated from the ice sample collected from Batura glacier, Pakistan. This strain produces highly viscous colonies on agar media supplemented with glucose. In this study, we have optimized growth and production of exopolysaccharide (EPS) by the cold-adapted Pseudomonas sp. BGI-2 using different nutritional and environmental conditions. Pseudomonas sp. BGI-2 is able to grow in a wide range of temperatures (4-35°C), pH (5-11), and salt concentrations (1-5%). Carbon utilization for growth and EPS production was extensively studied and we found that glucose, galactose, mannose, mannitol, and glycerol are the preferable carbon sources. The strain is also able to use sugar waste molasses as a growth substrate, an alternative for the relatively expensive sugars for large scale EPS production. Maximum EPS production was observed at 15°C, pH 6, NaCl (10 g L-1), glucose as carbon source (100 g L-1), yeast extract as nitrogen source (10 g L-1), and glucose/yeast extract ratio (10/1). Under optimized conditions, EPS production was 2.01 g L-1, which is relatively high for a Pseudomonas species compared to previous studies using the same method for quantification. High-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (HPAEC-PAD) analysis of EPS revealed glucose, galactose, and glucosamine as the main sugar monomers. Membrane protection assay using human RBCs revealed significant reduction in cell lysis (∼50%) in the presence of EPS, suggesting its role in membrane protection. The EPS (5%) also conferred significant cryoprotection for a mesophilic Escherichia coli k12 which was comparable to glycerol (20%). Also, improvement in lipid peroxidation inhibition (in vitro) resulted when lipids from the E. coli was pretreated with EPS. Increased EPS production at low temperatures, freeze thaw tolerance of the EPS producing strain, and increased survivability of E. coli in the presence of EPS as cryoprotective agent supports the hypothesis that EPS production is a strategy for survival in extremely cold environments such as the glacier ice.
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- Pervaiz Ali
- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, MD, United States
- Applied Environmental and Geomicrobiology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Applied Environmental and Geomicrobiology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Applied Environmental and Geomicrobiology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany
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- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Hemmler D, Gonsior M, Powers LC, Marshall JW, Rychlik M, Taylor AJ, Schmitt‐Kopplin P. Simulated Sunlight Selectively Modifies Maillard Reaction Products in a Wide Array of Chemical Reactions. Chemistry 2019; 25:13208-13217. [PMID: 31314140 PMCID: PMC6856810 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201902804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The photochemical transformation of Maillard reaction products (MRPs) under simulated sunlight into mostly unexplored photoproducts is reported herein. Non-enzymatic glycation of amino acids leads to a heterogeneous class of intermediates with extreme chemical diversity, which is of particular relevance in processed and stored food products as well as in diabetic and age-related protein damage. Here, three amino acids (lysine, arginine, and histidine) were reacted with ribose at 100 °C in water for ten hours. Exposing these model systems to simulated sunlight led to a fast decay of MRPs. The photodegradation of MRPs and the formation of new compounds have been studied by fluorescence spectroscopy and nontargeted (ultra)high-resolution mass spectrometry. Photoreactions showed strong selectivity towards the degradation of electron-rich aromatic heterocycles, such as pyrroles and pyrimidines. The data show that oxidative cleavage mechanisms dominate the formation of photoproducts. The photochemical transformations differed fundamentally from "traditional" thermal Maillard reactions and indicated a high amino acid specificity.
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- Daniel Hemmler
- Comprehensive Foodomics Platform, Analytical Food ChemistryTechnical University MunichMaximus-von-Imhof-Forum 285354FreisingGermany
- Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry (BGC)Helmholtz Zentrum MünchenIngolstädter Landstrasse 185764NeuherbergGermany
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceChesapeake Biological LaboratorySolomonsUSA
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceChesapeake Biological LaboratorySolomonsUSA
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- The Waltham Centre for Pet NutritionMars Petcare (UK)Waltham-on-the-WoldsLeicestershireLE14 4RTUK
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- Comprehensive Foodomics Platform, Analytical Food ChemistryTechnical University MunichMaximus-von-Imhof-Forum 285354FreisingGermany
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- The Waltham Centre for Pet NutritionMars Petcare (UK)Waltham-on-the-WoldsLeicestershireLE14 4RTUK
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- Comprehensive Foodomics Platform, Analytical Food ChemistryTechnical University MunichMaximus-von-Imhof-Forum 285354FreisingGermany
- Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry (BGC)Helmholtz Zentrum MünchenIngolstädter Landstrasse 185764NeuherbergGermany
- University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceChesapeake Biological LaboratorySolomonsUSA
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Ziegler G, Gonsior M, Fisher DJ, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Tamburri MN. Formation of Brominated Organic Compounds and Molecular Transformations in Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) after Ballast Water Treatment with Sodium Dichloroisocyanurate Dihydrate (DICD). Environ Sci Technol 2019; 53:8006-8016. [PMID: 31194530 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Estuarine water treated with a ballast water management system (BWMS) using a solution of dissolved dichloroisocyanurate dihydrate (DICD) resulted in the formation of newly described brominated disinfection byproducts (Br-DBPs). Analysis of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in untreated water with ultrahigh resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) identified 3897 m/z ions and their exact molecular formulas. After DICD treatment, a total of 213 halogenated molecular ions with relative abundance of at least 1% were assigned and confirmed using isotope simulation. Halogenated ions were assigned in four DBP elemental groups including CHOBr (180), CHONBr (13), CHOCl (16), and CHOBrCl (4). Forty-nine of the 197 brominated formulas have not been previously reported. We also were able to tentatively assign possible structures to the formula C3HBr3N2 due to very limited isomeric possibilities. The tentatively assigned compound found at 6.4% relative abundance was identified as either tribromoimidazole or tribromopyrazole. Our results show the formation of complex halogenated DBPs that are formed in the treatment of water with a novel BWMS that employs granular DICD as a biocide. The toxicological and mutagenic properties as well as the fate of these newly identified brominated DBPs are unknown.
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- Gregory Ziegler
- University of Maryland , College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Wye Research and Education Center , Queenstown , Maryland 21658 , United States
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science , Chesapeake Biological Laboratory , Solomons , Maryland 20688 , United States
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- University of Maryland , College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Wye Research and Education Center , Queenstown , Maryland 21658 , United States
- University of Maryland , College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Science and Technology , College Park , Maryland 20742 , United States
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen , Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry , D-85764 Neuherberg , Germany
- Technische Universität München , Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry , D-85354 Freising-Weihenstephan , Germany
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science , Chesapeake Biological Laboratory , Solomons , Maryland 20688 , United States
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Mitchelmore CL, He K, Gonsior M, Hain E, Heyes A, Clark C, Younger R, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Feerick A, Conway A, Blaney L. Occurrence and distribution of UV-filters and other anthropogenic contaminants in coastal surface water, sediment, and coral tissue from Hawaii. Sci Total Environ 2019; 670:398-410. [PMID: 30904653 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 03/02/2019] [Accepted: 03/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The occurrence of UV-filters in the environment has raised concerns over potentially adverse impacts on corals. In this study, the concentrations of 13 UV-filters and 11 hormones were measured in surface seawater, sediment, and coral tissue from 19 sites in Oahu, Hawaii. At least eight UV-filters were detected in seawater, sediment, and coral tissue and total mass concentrations of all UV-filters were <750 ng L-1, <70 ng g-1 dry weight (dw), and <995 ng g-1 dw, respectively. Four UV-filters were detected in water, sediment, and coral tissue at detection frequencies of 63-100%, 56-91%, and 82-100%, respectively. These UV-filter concentrations generally varied as follows: water, homosalate (HMS) > octisalate (OS) > benzophenone-3 (BP-3, also known as oxybenzone) > octocrylene (OC); sediment, HMS > OS > OC > BP-3; coral, OS ≈ HMS > OC ≈ BP-3. BP-3 concentrations in surface seawater were <10 ng L-1 at 12 of 19 sites and highest at Waikiki beach (e.g., 10.9-136 ng L-1). While BP-3 levels were minimal in sediment (e.g., <1 ng g-1 dw at 18 of 19 sites), and ranged from 6.6 to 241 ng g-1 dw in coral tissue. No quantifiable levels of 2-ethylhexyl 4-methoxycinnamate (also known as octinoxate) were recorded in surface seawater or coral tissues, but 5-12.7 ng g-1 dw was measured for sediment at 5 of 19 sites. No hormones were detected in seawater or sediment, but 17α-ethinylestradiol was present in three corals from Kaneohe Bay. Surfactant degradation products were present in seawater, especially at Waikiki beach. These results demonstrate ubiquitous parts-per-trillion concentrations of UV-filters in surface seawater and is the first report of UV-filters in coral tissue from U.S.A. coastal waters. These data inform the range of environmentally-relevant concentrations for future risk assessments on the potential impacts of UV-filters on coral reefs in Oahu, Hawaii.
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- Carys L Mitchelmore
- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, USA.
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- University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Engineering 314, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA; University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Baltimore, 660 West Redwood Street, Howard Hall 103, MD 21021, USA
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, USA
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- University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Engineering 314, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, USA
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, USA
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- Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment Health, Neuherberg D-85764, Germany; Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan D-85354, Germany
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- University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Engineering 314, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, USA
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- University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Engineering 314, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
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Gonsior M, Powers LC, Williams E, Place A, Chen F, Ruf A, Hertkorn N, Schmitt-Kopplin P. The chemodiversity of algal dissolved organic matter from lysed Microcystis aeruginosa cells and its ability to form disinfection by-products during chlorination. Water Res 2019; 155:300-309. [PMID: 30852317 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Revised: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 02/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Algal-derived dissolved organic matter (ADOM) originating from lysed Microcystis aeruginosa cells was investigated as precursor material to form disinfection by-products upon disinfection with free chlorine. Non-targeted ultrahigh resolution 12 T negative mode electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) revealed high molecular diversity in solid-phase extracted and ionizable components of Microcystis aeruginosa ADOM. The toxin microcystin LR was effectively degraded by free chlorine, which was expected. However, we found a high diversity of disinfection by-products associated with the addition of free chlorine to the water-soluble and solid-phase extractable fraction of ADOM and of double-bond moieties in abundant and known unsaturated fatty acids. Aromatic DOM precursors were absent from known metabolites of Microcystis aeruginosa and no evidence for aromatic disinfection by-products (DBPs) was found, despite N-containing compounds. A large diversification of N-containing molecular formulas was observed after chlorination, which seems indicative for the breakdown and oxidation of larger peptides. Additionally, a diverse group of N-compounds with presumed chloramine functional groups was observed. This study highlights the importance to evaluate ADOM and its ability to form different DBPs when compared to allochthonous or terrestrially-derived DOM.
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- Michael Gonsior
- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, USA.
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, USA
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, Baltimore, USA
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, Baltimore, USA
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, Baltimore, USA
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Neuherberg, Germany; Technische Universität München, Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany; Université Aix-Marseille, Laboratoire de Physique des Interactions Ioniques et Moléculaires (PIIM), UMR CNRS 7345, 13397, Marseille, France
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Neuherberg, Germany; Technische Universität München, Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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Luek JL, Harir M, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Mouser PJ, Gonsior M. Organic sulfur fingerprint indicates continued injection fluid signature 10 months after hydraulic fracturing. Environ Sci Process Impacts 2019; 21:206-213. [PMID: 30303509 DOI: 10.1039/c8em00331a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Hydraulic fracturing requires the injection of large volumes of fluid to extract oil and gas from low permeability unconventional resources (e.g., shale, coalbed methane), resulting in the production of large volumes of highly complex and variable waste fluids. Shale gas fluid samples were collected from two hydraulically fractured wells in Morgantown, WV, USA at the Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory (MSEEL) and analyzed using ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry to investigate the dissolved organic sulfur (DOS) pool. Using a non-targeted approach, ions assigned DOS formulas were analyzed to identify dominant DOS classes, describe their temporal trends and their implications, and describe the molecular characteristics of the larger DOS pool. The average molecular weight of organic sulfur compounds in flowback decreased and was lowest in produced waters. The dominant DOS classes were putatively assigned to alcohol sulfate and alcohol ethoxysulfate surfactants, likely injected as fracturing fluid additives, on the basis of exact mass and homolog distribution matching. This DOS signature was identifiable 10 months after the initial injection of hydraulic fracturing fluid, and an absence of genes that code for alcohol ethoxysulfate degrading proteins (e.g., sulfatases) in the shale well genomes and metagenomes support that these additives are not readily degraded biologically and may continue to act as a chemical signature of the injected fluid. Understanding the diversity, lability, and fate of organic sulfur compounds in shale wells is important for engineering productive wells and preventing gas souring as well as understanding the consequences of unintended fluid release to the environment. The diversity of DOS, particularly more polar compounds, needs further investigation to determine if the identified characteristics and temporal patterns are unique to the analyzed wells or represent broader patterns found in other formations and under other operating conditions.
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- Jenna L Luek
- University of New Hampshire, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Durham, NH 03825, USA.
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Murphy KR, Timko SA, Gonsior M, Powers LC, Wünsch UJ, Stedmon CA. Photochemistry Illuminates Ubiquitous Organic Matter Fluorescence Spectra. Environ Sci Technol 2018; 52:11243-11250. [PMID: 30157380 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b02648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in aquatic environments forms a vast reservoir of carbon present as a complex supermixture of compounds. An efficient approach to tracking the production and removal of specific DOM fractions is needed across disciplines, for purposes that range from improving global carbon budgets to optimizing water treatment in engineered systems. Although widely used to study DOM, fluorescence spectroscopy has yet to deliver specific fractions with known spectral properties and predictable distributions. Here, we mathematically isolate four visible-wavelength fluorescent fractions in samples from contrasting lake, river, and ocean environments. Using parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC), we show that most measured fluorescence in environmental samples can be explained by ubiquitous spectra with nearly stable optical properties and photodegradation behaviors over environmental pH gradients. Sample extraction changed bulk fluorescence spectra but not the number or shape of underlying PARAFAC components, while photobleaching preferentially removed the two longest-wavelength components. New approaches to analyzing fluorescence data sets incorporating these findings should improve the interpretation of DOM fluorescence and increase its utility for tracing organic matter biogeochemistry in aquatic systems.
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- K R Murphy
- Architecture and Civil Engineering , Chalmers University of Technology , 41296 Gothenburg , Sweden
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- Kennedy/Jenks Consultants 1191 Second Avenue, Suite 630 Seattle , Washington 98101 , United States
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory , 146 Williams Street , Solomons , Maryland 20688 , United States
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory , 146 Williams Street , Solomons , Maryland 20688 , United States
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- Architecture and Civil Engineering , Chalmers University of Technology , 41296 Gothenburg , Sweden
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- National Institute of Aquatic Resources , Technical University of Denmark , 2800 Kongens Lyngby , Denmark
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Valle J, Gonsior M, Harir M, Enrich-Prast A, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Bastviken D, Conrad R, Hertkorn N. Extensive processing of sediment pore water dissolved organic matter during anoxic incubation as observed by high-field mass spectrometry (FTICR-MS). Water Res 2018; 129:252-263. [PMID: 29153878 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Revised: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 11/05/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) contained in lake sediments is a carbon source for many microbial degradation processes, including aerobic and anaerobic mineralization. During anaerobic degradation, DOM is partially consumed and transformed into new molecules while the greenhouse gases methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) are produced. In this study, we used ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry to trace differences in the composition of solid-phase extractable (PPL resin) pore water DOM (SPE-DOM) isolated from surface sediments of three boreal lakes before and after 40 days of anoxic incubation, with concomitant determination of CH4 and CO2 evolution. CH4 and CO2 production detected by gas chromatography varied considerably among replicates and accounted for fractions of ∼2-4 × 10-4 of sedimentary organic carbon for CO2 and ∼0.8-2.4 × 10-5 for CH4. In contrast, the relative changes of key bulk parameters during incubation, such as relative proportions of molecular series, elemental ratios, average mass and unsaturation, were regularly in the percent range (1-3% for compounds decreasing and 4-10% for compounds increasing), i.e. several orders of magnitude higher than mineralization alone. Computation of the average carbon oxidation state in CHO molecules of lake pore water DOM revealed rather non-selective large scale transformations of organic matter during incubation, with depletion of highly oxidized and highly reduced CHO molecules, and formation of rather non-labile fulvic acid type molecules. In general, proportions of CHO compounds slightly decreased. Nearly saturated CHO and CHOS lipid-like substances declined during incubation: these rather commonplace molecules were less specific indicators of lake sediment alteration than the particular compounds, such as certain oxygenated aromatics and carboxyl-rich alicyclic acids (CRAM) found more abundant after incubation. There was a remarkable general increase in many CHNO compounds during incubation across all lakes. Differences in DOM transformation between lakes corresponded with lake size and water residence time. While in the small lake Svarttjärn, CRAM increased during incubation, lignin-and tannin-like compounds were enriched in the large lake Bisen, suggesting selective preservation of these rather non-labile aromatic compounds rather than recent synthesis. SPE-DOM after incubation may represent freshly synthesized compounds, leftover bulk DOM which is primarily composed of intrinsically refractory molecules and/or microbial metabolites which were not consumed in our experiments. In spite of a low fraction of the total DOM being mineralized to CO2 and CH4, the more pronounced change in molecular DOM composition during the incubation indicates that diagenetic modification of organic matter can be substantial compared to complete mineralization.
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- Juliana Valle
- Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, USA
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany; Department for Chemical-Technical Analysis, Research Center Weihenstephan for Brewing and Food Quality, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Linköping University, Department of Thematic Studies-Environmental Change, Linköping, Sweden; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Department of Botany, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany; Department for Chemical-Technical Analysis, Research Center Weihenstephan for Brewing and Food Quality, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Linköping University, Department of Thematic Studies-Environmental Change, Linköping, Sweden
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- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.
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Luek JL, Gonsior M. Organic compounds in hydraulic fracturing fluids and wastewaters: A review. Water Res 2017; 123:536-548. [PMID: 28697484 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Revised: 07/04/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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High volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) of shale to stimulate the release of natural gas produces a large quantity of wastewater in the form of flowback fluids and produced water. These wastewaters are highly variable in their composition and contain a mixture of fracturing fluid additives, geogenic inorganic and organic substances, and transformation products. The qualitative and quantitative analyses of organic compounds identified in HVHF fluids, flowback fluids, and produced waters are reviewed here to communicate knowledge gaps that exist in the composition of HVHF wastewaters. In general, analyses of organic compounds have focused on those amenable to gas chromatography, focusing on volatile and semi-volatile oil and gas compounds. Studies of more polar and non-volatile organic compounds have been limited by a lack of knowledge of what compounds may be present as well as quantitative methods and standards available for analyzing these complex mixtures. Liquid chromatography paired with high-resolution mass spectrometry has been used to investigate a number of additives and will be a key tool to further research on transformation products that are increasingly solubilized through physical, chemical, and biological processes in situ and during environmental contamination events. Diverse treatments have been tested and applied to HVHF wastewaters but limited information has been published on the quantitative removal of individual organic compounds. This review focuses on recently published information on organic compounds identified in flowback fluids and produced waters from HVHF.
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- Jenna L Luek
- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD 20688, USA.
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD 20688, USA
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Mangalgiri KP, Timko SA, Gonsior M, Blaney L. PARAFAC Modeling of Irradiation- and Oxidation-Induced Changes in Fluorescent Dissolved Organic Matter Extracted from Poultry Litter. Environ Sci Technol 2017; 51:8036-8047. [PMID: 28603977 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b06589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) applied to fluorescence excitation emission matrices (EEMs) allows quantitative assessment of the composition of fluorescent dissolved organic matter (DOM). In this study, we fit a four-component EEM-PARAFAC model to characterize DOM extracted from poultry litter. The data set included fluorescence EEMs from 291 untreated, irradiated (253.7 nm, 310-410 nm), and oxidized (UV-H2O2, ozone) poultry litter extracts. The four components were identified as microbial humic-, terrestrial humic-, tyrosine-, and tryptophan-like fluorescent signatures. The Tucker's congruence coefficients for components from the global (i.e., aggregated sample set) model and local (i.e., single poultry litter source) models were greater than 0.99, suggesting that the global EEM-PARAFAC model may be suitable to study poultry litter DOM from individual sources. In general, the transformation trends of the four fluorescence components were comparable for all poultry litter sources tested. For irradiation at 253.7 nm, ozonation, and UV-H2O2 advanced oxidation, transformation of the humic-like components was slower than that of the tryptophan-like component. The opposite trend was observed for irradiation at 310-410 nm, due to differences in UV absorbance properties of components. Compared to the other EEM-PARAFAC components, the tyrosine-like component was fairly recalcitrant in irradiation and oxidation processes. This novel application of EEM-PARAFAC modeling provides insight into the composition and fate of agricultural DOM in natural and engineered systems.
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- Kiranmayi P Mangalgiri
- University of Maryland Baltimore County Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering 1000 Hilltop Circle, ECS 314 Baltimore, Maryland 21250 United States
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- Kennedy/Jenks Consultants 1191 Second Avenue, Suite 630 Seattle, Washington 98101, United States
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Chesapeake Biological Laboratory 146 Williams Street, P.O. Box 38 Solomons, Maryland 20688, United States
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- University of Maryland Baltimore County Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering 1000 Hilltop Circle, ECS 314 Baltimore, Maryland 21250 United States
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Zhao Z, Gonsior M, Luek J, Timko S, Ianiri H, Hertkorn N, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Fang X, Zeng Q, Jiao N, Chen F. Picocyanobacteria and deep-ocean fluorescent dissolved organic matter share similar optical properties. Nat Commun 2017; 8:15284. [PMID: 28513605 PMCID: PMC5442323 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Marine chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) and its related fluorescent components (FDOM), which are widely distributed but highly photobleached in the surface ocean, are critical in regulating light attenuation in the ocean. However, the origins of marine FDOM are still under investigation. Here we show that cultured picocyanobacteria, Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus, release FDOM that closely match the typical fluorescent signals found in oceanic environments. Picocyanobacterial FDOM also shows comparable apparent fluorescent quantum yields and undergoes similar photo-degradation behaviour when compared with deep-ocean FDOM, further strengthening the similarity between them. Ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry (MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy reveal abundant nitrogen-containing compounds in Synechococcus DOM, which may originate from degradation products of the fluorescent phycobilin pigments. Given the importance of picocyanobacteria in the global carbon cycle, our results indicate that picocyanobacteria are likely to be important sources of marine autochthonous FDOM, which may accumulate in the deep ocean.
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- Zhao Zhao
- State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institution of Marine Microbes and Ecosphere, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China
- Institute of Marine and Science Technology, Shandong University, Joint Lab of Microbial Oceanography at QNLMST, Wenhai Road, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, 146 Williams Street, Solomons, Maryland 20688, USA
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- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, 146 Williams Street, Solomons, Maryland 20688, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Irvine, E4130 Engineering Gateway Building, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Alte Akademie 10, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Environmental Science Programs, School of Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institution of Marine Microbes and Ecosphere, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiang'an Campus, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China
- Institute of Marine and Science Technology, Shandong University, Joint Lab of Microbial Oceanography at QNLMST, Wenhai Road, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Institute of Marine and Science Technology, Shandong University, Joint Lab of Microbial Oceanography at QNLMST, Wenhai Road, Qingdao 266237, China
- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, 701 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, USA
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Luek JL, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Mouser PJ, Petty WT, Richardson SD, Gonsior M. Halogenated Organic Compounds Identified in Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewaters Using Ultrahigh Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Environ Sci Technol 2017; 51:5377-5385. [PMID: 28403606 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b06213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Large volumes of water return to the surface following hydraulic fracturing of deep shale formations to retrieve oil and natural gas. Current understanding of the specific organic constituents in these hydraulic fracturing wastewaters is limited to hydrocarbons and a fraction of known chemical additives. In this study, we analyzed hydraulic fracturing wastewater samples using ultrahigh resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS) as a nontargeted technique to assign unambiguous molecular formulas to singly charged molecular ions. Halogenated molecular formulas were identified and confirmed using isotopic simulation and MS-MS fragmentation spectra. The abundance of halogenated organic compounds in flowback fluids rather than older wastewaters suggested that the observed molecular ions might have been related to hydraulic fracturing additives and related subsurface reactions, such as through the reaction of shale-extracted chloride, bromide, and iodide with strong oxidant additives (e.g., hypochlorite, persulfate, hydrogen peroxide) and subsequently with diverse dissolved organic matter. Some molecular ions matched the exact masses of known disinfection byproducts including diiodoacetic acid, dibromobenzoic acid, and diiodobenzoic acid. The identified halogenated organic compounds, particularly iodinated organic molecules, are absent from inland natural systems and these compounds could therefore play an important role as environmental tracers.
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- Jenna L Luek
- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science , Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, Maryland United States
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen , Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Neuherberg, Germany
- Technische Universität München , Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- The Ohio State University , Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, Columbus, Ohio United States
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- Univeristy of South Carolina , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Columbia, South Carolina United States
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- Univeristy of South Carolina , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Columbia, South Carolina United States
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science , Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, Maryland United States
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Coelho C, Parot J, Gonsior M, Nikolantonaki M, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Parlanti E, Gougeon RD. Asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation of white wine chromophoric colloidal matter. Anal Bioanal Chem 2017; 409:2757-2766. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-017-0221-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2016] [Revised: 01/09/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Li Y, Harir M, Lucio M, Gonsior M, Koch BP, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Hertkorn N. Comprehensive structure-selective characterization of dissolved organic matter by reducing molecular complexity and increasing analytical dimensions. Water Res 2016; 106:477-487. [PMID: 27770724 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.10.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Revised: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Deciphering the molecular codes of dissolved organic matter (DOM) improves our understanding of its role in the global element cycles and its active involvement in ecosystem services. This study demonstrates comprehensive characterization of DOM by an initial polarity-based stepwise solid phase extraction (SPE) with single methanol elution of the cartridges, but separate collection of equal aliquots of eluate. The reduction of molecular complexity in the individual DOM fractions attenuates intermolecular interactions and substantially increases the disposable resolution of any structure selective characterization. Suwannee River DOM (SR DOM) was used to collect five distinct SPE fractions with overall 91% DOC recovery. Optical spectroscopy (UV and fluorescence spectroscopy), high-field Fourier transform ion cyclotron mass spectrometry (FTICR MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy showed analogous hierarchical clustering among the five eluates corroborating the robustness of this approach. Two abundant moderately hydrophobic fractions contained most of the SR DOM compounds, with substantial proportions of aliphatics, carboxylic-rich alicyclic molecules, carbohydrates and aromatics. A minor early eluting hydrophilic fraction was highly aliphatic and presented a large diversity of alicyclic carboxylic acids, whereas the two late eluting, minor hydrophobic fractions appeared as a largely defunctionalized mixture of aliphatic molecules. Comparative mass analysis showed that fractionation of SR DOM was governed by multiple molecular interactions depending on O/C ratio, molecular weight and aromaticity. The traditional optical indices SUVA254 and fluorescence index (FI) indicated the relative aromaticity in agreement with FTICR mass and NMR spectra; the classical fluorescent peaks A and C were observed in all four latter eluates. This versatile approach can be easily expanded to preparative scale under field conditions, and transferred to different DOM sources and SPE conditions.
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- Yan Li
- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany; Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische Universität München, 85354, Freising, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Salomons, MD, 20688, USA
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- Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar und Marine Research, Ecological Chemistry, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570, Bremerhaven, Germany; Hochschule Bremerhaven, University of Applied Sciences, An der Karlstadt 8, 27568, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany; Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische Universität München, 85354, Freising, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry (BGC), Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
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Gonsior M, Ramsthaler F, Birngruber C, Obert M, Verhoff MA. The completely fused medial clavicular epiphysis in high-frequency ultrasound scans as a diagnostic criterion for forensic age estimations in the living. Int J Legal Med 2016; 130:1603-1613. [PMID: 27544359 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-016-1435-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The assessment of ossification of the medial clavicular epiphysis plays a decisive role in the forensic age estimation of living subjects. Primarily for reasons of minimizing the radiation exposure currently associated with such evaluations, non-ionizing methods would be an advance.This study pursued the question whether full union of the medial clavicular epiphysis, visualized by high-frequency sonography, is a reliable criterion for age-threshold determinations. The ossification stage of the medial clavicular epiphysis of 215 female and 195 male volunteers, aged between 14 and 26 years, was evaluated in bilateral sonograms. Stage 4, defined as complete fusion by Schulz et al. (Int J Legal Med 122:163-167, 2008), was observed on at least one body side in 48 of 334 individuals younger than 21 years (14.4 %) and in 32 of 264 individuals younger than 18 years (12.1 %).With the high-frequency ultrasound used in this study, even the smallest convexities of the medial clavicular ending can be visualized. This may have led to overestimation of the ossification stage. It is not clear whether any observed roundings in the sonograms should actually be interpreted in terms of stages 3 and 4 as defined by Schulz. Also, due to the low penetration depth of high-frequency ultrasound waves, epiphyseal plate residues and ossification centers may have remained undetected. Reliable differentiation of the stages 1-4 with high-frequency sonography is thus difficult, and the results suggest that this method is not a radiation-free alternative to computed tomography, the current gold standard for determining age thresholds.
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- Michael Gonsior
- Department of Legal Medicine, University of Gießen, Frankfurter Straße 58, D-35392, Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Legal Medicine, University Hospital of Saarland, Building 42, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Legal Medicine, University of Gießen, Frankfurter Straße 58, D-35392, Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University of Gießen, Klinikstraße 33, D-35385, Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Legal Medicine, University Hospital of Frankfurt, Goethe University, Kennedyallee 104, D-60596, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Dvorski SEM, Gonsior M, Hertkorn N, Uhl J, Müller H, Griebler C, Schmitt-Kopplin P. Geochemistry of Dissolved Organic Matter in a Spatially Highly Resolved Groundwater Petroleum Hydrocarbon Plume Cross-Section. Environ Sci Technol 2016; 50:5536-46. [PMID: 27152868 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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At numerous groundwater sites worldwide, natural dissolved organic matter (DOM) is quantitatively complemented with petroleum hydrocarbons. To date, research has been focused almost exclusively on the contaminants, but detailed insights of the interaction of contaminant biodegradation, dominant redox processes, and interactions with natural DOM are missing. This study linked on-site high resolution spatial sampling of groundwater with high resolution molecular characterization of DOM and its relation to groundwater geochemistry across a petroleum hydrocarbon plume cross-section. Electrospray- and atmospheric pressure photoionization (ESI, APPI) ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS) revealed a strong interaction between DOM and reactive sulfur species linked to microbial sulfate reduction, i.e., the key redox process involved in contaminant biodegradation. Excitation emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy in combination with Parallel Factor Analysis (PARAFAC) modeling attributed DOM samples to specific contamination traits. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy evaluated the aromatic compounds and their degradation products in samples influenced by the petroleum contamination and its biodegradation. Our orthogonal high resolution analytical approach enabled a comprehensive molecular level understanding of the DOM with respect to in situ petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation and microbial sulfate reduction. The role of natural DOM as potential cosubstrate and detoxification reactant may improve future bioremediation strategies.
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- Sabine E-M Dvorski
- Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health , Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science , Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, Maryland 20688, United States
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health , Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health , Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health , Institute of Groundwater Ecology, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health , Institute of Groundwater Ecology, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health , Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Technische Universität München , Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, D-85354 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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Lavonen EE, Kothawala DN, Tranvik LJ, Gonsior M, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Köhler SJ. Tracking changes in the optical properties and molecular composition of dissolved organic matter during drinking water production. Water Res 2015; 85:286-294. [PMID: 26342182 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2015] [Revised: 08/10/2015] [Accepted: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Absorbance, 3D fluorescence and ultrahigh resolution electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (ESI-FT-ICR-MS) were used to explain patterns in the removal of chromophoric and fluorescent dissolved organic matter (CDOM and FDOM) at the molecular level during drinking water production at four large drinking water treatment plants in Sweden. When dissolved organic carbon (DOC) removal was low, shifts in the dissolved organic matter (DOM) composition could not be detected with commonly used DOC-normalized parameters (e.g. specific UV254 absorbance - SUVA), but was clearly observed by using differential absorbance and fluorescence or ESI-FT-ICR-MS. In addition, we took a novel approach by identifying how optical parameters were correlated to the elemental composition of DOM by using rank correlation to connect optical properties to chemical formulas assigned to mass peaks from FT-ICR-MS analyses. Coagulation treatment selectively removed FDOM at longer emission wavelengths (450-600 nm), which significantly correlated with chemical formulas containing oxidized carbon (average carbon oxidation state ≥ 0), low hydrogen to carbon ratios (H/C: average ± SD = 0.83 ± 0.13), and abundant oxygen-containing functional groups (O/C = 0.62 ± 0.10). Slow sand filtration was less efficient in removing DOM, yet selectively targeted FDOM at shorter emission wavelengths (between 300 and 450 nm), which commonly represents algal rather than terrestrial sources. This shorter wavelength FDOM correlated with chemical formulas containing reduced carbon (average carbon oxidation state ≤ 0), with relatively few carbon-carbon double bonds (H/C = 1.32 ± 0.16) and less oxygen per carbon (O/C = 0.43 ± 0.10) than those removed during coagulation. By coupling optical approaches with FT-ICR-MS to characterize DOM, we were for the first time able to confirm the molecular composition of absorbing and fluorescing DOM selectively targeted during drinking water treatment.
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- E E Lavonen
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), 75007, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), 75007, Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Ecology and Genetics/Limnology, Uppsala University, 75236, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics/Limnology, Uppsala University, 75236, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Thematic Studies, Unit of Environmental Change, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden; Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD 20688, USA
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- Analytical BioGeoChemistry, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany; Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische Universität München, 85354, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), 75007, Uppsala, Sweden
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Timko SA, Gonsior M, Cooper WJ. Influence of pH on fluorescent dissolved organic matter photo-degradation. Water Res 2015; 85:266-74. [PMID: 26342180 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.08.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Revised: 08/03/2015] [Accepted: 08/25/2015] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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A novel semi-continuous excitation emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence and absorbance monitoring system has been developed. Full EEMs were collected simultaneously with absorbance spectra every 20 min during 24 h solar-simulated irradiation experiments, and the kinetic change of fluorescence of Suwannee River natural organic matter IHSS standard material (SRNOM) at various pH values was investigated. Parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) was then used to isolate the photo-labile and pH-influenced fluorescent components of SRNOM. Kinetic analysis showed increasing rates of fluorescence loss with increasing pH. This has significant implications for the photo-degradation of dissolved natural organic matter during estuarine mixing, when large increases of pH are common. The influence of pH on fluorescence and photo-degradation kinetics emphasizes the need for pH to be monitored and accurately controlled during laboratory experiments. It is also highly recommended that when constructing PARAFAC models or monitoring changes in fluorescence data between samples of different origins, that the pH be held constant to remove any potential artifacts or misinterpretation of data.
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- Stephen A Timko
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2175, USA.
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, 146 Williams Street, Solomons, MD 20688, USA.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2175, USA.
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Gonsior M, Mitchelmore C, Heyes A, Harir M, Richardson SD, Petty WT, Wright DA, Schmitt-Kopplin P. Bromination of Marine Dissolved Organic Matter following Full Scale Electrochemical Ballast Water Disinfection. Environ Sci Technol 2015; 49:9048-9055. [PMID: 26168359 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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An extensively diverse array of brominated disinfection byproducts (DBPs) were generated following electrochemical disinfection of natural coastal/estuarine water, which is one of the main treatment methods currently under consideration for ballast water treatment. Ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry revealed 462 distinct brominated DBPs at a relative abundance in the mass spectra of more than 1%. A brominated DBP with a relative abundance of almost 22% was identified as 2,2,4-tribromo-5-hydroxy-4-cyclopentene-1,3-dione, which is an analogue to several previously described 2,2,4-trihalo-5-hydroxy-4-cyclopentene-1,3-diones in drinking water. Several other brominated molecular formulas matched those of other known brominated DBPs, such as dibromomethane, which could be generated by decarboxylation of dibromoacetic acid during ionization, dibromophenol, dibromopropanoic acid, dibromobutanoic acid, bromohydroxybenzoic acid, bromophenylacetic acid, bromooxopentenoic acid, and dibromopentenedioic acid. Via comparison to previously described chlorine-containing analogues, bromophenylacetic acid, dibromooxopentenoic acid, and dibromopentenedioic acid were also identified. A novel compound at a 4% relative abundance was identified as tribromoethenesulfonate. This compound has not been previously described as a DBP, and its core structure of tribromoethene has been demonstrated to show toxicological implications. Here we show that electrochemical disinfection, suggested as a candidate for successful ballast water treatment, caused considerable production of some previously characterized DBPs in addition to novel brominated DBPs, although several hundred compounds remain structurally uncharacterized. Our results clearly demonstrate that electrochemical and potentially direct chlorination of ballast water in estuarine and marine systems should be approached with caution and the concentrations, fate, and toxicity of DBP need to be further characterized.
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- Michael Gonsior
- †Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, Maryland 20688, United States
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- †Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, Maryland 20688, United States
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- †Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, Maryland 20688, United States
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- ‡Helmholtz Zentrum München, Analytical BioGeoChemistry, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- §Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- §Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- †Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, Maryland 20688, United States
- ⊥Environmental Research Services, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, United States
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- ‡Helmholtz Zentrum München, Analytical BioGeoChemistry, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- ∥Technische Universität München, Analytical Food Chemistry, D-85354 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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Coelho C, Aron A, Roullier-Gall C, Gonsior M, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Gougeon RD. Fluorescence fingerprinting of bottled white wines can reveal memories related to sulfur dioxide treatments of the must. Anal Chem 2015; 87:8132-7. [PMID: 26190639 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b00388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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For the first time, Excitation Emission Matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy was combined with parallel factor statistical analysis (PARAFAC) and applied to a set of 320 dry white wines of the Chardonnay grape variety. A four component PARAFAC model (C1, C2, C3 and C4) best explained the variability of fluorescence signatures of white wines. Subtle changes were observed in EEMs of white wines from two different vintages (2006 and 2007), where different concentrations of sulfur dioxide (0, 4, and 8 g·hL(-1)) were added to the grape must at pressing. PARAFAC results clearly indicated that sulfur dioxide added to the must subsequently influenced white wine chemistry into three distinct sulfur dioxide dose-dependent aging mechanisms. For both vintages, C1 and C2 were the dominant components affected by sulfur dioxide and likely reacting with phenolic compounds associated with some presumably proteinaceous material. Distinct component combinations revealed either SO2 dependent or vintage-dependent signatures, thus, showing the extent of the complex versatile significance underlying such fluorescence spectra, even after several years of bottle aging.
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- Christian Coelho
- †UMR PAM Université de Bourgogne/AgroSupDijon, Institut Universitaire de la Vigne et du Vin, Jules Guyot, Dijon, France
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- †UMR PAM Université de Bourgogne/AgroSupDijon, Institut Universitaire de la Vigne et du Vin, Jules Guyot, Dijon, France
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- †UMR PAM Université de Bourgogne/AgroSupDijon, Institut Universitaire de la Vigne et du Vin, Jules Guyot, Dijon, France.,‡Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Department of Environmental Sciences, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.,§Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Alte Akademie 10, 85354 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- ∥University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, Maryland 20688, United States
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- ‡Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Department of Environmental Sciences, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.,§Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Alte Akademie 10, 85354 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- †UMR PAM Université de Bourgogne/AgroSupDijon, Institut Universitaire de la Vigne et du Vin, Jules Guyot, Dijon, France
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Gonsior M, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Stavklint H, Richardson SD, Hertkorn N, Bastviken D. Changes in dissolved organic matter during the treatment processes of a drinking water plant in Sweden and formation of previously unknown disinfection byproducts. Environ Sci Technol 2014; 48:12714-22. [PMID: 25322143 DOI: 10.1021/es504349p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The changes in dissolved organic matter (DOM) throughout the treatment processes in a drinking water treatment plant in Sweden and the formation of disinfection byproducts (DBPs) were evaluated by using ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry (resolution of ∼500,000 at m/z 400) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Mass spectrometric results revealed that flocculation induced substantial changes in the DOM and caused quantitative removal of DOM constituents that usually are associated with DBP formation. While half of the chromophoric DOM (CDOM) was removed by flocculation, ∼4-5 mg L(-1) total organic carbon remained in the finished water. A conservative approach revealed the formation of ∼800 mass spectrometry ions with unambiguous molecular formula assignments that contained at least one halogen atom. These molecules likely represented new DBPs, which could not be prevented by the flocculation process. The most abundant m/z peaks, associated with formed DBPs, could be assigned to C5HO3Cl3, C5HO3Cl2Br, and C5HO3ClBr2 using isotope simulation patterns. Other halogen-containing formulas suggested the presence of halogenated polyphenolic and aromatic acid-type structures, which was supported by possible structures that matched the lower molecular mass range (maximum of 10 carbon atoms) of these DBPs. 1H NMR before and after disinfection revealed an ∼2% change in the overall 1H NMR signals supporting a significant change in the DOM caused by disinfection. This study underlines the fact that a large and increasing number of people are exposed to a very diverse pool of organohalogens through water, by both drinking and uptake through the skin upon contact. Nontarget analytical approaches are indispensable for revealing the magnitude of this exposure and to test alternative ways to reduce it.
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- Michael Gonsior
- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science , Solomons, Maryland 20688, United States
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Tseng LY, Gonsior M, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Cooper WJ, Pitt P, Rosso D. Molecular characteristics and differences of effluent organic matter from parallel activated sludge and integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) processes. Environ Sci Technol 2013; 47:10277-10284. [PMID: 23941532 DOI: 10.1021/es4002482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A direct comparison between parallel activated sludge and integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) processes was performed in this study because both treatments received the same primary effluent, although differences may still remain due to different return flow rates. Modern ultrahigh resolution electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry was applied to characterize the complexity of effluent organic matter (EfOM) and to evaluate both processes in their abilities to change the EfOM molecular composition. At different stages during the two processes a direct comparison of the performance and changes in molecular composition of the IFAS with those of the activated sludge was undertaken. Large differences in the molecular composition between both processes were only apparent in the early stage of the aeration cells and the first cell of the IFAS possibly due to the higher flow rate and a delay in aerobic bacterial degradation. Despite the double flow rate (0.263 m(3) s(-1)) in the IFAS reactors compared to the activated sludge, by the end of the treatment the EfOM composition of both processes were undistinguishable from each other. However, a much more complex EfOM was generated in both processes, suggesting that bacteria are responsible for an increase in molecular diversity in the effluent.
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- Linda Y Tseng
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California , Los Angeles, California 90095-1593, United States
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Cottrell BA, Timko SA, Devera L, Robinson AK, Gonsior M, Vizenor AE, Simpson AJ, Cooper WJ. Photochemistry of excited-state species in natural waters: a role for particulate organic matter. Water Res 2013; 47:5189-5199. [PMID: 23863383 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.05.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2013] [Revised: 05/28/2013] [Accepted: 05/31/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Laser flash photolysis (LFP) was used to characterize a triplet excited state species isolated from Black River and San Joaquin wetlands particulate organic matter (POM). The solubilized organic matter, isolated from POM by pH-independent diffusion in distilled water, was named PdOM. UV-visible absorption spectroscopy, excitation-emission matrix spectroscopy (EEMs), and (1)H NMR were used to characterize the PdOM. While LFP of dissolved organic matter (DOM) is known to generate the solvated electron, LFP of the PdOM transient in argon-, air-, and nitrous oxide-saturated solutions indicated that this was a triplet excited state species ((3)PdOM*). The lifetime and the reactivity of (3)PdOM* with sorbic acid, a triplet state quencher, were compared with that of the triplet excited state of benzophenone, a DOM proxy. A second excited state species (designated DOM*), with a longer lifetime, was reported in a number of previous studies but not characterized. The lifetime of DOM*, measured for seventeen organic matter isolates, lignin, tannic acid, and three wetlands plant extracts, was shown to differentiate allochthonous from autochthonous DOM. (3)POM* and DOM* were also observed in lake water and a constructed wetlands' water. Aqueous extracts of fresh and aged plant material from the same wetland were shown to be one source of these excited state species. This study provides evidence of a role for POM in the photochemistry of natural and constructed wetland waters.
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- Barbara A Cottrell
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, ON M1C1A4, Canada.
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Gonsior M, Ramsthaler F, Gehl A, Verhoff MA. Morphology as a cause for different classification of the ossification stage of the medial clavicular epiphysis by ultrasound, computed tomography, and macroscopy. Int J Legal Med 2013; 127:1013-21. [PMID: 23820972 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-013-0889-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2013] [Accepted: 06/20/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The assessment of the ossification status of the medial clavicular epiphysis plays a decisive role in forensic age diagnostics to determine whether a person has completed his or her 18th or, respectively, 21st year of life. Currently, computed tomography is the gold standard method for age diagnostics of this kind. However, efforts are being made to establish non-ionizing methods, such as ultrasonography, predominantly, in an attempt to reduce the radiation exposure load of living persons. The present study is the first to score and to compare the ossification status of both medial clavicular epiphyses of the same subjects by sonography, computed tomography, and, in some of the cases, by macroscopy. Our study was conducted on five male corpses, ranging in age from 15.8-28.8 years. In the comparison of high-resolution sonography (frequency, 12-15 MHz) and thin slice computed tomography (slice thickness, 0.6 mm), performed separately for left and right clavicles, the results from these two methods differed in seven of ten cases. In six cases, the ossification stage of the medial clavicle, determined by sonography and classified according to Schulz et al. (2008), was scored higher than with computed tomography. In one case, it was rated lower. There was only one subject for whom both the sonographic and computed tomography findings agreed for both body sides.
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- Michael Gonsior
- Department of Legal Medicine, University of Giessen, Frankfurter Straße 58, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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Lavonen EE, Gonsior M, Tranvik LJ, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Köhler SJ. Selective chlorination of natural organic matter: identification of previously unknown disinfection byproducts. Environ Sci Technol 2013; 47:2264-71. [PMID: 23373647 DOI: 10.1021/es304669p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Natural organic matter (NOM) serve as precursors for disinfection byproducts (DBPs) in drinking water production making NOM removal essential in predisinfection treatment processes. We identified molecular formulas of chlorinated DBPs after chlorination and chloramination in four Swedish surface water treatment plants (WTPs) using ultrahigh resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS). Chlorine-containing formulas were detected before and after disinfection and were therefore classified to identify DBPs. In total, 499 DBPs were detected, of which 230 have not been reported earlier. The byproducts had, as a group, significantly lower ratio of hydrogen to carbon (H/C) and significantly higher average carbon oxidation state (COS), double bond equivalents per carbon (DBE/C) and ratio of oxygen to carbon (O/C) compared to Cl-containing components present before disinfection and CHO formulas in samples taken both before and after disinfection. Electrophilic substitution, the proposed most significant reaction pathway for chlorination of NOM, results in carbon oxidation and decreased H/C while O/C and DBE/C is left unchanged. Because the identified DBPs had significantly higher DBE/C and O/C than the CHO formulas we concluded that chlorination of NOM during disinfection is selective toward components with relatively high double bond equivalency and number of oxygen atoms per carbon. Furthermore, choice of disinfectant, dose, and predisinfection treatment at the different WTPs resulted in distinct patterns in the occurrence of DBP formulas.
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- Elin E Lavonen
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) , 75007, Uppsala, Sweden
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Yekta SS, Gonsior M, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Svensson BH. Characterization of dissolved organic matter in full scale continuous stirred tank biogas reactors using ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry: a qualitative overview. Environ Sci Technol 2012; 46:12711-12719. [PMID: 23110574 DOI: 10.1021/es3024447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) was characterized in eight full scale continuous stirred tank biogas reactors (CSTBR) using solid-phase extraction and electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (ESI-FT-ICR-MS). An overview of the DOM molecular complexity in the samples from biogas reactors with conventional operational conditions and various substrate profiles is provided by assignments of unambiguous exact molecular formulas for each measured mass peak. Analysis of triplicate samples for each reactor demonstrated the reproducibility of the solid-phase extraction procedure and ESI-FT-ICR-MS which allowed precise evaluation of the DOM molecular differences among the different reactors. Cluster analysis on mass spectrometric data set showed that the biogas reactors treating sewage sludge had distinctly different DOM characteristics compared to the codigesters treating a combination of organic wastes. Furthermore, the samples from thermophilic and mesophilic codigesters had different DOM composition in terms of identified masses and corresponding intensities. Despite the differences, the results demonstrated that compositionally linked organic compounds comprising 28-59% of the total number of assigned formulas for the samples were shared in all the reactors. This suggested that the shared assigned formulas in studied CSTBRs might be related to common biochemical transformation in anaerobic digestion process and therefore, performance of the CSTBRs.
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- Sepehr Shakeri Yekta
- Department of Thematic Studies - Water and Environment, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden.
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Ayatollahi S, Kalnina D, Song W, Cottrell BA, Gonsior M, Cooper WJ. Recent advances in structure and reactivity of dissolved organic matter: radiation chemistry of non-isolated natural organic matter and selected model compounds. Water Sci Technol 2012; 66:1941-1949. [PMID: 22925867 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The importance of natural organic matter (NOM) as a source of carbon in natural waters, as the source of reactive oxygen species, or for the complications its presence causes in treatment of natural waters, is undeniable. Recent studies have also pointed to the major photochemical role of triplet excited state of natural organic matter in the environmental fate of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) in waters. However, the characterization of NOM is problematic due to its complex molecular structure. One approach to better understand NOM chemistry is the use of model compounds. As the condensation of a plant's phenolic compounds leads to humification and the formation of NOM, a structurally broad group of nine phenolic compounds were selected as model compounds for this study. With methods used in the discipline of radiation chemistry, the oxidative chemistry and transient spectra of these phenols were studied. In addition, the oxidative chemistry and transient spectra of a sample of NOM from the Black River, North Carolina, USA, was characterized. This natural water sample was used as received and represents the first studies of non-isolated NOM by pulsed radiolysis. The results of the transient spectra of the NOM revealed that the radical intermediates were very long lived. This phenomenon was not captured using the nine model compounds suggesting that more complex compounds are needed to further our understanding of the oxidation chemistry of NOM.
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- Shakiba Ayatollahi
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urban Water Research Center, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2175, USA
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Gonsior M, Zwartjes M, Cooper WJ, Song W, Ishida KP, Tseng LY, Jeung MK, Rosso D, Hertkorn N, Schmitt-Kopplin P. Molecular characterization of effluent organic matter identified by ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry. Water Res 2011; 45:2943-2953. [PMID: 21477837 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2011] [Revised: 03/07/2011] [Accepted: 03/09/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Effluent dissolved organic matter (EfOM) collected from the secondary-treated wastewater of the Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) located in Fountain Valley, California, USA was compared to natural organic matter collected from the Suwannee River (SRNOM), Florida using ultrahigh resolution electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS). Furthermore, the two different treatment processes at OCSD, activated sludge and trickling filter, were separately investigated. The blend of these two effluents was further evaluated after it had passed through the microfiltration process of the Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF) at Orange County Water District (OCWD). EfOM contained 872 different m/z peaks that were unambiguously assigned to exact molecular formulae containing a single sulfur atom and carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms (CHOS formulae). In contrast, the SRNOM sample only contained 152 CHOS formulae. The trend in CHO molecular compositions was opposite with 2500 CHO formulae assigned for SRNOM but only about 1000 for EfOM. The CHOS-derived mass peaks with highest abundances in EfOM could be attributed to surfactants such as linear alkyl benzene sulfonates (LAS), their co-products dialkyl tetralin sulfonates (DATS) and their biodegraded metabolites such as sulfophenyl carboxylic acids (SPC). The differences between the treatments were found minor with greater differences between sampling dates than treatment methods used.
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- Michael Gonsior
- Urban Water Research Center, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
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Bones DL, Henricksen DK, Mang SA, Gonsior M, Bateman AP, Nguyen TB, Cooper WJ, Nizkorodov SA. Appearance of strong absorbers and fluorophores in limonene-O3secondary organic aerosol due to NH4+-mediated chemical aging over long time scales. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2009jd012864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Gonsior M, Peake BM, Cooper WT, Podgorski D, D'Andrilli J, Cooper WJ. Photochemically induced changes in dissolved organic matter identified by ultrahigh resolution fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. Environ Sci Technol 2009; 43:698-703. [PMID: 19245004 DOI: 10.1021/es8022804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Sunlight-induced molecular changes have been observed in two samples of dissolved organic matter (DOM) collected in the Cape Fear River system, North Carolina, USA. The molecular composition of a water sample collected in the Black River (sample B210, salinity 0) and another water sample collected within the Cape Fear River estuary (sample M61, salinity 13.7) were analyzed using an ultrahigh resolution 9.4 Tesla (T) electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer. Additionally, the Ultraviolet/Visible (UV/vis) absorbance as well as the excitation emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectra were determined to identify changes in the optical properties associated with photochemical reactions of the chromophoric DOM (CDOM). The molecular formulas forthe Cape Fear River Estuary (M61) sample before the irradiation experiments indicated the presence of highly aromatic compounds which were not present in the unirradiated Black River sample (B210). These aromatic compounds, with oxygen-subtracted double bond equivalents (DBE-O) values greater than nine, are more photoreactive and readily photodegraded relative to saturated compounds. Compounds with DBE-O values below nine are less photoreactive. The UV/vis absorbance and EEM fluorescence results supported this different photodegradation behavior, suggesting that the photoreactivity of CDOM is highly dependent on the molecular composition of the CDOM.
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- Michael Gonsior
- Chemistry Department, Otago University, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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Fassauer H, Gonsior M, Schulz G. [Long-term results of the treatment of facial neuralgia with carbamazepines (Tegretol, Finlepsin)]. Stomatol DDR 1986; 36:1-8. [PMID: 3461583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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