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Wang C, He T, Zhang M, Zheng C, Yang L, Yang L. Review of the mechanisms involved in dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium and the efficacies of these mechanisms in the environment. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 345:123480. [PMID: 38325507 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) is currently of great interest because it is an important method for recovering nitrogen from wastewater and offers many advantages, over other methods. A full understanding of DNRA requires the mechanisms, pathways, and functional microorganisms involved to be identified. The roles these pathways play and the effectiveness of DNRA in the environment are not well understood. The objectives of this review are to describe our current understanding of the molecular mechanisms and pathways involved in DNRA from the substrate transfer perspective and to summarize the effects of DNRA in the environment. First, the mechanisms and pathways involved in DNRA are described in detail. Second, our understanding of DNRA by actinomycetes is reviewed and gaps in our understanding are identified. Finally, the effects of DNRA in the environment are assessed. This review will help in the development of future research into DNRA to promote the use of DNRA to treat wastewater and recover nitrogen.
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- Cerong Wang
- Key laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, Guizhou Province, China.
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- Key laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, Guizhou Province, China.
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- Key laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, Guizhou Province, China.
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- Key laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, Guizhou Province, China.
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- Key laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, Guizhou Province, China.
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- Key laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, Guizhou Province, China.
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Chen S, Zhou B, Chen H, Yuan R. Iron mediated autotrophic denitrification for low C/N ratio wastewater: A review. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 216:114687. [PMID: 36356669 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In recent years, iron mediated autotrophic denitrification has been a concern because it overcomes the absence of organic carbon and has been successfully used in denitrification for low C/N ratio wastewater. However, there is currently a lack of a more systematic summary of iron-based materials that can be used for denitrification, and no detailed overview about the mechanism of iron mediated autotrophic denitrification has been reported. In this study, the iron materials with different valence states that can be used for denitrification were summarized, and emphasized, as well as the mechanism in different interaction systems were emphasize. In addition, the contribution of various microorganisms in nitrate reduction were analyzed and the effects of operating conditions and water quality were evaluated. Finally, the challenges and shortcomings of the denitrification process were discussed aiming to find better practical engineering applications of iron-based denitrification.
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- Shaoting Chen
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.
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Zhou X, Wang G, Ge D, Yin Z. Development of aerobic methane oxidation, denitrification coupled to methanogenesis (AMODM) in a microaerophilic expanded granular sludge blanket biofilm reactor. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2020; 275:111280. [PMID: 32861003 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The issue of enhancing nitrogen removal and managing dissolved methane emission in anaerobic treatment systems is a major bottleneck in its wider application to treat high-strength organic wastewater with nitrate. Herein, a novel aerobic methane oxidation, denitrification coupled to methanogenesis (AMODM) process was developed in a glucose-fed microaerobic expanded granular sludge blanket biofilm reactor (EGSBBR) through in-situ utilization of produced methane for nitrogen removal. The 162-day operation demonstrated that long-term treatment performance under the decreased COD/NO3--N (C/N) ratio from 66.7 to 10 and the optimal C/N ratio for completing AMODM was found to be 16.7. Microbial community analysis further evidenced that Methanothrix as key methanogen predominated in the sludge bed, while Methlogaea as aerobic methane oxidizer was mainly detected in the packing bed of the hybrid system. Meanwhile, some facultative heterotrophic and dissimilated nitrate-reduction (DNRA) genera also co-existed. The profiling of key functional genes further proved concurrent occurrence of methanogenesis, aerobic methane oxidation and denitrification. Furthermore, possible microbial mechanism on AMODM process was elucidated from the prospective of targeted species interaction within the reactor. This research provides a robust and environment-friendly alternative process treating nitrate-containing organic wastewater towards efficient nitrogen removal, low resource consumption, bioenergy recovery and greenhouse gas reduction.
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- Xin Zhou
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China; Innovation Center for Postgraduate Education in Municipal Engineering of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan, 030024, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Technology, Key Laboratory of Beijing for Water Quality Science and Water Environment Recovery Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China; Innovation Center for Postgraduate Education in Municipal Engineering of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan, 030024, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China; Innovation Center for Postgraduate Education in Municipal Engineering of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan, 030024, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China; Innovation Center for Postgraduate Education in Municipal Engineering of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan, 030024, China
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Quan X, Zhang H, Liu H, Chen L, Li N. Remediation of nitrogen polluted water using Fe-C microelectrolysis and biofiltration under mixotrophic conditions. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 257:127272. [PMID: 32534299 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A hybrid biofilter was established on Fe-C supported carriers aimed to enhance nitrogen removal from polluted water of low Carbon/Nitrogen (C/N) ratio. Effects of organic loadings, hydraulic retention time (HRT), additional electron donor (Fe2+) supplementation and operation mode on the performance of the biofilter were investigated. Results showed that up-flow operation mode was better than down-flow mode in terms of nitrate and total nitrogen (TN) removal at low COD/N. The average removal of NO3--N, NH4+ -N and TN attained 83.1%, 84.7% and 81.2%, respectively, under the conditions of influent COD/NO3--N = 1.5-3.6, HRT = 10 h and up-flow operation. When the biofilter was operated under autotrophic conditions without organic compounds in influent as electron donors, the biofilter achieved a NO3--N removal of 46% and TN removal of 56% depending on the innate electron donors provided by the Fe-C carriers. Supplementation of Fe2+ in influent further promoted autotrophic denitrifying process, and the removal of NO3--N and TN increased to 96.3% and 84.7%, respectively, at the mol ratio of Fe2+/NO3- = 10 and HRT = 10 h. The microbial community was analyzed for the biofilm samples enriched under heterotrophic and autotrophic conditions. The Fe-C biofilter boosted the growth of a large population of mixotrophic denitrifying bacteria including Gallionella, heterotrophic denitrifying bacteria Denitratisoma, and autotrophic denitrifying bacteria Thiobacillus and Thioalkalispira. On the whole, the biofilter coupled with Fe-C micro-electrolysis provides a novel strategy to treat polluted water of low C/N under both heterotrophic and autotrophic conditions.
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- Xiangchun Quan
- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Northeast Electric Power University, Jinlin, 132012, Jinlin Province, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Northeast Electric Power University, Jinlin, 132012, Jinlin Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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Macaulay BM, Boothman C, van Dongen BE, Lloyd JR. A Novel "Microbial Bait" Technique for Capturing Fe(III)-Reducing Bacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:330. [PMID: 32218773 PMCID: PMC7078115 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Microbial reduction of Fe(III) is a key geochemical process in anoxic environments, controlling the degradation of organics and the mobility of metals and radionuclides. To further understand these processes, it is vital to develop a reliable means of capturing Fe(III)-reducing microorganisms from the field for analysis and lab-based investigations. In this study, a novel method of capturing Fe(III)-reducing bacteria using Fe(III)-coated pumice "microbe-baits" was demonstrated. The methodology involved the coating of pumice (approximately diameter 4 to 6 mm) with a bioavailable Fe(III) mineral (akaganeite), and was verified by deployment into a freshwater spring for 2 months. On retrieval, the coated pumice baits were incubated in a series of lab-based microcosms, amended with and without electron donors (lactate and acetate), and incubated at 20°C for 8 weeks. 16S rRNA gene sequencing using the Illumina MiSeq platform showed that the Fe(III)-coated pumice baits, when incubated in the presence of lactate and acetate, enriched for Deltaproteobacteria (relative abundance of 52% of the sequences detected corresponded to Geobacter species and 24% to Desulfovibrio species). In the absence of added electron donors, Betaproteobacteria were the most abundant class detected, most heavily represented by a close relative to Rhodoferax ferrireducens (15% of species detected), that most likely used organic matter sequestered from the spring waters to support Fe(III) reduction. In addition, TEM-EDS analysis of the Fe(III)-coated pumice slurries amended with electron donors revealed that a biogenic Fe(II) mineral, magnetite, was formed at the end of the incubation period. These results demonstrate that Fe(III)-coated pumice "microbe baits" can potentially help target metal-reducing bacteria for culture-dependent studies, to further our understanding of the nano-scale microbe-mineral interactions in aquifers.
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- Babajide Milton Macaulay
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Williamson Research Centre for Molecular Environmental Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Environmental Biology and Public Health Unit, Department of Biology, The Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Williamson Research Centre for Molecular Environmental Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Williamson Research Centre for Molecular Environmental Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Williamson Research Centre for Molecular Environmental Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Wang N, Shao X, Wei Y, Jiang S, Xu F, Wang H. Quantitative proteomics reveals that tea tree oil effects Botrytis cinerea mitochondria function. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 164:156-164. [PMID: 32284122 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2020.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Tea tree oil (TTO) inhibits the spore germination and mycelial growth of Botrytis cinerea, and induces mitochondrial dysfunction of B. cinerea. To further determine the effects of TTO on mitochondria in B. cinerea, label-free quantitative proteomics analysis was performed. A total of 85 differentially expression proteins (DEPs) were identified; Among them 51 were more abundant in TTO-treated samples, and 34 were less abundant. DEPs were then annotated and classified into 34 functional groups based on Gene Ontology analysis. Subsequent Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analysis linked identified DEPs to 83 different pathways. This study suggests that TTO inhibits the tricarboxylic acid cycle, pyruvate metabolism, amino acid metabolism, and membrane-related pathways in mitochondria, and also promotes sphingolipid metabolism, which may accelerate cell death in B. cinerea.
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- Nan Wang
- College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315800, China
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- College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315800, China.
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- College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315800, China
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- College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315800, China
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- College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315800, China
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- College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315800, China
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Barton LL, Granat AS, Lee S, Xu H, Ritz NL, Hider R, Lin HC. Bismuth(III) interactions with Desulfovibrio desulfuricans: inhibition of cell energetics and nanocrystal formation of Bi2S3 and Bi0. Biometals 2019; 32:803-811. [DOI: 10.1007/s10534-019-00213-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Cadby IT, Faulkner M, Cheneby J, Long J, van Helden J, Dolla A, Cole JA. Coordinated response of the Desulfovibrio desulfuricans 27774 transcriptome to nitrate, nitrite and nitric oxide. Sci Rep 2017; 7:16228. [PMID: 29176637 PMCID: PMC5701242 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16403-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The sulfate reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans inhabits both the human gut and external environments. It can reduce nitrate and nitrite as alternative electron acceptors to sulfate to support growth. Like other sulphate reducing bacteria, it can also protect itself against nitrosative stress caused by NO generated when nitrite accumulates. By combining in vitro experiments with bioinformatic and RNA-seq data, metabolic responses to nitrate or NO and how nitrate and nitrite reduction are coordinated with the response to nitrosative stress were revealed. Although nitrate and nitrite reduction are tightly regulated in response to substrate availability, the global responses to nitrate or NO were largely regulated independently. Multiple NADH dehydrogenases, transcription factors of unknown function and genes for iron uptake were differentially expressed in response to electron acceptor availability or nitrosative stress. Amongst many fascinating problems for future research, the data revealed a YtfE orthologue, Ddes_1165, that is implicated in the repair of nitrosative damage. The combined data suggest that three transcription factors coordinate this regulation in which NrfS-NrfR coordinates nitrate and nitrite reduction to minimize toxicity due to nitrite accumulation, HcpR1 serves a global role in regulating the response to nitrate, and HcpR2 regulates the response to nitrosative stress.
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- Ian T Cadby
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
- The Institute of Integrative Biology, Bioscience building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, L69 7ZB, UK
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- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, TAGC, UMR_S 1090, 163, Avenue de Luminy, 13288, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, TAGC, UMR_S 1090, 163, Avenue de Luminy, 13288, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, TAGC, UMR_S 1090, 163, Avenue de Luminy, 13288, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LCB, Marseille, France
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
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