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Wang S, Li H, Jiao Y, Li L, Zhou Q, Sun H, Shao Z, Wang C, Jing J, Gao Z. Insight into the effect of electric fields on bioremediation of petroleum-contaminated soil: A micro-ecological response. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2025; 377:124624. [PMID: 39986164 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2024] [Revised: 01/28/2025] [Accepted: 02/16/2025] [Indexed: 02/24/2025]
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The voltage gradient plays a crucial role in the process of electro-bioremediation for petroleum-contaminated soil. However, the micro-ecological response mechanisms of relevance have been scarcely documented. This study compared petroleum degradation characteristics, soil physicochemical properties, and bacterial microbiome indicators under 0.5 V cm-1, 1 V cm-1, and 2 V cm-1 conditions to elucidate the interaction mechanism among soil micro-ecological factors. The findings indicated that the treatment at 1 V cm-1 resulted in the most effective synergistic enhancement of electrokinetics and bioremediation, yielding a peak petroleum degradation ratio of 43.54 ± 1.64% over 105 days. The improvement in biodegradation resulted from the direct stimulation of bio-metabolism by higher ratios of "window condition" (RWC, 0.5331) and the indirect sustenance of microbial physiological activity by favorable soil conditions. The 1 V cm-1 voltage gradient either maintained or fostered the soil microbiome's response to the remediation system. The structural equation models (SEMs) demonstrated that variations in microbiome properties across different voltage gradients resulted from the influences of effective current intensity, soil pH, redox potential (Eh), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and electrical conductivity (EC). Optimizing voltage gradients is a practical approach for developing effective micro-ecosystems to efficiently remediate petroleum-contaminated soil and implement electro-bioremediation in various engineering applications.
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- Sa Wang
- College of Modern Agriculture and Ecological Environment, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China.
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- College of Modern Agriculture and Ecological Environment, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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- College of Modern Agriculture and Ecological Environment, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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- College of Modern Agriculture and Ecological Environment, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China.
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- College of Modern Agriculture and Ecological Environment, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, CNPC Research Institute of Safety and Environmental Technology, Beijing, 102206, China
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- College of Modern Agriculture and Ecological Environment, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education) and Dalian POCT Laboratory, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China
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- College of Modern Agriculture and Ecological Environment, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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Chaudhary S, Yadav S, Singh R, Sadhotra C, Patil SA. Extremophilic electroactive microorganisms: Promising biocatalysts for bioprocessing applications. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 347:126663. [PMID: 35017088 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2021] [Revised: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Electroactive microorganisms (EAMs) use extracellular electron transfer (EET) processes to access insoluble electron donors or acceptors in cellular respiration. These are used in developing microbial electrochemical technologies (METs) for biosensing and bioelectronics applications and the valorization of liquid and gaseous wastes. EAMs from extreme environments can be useful to overcome the existing limitations of METs operated with non-extreme microorganisms. Studying extreme EAMs is also necessary to improve understanding of respiratory processes involving EET. This article first discusses the advantages of using extreme EAMs in METs and summarizes the diversity of EAMs from different extreme environments. It is followed by a detailed discussion on their use as biocatalysts in various bioprocessing applications via bioelectrochemical systems. Finally, the challenges associated with operating METs under extreme conditions and promising research opportunities on fundamental and applied aspects of extreme EAMs are presented.
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- Srishti Chaudhary
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (IISER Mohali), Sector 81, S.A.S. Nagar, Manauli PO 140306, Punjab, India
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (IISER Mohali), Sector 81, S.A.S. Nagar, Manauli PO 140306, Punjab, India
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (IISER Mohali), Sector 81, S.A.S. Nagar, Manauli PO 140306, Punjab, India
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (IISER Mohali), Sector 81, S.A.S. Nagar, Manauli PO 140306, Punjab, India
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (IISER Mohali), Sector 81, S.A.S. Nagar, Manauli PO 140306, Punjab, India.
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Dai K, Wen JL, Zhang F, Ma XW, Cui XY, Zhang Q, Zhao TJ, Zeng RJ. Electricity production and microbial characterization of thermophilic microbial fuel cells. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 243:512-519. [PMID: 28697453 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.06.167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2017] [Revised: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Thermophilic microbial fuel cell (TMFC) offers many benefits, but the investigations on the diversity of exoelectrogenic bacteria are scarce. In this study, a two-chamber TMFC was constructed using ethanol as an electron donor, and the microbial dynamics were analyzed by high-throughput sequencing and 16S rRNA clone-library sequencing. The open-circuit potential of TMFC was approximately 650mV, while the maximum voltage was around 550mV. The maximum power density was 437mW/m2, and the columbic efficiency in this work was 20.5±6.0%. The Firmicutes bacteria, related to the uncultured bacterium clone A55_D21_H_B_C01 with a similarity of 99%, accounted for 90.9% of all bacteria in the TMFC biofilm. This unknown bacterium has the potential to become a new thermophilic exoelectrogenic bacterium that is yet to be cultured. The development of TMFC-involved biotechnologies will be beneficial for the production of valuable chemicals and generation of energy in the future.
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- Kun Dai
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, People's Republic of China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, People's Republic of China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, People's Republic of China.
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, People's Republic of China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, People's Republic of China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, People's Republic of China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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Wang C, White PJ, Li C. Colonization and community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in maize roots at different depths in the soil profile respond differently to phosphorus inputs on a long-term experimental site. MYCORRHIZA 2017; 27:369-381. [PMID: 28039601 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-016-0757-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Effects of soil depth and plant growth stages on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) colonization and community structure in maize roots and their potential contribution to host plant phosphorus (P) nutrition under different P-fertilizer inputs were studied. Research was conducted on a long-term field experiment over 3 years. AMF colonization was assessed by AM colonization rate and arbuscule abundances and their potential contribution to host P nutrition by intensity of fungal alkaline phosphatase (ALP)/acid phosphatase (ACP) activities and expressions of ZmPht1;6 and ZmCCD8a in roots from the topsoil and subsoil layer at different growth stages. AMF community structure was determined by specific amplification of 18S rDNA. Increasing P inputs up to 75-100 kg ha-1 yr-1 increased shoot biomass and P content but decreased AMF colonization and interactions between AMF and roots. AM colonization rate, intensity of fungal ACP/ALP activities, and expression of ZmPht1;6 in roots from the subsoil were greater than those from topsoil at elongation and silking but not at the dough stage when plants received adequate or excessive P inputs. Neither P input nor soil depth influenced the number of AMF operational taxonomic units (OTUs) present in roots, but P-fertilizer input, in particular, influenced community composition and relative AMF abundance. In conclusion, although increasing P inputs reduce AMF colonization and influence AMF community structure, AMF can potentially contribute to plant P nutrition even in well-fertilized soils, depending on the soil layer in which roots are located and the growth stage of host plants.
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- Chao Wang
- Department of Plant Nutrition, College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Ecological Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK
- Distinguished Scientist Fellowship Program, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China.
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Wang Y, Zhang X, Feng H, Liang Y, Shen D, Long Y, Zhou Y, Dai Q. Biocatalysis mechanism for p-fluoronitrobenzene degradation in the thermophilic bioelectrocatalysis system: Sequential combination of reduction and oxidation. CHEMOSPHERE 2016; 159:44-49. [PMID: 27268793 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.05.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Revised: 05/21/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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To verify the potentially synthetic anodic and cathodic biocatalysis mechanism in bioelectrocatalysis systems (BECSs), a single-chamber thermophilic bioelectrocatalysis system (R3) was operated under strictly anaerobic conditions using the biocathode donated dual-chamber (R1) and bioanode donated dual-chamber (R2) BECSs as controls. Direct bioelectrocatalytic oxidation was found to be infeasible while bioelectrocatalytic reduction was the dominant process for p-Fluoronitrobenzene (p-FNB) removal, with p-FNB removal of 0.188 mM d(-1) in R1 and 0.182 mM d(-1) in R3. Cyclic voltammetry experiments confirmed that defluorination in the BECSs was an oxidative metabolic process catalyzed by bioanodes following the reductive reaction, which explained the 0.034 mM d(-1) defluorination in R3, but negligible defluorination in controls. Taken together, these results revealed a sequentially combined reduction and oxidation mechanism in the thermophilic BECS for p-FNB removal. Moreover, the enrichment of Betaproteobacteria and uniquely selected Bacilli in R3 were probably functional populations for p-FNB degradation.
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- Yanfeng Wang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310012, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Recycling, Hangzhou 310012, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310012, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Recycling, Hangzhou 310012, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310012, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Recycling, Hangzhou 310012, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310012, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Recycling, Hangzhou 310012, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310012, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Recycling, Hangzhou 310012, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310012, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Recycling, Hangzhou 310012, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310012, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Recycling, Hangzhou 310012, China
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- College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
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