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Liu S, Zhang Z, Zhao C, Zhang M, Han F, Hao J, Wang X, Shan X, Zhou W. Nonlinear responses of biofilm bacteria to alkyl-chain length of parabens by DFT calculation. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 472:134460. [PMID: 38718505 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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Parabens can particularly raise significant concerns regarding the disruption of microbial ecology due to their antimicrobial properties. However, the responses of biofilm bacteria to diverse parabens with different alkyl-chain length remains unclear. Here, theoretical calculations and bioinformatic analysis were performed to decipher the influence of parabens varying alkyl-chain lengths on the biofilm bacteria. Our results showed that the disturbances in bacterial community did not linearly response to the alkyl-chain length of parabens, and propylparaben (PrP), with median chain length, had more severe impact on bacterial community. Despite the fact that paraben lethality linearly increased with chain length, the PrP had a higher chemical reactions potential than parabens with shorter or longer alkyl-chain. The chemical reactions potential was critical in the nonlinear responses of bacterial community to alkyl-chain length of parabens. PrP could impose selective pressure to disturb the bacterial community, because it had a more profound contribution to deterministic assembly process. Furthermore, N-acyl-homoserine lactones was also significantly promoted under PrP exposure, confirming that PrP could affect the bacterial community by influencing the quorum-sensing system. Overall, our study reveals the nonlinear responses of bacterial communities to the alkyl-chain lengths of parabens and provides insightful perspectives for the better regulation of parabens. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATION: Parabens are recognized as emerging organic pollutants, which specially raise great concerns due to their antimicrobial properties disturbing microbial ecology. However, few study have addressed the relationship between bacterial community responses and the molecular structural features of parabens with different alkyl-chain length. This investigation revealed nonlinear responses of the bacterial community to the alkyl-chain length of parabens through DFT calculation and bioinformatic analysis and identified the critical roles of chemical reactions potential in nonlinear responses of bacterial community. Our results benefit the precise evaluation of ecological hazards posed by parabens and provide useful insights for better regulation of parabens.
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- Sheng Liu
- School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250061, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250061, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250061, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250061, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250061, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Sid and Reva Dewberry Dept. of Civil, Environmental, & Infrastructure Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
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- School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250061, China.
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Zhao Z, Li S, Li Y. Controlling factors and sources-specific ecological risks associated with toxic metals in core sediments from cascade reservoirs in Southwest China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 924:171570. [PMID: 38460694 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171570] [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: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/11/2024]
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Toxic metals (TMs) in reservoir sediments pose significant risks to ecosystem security and human safety, yet their presence in the cascade reservoirs of the Lancang River remains understudied. This research examined TMs in core sediments from the Manwan (MW) and Dachaoshan (DCS) cascade reservoirs, aiming to elucidate contamination characteristics, controlling factors, and source-specific ecological risks. The study revealed that the concentrations of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, and Zn in the MW Reservoir (37.3, 0.54, 95.1, 44.0, 0.09, 44.8, and 135.7 mg/kg) were notably higher compared to the DCS Reservoir (14.6, 0.30, 82.6, 31.0, 0.08, 36.6, and 108.7 mg/kg). While both reservoirs demonstrated elevated contamination levels of Cd and Hg, the MW Reservoir also exhibited high levels of As, whereas the DCS Reservoir showed relatively high levels of Pb. Mining activities in upstream metal deposits significantly correlated Cd, Hg, and Zn in the MW Reservoir with sulfur. In both reservoir sediments, Cr and Ni displayed a greater affinity for iron oxides, while As, Cd, Cu, Hg, and Zn showed more affinity with manganese oxides. Ecological risk index (RI) values in half of the sediments from the MW Reservoir ranged from 300 to 600, denoting a significant ecological risk. Conversely, in the DCS Reservoir, 93.3 % of the sediments exhibited RI values between 150 and 300, signifying a moderate ecological risk. Source-oriented ecological risks highlighted the need for particular attention to Cd from anthropogenic sources in the MW Reservoir. These findings underscore the importance of implementing measures for TM contamination prevention and control, contributing to strategic planning for sustainable water resource management in the Lancang-Mekong River.
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- Zhenjie Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Endemic and Ethnic Regional Diseases Co-constructed by the Province and Ministry, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China.
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- Shandong Institute of Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration, Jinan 250013, China
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Wang X, Wang P, Wang C, Chen J, Hu B, Yuan Q, Du C, Xing X. Cascade damming impacts on microbial mediated nitrogen cycling in rivers. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 903:166533. [PMID: 37625716 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 08/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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Rivers display essential role in nitrogen (N) cycling in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, but now they are suffering from damming worldwide, especially from cascade damming. Despite of the importance of microorganisms in biogeochemical nutrient cycling, little attention has been paid to microbial functional biogeography under damming disturbances. Here, the Geochip microarray was applied to investigate the microbial mediated N cycling across the single-dammed Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra River and the cascade-dammed Lancang-Mekong River in southwest China. Our results showed that the N cycling processes (nitrogen fixation, ammonification, denitrification, nitrification and anammox) were stimulated in reservoirs in both rivers and the enhancement was inversely coupled with hydraulic retention time, but the recovery of N-cycling gene abundance in downstream of dam was intervened by cascade damming. Moreover, N-cycling gene composition was significantly altered in the single-dammed river, while no remarkable change was found in the cascade-dammed reaches. However, different from the unvaried gene composition, cascade damming intervened the recovery of N-cycling gene flow connectivity and resulted in the continuous decrease of connectivity in cascade damming reaches. In addition, in the single-dammed river, nutrients were the important drivers for variation in gene abundance, while they did not influence gene composition. Meanwhile, the abundance and composition of N-cycling genes in the cascade-dammed river were both significantly correlated to geographical parameters and water physical characteristics. Therefore, our study has vital implications for anticipating microbial functional response and biogeochemical feedback to ongoing cascade damming, contributing to the protection of river ecosystems under river regulation.
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- Xun Wang
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Eco-Agricultural Biotechnology around Hongze Lake, Huaiyin Normal University, Huai'an, Jiangsu 223300, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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Jiang X, Liu Y, Zhou R, Sun T, Cao J, An S, Shen J, Leng X. Cascade dams altered taxonomic and functional composition of bacterioplankton community at the regional scale. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1291464. [PMID: 37954247 PMCID: PMC10634544 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1291464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023] Open
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Dams are increasingly disrupting natural river systems, yet studies investigating their impact on microbial communities at regional scale are limited. Given the indispensable role of bacterioplankton in aquatic ecosystems, 16S rRNA gene sequencing was performed to explore how these communities respond to dam-influenced environmental changes at the regional scale in the Shaying River Basin. Our findings revealed that cascade dams create distinct environments, shaping bacterioplankton communities near the dams differently from those in natural rivers. In the upstream of the cascade dams, water quality was superior, while bacterioplankton community structure was simple with weak community interactions. In the midstream, nutrient and heavy metal content were increased, making bacterioplankton structures more susceptible to environmental changes. In the downstream of the cascade dams, water quality had a significant impact on the community and the bacterioplankton structures were highly complex. Additionally, environmental variables significantly influenced bacterioplankton functional groups. However, the response to these factors, as well as the interplay between functional and taxonomic diversity, varied markedly depending on the specific region of the cascade dams. We here delved into the effects of cascade dams on the taxonomic diversity and functional groups of bacterioplankton to provide a theoretical basis for segmentally regulating these dams.
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- Xufei Jiang
- School of Life Science and Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Life Science and Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Life Science and Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Life Science and Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Life Science and Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Life Science and Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory for Information System of Mountainous Area and Protection of Ecological Environment of Guizhou Province, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
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- School of Life Science and Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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Li Y, Liao Z, Hui C, Zheng J, Yuan S, Zhang W. Hydraulic characteristics in channel confluence affect the nitrogen dynamics through altering interactions among multi-trophic microbiota. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 235:119882. [PMID: 36947927 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119882] [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: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 03/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Identifying the distribution of multi-trophic microbiota under the complicated hydrodynamic characteristics of channel confluences and evaluating the microbial contributions to biogeochemical processes are vital for river regulation and ecological function protection. However, relevant studies mainly focus on bacterial community distribution in confluence, neglecting the essential role of multi-trophic microbiota in the aquatic ecosystems and biogeochemical processes. To address this knowledge gap, this study investigated the distribution of multi-trophic microbiota and the underlying assembly process under the hydraulic characteristics in the confluence and described the direct and indirect effects of multi-trophic microbiota on the nitrogen dynamics. Results revealed that, in a river confluence, eukaryotic communities were governed by deterministic processes (52.4%) and bacterial communities were determined by stochastic processes (74.3%). The response of higher trophic levels to environmental factors was intensively higher than that of lower trophic microbiota, resulting in higher trophic microbiota were significantly different between regions with varied environmental conditions (P < 0.05). Flow velocity was the driving force controlling the assembly and composition of multi-trophic microbiota and interactions among multi-trophic levels, and further made a significant difference to nitrogen dynamics. In regions with lower flow velocity, interactions among multi-trophic levels were more complex. There were intense nitrate and nitrite reduction and anammox reactions via direct impacts of protozoan and metazoan and the top-down control (protozoan and metazoan prey on heterotrophic bacteria) among multi-trophic microbiota. Results and findings reveal the ecological effect on river nitrogen removal in a river confluence under complex hydraulic conditions and provide useful information for river management.
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- Yi Li
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Coastal Disaster and Protection, Hohai University, Nanjing 210024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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Wang P, Yuan Q, Wang X, Hu B, Wang C. Metagenomic insight into the distribution of metal resistance genes within cascade reservoir waters: Synergic impacts of geographic variation and anthropogenic pollution. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 216:114682. [PMID: 36330877 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114682] [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: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Metal resistance genes (MRGs) are potential bio-indicators to diagnose contamination stress on riverine ecosystems. Within reservoir systems, river damming weakens hydrodynamic condition and enriches metal contaminants. But, little is known about the synergic impacts of geographic variation and anthropogenic pollution on MRGs. In this study, the abundance, composition and microbes of MRGs in four cascade reservoirs along the Jinsha River, southwestern China were investigated via high-throughput metagenomics. The results showed significant enrichment of chromium, cadmium and lead in Ludila and Xiluodu reservoirs with moderate ecological risks based on the criteria of drinking water quality and aquatic life protection. Nevertheless, at watershed scale, these metals played little role in up-regulating MRGs abundance owing to the limited toxic stress on microbes. Accordingly, geographic variation showed stronger impacts on MRGs composition than metals as revealed by the distance-decay relationship (Pearson correlation, rgeo = 0.24-0.57, rmetal = 0.10-0.41) and co-occurrence network (Node degree to MRGs subtype, ngeo = 180, nmetal = 6). River damming, as an artificial isolation of geographic space, significantly affected MRGs composition. The longer operation history, smaller storage capacity and higher regulation frequency caused the higher dissimilarity of MRGs composition between the reservoir's upstream and downstream areas. In conclusion, the metal pollution level is a prerequisite regulating MRGs; while under the lowly-polluted conditions, geographic variation had stronger impacts on MRGs than metal pollution via altered assembly of microbial communities. This study provides an important guidance for the future environmental management and ecological protection of river-reservoir ecosystems.
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- Peifang Wang
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210098, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210098, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210098, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210098, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210098, PR China
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Bai X, He Q, Li H, Xu Q, Cheng C. Response of CO 2 and CH 4 transport to damming: A case study of Yulin River in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 208:112733. [PMID: 35033550 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.112733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The growing number of dams in the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) make tributaries of TGR into spatially complex and temporally dynamic systems. To assess the influence of damming on the carbon emission in the tributary of TGR, we investigated the spatial heterogeneity of CO2, CH4, organic carbon, inorganic carbon, and evaluated the transport mechanisms of CO2 and CH4 within water column during different TGR operation periods. We found that mean CO2 and CH4 concentrations in water downstream (44.04 and 0.44 μmol L-1 for CO2 and CH4, respectively) were lower than upstream (48.36 and 1.63 μmol L-1 for CO2 and CH4, respectively) in the impoundment period of TGR, which was consistent with the spatial variations of organic carbon. In the drainage period of TGR, the mean CO2 concentration of upstream (58.71 μmol L-1) was significantly lower than that of downstream (88.92 μmol L-1). The higher CO2 concentration downstream was attributed to terrestrial input and higher microbial diversity of the water column, while the lower CO2 concentration upstream was due to the photosynthesis of phytoplankton. Furthermore, low CH4 concentrations (less than 0.1 μmol L-1) of both upstream and downstream were detected in the drainage period. Based on results of 16s rRNA sequencing, quantitative PCR, and functional prediction, it was indicated that aerobic CH4 oxidation predominantly in the bottom water layer reduced CH4 of the water column in drainage period. Our results expand the theory of CO2 and CH4 transport within the water column in complex river systems and provide theoretical references for the distribution of carbon in the dammed tributaries of TGR.
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- Xiaoxia Bai
- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment (Ministry of Education), College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400045, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment (Ministry of Education), College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400045, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment (Ministry of Education), College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400045, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment (Ministry of Education), College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400045, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment (Ministry of Education), College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400045, PR China.
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Liu S, Wang P, Wang C, Chen J, Wang X, Hu B, Yuan Q. Ecological insights into the disturbances in bacterioplankton communities due to emerging organic pollutants from different anthropogenic activities along an urban river. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 796:148973. [PMID: 34274679 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Emerging organic pollutants (EOPs) in urban rivers have raised concerns regarding their eco-toxicological effects. However, the bacterioplankton community disturbances caused by EOPs in urban rivers and the associated ecological mechanisms remain unclear. This study provided profiles of the spatial distribution of a bacterioplankton community disturbed by human activity along an urban river. The results showed that EOP concentration and composition were differently distributed in residential and industrial areas, which significantly influenced bacterioplankton community structure. Based on redundancy analysis, parabens (methylparaben and propylparaben) were the major factors driving bacterioplankton community changes. Parabens inhibited gram-positive bacteria and promoted oxidative stress-tolerant bacteria in the river ecosystem. Parabens also disturbed ecological processes of bacterioplankton community assembly, shifting from a homogeneous selection (consistent selection pressure under similar environmental condition) to stochastic processes (random changes due to birth, death, immigration, and emigration) with changing in paraben concentrations. Heterogeneous selection was predicted to dominate microbial community assembly with paraben concentration changes exceeding 61.6 ng/L, which could deteriorate the river ecosystem. Furthermore, specific bacterial genera were identified as potential bioindicators to assess the condition of EOP contaminants in the river. Overall, this study highlights significant disturbances in bacterioplankton communities by EOPs at environmental concentrations, and our results could facilitate generation of appropriate management strategies aimed at EOPs in urban rivers.
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- Sheng Liu
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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Probiotics in Fish Nutrition—Long-Standing Household Remedy or Native Nutraceuticals? WATER 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/w13101348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Over the last decades, aquaculture production increased rapidly. The future development of the industry highly relies on the sustainable utilization of natural resources. The need for improving disease resistance, growth performance, food conversion, and product safety for human consumption has stimulated the application of probiotics in aquaculture. Probiotics increase growth and feed conversion, improve health status, raise disease resistance, decrease stress susceptibility, and improve general vigor. Currently, most probiotics still originate from terrestrial sources rather than fish. However, host-associated (autochthonous) probiotics are likely more persistent in the gastrointestinal tract of fish and may, therefore, exhibit longer-lasting effects on the host. Probiotic candidates are commonly screened in in vitro assays, but the transfer to in vivo assessment is often problematic. In conclusion, modulation of the host-associated microbiome by the use of complex probiotics is promising, but a solid understanding of the interactions involved is only in its infancy and requires further research. Probiotics could be used to explore novel ingredients such as chitin-rich insect meal, which cannot be digested by the fish host alone. Most importantly, probiotics offer the opportunity to improve stress and disease resistance, which is among the most pressing problems in aquaculture.
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