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Melzi A, Zecchin S, Gomarasca S, Abruzzese A, Cavalca L. Ecological indicators and biological resources for hydrocarbon rhizoremediation in a protected area. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2024; 12:1379947. [PMID: 38681962 PMCID: PMC11046468 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2024.1379947] [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: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024] Open
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Spillage from oil refineries, pipelines, and service stations consistently leads to soil, food and groundwater contamination. Bacterial-assisted phytoremediation is a non-invasive and sustainable solution to eliminate or decrease the concentration of xenobiotic contaminants in the environment. In the present study, a protected area interested by a fuel discharge was considered to assess a bioremediation intervention. From the spill point, a plume of contamination flowed South-West into the aquifer, eventually reaching a wetland area. Soils, groundwaters and plants belonging to the species Scirpus sylvaticus (L.) were sampled. In the majority of the soil samples, concentrations of total petroleum hydrocarbons, both C ≤ 12 and C > 12, exceeded legal limits set forth in Directive 2000/60/EC. The analysis of diatom populations, used as ecological indicators, evidenced morphology alterations and the presence of Ulnaria ulna and Ulnaria biceps species, previously detected in hydrocarbon-polluted waters. Tests for phytotoxicity and phytodegradation, carried out in soil mesocosms, planted with Zea mays and Helianthus annuus, demonstrated that both species significantly contributed to the removal of total petroleum hydrocarbons. Removal of C ≤ 12 and C > 12 petroleum hydrocarbons was in the range of 80%-82% for Z. mays and 71%-72% for H. annuus. Microbial communities inhabiting high organic carbon and vegetated soils were more active in hydrocarbon degradation than those inhabiting subsoils, as evidenced by soil slurry experiments. The abundance of functional genes encoding toluene-benzene monooxygenase (tbmD) and alkane hydroxylase (alkB), quantified in environmental samples, confirmed that the plant rhizosphere recruited a microbial community with higher biodegradation capacity. Bacterial strains isolated from the sampling site were able to grow on model hydrocarbons (hexane, hexadecane and o-, m-, p-xylene) as sole carbon and energy sources, indicating that a natural bio-attenuation process was on-going at the site. The bacterial strains isolated from rhizosphere soil, rhizoplane and endosphere showed plant growth promoting traits according to in vitro and in vivo tests on Z. mays and Oryza sativa, allowing to forecast a possible application of bacterial assisted rhizoremediation to recover the protected area.
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- Alice Melzi
- Dipartimento di Scienze per gli Alimenti, la Nutrizione e l'Ambiente (DeFENS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze per gli Alimenti, la Nutrizione e l'Ambiente (DeFENS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali (ESP), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali (DISAA), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze per gli Alimenti, la Nutrizione e l'Ambiente (DeFENS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Kang MJ, Kim HS, Zhang Y, Park K, Jo HY, Finneran KT, Kwon MJ. Potential natural attenuation of petroleum hydrocarbons in fuel contaminated soils: Focusing on anaerobic fuel biodegradation involving microbial Fe(III) reduction. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 341:140134. [PMID: 37690548 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Revised: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Liquid fossil fuels, collectively known as total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs), are highly toxic and frequently leak into subsurface environments due to anthropogenic activities. As an in-situ biological remedial option for TPH contamination, aerobic TPH biodegradation is limited due to oxygen's low solubility in water, and because it is consumed quickly by aerobic bacteria. Thus, we investigated the potential of anaerobic TPH degradation by indigenous fermenting bacteria and Fe(III)-reducing bacteria. Twenty 6-10 m soil cores were collected from a closed military base subject to ongoing TPH contamination since the 1980s. Physicochemical and microbial properties were determined at 0.5-m intervals in each core. To assess the relationship between TPH degradation and microbial Fe(III) reduction, soil samples were grouped into high-TPH (>500 mg kg-1) and high-Fe(II) (>450 mg kg-1), high-TPH and low-Fe(II), low-TPH and high-Fe(II), and low-TPH and low-Fe(II) groups. Alpha diversity was significantly lower in high-TPH groups than in low-TPH groups, suggesting that high TPH concentrations exerted a strong selective pressure on bacterial communities. In the high-TPH and low-Fe(II) group, fermenting bacteria, including Microgenomatia and Chlamydiae, were more abundant, suggesting that TPH biodegradation occurred via fermentation. In the high-TPH and high-Fe(II) group, Fe(III)-reducing bacteria, including Geobacter and Zoogloea, were more abundant, suggesting that microbial Fe(III) reduction enhances TPH biodegradation. In contrast, the fermenting and/or Fe(III)-reducing bacteria were not statistically abundant in the low-TPH groups.
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- Myeong-Jung Kang
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, United States
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, Republic of Korea.
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Fenibo EO, Selvarajan R, Abia ALK, Matambo T. Medium-chain alkane biodegradation and its link to some unifying attributes of alkB genes diversity. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 877:162951. [PMID: 36948313 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Hydrocarbon footprints in the environment, via biosynthesis, natural seepage, anthropogenic activities and accidents, affect the ecosystem and induce a shift in the healthy biogeochemical equilibrium that drives needed ecological services. In addition, these imbalances cause human diseases and reduce animal and microorganism diversity. Microbial bioremediation, which capitalizes on functional genes, is a sustainable mitigation option for cleaning hydrocarbon-impacted environments. This review focuses on the bacterial alkB functional gene, which codes for a non-heme di‑iron monooxygenase (AlkB) with a di‑iron active site that catalyzes C8-C16 medium-chain alkane metabolism. These enzymes are ubiquitous and share common attributes such as being controlled by global transcriptional regulators, being a component of most super hydrocarbon degraders, and their distributions linked to horizontal gene transfer (HGT) events. The phylogenetic approach used in the HGT detection suggests that AlkB tree topology clusters bacteria functionally and that a preferential gradient dictates gene distribution. The alkB gene also acts as a biomarker for bioremediation, although it is found in pristine environments and absent in some hydrocarbon degraders. For instance, a quantitative molecular method has failed to link alkB copy number to contamination concentration levels. This limitation may be due to AlkB homologues, which have other functions besides n-alkane assimilation. Thus, this review, which focuses on Pseudomonas putida GPo1 alkB, shows that AlkB proteins are diverse but have some unifying trends around hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria; it is erroneous to rely on alkB detection alone as a monitoring parameter for hydrocarbon degradation, alkB gene distribution are preferentially distributed among bacteria, and the plausible explanation for AlkB affiliation to broad-spectrum metabolism of hydrocarbons in super-degraders hitherto reported. Overall, this review provides a broad perspective of the ecology of alkB-carrying bacteria and their directed biodegradation pathways.
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- Emmanuel Oliver Fenibo
- World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence, Centre for Oilfield Chemical Research, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt 500272, Nigeria
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- Laboratory of Extraterrestrial Ocean Systems (LEOS), Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China; Department of Environmental Science, University of South Africa, Florida Campus, 1710, South Africa
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- Department of Environmental Science, University of South Africa, Florida Campus, 1710, South Africa; Environmental Research Foundation, Westville 3630, South Africa
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- Institute for the Development of Energy for African Sustainability, University of South Africa, Roodepoort 1709, South Africa.
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Guo X, Zhang J, Han L, Lee J, Williams SC, Forsberg A, Xu Y, Austin RN, Feng L. Structure and mechanism of the alkane-oxidizing enzyme AlkB. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2180. [PMID: 37069165 PMCID: PMC10110569 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37869-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2023] Open
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Alkanes are the most energy-rich form of carbon and are widely dispersed in the environment. Their transformation by microbes represents a key step in the global carbon cycle. Alkane monooxygenase (AlkB), a membrane-spanning metalloenzyme, converts straight chain alkanes to alcohols in the first step of the microbially-mediated degradation of alkanes, thereby playing a critical role in the global cycling of carbon and the bioremediation of oil. AlkB biodiversity is attributed to its ability to oxidize alkanes of various chain lengths, while individual AlkBs target a relatively narrow range. Mechanisms of substrate selectivity and catalytic activity remain elusive. Here we report the cryo-EM structure of AlkB, which provides a distinct architecture for membrane enzymes. Our structure and functional studies reveal an unexpected diiron center configuration and identify molecular determinants for substrate selectivity. These findings provide insight into the catalytic mechanism of AlkB and shed light on its function in alkane-degrading microorganisms.
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- Xue Guo
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
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Liu Y, Sun Y, Yu J, Xia X, Ding A, Zhang D. Impacts of groundwater level fluctuation on soil microbial community, alkane degradation efficiency and alkane-degrading gene diversity in the critical zone: Evidence from an accelerated water table fluctuation simulation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:83060-83070. [PMID: 35759097 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-21246-2] [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: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Petroleum hydrocarbons are hazardous to ecosystems and human health, commonly containing n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Previous researches have studied alkane degraders and degrading genes under aerobic or anaerobic conditions, but seldom discussed them in the intermittent saturation zone which is a connective area between the vadose zone and the groundwater aquifer with periodic alteration of oxygen and moisture. The present study investigated the difference in alkane degradation efficiency, bacterial community, and alkane degrading gene diversity in aerobic, anaerobic, and aerobic-anaerobic fluctuated treatments. All biotic treatments achieved over 90% of n-alkane removal after 120 days of incubation. The removal efficiencies of n-alkanes with a carbon chain length from 16 to 25 were much higher in anaerobic scenarios than those in aerobic scenarios, explained by different dominant microbes between aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The highest removal efficiency was found in fluctuation treatments, indicating an accelerated n-alkane biodegradation under aerobic-anaerobic alternation. In addition, the copy numbers of the 16S rRNA gene and two alkB genes (alkB-P and alkB-R) declined dramatically when switched from aerobic to anaerobic scenarios and oppositely from anaerobic to aerobic conditions. This suggested that water level fluctuation could notably change the presence of aerobic alkane degrading genes. Our results suggested that alkane degradation efficiency, soil microbial community, and alkane-degrading genes were all driven by water level fluctuation in the intermittent saturation zone, helping better understand the effects of seasonal water table fluctuation on the biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in the subsurface environment.
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- Yueqiao Liu
- Experiment and Practice Innovation Education Center, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, Zhuhai, 519087, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China.
- Key Laboratory of Groundwater Resources and Environment Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China.
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Shapiro TN, Manucharova NA, Lobakova ES. Activity of alkanmonooxygenase alkB gene in strains of hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria isolated from petroleum products. Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genet Selektsii 2022; 26:575-582. [PMID: 36313823 PMCID: PMC9556310 DOI: 10.18699/vjgb-22-70] [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: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
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Alkanmonooxygenase enzymes AlkB and Cyp153 are responsible for the aerobic degradation of n-alkanes of petroleum and petroleum products. To prove the usage of n-alkanes from oil and petroleum products by hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria isolated from aviation kerosene TS-1 and automobile gasoline AI-95, the detection of the key genes alkB, Alk1, Alk2, Alk3 and Cyp153 encoding alkanmonooxygenases AlkB and Cyp153 (responsible for the oxidation of hydrocarbons with a certain chain length) was carried out. It was found that bacterial strains isolated from TS-1 jet fuel, except Deinococcus sp. Bi7, had at least one of the studied n-alkane degradation genes. The strains Sphingobacterium multivorum Bi2; Alcaligenes faecalis Bi3; Rhodococcus sp. Bi4; Sphingobacterium sp. Bi5; Rhodococcus erythropolis Bi6 contained the alkB gene. In the strains of hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria isolated from gasoline AI- 95, this alkanmonooxygenase gene was not detected. Using the real-time PCR method, the activity of the alkB gene in all bacterial strains isolated from petroleum products was analyzed and the number of its copies was determined. By real-time PCR using a primer with a different sequence of nucleotides to detect the alkB gene, its activity was established in all bacterial strains isolated from gasoline AI-95; besides, the strain Paenibacillus agaridevorans Bi11 was assigned to the group with a high level of its activity (1290 copies/ml). According to the assessment of the growth of isolated hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria on a solid Evans mineral medium with the addition of the model mixture of hydrocarbons, the strains were divided into three groups. The distributions of strains of hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria in the groups based on the activity of the alkB gene and groups formed based on the growth ability and use of the model mixture of hydrocarbons and petroleum products were found to be consistent. The results obtained indicate that we need to use a complex of molecular and physiological methods for a comprehensive analysis of the distribution of the studied genes in bacteria and to assess their activity in the strains of hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria capable of biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons.
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- T N Shapiro
- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology, Moscow, Russia
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Soil Science, Moscow, Russia
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology, Moscow, Russia
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Bacterial Isolates from Greek Sites and Their Efficacy in Degrading Petroleum. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14159562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a major organic pollutant, not only because they do not self-degenerate but also because they accumulate in the food chain and give rise to serious repercussions in terms of biodiversity sustainability. Petroleum-degrading bacteria have long been used as a promising solution in the effort to biodegrade crude oil. In this study, new isolates from specific Greek environments displaying various levels of crude oil contamination, as well as isolates belonging to the ATHUBA collection, were thoroughly investigated for their capacity to degrade crude oil. Furthermore, the presence of nahH and alkJ genes in the above bacterial isolates, as well as their ability to form agglomerates or release surfactants, was investigated. Two consortia were formed, and their ability to degrade crude oil was tested, achieving similar degrading capacities as those observed with the individual strains. A Pseudomonas plecoglossicida isolate demonstrated the highest percentage (76.7%) ability to degrade crude oil. The biodegradation rate of this isolate was further evaluated by measuring the alkanes/hopanes ratio over a period of ten days, exhibiting a higher degradation rate in short-chain (C11–C21) alkanes, whereas a decrease in the ratio was observed when the number of carbons in petroleum increased. This is the first detailed report on bacterial communities in oil-polluted areas of Greece that contain a variety of bacteria with the ability to degrade PAHs in contaminated sites and may provide a novel alternative to various bioremediation processes or be used as inocula in autochthonous bioaugmentation procedures for crude oil biodegradation.
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Dataset of 16S rRNA and alkB genes in hydrocarbon polluted soils of Kuwait as revealed by Pyrosequencing. Data Brief 2022; 43:108434. [PMID: 35859785 PMCID: PMC9289844 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The data in this article was generated by high throughput sequencing of moderately hydrocarbon polluted sites (S1 and S2) and a heavily polluted site (S3) in Kuwait. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extracted from each site was subjected to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification employing conserved primers of 16S rRNA and alkB genes. Unique Molecular Identifiers (MID) tags were added to individual samples prior to pooling and sequencing on a Roche GS FLX platform using Pyrosequencing Titanium Chemistry. Raw sff files were deposited to the public repository of National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) under accession no PRJNA816075. The sff files were clipped according to the MID tags and converted to fasta format. 16S rRNA gene sequences were aligned against the SILVA database. The predominant genera at S1 and S2 was Alkanindiges whereas Alcanivorax, was highly abundant at S3. Alkanindiges have been found to play a key role in hydrocarbon degradation and Alcanivorax genus is known for its hydrocarbon degrading capability. The alk B gene sequences were subjected to blastx. The diversity of alkB gene was higher in S3 as compared to S1 and S2. These findings may open the way to the use of the genera Alkanindiges and Alcanivorax in the rehabilitation of hydrocarbon-contaminated sites in hot, arid climates. The isolation of these microorganisms and the design of bioaugmentation procedures specific to the dry climate could be a key step towards the restoration of hydrocarbon contaminated soils.
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Xia X, Stewart DI, Cheng L, Liu Y, Wang Y, Ding A. Variation of bacterial community and alkane monooxygenase gene abundance in diesel n-alkane contaminated subsurface environment under seasonal water table fluctuation. JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY 2022; 248:104017. [PMID: 35523047 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2022.104017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 03/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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n-Alkanes, the main component of diesel fuel, are common light non-aqueous phase liquids (LNAPLs) that threaten ecological security. The subsurface from vadose zone, through fluctuating zone, to saturated zone, is a critical multi-interface earth layer which significantly affects the biodegradation processes of n-alkanes. A pilot-scale diesel contaminated aquifer column experiment has been undertaken to investigate the variations of bacterial community and alkane monooxygenase (alkB) gene abundance in these zones due to water-table fluctuations. The n-alkanes formed a layer immediately above the water table, and when this was raised, they were carried upwards through the fluctuating zone into the vadose zone. Water content and n-alkanes component C10-C12 are main factors influencing bacterial community variation in the vadose zone, while C10-C12 is a key driving factor shaping bacterial community in the fluctuating zone. The most abundant bacterial phyla at all three zones were Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Actinobacteria, but moisture-niche selection determined their relative abundance. The intermittent wetting cycle resulted in higher abundance of Proteobacteria, and lower abundance of Actinobacteria in the vadose and fluctuating zones in comparison to the control column with a static water-table. The abundances of the alkB gene variants were relatively uniform in different zones, probably because the bacterial populations harboring alkB gene are habituated to biogenic n-alkanes rather than responding to diesel fuel contamination. The variation in the bacterial populations with height due to moisture-niche selection had very little effect on the alkB gene abundance, possibly because numerous species in both phyla (Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria) carry an alkB gene variant. Nevertheless, the drop in the water table caused a short-term spike in alkB gene abundance in the saturated zone, which is most likely associated with transport of solutes or colloids from the fluctuating zone to bacteria species in the saturated zone, so a fluctuating water table could potentially increase n-alkane biodegradation function.
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- Xuefeng Xia
- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China.
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Alotaibi F, St-Arnaud M, Hijri M. In-Depth Characterization of Plant Growth Promotion Potentials of Selected Alkanes-Degrading Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterial Isolates. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:863702. [PMID: 35422791 PMCID: PMC9002309 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.863702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The use of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) as a bioremediation enhancer in plant-assisted phytoremediation requires several steps, consisting of the screening, selection, and characterization of isolates. A subset of 50 bacterial isolates representing a wide phylogenetic range were selected from 438 morphologically different bacteria that were originally isolated from a petroleum hydrocarbon (PHC)-polluted site of a former petrochemical plant. Selected candidate bacteria were screened using six conventional plant growth-promoting (PGP) traits, complemented with the genetic characterization of genes involved in alkane degradation, as well as other pertinent functions. Finally, the bacterial isolates were subjected to plant growth promotion tests using a gnotobiotic approach under normal and stressed conditions. Our results indicated that 35 bacterial isolates (70%) possessed at least four PGP traits. Twenty-nine isolates (58%) were able to utilize n-hexadecane as a sole carbon source, whereas 43 isolates (86%) were able to utilize diesel as the sole carbon source. The presence of catabolic genes related to hydrocarbon degradation was assessed using endpoint PCR, with the alkane monooxygenase (alkB) gene found in 34 isolates, the cytochrome P450 hydroxylase (CYP153) gene found in 24 isolates, and the naphthalene dioxygenase (nah1) gene found to be present in 33 isolates. Thirty-six strains (72%) promoted canola root elongation in the growth pouch assay. After several rounds of screening, seven bacterial candidates (individually or combined in a consortium) were tested for canola root and shoot growth promotion in substrates amended by different concentrations of n-hexadecane (0%, 1%, 2%, and 3%) under gnotobiotic conditions. Our results showed that Nocardia sp. (WB46), Pseudomonas plecoglossicida (ET27), Stenotrophomonas pavanii (EB31), and Gordonia amicalis (WT12) significantly increased the root length of canola grown in 3% n-hexadecane compared with the control treatment, whereas Nocardia sp. (WB46) and Bacillus megaterium (WT10) significantly increased shoot length compared to control treatment at the same concentration of n-hexadecane. The consortium had a significant enhancement effect on root length compared to all isolates inoculated individually or to the control. This study demonstrates that the combination of PGPR traits and the PHC degradation potential of bacteria can result in an enhanced beneficial effect in phytoremediation management, which could lead to the development of innovative bacterial inoculants for plants to remediate PHC-contaminated soils.
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- Fahad Alotaibi
- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.,Department of Soil Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.,African Genome Center, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Ben Guerir, Morocco
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Bagi A, Knapik K, Baussant T. Abundance and diversity of n-alkane and PAH-degrading bacteria and their functional genes - Potential for use in detection of marine oil pollution. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 810:152238. [PMID: 34896501 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Revised: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Monitoring environmental status through molecular investigation of microorganisms in the marine environment is suggested as a potentially very effective method for biomonitoring, with great potential for automation. There are several hurdles to that approach with regards to primer design, variability across geographical locations, seasons, and type of environmental pollution. Here, qPCR analysis of genes involved in the initial activation of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons were used in a laboratory setup mimicking realistic oil leakage at sea. Seawater incubation experiments were carried out under two different seasons with two different oil types. Degenerate primers targeting initial oxygenases (alkane 1-monooxygenase; alkB and aromatic-ring hydroxylating dioxygenase; ARHD) were employed in qPCR assays to quantify the abundance of genes essential for oil degradation. Shotgun metagenomics was used to map the overall community dynamics and the diversity of alkB and ARHD genes represented in the microbial community. The amplicons generated through the qPCR assays were sequenced to reveal the diversity of oil-degradation related genes captured by the degenerate primers. We identified a major mismatch between the taxonomic diversity of alkB and ARHD genes amplified by the degenerate primers and those identified through shotgun metagenomics. More specifically, the designed primers did not amplify the alkB genes of the two most abundant alkane degraders that bloomed in the experiments, Oceanobacter and Oleispira. The relative abundance of alkB sequences from shotgun metagenomics and 16S rRNA-based Oleispira-specific qPCR assay were better signals for oil in water than the tested qPCR alkB assay. The ARHD assay showed a good agreement with PAHs degradation despite covering only 25% of the top 100 ARHD genes and missing several abundant Cycloclasticus sequences that were present in the metagenome. We conclude that further improvement of the degenerate primer approach is needed to rely on the use of oxygenase-related qPCR assays for oil leakage detection.
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- Andrea Bagi
- NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway.
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Chettri B, Singha NA, Singh AK. Efficiency and kinetics of Assam crude oil degradation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus sp. Arch Microbiol 2021; 203:5793-5803. [PMID: 34519861 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-021-02567-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We report kinetics of Assam crude oil degradation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa AKS1 and Bacillus sp. AKS2, both isolated from Assam refinery sediments. The isolates exhibited appreciable degrees of hydrophobicity, emulsification index and biosurfactant production. Crude oil degradation efficiency of isolates was assessed in (1) liquid medium amended with 1% v/v crude oil and (2) microcosm sediments (125 mg crude oil/ 10 g sand). In liquid culture, biodegradation rate (k) and half-life (t1/2) values were found to be 0.038 day-1 and 18.09 days for P. aeruginosa AKS1, and 0.020 day-1 and 33.97 days in case of Bacillus sp. AKS2, respectively. In microcosm sediments, the estimated k and t 1/2 values were 0.014 day-1 and 50 days for P. aeruginosa AKS1, and 0.011 day-1 and 61.34 days in case of Bacillus sp. AKS2. The level of nutrient treatment in microcosm sand sediment was 125 µg N and 62.5 µg P/g sediment in case of P. aeruginosa AKS1 and 375 µg N and 37.5 µg P/g sediment in case of Bacillus sp. AKS2. In microcosms without inorganic nutrients, values of k and t1/2 were found to be 0.007 day-1 and 100 days for P. aeruginosa AKS1 and for Bacillus sp. AKS2, the respective values were 0.005 day-1 and 150.68 days. Our data provides important information for predictive hydrocarbon degradation in liquid medium and contaminated sediments.
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- Bobby Chettri
- Department of Biochemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 793022, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 793022, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 793022, India.
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Christian WC, Butler TM, Ghannam RB, Webb PN, Techtmann SM. Phylogeny and diversity of alkane-degrading enzyme gene variants in the laurentian great lakes and western atlantic. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2021; 367:5974522. [PMID: 33354724 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnaa182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Many aquatic environments are at risk for oil contamination and alkanes are one of the primary constituents of oil. The alkane hydroxylase (AlkB) is a common enzyme used by microorganisms to initiate the process of alkane-degradation. While many aspects of alkane bioremediation have been studied, the diversity and evolution of genes involved in hydrocarbon degradation from environmental settings is relatively understudied. The majority of work done to-date has focused on the marine environment. Here we sought to better understand the phylogenetic diversity of alkB genes across marine and freshwater settings using culture-independent methods. We hypothesized that there would be distinct phylogenetic diversity of alkB genes in freshwater relative to the marine environment. Our results confirm that alkB has distinct variants based on environment while our diversity analyses demonstrate that freshwater and marine alkB communities have unique responses to oil amendments. Our results also demonstrate that in the marine environment, depth is a key factor impacting diversity of alkB genes.
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- William C Christian
- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton MI 49931 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton MI 49931 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton MI 49931 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton MI 49931 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton MI 49931 USA
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Kalami R, Pourbabaee AA. Investigating the potential of bioremediation in aged oil-polluted hypersaline soils in the south oilfields of Iran. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2021; 193:517. [PMID: 34309727 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-021-09304-7] [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: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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To date, studies for bioremediation of oil-polluted hypersaline soils have been neglected or limited to specific spots. Hence, in this study, ten samples of oil field soils in the Khuzestan province of Iran were collected to evaluate bioremediation's feasibility. These samples were analyzed for their physicochemical properties as well as the most probable number of total and hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria. Thirty-nine hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria were isolated from these soils over a 1-month incubation in an MSM medium enriched with diesel oil as the sole source of carbon. As revealed by 16S-rRNA analysis, the identified strains belonged to the genera Ochrobactrum, Microbacterium, and Bacillus with a high frequency of Ochrobactrum species. Additionally, by using degenerate primers, the third group of alkB gene was detected in Ochrobactrum and Microbacterium isolates through the touchdown nested PCR method for the first time. Ochrobactrum species possessing the alkB gene showed the highest population, and therefore, the highest adaptation to harsh environmental conditions. Most isolates showed outstanding results in the ability to grow with crude and diesel oil and tolerate high salt percentages, biosurfactant production, and emulsification activity, which are considered the most effective factors in bioremediation of such environments. Considering the soil analysis, limiting factors in bioremediation like available phosphorous, and the abundance of bacteria with remediation traits in these soils, these extremely polluted environments can be refined.
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- Reyhaneh Kalami
- Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
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Galitskaya P, Biktasheva L, Kuryntseva P, Selivanovskaya S. Response of soil bacterial communities to high petroleum content in the absence of remediation procedures. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:9610-9627. [PMID: 33155112 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11290-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Oil spills are events that frequently lead to petroleum pollution. This pollution may cause stress to microbial communities, which require long adaption periods. Soil petroleum pollution is currently considered one of the most serious environmental problems. In the present work, processes occurring in the bacterial communities of three soil samples with different physicochemical characteristics, artificially polluted with 12% of crude oil, were investigated in 120-day laboratory experiment. It was found that the total petroleum hydrocarbon content did not decrease during this time; however, the proportion of petroleum fractions was altered. Petroleum pollution led to a short-term decrease in the bacterial 16S rRNA gene copy number. On the basis of amplicon sequencing analysis, it was concluded that bacterial community successions were similar in the three soils investigated. Thus, the phyla Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria and candidate TM7 phylum (Saccaribacteria) were predominant with relative abundances ranging from 35 to 58%, 25 to 30%, and 15 to 35% in different samples, respectively. The predominant operational taxonomic units (OTUs) after pollution belonged to the genera Rhodococcus and Mycobacterium, families Nocardioidaceae and Sinobacteraceae, and candidate class ТМ7-3. Genes from the alkIII group encoding monoxygenases were the most abundant compared with other catabolic genes from the alkI, alkII, GN-PAH, and GP-PAH groups, and their copy number significantly increased after pollution. The copy numbers of expressed genes involved in the horizontal transfer of catabolic genes, FlgC, TraG, and OmpF, also increased after pollution by 11-33, 16-63, and 11-71 times, respectively. The bacterial community structure after a high level of petroleum pollution changed because of proliferation of the cells that initially were able to decompose hydrocarbons, and in the second place, because proliferation of the cells that received these catabolic genes through horizontal transfer.
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- Polina Galitskaya
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia, 420008
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia, 420008.
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia, 420008
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Picariello E, Baldantoni D, De Nicola F. Acute effects of PAH contamination on microbial community of different forest soils. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 262:114378. [PMID: 32443209 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are hazardous organic compounds with mutagenic, genotoxic and carcinogenic properties. Although PAHs in soil can cause toxicity to microorganisms, the microbial community is able to degrade these compounds. For this reason, it is important to study acute and short-term effects of PAH contamination on soil microbial community, also to shed light on its possible exploitation in soil restoration. The effects of acute PAH contamination on the structure and metabolic activity of microbial communities in three forest (beech, holm oak, black pine) soils were studied. The soils were spiked with phenanthrene, pyrene or benzo[a]pyrene and incubated in experimental mesocosms, under controlled conditions. Enzymatic activities (laccase, total peroxidase and hydrolase), as well as microbial biomass and community structure (through phospholipid fatty acid and ergosterol analyses), were evaluated in the three soil systems 4 days after contamination and compared to no-spiked soils. In soil under holm oak, there was a stimulation of Gram+ bacteria after contamination with all the 3 PAHs, whereas in soil under pine, pyrene and phenanthrene additions mainly stimulated fungi and actinomycetes.
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- Enrica Picariello
- Department of Sciences and Technologies, University of Sannio, Benevento, 82100, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology "Adolfo Zambelli", University of Salerno, Fisciano, SA, 84084, Italy.
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- Department of Sciences and Technologies, University of Sannio, Benevento, 82100, Italy
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Sangkharak K, Choonut A, Rakkan T, Prasertsan P. The Degradation of Phenanthrene, Pyrene, and Fluoranthene and Its Conversion into Medium-Chain-Length Polyhydroxyalkanoate by Novel Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria. Curr Microbiol 2020; 77:897-909. [PMID: 31960091 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-020-01883-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Screening of high-efficient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading bacteria is important due to environmental contamination by PAHs. In this study, sediment contaminated with phenanthrene (Phe), pyrene (Pyr), and fluoranthene (Fluo) was used as a source of bacteria. The ability of these isolated bacteria to convert PAHs into valuable products was determined. Based on a primary screening, 20 bacterial isolates were obtained; however, only three strains showed a good PAH-degrading ability, and were identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas sp., and Ralstonia sp. PAH-degrading genes were detected in all isolates. Notably, all selected strains could degrade PAHs using the ortho or meta cleavage pathways due to the presence of catechol dioxygenase genes. The ability of isolated strains to convert PAHs into polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) was also evaluated in both single and mixed cultures. Single cultures of P. aeruginosa PAH-P02 showed 100% degradation of PAHs, with the highest biomass (1.27 ± 0.02 g l-1) and PHA content (38.20 ± 1.92% dry cell weight). However, degradative ability and PHA production were decreased when mixtures of PAHs were used. This study showed that P. aeruginosa, Pseudomonas sp., and Ralstonia sp. were able to degrade PAHs and convert them into medium-chain-length (mcl)-PHA. A high content of 3-hydroxydecanoate (3HD, C10) was observed in this study. The formation of mcl-PHA with high 3HD content from Pyr and Fluo, and the assessment of mixed cultures converting PAHs to mcl-PHA, were novel contributions.
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- Kanokphorn Sangkharak
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Thaksin University, Phatthalung, 93210, Thailand.
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- Ph.D. Program in Biotechnology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Thaksin University, Phatthalung, 93210, Thailand
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- Ph.D. Program in Biotechnology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Thaksin University, Phatthalung, 93210, Thailand
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- Research and Development Office, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, 90112, Thailand
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Mitter EK, de Freitas JR, Germida JJ. Hydrocarbon-degrading genes in root endophytic communities on oil sands reclamation covers. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION 2020; 22:703-712. [PMID: 31905300 DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2019.1707480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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In response to environmental regulations, the Canadian oil sands industry aims to reclaim all disturbed areas to equivalent land capability prior to mining operations. However, tailing sands used in reclamation contain residual hydrocarbons and plants growing in these areas may rely on hydrocarbon-degrading endophytic bacteria to survive. This study assessed the hydrocarbon-degrading potential (genes: CYP153, alkB and nah) of culturable and unculturable endophytic bacteria associated with annual barley (Hordeum vulgare) and sweet clover (Melilotus albus) plants in an oil sands reclamation area. Our results suggest higher CYP153 gene copy numbers in sweet clover when compared to barley. Yet, no significant differences were detected in 16S rRNA, alkB and nah genes. In addition, total hydrocarbons, pH, total soil carbon, organic carbon and total nitrogen play an important role in determining hydrocarbon-degrading potential in these communities. The assessment of culturable hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria revealed 42 isolates (total of 316) that were positive for at least one hydrocarbon-degrading gene. Most of these isolates were positive for alkB, and closely match the database for Pantoea, Pseudomonas and Enterobacter spp. Thus, to improve oil sands reclamation strategies, plant inoculation with select hydrocarbon-degrading endophytes could be used to increase plant tolerance and hydrocarbon degradation in these areas.
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- Eduardo K Mitter
- Department of Food and Bioproduct Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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- Department of Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Low-Abundance Dietzia Inhabiting a Water-Flooding Oil Reservoir and the Application Potential for Oil Recovery. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 2019:2193453. [PMID: 31662970 PMCID: PMC6791240 DOI: 10.1155/2019/2193453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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With the development of molecular ecology, increasing low-abundance microbial populations were detected in oil reservoirs. However, our knowledge about the oil recovery potential of these populations is lacking. In this study, the oil recovery potential of low-abundance Dietzia that accounts for less than 0.5% in microbial communities of a water-flooding oil reservoir was investigated. On the one hand, Dietzia sp. strain ZQ-4 was isolated from the water-flooding reservoir, and the oil recovery potential was evaluated from the perspective of metabolisms and oil-displacing test. On the other hand, the strain has alkane hydroxylase genes alkB and P450 CYP153 and can degrade hydrocarbons and produce surfactants. The core-flooding test indicated that displacing fluid with 2% ZQ-4 fermentation broth increased 18.82% oil displacement efficiency, and in situ fermentation of ZQ-4 increased 1.97% oil displacement efficiency. Furthermore, the responses of Dietzia in the reservoir accompanied by the nutrient stimulation process was investigated and showed that Dietzia in some oil production wells significantly increased in the initial phase of nutrient injection and sharply decreased along with the continuous nutrient injection. Overall, this study indicates that Dietzia sp. strain has application potential for enhancing oil recovery through an ex situ way, yet the ability of oil recovery in situ based on nutrient injection is limited.
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Microaerobic conditions caused the overwhelming dominance of Acinetobacter spp. and the marginalization of Rhodococcus spp. in diesel fuel/crude oil mixture-amended enrichment cultures. Arch Microbiol 2019; 202:329-342. [PMID: 31664492 PMCID: PMC7012980 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-019-01749-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2019] [Revised: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The aim of the present study was to reveal how different microbial communities evolve in diesel fuel/crude oil-contaminated environments under aerobic and microaerobic conditions. To investigate this question, aerobic and microaerobic bacterial enrichments amended with a diesel fuel/crude oil mixture were established and analysed. The representative aerobic enrichment community was dominated by Gammaproteobacteria (64.5%) with high an abundance of Betaproteobacteriales (36.5%), followed by Alphaproteobacteria (8.7%), Actinobacteria (5.6%), and Candidatus Saccharibacteria (4.5%). The most abundant alkane monooxygenase (alkB) genotypes in this enrichment could be linked to members of the genus Rhodococcus and to a novel Gammaproteobacterium, for which we generated a high-quality draft genome using genome-resolved metagenomics of the enrichment culture. Contrarily, in the microaerobic enrichment, Gammaproteobacteria (99%) overwhelmingly dominated the microbial community with a high abundance of the genera Acinetobacter (66.3%), Pseudomonas (11%) and Acidovorax (11%). Under microaerobic conditions, the vast majority of alkB gene sequences could be linked to Pseudomonas veronii. Consequently, results shed light on the fact that the excellent aliphatic hydrocarbon degrading Rhodococcus species favour clear aerobic conditions, while oxygen-limited conditions can facilitate the high abundance of Acinetobacter species in aliphatic hydrocarbon-contaminated subsurface environments.
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Machado LF, de Assis Leite DC, da Costa Rachid CTC, Paes JE, Martins EF, Peixoto RS, Rosado AS. Tracking Mangrove Oil Bioremediation Approaches and Bacterial Diversity at Different Depths in an in situ Mesocosms System. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2107. [PMID: 31572322 PMCID: PMC6753392 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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In this study, oil spills were simulated in field-based mangrove mesocosms to compare the efficiency of bioremediation strategies and to characterize the presence of the alkB, ndo, assA, and bssA genes and the ecological structures of microbial communities in mangrove sediments at two different depths, (D1) 1–10 cm and (D2) 25–35 cm. The results indicated that the hydrocarbon degradation efficiency was higher in superficial sediment layers, although no differences in the hydrocarbon degradation rates or in the abundances of the alkB and ndo genes were detected among the tested bioremediation strategies at this depth. Samples from the deeper layer exhibited higher abundances of the analyzed genes, except for assA and bssA, which were not detected in our samples. For all of the treatments and depths, the most abundant phyla were Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes, with Gammaproteobacteria, Flavobacteriales and Clostridiales being the most common classes. The indicator species analysis (ISA) results showed strong distinctions among microbial taxa in response to different treatments and in the two collection depths. Our results indicated a high efficiency of the monitored natural attenuation (MNA) for oil consumption in the tested mangrove sediments, revealing the potential of this strategy for environmental decontamination and suggesting that environmental and ecological factors may select for specific bacterial populations in distinct niches.
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- Laís Feitosa Machado
- Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Góes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Research Center Leopoldo Américo Miguez de Mello, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Góes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Góes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,IMAM-AquaRio - Rio de Janeiro Aquarium Research Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Góes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,IMAM-AquaRio - Rio de Janeiro Aquarium Research Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Guillen Ferrari D, Pratscher J, Aspray TJ. Assessment of the use of compost stability as an indicator of alkane and aromatic hydrocarbon degrader abundance in green waste composting materials and finished composts for soil bioremediation application. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2019; 95:365-369. [PMID: 31351622 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.06.030] [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: 02/12/2019] [Revised: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Green waste composting materials and finished composts were collected from different commercial ex situ composting sites all treating source segregated green waste feedstocks. Stability of each material was determined using the standard ORG0020 dynamic respiration test. To assess whether stability could be used as an indicator for the potential suitability of green waste composting materials and finished composts as amendments for soil bioremediation, comparison was made with alkane and aromatic hydrocarbon degrader abundance determined using a quantitative PCR (qPCR) approach. Specifically, primers targeting alkB and, polyaromatic hydrocarbon ring-hydroxylating dioxygenases genes (PAH-RHD) of Gram positive (GP) and Gram negative (GN) populations were used for qPCR analysis. The results showed no direct correction between compost stability and gene abundance. Further, increase in alkB gene abundance was not linked to PAH-RHD gene abundance. The results support the use of qPCR as a tool for screening organic amendments on a site by site basis for soil bioremediation treatment.
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- Diana Guillen Ferrari
- School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS Scotland, UK
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- School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS Scotland, UK
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- School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS Scotland, UK; Solidsense Ltd, Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, G61 3BA Scotland, UK; Environmental Reclamation Services Ltd, Westerhill Road, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, G64 2QH Scotland, UK.
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Xia M, Fu D, Chakraborty R, Singh RP, Terry N. Enhanced crude oil depletion by constructed bacterial consortium comprising bioemulsifier producer and petroleum hydrocarbon degraders. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 282:456-463. [PMID: 30889537 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.01.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Revised: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The aim of this work was to study the production of bioemulsifier by Rhodococcus erythropolis OSDS1, and the improvement of crude oil depletion efficiency using a consortium of petroleum hydrocarbon degraders and OSDS1. The results showed that R. erythropolis OSDS1 produced highly stable bioemulsifier under various salinity (0-35 g/L NaCl) and pH (5.0-9.0) conditions; more than 90% of the initial emulsification activity was retained after 168 h. Emulsification capacity of the bioemulsifier on different petroleum hydrocarbons was diesel > mineral oil/crude oil > gasoline. A mixed bacterial consortium combining OSDS1 and four other petroleum hydrocarbon degraders was constructed. GC-MS results revealed that the constructed consortium achieved 85.26% depletion efficiency of crude oil in 15 days, which was significantly higher than that of individual strains. During the process, alkane hydroxylase gene (alkB) was successfully amplified from the consortium, confirming presence of crude oil degrading enzymes.
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- Mingqian Xia
- School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States; Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, United States
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- School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China.
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, United States
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van de Kamp J, Hook SE, Williams A, Tanner JE, Bodrossy L. Baseline characterization of aerobic hydrocarbon degrading microbial communities in deep-sea sediments of the Great Australian Bight, Australia. Environ Microbiol 2019; 21:1782-1797. [PMID: 30761716 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Exploratory drilling for deep-sea oil and gas resources is planned for the Great Australian Bight (GAB). There is scant knowledge of the region's benthic ecosystems and no baseline information of the region's indigenous oil degrading bacteria. To address this knowledge gap, we used next generation sequencing (NGS) of three marker genes (alkB, c23o and pmoA) to detect and characterize the microbial communities capable of aerobic hydrocarbon degradation. Unique, highly novel microbial communities capable of degrading hydrocarbons occur in surface sediments at depths between 200 and 2800 m. Clustering at 97% demonstrated differences in community structure with depth, changing most markedly between 400 and 1000 m depth on the continental slope, and identified putative functional 'ecotypes' related to depth. Observed differences in community structure showed strong correlations with temperature, other physicochemical properties of the overlying water column and are further modulated by differences in sediment grain size. This study provides important baseline data on hydrocarbon degrading microbial communities prior to the start of petroleum resource extraction. Our data will inform future ecological monitoring of the GAB deep-sea ecosystem.
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- Jodie van de Kamp
- Oceans and Atmosphere, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia
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- Oceans and Atmosphere, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Lucas Heights, New South Wales, 2234, Australia
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- Oceans and Atmosphere, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia
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- Aquatic Sciences, South Australian Research and Development Institute, West Beach, South Australia, 5024, Australia
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- Oceans and Atmosphere, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia
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Mitter EK, Kataoka R, de Freitas JR, Germida JJ. Potential use of endophytic root bacteria and host plants to degrade hydrocarbons. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION 2019; 21:928-938. [PMID: 30907105 DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2019.1583637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Microbe-assisted phytoremediation depends on competent root-associated microorganisms that enhance remediation efficiency of organic compounds. Endophytic bacteria are a key element of the root microbiome and may assist plant degradation of contaminants. The aim of this study was to investigate the application of four hydrocarbon-degrading endophytic strains previously isolated from an oil sands reclamation area. Strains EA1-17 (Stenotrophomonas sp.), EA2-30 (Flavobacterium sp.), EA4-40 (Pantoea sp.), and EA6-5 (Pseudomonas sp.) were inoculated in white sweet clover growing on soils amended with diesel at 5,000, 10,000, and 20,000 mg·kg-1. Our results indicate that plant growth inhibition caused by diesel fuel toxicity was overcome in inoculated plants, which showed significantly higher plant biomass. Analysis of soil F2 and F3 hydrocarbon fractions also revealed that these soils were remediated by inoculated plants when diesel was applied at 10,000 mg·kg-1 and 20,000 mg·kg-1. In addition, quantification of hydrocarbon-degrading genes suggests that all bacterial strains successfully colonized sweet clover plants. Overall, the endophytic strain EA6-5 (Pseudomonas sp.), which harbored hydrocarbon-degrading genes, was the most effective candidate in phytoremediation experiments and could be a strategy to increase plant tolerance and hydrocarbon degradation in contaminated (e.g., diesel fuel) soils.
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- Eduardo K Mitter
- a Department of Food and Bioproduct Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- b Department of Environmental Sciences , University of Yamanashi, Takeda , Kofu , Yamanashi , Japan
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- c Department of Soil Science , University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon , Canada
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- c Department of Soil Science , University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon , Canada
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Djahnit N, Chernai S, Catania V, Hamdi B, China B, Cappello S, Quatrini P. Isolation, characterization and determination of biotechnological potential of oil-degrading bacteria from Algerian centre coast. J Appl Microbiol 2019; 126:780-795. [PMID: 30586234 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIMS The Algerian coastline is exposed to several types of pollution, including hydrocarbons. The aim of this work was to isolate oil-degrading bacteria and to explore the intrinsic bioremediation potential of part of its contaminated harbour. METHODS AND RESULTS A collection of 119 strains, capable to grow on mineral medium supplemented with hydrocarbons, were obtained from polluted sediment and seawater collected from Sidi Fredj harbour (Algiers). Twenty-three strains were selected for further studies. Sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene showed that most isolates belong to genera of hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria (Alcanivorax), generalist hydrocarbons degraders (Marinobacter, Pseudomonas, Gordonia, Halomonas, Erythrobacter and Brevibacterium) and other bacteria not known as hydrocarbon degraders (Xanthomarina) but were able to degrade hydrocarbons. Strains related to Marinobacter and Alcanivorax were frequently isolated from our samples and resulted the most effective in degrading crude oil. Screening of catabolic genes alkB and xylA revealed the presence of alkB gene in several bacterial strains; one isolate harboured both catabolic genes while other isolates carried none of the studied genes. However, they grew in the presence of crude oil implying the existence of other biodegradation pathways. CONCLUSIONS The samples of seawater and sediment from the Algerian coast contain high level of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria that could be interesting and useful for future bioremediation purposes. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This investigation demonstrates the diversity of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria from a marine-contaminated area in Algeria, and their variable biodegradation abilities.
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- N Djahnit
- Laboratoire de Conservation et de Valorisation des Ressources Marines, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de la Mer et l'Aménagement du Littoral, ENSSMAL, Alger, Algérie
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- Laboratoire de Conservation et de Valorisation des Ressources Marines, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de la Mer et l'Aménagement du Littoral, ENSSMAL, Alger, Algérie
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Conservation et de Valorisation des Ressources Marines, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de la Mer et l'Aménagement du Littoral, ENSSMAL, Alger, Algérie
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- Sciensano, J. Wytsmanstreet, Brussels, Belgium
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- Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero (IAMC) - C.N.R. U.O.S. di Messina Sp., Messina, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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Gauchotte-Lindsay C, Aspray TJ, Knapp M, Ijaz UZ. Systems biology approach to elucidation of contaminant biodegradation in complex samples – integration of high-resolution analytical and molecular tools. Faraday Discuss 2019; 218:481-504. [DOI: 10.1039/c9fd00020h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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We present here a data-driven systems biology framework for the rational design of biotechnological solutions for contaminated environments with the aim of understanding the interactions and mechanisms underpinning the role of microbial communities in the biodegradation of contaminated soils.
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- Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay
- Infrastructure and Environment Research Division
- School of Engineering
- University of Glasgow
- Glasgow G12 8QQ
- UK
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- School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society
- Heriot-Watt University
- Edinburgh EH14 4AS
- UK
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- University of Strathclyde
- Glasgow G1 1XQ
- UK
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- Infrastructure and Environment Research Division
- School of Engineering
- University of Glasgow
- Glasgow G12 8QQ
- UK
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Characterization of a biosurfactant-producing Leclercia sp. B45 with new transcriptional patterns of alkB gene. ANN MICROBIOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s13213-018-1409-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Ní Chadhain SM, Miller JL, Dustin JP, Trethewey JP, Jones SH, Launen LA. An assessment of the microbial community in an urban fringing tidal marsh with an emphasis on petroleum hydrocarbon degradative genes. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2018; 136:351-364. [PMID: 30509817 PMCID: PMC6281173 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Revised: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Small fringing marshes are ecologically important habitats often impacted by petroleum. We characterized the phylogenetic structure (16S rRNA) and petroleum hydrocarbon degrading alkane hydroxylase genes (alkB and CYP 153A1) in a sediment microbial community from a New Hampshire fringing marsh, using alkane-exposed dilution cultures to enrich for petroleum degrading bacteria. 16S rRNA and alkB analysis demonstrated that the initial sediment community was dominated by Betaproteobacteria (mainly Comamonadaceae) and Gammaproteobacteria (mainly Pseudomonas), while CYP 153A1 sequences predominantly matched Rhizobiales. 24 h of exposure to n-hexane, gasoline, dodecane, or dilution culture alone reduced functional and phylogenetic diversity, enriching for Gammaproteobacteria, especially Pseudomonas. Gammaproteobacteria continued to dominate for 10 days in the n-hexane and no alkane exposed samples, while dodecane and gasoline exposure selected for gram-positive bacteria. The data demonstrate that small fringing marshes in New England harbor petroleum-degrading bacteria, suggesting that petroleum degradation may be an important fringing marsh ecosystem function.
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- Sinéad M Ní Chadhain
- Department of Biology, LSCB 217, University of South Alabama, 5871 USA Drive N., Mobile, AL 36688, USA
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- Department of Biology, Keene State College, 246 Main St., Keene, NH 03435, USA
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- Department of Biology, Keene State College, 246 Main St., Keene, NH 03435, USA
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- Department of Biology, Keene State College, 246 Main St., Keene, NH 03435, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, 285 Rudman Hall, 46 College Rd., Durham, NH 03824, USA
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- Department of Biology, Keene State College, 246 Main St., Keene, NH 03435, USA.
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Bae HS, Huang L, White JR, Wang J, DeLaune RD, Ogram A. Response of microbial populations regulating nutrient biogeochemical cycles to oiling of coastal saltmarshes from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2018; 241:136-147. [PMID: 29804046 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.05.033] [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: 08/29/2017] [Revised: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Microbial communities play vital roles in the biogeochemistry of nutrients in coastal saltmarshes, ultimately controlling water quality, nutrient cycling, and detoxification. We determined the structure of microbial populations inhabiting coastal saltmarsh sediments from northern Barataria Bay, Louisiana, USA to gain insight into impacts on the biogeochemical cycles affected by Macondo oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon well blowout two years after the accident. Quantitative PCR directed toward specific functional genes revealed that oiled marshes were greatly diminished in the population sizes of diazotrophs, denitrifiers, nitrate-reducers to ammonia, methanogens, sulfate-reducers and anaerobic aromatic degraders, and harbored elevated numbers of alkane-degraders. Illumina 16S rRNA gene sequencing indicated that oiling greatly changed the structure of the microbial communities, including significant decreases in diversity. Oil-driven changes were also demonstrated in the structure of two functional populations, denitrifying and sulfate reducing prokaryotes, using nirS and dsrB as biomarkers, respectively. Collectively, the results from 16S rRNA and functional genes indicated that oiling not only markedly altered the microbial community structures, but also the sizes and structures of populations involved in (or regulating) a number of important nutrient biogeochemical cycles in the saltmarshes. Alterations such as these are associated with potential deterioration of ecological services, and further studies are necessary to assess the trajectory of recovery of microbial-mediated ecosystem functions over time in oiled saltmarsh sediment.
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- Hee-Sung Bae
- Soil and Water Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0290, USA.
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- Soil and Water Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0290, USA
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- College of the Coast and Environment, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- College of the Coast and Environment, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- Soil and Water Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0290, USA
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Catania V, Cappello S, Di Giorgi V, Santisi S, Di Maria R, Mazzola A, Vizzini S, Quatrini P. Microbial communities of polluted sub-surface marine sediments. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2018; 131:396-406. [PMID: 29886964 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Revised: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Microbial communities of coastal marine sediment play a key role in degradation of petroleum contaminants. Here the bacterial and archaeal communities of sub-surface sediments (5-10 cm) of the chronically polluted Priolo Bay (eastern coast of Sicily, Italy), contaminated mainly by n-alkanes and biodegraded/weathered oils, were characterized by cultural and molecular approaches. 16S-PCR-DGGE analysis at six stations, revealed that bacterial communities are highly divergent and display lower phylogenetic diversity than the surface sediment; sub-surface communities respond to oil supplementation in microcosms with a significant reduction in biodiversity and a shift in composition; they retain high biodegradation capacities and host hydrocarbon (HC) degraders that were isolated and identified. HC-degrading Alfa, Gamma and Epsilon proteobacteria together with Clostridia and Archaea are a common feature of sub-surface communities. These assemblages show similarities with that of subsurface petroleum reservoirs also characterized by the presence of biodegraded and weathered oils where anaerobic or microaerophilic syntrophic HC metabolism has been proposed.
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- Valentina Catania
- Dept. of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC)-CNR of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Dept. of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC)-CNR of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Dept. of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dept. of Earth and Marine Sciences (DISTEM) University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Roma, Italy
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- Dept. of Earth and Marine Sciences (DISTEM) University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Roma, Italy
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- Dept. of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
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Omrani R, Spini G, Puglisi E, Saidane D. Modulation of microbial consortia enriched from different polluted environments during petroleum biodegradation. Biodegradation 2018; 29:187-209. [DOI: 10.1007/s10532-018-9823-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Sarkar P, Roy A, Pal S, Mohapatra B, Kazy SK, Maiti MK, Sar P. Enrichment and characterization of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria from petroleum refinery waste as potent bioaugmentation agent for in situ bioremediation. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 242:15-27. [PMID: 28533069 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Revised: 04/30/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Intrinsic biodegradation potential of bacteria from petroleum refinery waste was investigated through isolation of cultivable strains and their characterization. Pseudomonas and Bacillus spp. populated the normal cultivable taxa while prolonged enrichment with hydrocarbons and crude oil yielded hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria of genera Burkholderia, Enterobacter, Kocuria, Pandoraea, etc. Strains isolated through enrichment showed assemblages of superior metabolic properties: utilization of aliphatic (C6-C22) and polyaromatic compounds, anaerobic growth with multiple terminal electron acceptors and higher biosurfactant production. Biodegradation of dodecane was studied thoroughly by GC-MS along with detection of gene encoding alkane hydroxylase (alkB). Microcosms bioaugmented with Enterobacter, Pandoraea and Burkholderia strains showed efficient biodegradation (98% TPH removal) well fitted in first order kinetic model with low rate constants and decreased half-life. This study proves that catabolically efficient bacteria resides naturally in complex petroleum refinery wastes and those can be useful for bioaugmentation based bioremediation.
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- Poulomi Sarkar
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Durgapur 713209, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Durgapur 713209, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Durgapur 713209, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India.
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Liu Q, Tang J, Liu X, Song B, Zhen M, Ashbolt N. Response of microbial community and catabolic genes to simulated petroleum hydrocarbon spills in soils/sediments from different geographic locations. J Appl Microbiol 2017; 123:875-885. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.13549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Revised: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 07/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Q. Liu
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering; Nankai University; Tianjin China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering; Nankai University; Tianjin China
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education); Tianjin China
- Tianjin Engineering Center of Environmental Diagnosis and Contamination Remediation; Tianjin China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering; Nankai University; Tianjin China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering; Nankai University; Tianjin China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering; Nankai University; Tianjin China
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- School of Public Health; University of Alberta; Edmonton AB Canada
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Al-Mailem DM, Kansour MK, Radwan SS. Capabilities and limitations of DGGE for the analysis of hydrocarbonoclastic prokaryotic communities directly in environmental samples. Microbiologyopen 2017; 6. [PMID: 28516483 PMCID: PMC5635167 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Revised: 04/06/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Prokaryotic communities in pristine and oil-contaminated desert soil, seawater, and hypersaline coastal soil were analyzed using culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches. The former technique was the dilution-plating method. For the latter, total genomic DNA was extracted and the 16S rRNA genes were amplified using a universal bacterial primer pair and primer pairs specific for Actinobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, and Archaea. The amplicons were resolved using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and sequenced, and the sequences were compared to those in GenBank. The plating method offered the advantages of capturing the targeted hydrocarbonoclastic microorganisms, counting them and providing cultures for further study. However, this technique could not capture more than a total of 15 different prokaryotic taxa. Those taxa belonged predominantly to the genera Alcanivorax, Pseudoxanthomonas, Bosea, Halomonas, and Marinobacter. The individual isolates in culture consumed between 19 and 50% of the available crude oil in 10 days. Although the culture-independent approach revealed much more microbial diversity, it was not problem-free. The subdivision primers exhibited satisfactory specificity, but they failed to capture all the available taxa. The universal bacterial primer pair ignored Actinobacteria altogether, although the primer pair specific for Actinobacteria captured many of them, for example, the genera Geodermatophilus, Streptomyces, Mycobacterium, Pontimonas, Rhodococcus, Blastococcus, Kocuria, and many others. Because most researchers worldwide use universal primers for PCR, this finding should be considered critically to avoid misleading interpretations.
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- Dina M Al-Mailem
- Microbiology Program, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
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- Microbiology Program, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
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- Microbiology Program, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
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Long H, Wang Y, Chang S, Liu G, Chen T, Huo G, Zhang W, Wu X, Tai X, Sun L, Zhang B. Diversity of crude oil-degrading bacteria and alkane hydroxylase (alkB) genes from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2017; 189:116. [PMID: 28220441 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-017-5798-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The aim of this study was to survey the response of the microbial community to crude oil and the diversity of alkane hydroxylase (alkB) genes in soil samples from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). The enrichment cultures and clone libraries were used. Finally, 53 isolates and 94 alkB sequences were obtained from 10 pristine soil samples after enrichment at 10 °C with crude oil as sole carbon source. The isolates fell into the phyla Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Bacteroidetes, with the dominance of Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter. The composition of degraders was different from polar habitats where Acinetobacter sp. is not a predominant responder of alkane degradative microbial communities. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the alkB genes from isolates and enrichment communities formed eight clusters and mainly related with alkB genes of Pseudomonas, Rhodococcus, and Acinetobacter. The alkB gene diversity in the QTP was lower than marine environments and polar soil samples. In particular, a total of 10 isolates exhibiting vigorous growth with crude oil could detect no crude oil degradation-related gene sequences, such as alkB, P450, almA, ndoB, and xylE genes. The Shannon-Wiener index of the alkB clone libraries from the QTP ranged from 1.00 to 2.24 which is similar with polar pristine soil samples but lower than that of contaminated soils. These results indicated that the Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, and Rhodococcus genera are the candidate for in situ bioremediation, and the environment of QTP may be still relatively uncontaminated by crude oil.
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- Haozhi Long
- College of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330045, China
- Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
- Key Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- College of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330045, China
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- Key Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China.
- Key Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China.
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- College of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330045, China
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- Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
- Key Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
- Key Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
- Key Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
- Key Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
- Key Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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Bai N, Abuduaini R, Wang S, Zhang M, Zhu X, Zhao Y. Nonylphenol biodegradation characterizations and bacterial composition analysis of an effective consortium NP-M2. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2017; 220:95-104. [PMID: 27638455 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.09.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Revised: 09/08/2016] [Accepted: 09/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Nonylphenol (NP), ubiquitously detected as the degradation product of nonionic surfactants nonylphenol polyethoxylates, has been reported as an endocrine disrupter. However, most pure microorganisms can degrade only limited species of NP with low degradation efficiencies. To establish a microbial consortium that can effectively degrade different forms of NP, in this study, we isolated a facultative microbial consortium NP-M2 and characterized the biodegradation of NP by it. NP-M2 could degrade 75.61% and 89.75% of 1000 mg/L NP within 48 h and 8 days, respectively; an efficiency higher than that of any other consortium or pure microorganism reported so far. The addition of yeast extract promoted the biodegradation more significantly than that of glucose. Moreover, surface-active compounds secreted into the extracellular environment were hypothesized to promote high-efficiency metabolism of NP. The detoxification of NP by this consortium was determined. The degradation pathway was hypothesized to be initiated by oxidization of the benzene ring, followed by step-wise side-chain biodegradation. The bacterial composition of NP-M2 was determined using 16S rDNA library, and the consortium was found to mainly comprise members of the Sphingomonas, Pseudomonas, Alicycliphilus, and Acidovorax genera, with the former two accounting for 86.86% of the consortium. The high degradation efficiency of NP-M2 indicated that it could be a promising candidate for NP bioremediation in situ.
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- Naling Bai
- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- Institute of Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China.
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Wang Y, Yu M, Liu Y, Yang X, Zhang XH. Bacterioplanoides pacificum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater of South Pacific Gyre. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5010-5015. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Yanan Wang
- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, PR China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, PR China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, PR China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, PR China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, PR China
- Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266071, PR China
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Lewis M, Kim MH, Wang N, Chu KH. Engineering artificial communities for enhanced FTOH degradation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2016; 572:935-942. [PMID: 27519322 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Revised: 07/27/2016] [Accepted: 07/31/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Fluorotelomer alcohols (FTOHs, [F(CF2)nCH2CH2OH]) are concerned environmental pollutants with perfluorinated carbon chains. FTOHs can be biotransformed; however, the extent, the pace of the defluorination, and types of metabolites produced vary depending on degradative microorganisms under different environment. In this study, we examined ways to increase the effectiveness of the FTOH defluorination process to less persistent major metabolites. Defined mixed cultures and bioaugmented microbial cultures were engineered to study their ability to biotransform 6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol [F(CF2)6CH2CH2OH]. The effects of carbon sources and the concentration of carbon sources were also examined. All experiments resulted in 5:2 sFTOH [F(CF2)5CH(OH)CH3] as the primary metabolite at the end point. The carbon sources resulted in different amounts of pathway utilization as well as overall changes in effectiveness. The best overall effectiveness was observed when cosubstrate carbon was kept at low concentrations. Pathway II was best utilized by the P. butanovora+P. fluorescens mixed culture, with lactate having a slight negative impact on pathway II utilization. Additional carbon to augmented activated sludge resulted in decreased 6:2 FTOH biotransformation by 60%. Enrichment cultures showed that shorter chain FTOHs are easier to degrade, with the n-octane enriched culture transforming 20% of 8:2 FTOH, 60% of 6:2 FTOH and 70% of 4:2 FTOH. The microbial communities of the enrichment cultures and the alkane hydroxylase gene were also examined to help understand FTOH biotransformation mechanisms.
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- Matthew Lewis
- Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3136, United States
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- Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3136, United States
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- 132 Shrewsbury Dr., Wilmington DE19810, United States
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- Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3136, United States.
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Sarkar J, Kazy SK, Gupta A, Dutta A, Mohapatra B, Roy A, Bera P, Mitra A, Sar P. Biostimulation of Indigenous Microbial Community for Bioremediation of Petroleum Refinery Sludge. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1407. [PMID: 27708623 PMCID: PMC5030240 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Nutrient deficiency severely impairs the catabolic activity of indigenous microorganisms in hydrocarbon rich environments (HREs) and limits the rate of intrinsic bioremediation. The present study aimed to characterize the microbial community in refinery waste and evaluate the scope for biostimulation based in situ bioremediation. Samples recovered from the wastewater lagoon of Guwahati refinery revealed a hydrocarbon enriched [high total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH)], oxygen-, moisture-limited, reducing environment. Intrinsic biodegradation ability of the indigenous microorganisms was enhanced significantly (>80% reduction in TPH by 90 days) with nitrate amendment. Preferred utilization of both higher- (>C30) and middle- chain (C20-30) length hydrocarbons were evident from GC-MS analysis. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and community level physiological profiling analyses indicated distinct shift in community’s composition and metabolic abilities following nitrogen (N) amendment. High throughput deep sequencing of 16S rRNA gene showed that the native community was mainly composed of hydrocarbon degrading, syntrophic, methanogenic, nitrate/iron/sulfur reducing facultative anaerobic bacteria and archaebacteria, affiliated to γ- and δ-Proteobacteria and Euryarchaeota respectively. Genes for aerobic and anaerobic alkane metabolism (alkB and bssA), methanogenesis (mcrA), denitrification (nirS and narG) and N2 fixation (nifH) were detected. Concomitant to hydrocarbon degradation, lowering of dissolve O2 and increase in oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) marked with an enrichment of N2 fixing, nitrate reducing aerobic/facultative anaerobic members [e.g., Azovibrio, Pseudoxanthomonas and Comamonadaceae members] was evident in N amended microcosm. This study highlighted that indigenous community of refinery sludge was intrinsically diverse, yet appreciable rate of in situ bioremediation could be achieved by supplying adequate N sources.
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- Jayeeta Sarkar
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
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- School of Bioscience, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
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Pyrene degrading Achromobacter denitrificans ASU-035: growth rate, enzymes activity, and cell surface properties. RENDICONTI LINCEI-SCIENZE FISICHE E NATURALI 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s12210-016-0521-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Viggor S, Jõesaar M, Vedler E, Kiiker R, Pärnpuu L, Heinaru A. Occurrence of diverse alkane hydroxylase alkB genes in indigenous oil-degrading bacteria of Baltic Sea surface water. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2015; 101:507-516. [PMID: 26541986 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.10.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Revised: 10/21/2015] [Accepted: 10/23/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Formation of specific oil degrading bacterial communities in diesel fuel, crude oil, heptane and hexadecane supplemented microcosms of the Baltic Sea surface water samples was revealed. The 475 sequences from constructed alkane hydroxylase alkB gene clone libraries were grouped into 30 OPFs. The two largest groups were most similar to Pedobacter sp. (245 from 475) and Limnobacter sp. (112 from 475) alkB gene sequences. From 56 alkane-degrading bacterial strains 41 belonged to the Pseudomonas spp. and 8 to the Rhodococcus spp. having redundant alkB genes. Together 68 alkB gene sequences were identified. These genes grouped into 20 OPFs, half of them being specific only to the isolated strains. Altogether 543 diverse alkB genes were characterized in the brackish Baltic Sea water; some of them representing novel lineages having very low sequence identities with corresponding genes of the reference strains.
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- Signe Viggor
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Genetics, University of Tartu, 23 Riia Street, Tartu 51010, Estonia.
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Genetics, University of Tartu, 23 Riia Street, Tartu 51010, Estonia
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Genetics, University of Tartu, 23 Riia Street, Tartu 51010, Estonia
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Genetics, University of Tartu, 23 Riia Street, Tartu 51010, Estonia
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Genetics, University of Tartu, 23 Riia Street, Tartu 51010, Estonia
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Genetics, University of Tartu, 23 Riia Street, Tartu 51010, Estonia
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Guermouche M'rassi A, Bensalah F, Gury J, Duran R. Isolation and characterization of different bacterial strains for bioremediation of n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 22:15332-15346. [PMID: 25813636 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4343-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2014] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Crude oil is a common environmental pollutant composed of a large number of both aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons. Biodegradation is carried out by microbial communities that are important in determining the fate of pollutants in the environment. The intrinsic biodegradability of the hydrocarbons and the distribution in the environment of competent degrading microorganisms are crucial information for the implementation of bioremediation processes. In the present study, the biodegradation capacities of various bacteria toward aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons were determined. The purpose of the study was to isolate and characterize hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria from contaminated soil of a refinery in Arzew, Algeria. A collection of 150 bacterial strains was obtained; the bacterial isolates were identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and their ability to degrade hydrocarbon compounds characterized. The isolated strains were mainly affiliated to the Gamma-Proteobacteria class. Among them, Pseudomonas spp. had the ability to metabolize high molecular weight hydrocarbon compounds such as pristane (C19) at 35.11 % by strain LGM22 and benzo[a] pyrene (C20) at 33.93 % by strain LGM11. Some strains were able to grow on all the hydrocarbons tested including octadecane, squalene, phenanthrene, and pyrene. Some strains were specialized degrading only few substrates. In contrast, the strain LGM2 designated as Pseudomonas sp. was found able to degrade both linear and branched alkanes as well as low and high poly-aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The alkB gene involved in alkane degradation was detected in LGM2 and other Pseudomonas-related isolates. The capabilities of the isolated bacterial strains to degrade alkanes and PAHs should be of great practical significance in bioremediation of oil-contaminated environments.
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- A Guermouche M'rassi
- Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, Es-Senia, Oran, 31000, Algérie, Algeria.
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, Es-Senia, Oran, 31000, Algérie, Algeria
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- Equipe Environnement et Microbiologie, UMR IPREM5254, IBEAS, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, Pau, France
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- Equipe Environnement et Microbiologie, UMR IPREM5254, IBEAS, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, Pau, France
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Acosta-González A, Martirani-von Abercron SM, Rosselló-Móra R, Wittich RM, Marqués S. The effect of oil spills on the bacterial diversity and catabolic function in coastal sediments: a case study on the Prestige oil spill. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 22:15200-14. [PMID: 25869434 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4458-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The accident of the Prestige oil tanker in 2002 contaminated approximately 900 km of the coastline along the northern Spanish shore, as well as parts of Portugal and France coast, with a mixture of heavy crude oil consisting of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, alkanes, asphaltenes and resins. The capacity of the autochthonous bacterial communities to respond to the oil spill was assessed indirectly by determining the hydrocarbon profiles of weathered oil samples collected along the shore, as well as through isotope ratios of seawater-dissolved CO2, and directly by analyses of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis fingerprints and 16S rRNA gene libraries. Overall, the results evidenced biodegradation of crude oil components mediated by natural bacterial communities, with a bias towards lighter and less substituted compounds. The changes observed in the Proteobacteria, the most abundant phylum in marine sediments, were related to the metabolic profiles of the sediment. The presence of crude oil in the supratidal and intertidal zones increased the abundance of Alpha- and Gammaproteobacteria, dominated by the groups Sphingomonadaceae, Rhodobacteraceae and Chromatiales, whilst Gamma- and Deltaproteobacteria were more relevant in subtidal zones. The phylum Actinobacteria, and particularly the genus Rhodococcus, was a key player in the microbial response to the spill, especially in the degradation of the alkane fraction. The addition of inorganic fertilizers enhanced total biodegradation rates, suggesting that, in these environments, nutrients were insufficient to support significant growth after the huge increase in carbon sources, as evidenced in other spills. The presence of bacterial communities able to respond to a massive oil input in this area was consistent with the important history of pollution of the region by crude oil.
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- Alejandro Acosta-González
- Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain
- Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de La Sabana, Autopista Norte km 7, Chía, Cundinamarca, Colombia
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain
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- Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB, C/. Miquel Marqués 21, 07190, Esporles, Illes Balears, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain.
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Bastida F, Jehmlich N, Lima K, Morris BEL, Richnow HH, Hernández T, von Bergen M, García C. The ecological and physiological responses of the microbial community from a semiarid soil to hydrocarbon contamination and its bioremediation using compost amendment. J Proteomics 2015. [PMID: 26225916 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2015.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The linkage between phylogenetic and functional processes may provide profound insights into the effects of hydrocarbon contamination and biodegradation processes in high-diversity environments. Here, the impacts of petroleum contamination and the bioremediation potential of compost amendment, as enhancer of the microbial activity in semiarid soils, were evaluated in a model experiment. The analysis of phospholipid fatty-acids (PLFAs) and metaproteomics allowed the study of biomass, phylogenetic and physiological responses of the microbial community in polluted semiarid soils. Petroleum pollution induced an increase of proteobacterial proteins during the contamination, while the relative abundance of Rhizobiales lowered in comparison to the non-contaminated soil. Despite only 0.55% of the metaproteome of the compost-treated soil was involved in biodegradation processes, the addition of compost promoted the removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and alkanes up to 88% after 50 days. However, natural biodegradation of hydrocarbons was not significant in soils without compost. Compost-assisted bioremediation was mainly driven by Sphingomonadales and uncultured bacteria that showed an increased abundance of catabolic enzymes such as catechol 2,3-dioxygenases, cis-dihydrodiol dehydrogenase and 2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde. For the first time, metaproteomics revealed the functional and phylogenetic relationships of petroleum contamination in soil and the microbial key players involved in the compost-assisted bioremediation.
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- F Bastida
- Department of Soil and Water Conservation, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura, CEBAS-CSIC, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Aptdo. de Correos 164, Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain; Department of Agroforestry Technology and Science and Genetics, School of Advanced Agricultural Engineering, Castilla La Mancha University, Campus Universitario s/n, Albacete, Spain.
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- Department of Proteomics, Helmholtz - Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Soil and Water Conservation, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura, CEBAS-CSIC, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Aptdo. de Correos 164, Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Dow Microbial Control, Dow Europe GmbH, Bachtobelstrasse 3, 8810 Horgen, Switzerland
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- Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Soil and Water Conservation, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura, CEBAS-CSIC, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Aptdo. de Correos 164, Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Proteomics, Helmholtz - Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany; Department of Metabolomics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Soil and Water Conservation, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura, CEBAS-CSIC, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Aptdo. de Correos 164, Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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Liu Q, Tang J, Bai Z, Hecker M, Giesy JP. Distribution of petroleum degrading genes and factor analysis of petroleum contaminated soil from the Dagang Oilfield, China. Sci Rep 2015; 5:11068. [PMID: 26086670 PMCID: PMC4478889 DOI: 10.1038/srep11068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Genes that encode for enzymes that can degrade petroleum hydrocarbons (PHs) are critical for the ability of microorganisms to bioremediate soils contaminated with PHs. Distributions of two petroleum-degrading genes AlkB and Nah in soils collected from three zones of the Dagang Oilfield, Tianjin, China were investigated. Numbers of copies of AlkB ranged between 9.1 × 10(5) and 1.9 × 10(7) copies/g dry mass (dm) soil, and were positively correlated with total concentrations of PHs (TPH) (R(2) = 0.573, p = 0.032) and alkanes (C33 ~ C40) (R(2) = 0.914, p < 0.01). The Nah gene was distributed relatively evenly among sampling zones, ranging between 1.9 × 10(7) and 1.1 × 10(8) copies/g dm soil, and was negatively correlated with concentrations of total aromatic hydrocarbons (TAH) (R(2) = -0.567, p = 0.035) and ∑16 PAHs (R(2) = -0.599, p = 0.023). Results of a factor analysis showed that individual samples of soils were not ordinated as a function of the zones.
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- Qinglong Liu
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Engineering Center of Pollution Diagnosis and Environmental Restoration, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Engineering Center of Pollution Diagnosis and Environmental Restoration, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- 1] School of Environment and sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada [2] Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- 1] Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada [2] Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada [3] School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China [4] State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China [5] Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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Akbari A, Ghoshal S. Effects of diurnal temperature variation on microbial community and petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation in contaminated soils from a sub-Arctic site. Environ Microbiol 2015; 17:4916-28. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2014] [Revised: 03/08/2015] [Accepted: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ali Akbari
- Department of Civil Engineering; McGill University; Montreal Canada
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- Department of Civil Engineering; McGill University; Montreal Canada
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Korlević M, Zucko J, Dragić MN, Blažina M, Pustijanac E, Zeljko TV, Gacesa R, Baranasic D, Starcevic A, Diminic J, Long PF, Cullum J, Hranueli D, Orlić S. Bacterial diversity of polluted surface sediments in the northern Adriatic Sea. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:189-97. [PMID: 25857844 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2015.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Revised: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Samples were collected from sea sediments at seven sites in the northern Adriatic Sea that included six sites next to industrial complexes and one from a tourist site (recreational beach). The samples were assayed for alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The composition of the hydrocarbon samples suggested that industrial pollution was present in most cases. A sample from one site was also grown aerobically under crude oil enrichment in order to evaluate the response of indigenous bacterial populations to crude oil exposure. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed varying microbial biodiversity depending on the level of pollution--ranging from low (200 detected genera) to high (1000+ genera) biodiversity, with lowest biodiversity observed in polluted samples. This indicated that there was considerable biodiversity in all sediment samples but it was severely restricted after exposure to crude oil selection pressure. Phylogenetic analysis of putative alkB genes showed high evolutionary diversity of the enzymes in the samples and suggested great potential for bioremediation and bioprospecting. The first systematic analysis of bacterial communities from sediments of the northern Adriatic Sea is presented, and it will provide a baseline assessment that may serve as a reference point for ecosystem changes and hydrocarbon degrading potential--a potential that could soon gain importance due to plans for oil exploitation in the area.
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- Marino Korlević
- Centre for Marine Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Rovinj, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Centre for Marine Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Rovinj, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK; Department of Chemistry, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK
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- Department of Genetics, University of Kaiserslautern, Postfach 3049, 67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Centre for Marine Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Rovinj, Croatia; Division of Material Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.
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Mukherjee S, Sipilä T, Pulkkinen P, Yrjälä K. Secondary successional trajectories of structural and catabolic bacterial communities in oil-polluted soil planted with hybrid poplar. Mol Ecol 2015; 24:628-42. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2014] [Revised: 12/17/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Shinjini Mukherjee
- Department of Biosciences; MEM-Group; University of Helsinki; PO Box 56 FI-00014 Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Biosciences; University of Helsinki; PO Box 65 FI-00014 Helsinki Finland
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- The Finnish Forest Research Institute; Haapastensyrjäntie 34 FI-12600 Läyliäinen Finland
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- Department of Biosciences; MEM-Group; University of Helsinki; PO Box 56 FI-00014 Helsinki Finland
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Liu R, Gao Y, Ji Y, Zhang Y, Yang M. Characteristics of hydrocarbon hydroxylase genes in a thermophilic aerobic biological system treating oily produced wastewater. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2015; 71:75-82. [PMID: 25607672 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Alkane and aromatic hydroxylase genes in a full-scale aerobic system treating oily produced wastewater under thermophilic condition (45-50 °C) in the Jidong oilfield, China, were investigated using clone library and quantitative polymerase chain reaction methods. Rather than the normally encountered integral-membrane non-haem iron monooxygenase (alkB) genes, only CYP153-type P450 hydroxylase genes were detected for the alkane activation, indicating that the terminal oxidation of alkanes might be mainly mediated by the CYP153-type alkane hydroxylases in the thermophilic aerobic process. Most of the obtained CYP153 gene clones showed distant homology with the reference sequences, which might represent novel alkane hydroxylases. For the aromatic activation, the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-ring hydroxylating dioxygenase (PAH-RHD) gene was derived from Gram-negative PAH-degraders belonging to the Burkholderiales order, with a 0.72% relative abundance of PAH-RHD gene to 16S rRNA gene. This was consistent with the result of 16S rRNA gene analysis, indicating that Burkholderiales bacteria might play a key role in the full-scale process of thermophilic hydrocarbon degradation.
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- Ruyin Liu
- College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China E-mail:
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China E-mail:
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China E-mail: ; Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China E-mail:
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China E-mail:
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