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Langeloh H, Greer CW, Vergeynst L, Hakvåg S, Øverjordet IB, Bakke I, Sørensen L, Brakstad OG. Comparison of two field systems for determination of crude oil biodegradation in cold seawater. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 199:115919. [PMID: 38134872 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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Marine oil spills have devastating environmental impacts and extrapolation of experimental fate and impact data from the lab to the field remains challenging due to the lack of comparable field data. In this work we compared two field systems used to study in situ oil depletion with emphasis on biodegradation and associated microbial communities. The systems were based on (i) oil impregnated clay beads and (ii) hydrophobic Fluortex adsorbents coated with thin oil films. The bacterial communities associated with the two systems displayed similar compositions of dominant bacterial taxa. Initial abundances of Oceanospirillales were observed in both systems with later emergences of Flavobacteriales, Alteromonadales and Rhodobacterales. Depletion of oil compounds was significantly faster in the Fluortex system and most likely related to the greater bioavailability of oil compounds as compared to the clay bead system.
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- Hendrik Langeloh
- The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Dept. of Biotechnology and Food Science, Sem Sælandsvei 6/8, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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- National Research Council Canada, Energy, Mining and Environment Research Centre, 75 Bd de Mortagne, Boucherville, QC J4B 6Y4, Montreal, Canada; McGill University, Natural Resource Sciences, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, H9X 3V9 Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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- Arctic Research Centre, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark; Aarhus University Centre for Water Technology, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds vej 10 D, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
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- SINTEF Ocean, Department of Climate and Environment, Brattørkaia 17b, 7010 Trondheim, Norway.
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- SINTEF Ocean, Department of Climate and Environment, Brattørkaia 17b, 7010 Trondheim, Norway.
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- SINTEF Ocean, Department of Climate and Environment, Brattørkaia 17b, 7010 Trondheim, Norway.
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- SINTEF Ocean, Department of Climate and Environment, Brattørkaia 17b, 7010 Trondheim, Norway.
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- SINTEF Ocean, Department of Climate and Environment, Brattørkaia 17b, 7010 Trondheim, Norway.
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Fahmi AM, Summers S, Jones M, Bowler B, Hennige S, Gutierrez T. Effect of ocean acidification on the growth, response and hydrocarbon degradation of coccolithophore-bacterial communities exposed to crude oil. Sci Rep 2023; 13:5013. [PMID: 36973465 PMCID: PMC10042988 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31784-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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Hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria, which can be found living with eukaryotic phytoplankton, play a pivotal role in the fate of oil spillage to the marine environment. Considering the susceptibility of calcium carbonate-bearing phytoplankton under future ocean acidification conditions and their oil-degrading communities to oil exposure under such conditions, we investigated the response of non-axenic E. huxleyi to crude oil under ambient versus elevated CO2 concentrations. Under elevated CO2 conditions, exposure to crude oil resulted in the immediate decline of E. huxleyi, with concomitant shifts in the relative abundance of Alphaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria. Survival of E. huxleyi under ambient conditions following oil enrichment was likely facilitated by enrichment of oil-degraders Methylobacterium and Sphingomonas, while the increase in relative abundance of Marinobacter and unclassified Gammaproteobacteria may have increased competitive pressure with E. huxleyi for micronutrient acquisition. Biodegradation of the oil was not affected by elevated CO2 despite a shift in relative abundance of known and putative hydrocarbon degraders. While ocean acidification does not appear to affect microbial degradation of crude oil, elevated mortality responses of E. huxleyi and shifts in the bacterial community illustrates the complexity of microalgal-bacterial interactions and highlights the need to factor these into future ecosystem recovery projections.
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- Afiq Mohd Fahmi
- School of Engineering and Physical Science, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
- Fakulti Sains dan Sekitaran Marin, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala, Terengganu, Malaysia
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- School of Engineering and Physical Science, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
- The Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering and the School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637551, Singapore
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- School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE17RU, UK
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- School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE17RU, UK
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- School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, UK.
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- School of Engineering and Physical Science, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
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Liu Y, Chen S, Xie Z, Zhang L, Wang J, Fang J. Influence of Extremely High Pressure and Oxygen on Hydrocarbon-Enriched Microbial Communities in Sediments from the Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench. Microorganisms 2023; 11:microorganisms11030630. [PMID: 36985204 PMCID: PMC10052102 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11030630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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Recent studies reported that highly abundant alkane content exists in the ~11,000 m sediment of the Mariana Trench, and a few key alkane-degrading bacteria were identified in the Mariana Trench. At present, most of the studies on microbes for degrading hydrocarbons were performed mainly at atmospheric pressure (0.1 MPa) and room temperature; little is known about which microbes could be enriched with the addition of n-alkanes under in-situ environmental pressure and temperature conditions in the hadal zone. In this study, we conducted microbial enrichments of sediment from the Mariana Trench with short-chain (SCAs, C7–C17) or long-chain (LCAs, C18–C36) n-alkanes and incubated them at 0.1 MPa/100 MPa and 4 °C under aerobic or anaerobic conditions for 150 days. Microbial diversity analysis showed that a higher microbial diversity was observed at 100 MPa than at 0.1 MPa, irrespective of whether SCAs or LCAs were added. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (nMDS) and hierarchical cluster analysis revealed that different microbial clusters were formed according to hydrostatic pressure and oxygen. Significantly different microbial communities were formed according to pressure or oxygen (p < 0.05). For example, Gammaproteobacteria (Thalassolituus) were the most abundant anaerobic n-alkanes-enriched microbes at 0.1 MPa, whereas the microbial communities shifted to dominance by Gammaproteobacteria (Idiomarina, Halomonas, and Methylophaga) and Bacteroidetes (Arenibacter) at 100 MPa. Compared to the anaerobic treatments, Actinobacteria (Microbacterium) and Alphaproteobacteria (Sulfitobacter and Phenylobacterium) were the most abundant groups with the addition of hydrocarbon under aerobic conditions at 100 MPa. Our results revealed that unique n-alkane-enriched microorganisms were present in the deepest sediment of the Mariana Trench, which may imply that extremely high hydrostatic pressure (100 MPa) and oxygen dramatically affected the processes of microbial-mediated alkane utilization.
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- Ying Liu
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 200120, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Archaea Geo-Omics, Department of Ocean Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 200120, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 200120, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 200120, China
- Correspondence: (J.W.); (J.F.)
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 200120, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266000, China
- Department of Natural Sciences, Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
- Correspondence: (J.W.); (J.F.)
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Nagarajan V, Tsai HC, Chen JS, Koner S, Kumar RS, Chao HC, Hsu BM. Systematic assessment of mineral distribution and diversity of microbial communities and its interactions in the Taiwan subduction zone of mud volcanoes. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 216:114536. [PMID: 36228688 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114536] [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: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 09/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Mud volcanoes are the most dynamic and unstable sedimentary structures in the areas of tectonic compression like the subduction zones. In this study, we comprehensively analyzed the distribution of minerals as well as diversity, abundance and metabolic potential of the microbial communities of major mud volcanic groups across Taiwan namely Chu-kou Fault (CKF), Gu-ting-keng Anticline (GTKA), Chi-shan Fault (CSF), and Longitudinal Valley Fault (LVF). The mud volcano fluids recorded relatively higher Na and Cl contents than the other elements, particularly in the CKF and GTKA groups. The highest microbial diversity and richness were observed in the CSF group, followed by the GTKA group, whereas the lowest microbial diversity was observed in the CKF and LVF groups. Proteobacteria were common in all the sampling sites, except WST-7 and WST-H (Wu-Shan-Ting) of the CSF group, which were abundant in Chloroflexi. The halophilic genus Alterococcus was abundant in the Na-and Cl-rich CL-A sites of the CKF group. Sulfurovum was dominant in the CLHS (Chung-Lun hot spring) site of the CKF group and was positively correlated with sulfur/thiosulfate respiration, which might have resulted in a higher expression of these pathways in the respective group. Aerobic methane-oxidizing microbial communities, such as Methylobacter, Methylomicrobium, Methylomonas, and Methylosoma, constituted a dominant part of the LVF and CSF groups, except for the YNH-A and YNH-B (Yang-Nyu-Hu) sites. The WST-7 and JS sites were abundant in both methane-producing and methane-oxidizing microbial communities. The LGH-F1 (Lei-Gong-Huo) site was dominated by both methanotrophic and methylotrophic genera, such as Methylomicrobium and Methylophaga, respectively. Methylotrophy, methanotrophs, and hydrocarbon-degrading pathways were more abundant in the LVF and CSF groups but not in the remaining groups. The results of this study extend our knowledge of the diversity, abundance, and metabolic functions of prokaryotes in major terrestrial mud volcanoes in Taiwan.
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- Viji Nagarajan
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County, Taiwan; Department of Biomedical Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County, Taiwan
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County, Taiwan
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County, Taiwan
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County, Taiwan; Centre for Innovative on Aging Society, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County, Taiwan.
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Effects of Chlorella vulgaris Enhancement on Endogenous Microbial Degradation of Marine Oil Spills and Community Diversity. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10050905. [PMID: 35630350 PMCID: PMC9146007 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10050905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2022] [Revised: 04/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Biofortification could improve the bioremediation efficiency of microbes in the reparation of marine environmental damage caused by oil spills. In this paper, Chlorella vulgaris LH-1 was used as a fortifier to enhance the degradation of a marine oil spill by endogenous microorganisms. The addition of C. vulgaris LH-1 increased the degradation efficiency of crude oil by 11.09–42.41% and considerably accelerated oil degradation efficiency. Adding C. vulgaris LH-1 to a crude oil environment can improve the activity of endogenous seawater microorganisms. The results of high-throughput sequencing showed that the main bacterial genera were Oceanicola, Roseibacillus, and Rhodovulum when exotrophic C. vulgaris LH-1 and seawater endogenous microorganisms degraded low-concentration crude oil together. However, the addition of high-concentration nutrient salts changed the main bacterial genera in seawater to unclassified Microbacterium, Erythrobacter, and Phaeodactylibacter. The addition of C. vulgaris LH-1 increased the abundance of marine bacteria, Rhodococcus, and Methylophaga and decreased the abundance of Pseudomonas, Cladosporium, and Aspergillus. The functional prediction results of phylogenetic investigation of communities by reconstruction of unobserved states indicated that C. vulgaris LH-1 could improve the metabolic ability of seawater endogenous microorganisms to degrade endogenous bacteria and fungi in crude oil.
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Gu D, Xiang X, Wu Y, Zeng J, Lin X. Synergy between fungi and bacteria promotes polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon cometabolism in lignin-amended soil. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 425:127958. [PMID: 34894508 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Lignin enhanced biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil, but collaboration among soil microorganisms during this process remains poorly understood. Here we explored the relations between microbial communities and PAH transformation in soil microcosms amended with lignin. Mineralization of the four-ring benzo(a)anthracene (BaA), which was selected as a model, was determined by using an isotope-labeled tracer. The eukaryotic inhibitor cycloheximide and redox mediator ABTS were used to validate the fungal role, while microbial communities were monitored by amplicon sequencing. The results demonstrated that lignin significantly promoted BaA mineralization to CO2, which was inhibited and enhanced by cycloheximide and ABTS, respectively. Together with the increased abundance of Basidiomycota, these observations suggested an essential contribution of fungi to BaA biodegradation, which possibly through a ligninolytic enzyme-mediated pathway. The enrichment of Methylophilaceae and Sphingomonadaceae supported bacterial utilization of methyl and aryl groups derived from lignin, implicating cometabolic BaA degradation. Co-occurrence network analysis revealed increased interactions between fungi and bacteria, suggesting they played synergistic roles in the transformation of lignin and BaA. Collectively, these findings demonstrate the importance of synergy between fungi and bacteria in PAH transformation, and further suggest that the modulation of microbial interplay may ameliorate soil bioremediation with natural materials such as lignin.
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- Decheng Gu
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecological Protection and Restoration, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230031, China; Key laboratory of soil environment and pollution remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecological Protection and Restoration, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key laboratory of soil environment and pollution remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing 210008, China.
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- Key laboratory of soil environment and pollution remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Key laboratory of soil environment and pollution remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing 210008, China
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Carmona-Martínez AA, Marcos-Rodrigo E, Bordel S, Marín D, Herrero-Lobo R, García-Encina PA, Muñoz R. Elucidating the key environmental parameters during the production of ectoines from biogas by mixed methanotrophic consortia. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 298:113462. [PMID: 34365180 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113462] [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: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a robust biotechnology for the valorisation of organic waste into biogas. However, the rapid decrease in renewable electricity prices requires alternative uses of biogas. In this context, the engineering of innovative platforms for the bio-production of chemicals from CH4 has recently emerged. The extremolyte and osmoprotectant ectoine, with a market price of ~1000€/Kg, is the industrial flagship of CH4-based bio-chemicals. This work aimed at optimizing the accumulation of ectoines using mixed microbial consortia enriched from saline environments (a salt lagoon and a salt river) and activated sludge, and biogas as feedstock. The influence of NaCl (0, 3, 6, 9 and 12 %) and Na2WO4 (0, 35 and 70 μg L-1) concentrations and incubation temperature (15, 25 and 35 °C) on the stoichiometry and kinetics of the methanotrophic consortia was investigated. Consortia enriched from activated sludge at 15 °C accumulated the highest yields of ectoine and hydroxyectoine at 6 % NaCl (105.0 ± 27.2 and 24.2 ± 5.4 mgextremolyte gbiomass-1, respectively). The consortia enriched from the salt lagoon accumulated the highest yield of ectoine and hydroxyectoine at 9 % NaCl (56.6 ± 2.5 and 51.0 ± 2.0 mgextremolyte gbiomass-1, respectively) at 25 °C. The supplementation of tungsten to the cultivation medium did not impact on the accumulation of ectoines in any of the consortia. A molecular characterization of the enrichments revealed a relative abundance of ectoine-accumulating methanotrophs of 7-16 %, with Methylomicrobium buryatense and Methylomicrobium japanense as the main players in the bioconversion of methane into ectoine.
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- Alessandro A Carmona-Martínez
- Institute of Sustainable Processes, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina s/n., Valladolid, 47011, Spain; Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina s/n., Valladolid, 47011, Spain
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- Institute of Sustainable Processes, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina s/n., Valladolid, 47011, Spain; Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina s/n., Valladolid, 47011, Spain
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- Institute of Sustainable Processes, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina s/n., Valladolid, 47011, Spain; Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina s/n., Valladolid, 47011, Spain
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- Institute of Sustainable Processes, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina s/n., Valladolid, 47011, Spain; Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina s/n., Valladolid, 47011, Spain
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- Institute of Sustainable Processes, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina s/n., Valladolid, 47011, Spain; Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina s/n., Valladolid, 47011, Spain
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- Institute of Sustainable Processes, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina s/n., Valladolid, 47011, Spain; Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina s/n., Valladolid, 47011, Spain
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- Institute of Sustainable Processes, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina s/n., Valladolid, 47011, Spain; Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina s/n., Valladolid, 47011, Spain.
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Yang H, Zhang Y, Chuang S, Cao W, Ruan Z, Xu X, Jiang J. Bioaugmentation of acetamiprid-contaminated soil with Pigmentiphaga sp. strain D-2 and its effect on the soil microbial community. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2021; 30:1559-1571. [PMID: 33443714 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-020-02336-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Bioaugmentation, a strategy based on microbiome engineering, has been proposed for bioremediation of pollutant-contaminated environments. However, the complex microbiome engineering processes for soil bioaugmentation, involving interactions among the exogenous inoculum, soil environment, and indigenous microbial microbiome, remain largely unknown. Acetamiprid is a widely used neonicotinoid insecticide which has caused environmental contaminations. Here, we used an acetamiprid-degrading strain, Pigmentiphaga sp. D-2, as inoculum to investigate the effects of bioaugmentation on the soil microbial community and the process of microbiome reassembly. The bioaugmentation treatment removed 94.8 and 92.5% of acetamiprid within 40 days from soils contaminated with 50 and 200 mg/kg acetamiprid, respectively. A decrease in bacterial richness and diversity was detected in bioaugmentation treatments, which later recovered with the removal of acetamiprid from soil. Moreover, the bioaugmentation treatment significantly influenced the bacterial community structure, whereas application of acetamiprid alone had little influence on the soil microbial community. Furthermore, the bioaugmentation treatment improved the growth of bacteria associated with acetamiprid degradation, and the inoculated and recruited taxa significantly influenced the keystone taxa of the indigenous microbiome, resulting in reassembly of the bacterial community yielding higher acetamiprid-degrading efficiency than that of the indigenous and acetamiprid-treated communities. Our results provide valuable insights into the mechanisms of microbiome engineering for bioaugmentation of acetamiprid-contaminated soils.
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- Hongxing Yang
- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Microbiology for Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- College of Resource and Environment, Anhui Science and Technology University, Anhui, 233100, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Microbiology for Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Microbiology for Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Microbiology for Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Microbiology for Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Microbiology for Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Microbiology for Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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Babich TL, Semenova EM, Sokolova DS, Tourova TP, Bidzhieva SK, Loiko NG, Avdonin GI, Lutsenko NI, Nazina TN. Phylogenetic Diversity and Potential Activity of Bacteria and Fungi in the Deep Subsurface Horizons of an Uranium Deposit. Microbiology (Reading) 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261721040032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Hamdan HZ, Salam DA. Response of sediment microbial communities to crude oil contamination in marine sediment microbial fuel cells under ferric iron stimulation. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 263:114658. [PMID: 33618484 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In this study, response of the microbial communities associated with the bioremediation of crude oil contaminated marine sediments was addressed using sediment microbial fuel cells (SMFCs). Crude oil was spiked into marine sediments at 1 g/kg of dry sediment to simulate a heavily contaminated marine environment. Conventional SMFCs were used with carbon fiber brushes as the electrode components and were enhanced with ferric iron to stimulate electrochemically active bacteria. Controls were operated under open circuit with and without ferric iron stimulation, with the latter condition simulating natural attenuation. Crude oil removal in the Fe enhanced SMFCs reached 22.0 ± 5.5% and was comparable to the measured removal in the control treatments (19.2 ± 7.4% in natural attenuation SMFCs and 15.2 ± 2.7% in Fe stimulated open circuit SMFCs), indicating no major enhancement to biodegradation under the applied experimental conditions. The low removal efficiency could be due to limitations in the mass transfer of the electron donor to the microbes and the anodes. The microbial community structure showed similarity between the iron stimulated SMFCs operated under the open and closed circuit. Natural attenuation SMFCs showed a unique profile. All SMFCs showed high relative abundances of hydrocarbon degrading bacteria rather than anode reducers, such as Marinobacter and Arthrobacter in the case of the natural attenuation SMFCs, and Gordonia in the case of iron stimulated SMFCs. This indicated that the microbial structure during the bioremediation process was mainly determined by the presence of petroleum contamination and to a lesser extent the presence of the ferric iron, with no major involvement of the anode as a terminal electron acceptor. Under the adopted experimental conditions, the absence of electrochemically active microbes throughout the biodegradation process indicates that the use of SMFCs in crude oil bioremediation is not a successful approach. Further studies are required to optimize SMFCs systems for this aim.
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- Hamdan Z Hamdan
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
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Viggor S, Jõesaar M, Soares-Castro P, Ilmjärv T, Santos PM, Kapley A, Kivisaar M. Microbial Metabolic Potential of Phenol Degradation in Wastewater Treatment Plant of Crude Oil Refinery: Analysis of Metagenomes and Characterization of Isolates. Microorganisms 2020; 8:E652. [PMID: 32365784 PMCID: PMC7285258 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8050652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The drilling, processing and transportation of oil are the main sources of pollution in water and soil. The current work analyzes the microbial diversity and aromatic compounds degradation potential in the metagenomes of communities in the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) of a crude oil refinery. By focusing on the degradation of phenol, we observed the involvement of diverse indigenous microbial communities at different steps of the WWTP. The anaerobic bacterial and archaeal genera were replaced by aerobic and facultative anaerobic bacteria through the biological treatment processes. The phyla Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Planctomycetes were dominating at different stages of the treatment. Most of the established protein sequences of the phenol degradation key enzymes belonged to bacteria from the class Alphaproteobacteria. From 35 isolated strains, 14 were able to grow on aromatic compounds, whereas several phenolic compound-degrading strains also degraded aliphatic hydrocarbons. Two strains, Acinetobacter venetianus ICP1 and Pseudomonas oleovorans ICTN13, were able to degrade various aromatic and aliphatic pollutants and were further characterized by whole genome sequencing and cultivation experiments in the presence of phenol to ascertain their metabolic capacity in phenol degradation. When grown alone, the intermediates of catechol degradation, the meta or ortho pathways, accumulated into the growth environment of these strains. In the mixed cultures of the strains ICP1 and ICTN13, phenol was degraded via cooperation, in which the strain ICP1 was responsible for the adherence of cells and ICTN13 diminished the accumulation of toxic intermediates.
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- Signe Viggor
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, 23 Riia Street, 51010 Tartu, Estonia; (M.J.); (T.I.); (M.K.)
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, 23 Riia Street, 51010 Tartu, Estonia; (M.J.); (T.I.); (M.K.)
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- Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology (CBMA), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (P.M.S.)
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, 23 Riia Street, 51010 Tartu, Estonia; (M.J.); (T.I.); (M.K.)
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- Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology (CBMA), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (P.M.S.)
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- Director’s Research Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440 020, India;
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, 23 Riia Street, 51010 Tartu, Estonia; (M.J.); (T.I.); (M.K.)
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Behera P, Mohapatra M, Kim JY, Adhya TK, Pattnaik AK, Rastogi G. Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in the structure and function of sediment bacterial communities of a tropical mangrove forest. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:3893-3908. [PMID: 30547343 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-3927-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Bacterial communities of mangrove sediments are well appreciated for their role in nutrient cycling. However, spatiotemporal variability in these communities over large geographical scale remains understudied. We investigated sediment bacterial communities and their metabolic potential in an intertidal mangrove forest of India, Bhitarkanika, using high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA genes and community-level physiological profiling. Bulk surface sediments from five different locations representing riverine and bay sites were collected over three seasons. Seasonality largely explained the variation in the structural and metabolic patterns of the sediment bacterial communities. Freshwater Actinobacteria were more abundant in monsoon, whereas γ-Proteobacteria demonstrated higher abundance in summer. Distinct differences in the bacterial community composition were noted between riverine and bay sites. For example, salt-loving marine bacteria affiliated to Oceanospirillales were more prominent in the bay sites than the riverine sites. L-asparagine, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, and D-mannitol were the preferentially utilized carbon sources by bacterial communities. Bacterial community composition was largely governed by salinity and organic carbon content of the sediments. Modeling analysis revealed that the abundance of δ-Proteobacteria increased with salinity, whereas β-Proteobacteria displayed an opposite trend. Metabolic mapping of taxonomic data predicted biogeochemical functions such as xylan and chitin degradation, ammonia oxidation, nitrite reduction, and sulfate reduction in the bacterial communities suggesting their role in carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycling in mangrove sediments. This study has provided valuable clues about spatiotemporal heterogeneity in the structural and metabolic patterns of bacterial communities and their environmental determinants in a tropical mangrove forest.
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- Pratiksha Behera
- Wetland Research and Training Centre, Chilika Development Authority, Balugaon, Odisha, 752030, India
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- Wetland Research and Training Centre, Chilika Development Authority, Balugaon, Odisha, 752030, India
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- Department of Integrated Biological Science, Pusan National University, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, 46241, South Korea
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- School of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751024, India
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- Wetland Research and Training Centre, Chilika Development Authority, Balugaon, Odisha, 752030, India
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- Wetland Research and Training Centre, Chilika Development Authority, Balugaon, Odisha, 752030, India.
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Reyes-Sosa MB, Apodaca-Hernández JE, Arena-Ortiz ML. Bioprospecting for microbes with potential hydrocarbon remediation activity on the northwest coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, using DNA sequencing. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 642:1060-1074. [PMID: 30045488 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2017] [Revised: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Coastal environments harbor diverse microbial communities, which can contain genera with potential bioremediation activity. Next-generation DNA sequencing was used to identify bacteria to the genus level in water and sediment samples collected from the open ocean, shoreline, wetlands and freshwater upwellings on the northwest coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. Supported by an extensive literature review, a phylogenetic investigation of the communities was done using reconstruction of unobserved states software (PICRUSt) to predict metagenome functional content from the sequenced 16S gene in all the samples. Bacterial genera were identified for their potential hydrocarbon bioremediation activity. These included generalist genera commonly reported in hydrocarbon-polluted areas and petroleum reservoirs, as well as specialists such as Alcanivorax and Cycloclasticus. The highest readings for bacteria with potential hydrocarbon bioremediation activity were for the genera Vibrio, Alteromonas, Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, Burkholderia, Acidovorax and Pseudoalteromonas from different environments in the study area. Some genera were identified only in specific sites; for example, Aquabacterium and Polaromonas were found only in freshwater upwellings. Variation in genera distribution was probably due to differences in environmental conditions in the sampled zones. Bacterial diversity was high in the study area and included numerous genera with known bioremediation activity. Functional prediction of the metagenome indicated that the studied bacterial communities would most probably degrade toluene, naphthalene, chloroalkane and chloroalkene, with lower degradation proportions for aromatic hydrocarbons, fluorobenzoate and xylene. Differences in predicted degradation existed between sediments and water, and between different locations.
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- Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología UNAM, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico; Laboratorio de Ecogenonomica Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
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Netzer R, Henry IA, Ribicic D, Wibberg D, Brönner U, Brakstad OG. Petroleum hydrocarbon and microbial community structure successions in marine oil-related aggregates associated with diatoms relevant for Arctic conditions. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2018; 135:759-768. [PMID: 30301095 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.07.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Revised: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Oil-related aggregates (ORAs) may contribute to the fate of oil spilled offshore. However, our understanding about the impact of diatoms and associated bacteria involved in the formation of ORAs and the fate of oil compounds in these aggregates is still limited. We investigated these processes in microcosm experiments with defined oil dispersions in seawater at 5 °C, employing the Arctic diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus and its associated bacterial assemblage to promote ORA formation. Accumulation of oil compounds, as well as biodegradation of naphthalenes in ORAs and corresponding water phases, was enhanced in the presence of diatoms. Interestingly, the genus Nonlabens was predominating the bacterial communities in diatom-supplemented microcosms, while this genus was not abundant in other samples. This work elucidates the relevance of diatom biomass for the formation of ORAs, microbial community structures and biodegradation processes in chemically dispersed oil at low temperatures relevant for Arctic conditions.
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- Roman Netzer
- SINTEF Ocean, Brattørkaia 17C, 7010 Trondheim, Norway.
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- SINTEF Ocean, Brattørkaia 17C, 7010 Trondheim, Norway
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- Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- SINTEF Ocean, Brattørkaia 17C, 7010 Trondheim, Norway
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Kamalanathan M, Xu C, Schwehr K, Bretherton L, Beaver M, Doyle SM, Genzer J, Hillhouse J, Sylvan JB, Santschi P, Quigg A. Extracellular Enzyme Activity Profile in a Chemically Enhanced Water Accommodated Fraction of Surrogate Oil: Toward Understanding Microbial Activities After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:798. [PMID: 29740422 PMCID: PMC5928240 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Extracellular enzymes and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) play a key role in overall microbial activity, growth and survival in the ocean. EPS, being amphiphilic in nature, can act as biological surfactant in an oil spill situation. Extracellular enzymes help microbes to digest and utilize fractions of organic matter, including EPS, which can stimulate growth and enhance microbial activity. These natural processes might have been altered during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill due to the presence of hydrocarbon and dispersant. This study aims to investigate the role of bacterial extracellular enzymes during exposure to hydrocarbons and dispersant. Mesocosm studies were conducted using a water accommodated fraction of oil mixed with the chemical dispersant, Corexit (CEWAF) in seawater collected from two different locations in the Gulf of Mexico and corresponding controls (no additions). Activities of five extracellular enzymes typically found in the EPS secreted by the microbial community - α- and β-glucosidase, lipase, alkaline phosphatase, leucine amino-peptidase - were measured using fluorogenic substrates in three different layers of the mesocosm tanks (surface, water column and bottom). Enhanced EPS production and extracellular enzyme activities were observed in the CEWAF treatment compared to the Control. Higher bacterial and micro-aggregate counts were also observed in the CEWAF treatment compared to Controls. Bacterial genera in the order Alteromonadaceae were the most abundant bacterial 16S rRNA amplicons recovered. Genomes of Alteromonadaceae commonly have alkaline phosphatase and leucine aminopeptidase, therefore they may contribute significantly to the measured enzyme activities. Only Alteromonadaceae and Pseudomonadaceae among bacteria detected here have higher percentage of genes for lipase. Piscirickettsiaceae was abundant; genomes from this order commonly have genes for leucine aminopeptidase. Overall, this study provides insights into the alteration to the microbial processes such as EPS and extracellular enzyme production, and to the microbial community, when exposed to the mixture of oil and dispersant.
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- Manoj Kamalanathan
- Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States
- Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States
- Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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Krolicka A, Boccadoro C, Nilsen MM, Baussant T. Capturing Early Changes in the Marine Bacterial Community as a Result of Crude Oil Pollution in a Mesocosm Experiment. Microbes Environ 2017; 32:358-366. [PMID: 29187706 PMCID: PMC5745021 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me17082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The results of marine bacterial community succession from a short-term study of seawater incubations at 4°C to North Sea crude oil are presented herein. Oil was used alone (O) or in combination with a dispersant (OD). Marine bacterial communities resulting from these incubations were characterized by a fingerprinting analysis and pyrosequencing of the 16S rRNA gene with the aim of 1) revealing differences in bacterial communities between the control, O treatment, and OD treatment and 2) identifying the operational taxonomic units (OTUs) of early responders in order to define the bacterial gene markers of oil pollution for in situ monitoring. After an incubation for 1 d, the distribution of the individual ribotypes of bacterial communities in control and oil-treated (O and OD) tanks differed. Differences related to the structures of bacterial communities were observed at later stages of the incubation. Among the early responders identified (Pseudoalteromonas, Sulfitobacter, Vibrio, Pseudomonas, Glaciecola, Neptunomonas, Methylophaga, and Pseudofulvibacter), genera that utilize a disintegrated biomass or hydrocarbons as well as biosurfactant producers were detected. None of these genera included obligate hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria (OHCB). After an incubation for 1 d, the abundances of Glaciecola and Pseudofulvibacter were approximately 30-fold higher in the OD and O tanks than in the control tank. OTUs assigned to the Glaciecola genus were represented more in the OD tank, while those of Pseudofulvibacter were represented more in the O tank. We also found that 2 to 3% of the structural community shift originated from the bacterial community in the oil itself, with Polaribacter being a dominant bacterium.
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- Adriana Krolicka
- International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS), Environment department
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- International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS), Environment department
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- International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS), Environment department
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- International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS), Environment department
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Brakstad OG, Almås IK, Krause DF. Biotransformation of natural gas and oil compounds associated with marine oil discharges. CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 182:555-558. [PMID: 28525868 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.05.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2017] [Revised: 04/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Field data from the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) suggested that oxidation of gas compounds stimulated biodegradation of oil compounds in the deep sea plume. We performed experiments with local seawater from a Norwegian fjord to examine if the presence of dissolved gas compounds (methane, ethane and propane) affected biodegradation of volatile oil compounds, and if oil compounds likewise affected gas compound oxidation. The results from the experiment showed comparable oil compound biotransformation rates in seawater at 5 °C between seawater with and without soluble gases. Gas oxidation was not affected by the presence of volatile oil compounds. Contrary to DWH deep sea plume data, propane oxidation was not faster than methane oxidation. These data may reflect variations between biodegradation of oil and gas in seawater environments with different history of oil and gas exposure.
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- SINTEF Ocean, Dept. Environmental Technology, N-7465, Trondheim, Norway
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Karthikeyan OP, Chidambarampadmavathy K, Nadarajan S, Lee PKH, Heimann K. Effect of CH4/O2 ratio on fatty acid profile and polyhydroxybutyrate content in a heterotrophic-methanotrophic consortium. CHEMOSPHERE 2015; 141:235-42. [PMID: 26247542 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.07.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2015] [Revised: 06/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/19/2015] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Understanding the role of heterotrophic-methanotrophic (H-Meth) communities is important for improvement of methane (CH4) oxidation capacities (MOC) particularly in conjunction with bio-product development in industrial bio-filters. Initially, a H-Meth consortium was established and enriched from marine sediments and characterized by next generation sequencing of the 16s rDNA gene. The enriched consortium was subjected to 10-50% CH4 (i.e., 0.20-1.6 CH4/O2 ratios) to study the effects on MOCs, biomass growth, fatty acid profiles and biopolymer (e.g. polyhydroxybutyrate; PHB) content. Methylocystis, Methylophaga and Pseudoxanthomonas dominated the H-Meth consortium. Culture enrichment of the H-Meth consortium resulted in 15-20-folds higher MOC compared to seed sediments. Increasing CH4 concentration (and decreased O2 levels) yielded higher MOCs, but did not improve total fatty acid contents. PHB contents varied between 2.5% and 8.5% independently of CH4/O2 ratios. The results suggest that H-Meth consortia could potentially be used in industrial bio-filters for production of biopolymer/biofuel precursors from CH4.
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- Obulisamy P Karthikeyan
- College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Queensland, Australia; Centre for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Queensland, Australia; Comparative Genomics Centre, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Queensland, Australia
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- College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Queensland, Australia; Centre for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Queensland, Australia
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- College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Queensland, Australia; Centre for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Queensland, Australia; Centre for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Queensland, Australia; Comparative Genomics Centre, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Queensland, Australia; Centre for Bio-discovery and Molecular Development of Therapeutics, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Queensland, Australia.
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Mishamandani S, Gutierrez T, Berry D, Aitken MD. Response of the bacterial community associated with a cosmopolitan marine diatom to crude oil shows a preference for the biodegradation of aromatic hydrocarbons. Environ Microbiol 2015; 18:1817-33. [PMID: 26184578 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Revised: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Emerging evidence shows that hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria (HCB) may be commonly found associated with phytoplankton in the ocean, but the ecology of these bacteria and how they respond to crude oil remains poorly understood. Here, we used a natural diatom-bacterial assemblage to investigate the diversity and response of HCB associated with a cosmopolitan marine diatom, Skeletonema costatum, to crude oil. Pyrosequencing analysis and qPCR revealed a dramatic transition in the diatom-associated bacterial community, defined initially by a short-lived bloom of Methylophaga (putative oil degraders) that was subsequently succeeded by distinct groups of HCB (Marinobacter, Polycyclovorans, Arenibacter, Parvibaculum, Roseobacter clade), including putative novel phyla, as well as other groups with previously unqualified oil-degrading potential. Interestingly, these oil-enriched organisms contributed to the apparent and exclusive biodegradation of substituted and non-substituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), thereby suggesting that the HCB community associated with the diatom is tuned to specializing in the degradation of PAHs. Furthermore, the formation of marine oil snow (MOS) in oil-amended incubations was consistent with its formation during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This work highlights the phycosphere of phytoplankton as an underexplored biotope in the ocean where HCB may contribute importantly to the biodegradation of hydrocarbon contaminants in marine surface waters.
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- Sara Mishamandani
- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.,School of Life Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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- Division of Microbial Ecology, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystems Science, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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