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Zhou J, Liu J, Liu T, Liu G, Li J, Chen D, Feng Y. Electrochemical activation of persulfate by Al-doped blue TiO 2 nanotubes for the multipath degradation of atrazine. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 445:130578. [PMID: 37055983 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The combination of electrolysis and persulfate activation (E/PDS) is a cost-effective method for the treatment of refractory organics. However, persulfate is difficult to be activated into radicals at the anode, resulting in insufficient electro-activation efficiency. Herein, Al doped blue TiO2 nanotube electrodes (Al-bTNT) were first employed as cost-effective anode materials to fully activate PDS to radicals. In E/PDS, the kinetic constant of atrazine removal by Al-bTNT (0.048 min-1) substantially outperformed the other anodes, including the blue TiO2 nanotube electrodes (bTNT) (0.024 min-1), Ti4O7 (0.02 min-1), and B doped diamond (BDD) anodes (0.023 min-1). The Al-bTNT-E/PDS exhibited a low energy consumption (EEO = 0.72 kWh m-3) and a high mineralization rate. Based on the results of electron paramagnetic resonance, quenching experiments, and probe experiments, we propose that atrazine degrades in the Al-bTNT-E/PDS system mainly via a novel radical pathway that involves both·OH and SO4·- and the generated SO4·- is responsible for the enhanced removal rate. The oxygen vacancies (VO) generated from interstitial Al may serve as the active sites to adsorb and dissociate the persulfate molecules based on extensive characterizations. The attempt at soil-washing wastewater disposal indicated the synergistic system possessed good potential for future practical application.
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- Jiajie Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
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Abdelgawad DM, Marei AS, Mansee AH. Managing the efficiencies of three different bacterial isolates for removing atrazine from wastewater. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART. B, PESTICIDES, FOOD CONTAMINANTS, AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES 2022; 57:948-959. [PMID: 36448221 DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2022.2149203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Three individual bacterial isolates previously isolated from two types of soil with a different history of atrazine applications were chosen, purified, and subjected to subsequent work. Identification of the individual bacterial isolates was conducted using molecular methods 16S rRNA and then tested for their atrazine degradation potentials. Effects of different parameters like mixing, starvation, UV exposure, and sodium citrate for enhancing the atrazine bioremediation process by identified bacteria were also studied. The molecular method identified individual bacterial isolates as Stenotrophomonas sp. strain SD2 (strain SD2), Bacillus cereus strain BC3 (strain BC3), and Paenarthrobacter ureafaciens strain AD3 (strain AD3). The bacterial isolate strain AD3 was able to degrade 47.95% of atrazine after 28 days. Mixing strain AD3 with strain BC3 showed almost doubled of atrazine degradation percentage (61.39%) of using strain BC3 as an individual isolate (36.59%). The atrazine degradation efficacy for Stenotrophomonas sp. strain SD2, Bacillus cereus strain BC3, and Paenarthrobacter ureafaciens strain AD3 was increased between 1.28 and 4.32 folds after the starvation process. The UV exposure enhanced the efficiencies of the tested isolates either individual or mixtures (from 1.08 to 4.63-fold). Adding sodium citrate as a stimulator to the media of growing the tested isolates enhanced their potential for atrazine degradation.
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- Department of Pesticide Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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Massot F, Gkorezis P, Van Hamme J, Marino D, Trifunovic BS, Vukovic G, d'Haen J, Pintelon I, Giulietti AM, Merini L, Vangronsveld J, Thijs S. Isolation, Biochemical and Genomic Characterization of Glyphosate Tolerant Bacteria to Perform Microbe-Assisted Phytoremediation. Front Microbiol 2021; 11:598507. [PMID: 33519737 PMCID: PMC7840833 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.598507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The large-scale use of the herbicide glyphosate leads to growing ecotoxicological and human health concerns. Microbe-assisted phytoremediation arises as a good option to remove, contain, or degrade glyphosate from soils and waterbodies, and thus avoid further spreading to non-target areas. To achieve this, availability of plant-colonizing, glyphosate-tolerant and -degrading strains is required and at the same time, it must be linked to plant-microorganism interaction studies focusing on a substantive ability to colonize the roots and degrade or transform the herbicide. In this work, we isolated bacteria from a chronically glyphosate-exposed site in Argentina, evaluated their glyphosate tolerance using the minimum inhibitory concentration assay, their in vitro degradation potential, their plant growth-promotion traits, and performed whole genome sequencing to gain insight into the application of a phytoremediation strategy to remediate glyphosate contaminated agronomic soils. Twenty-four soil and root-associated bacterial strains were isolated. Sixteen could grow using glyphosate as the sole source of phosphorous. As shown in MIC assay, some strains tolerated up to 10000 mg kg–1 of glyphosate. Most of them also demonstrated a diverse spectrum of in vitro plant growth-promotion traits, confirmed in their genome sequences. Two representative isolates were studied for their root colonization. An isolate of Ochrobactrum haematophilum exhibited different colonization patterns in the rhizoplane compared to an isolate of Rhizobium sp. Both strains were able to metabolize almost 50% of the original glyphosate concentration of 50 mg l–1 in 9 days. In a microcosms experiment with Lotus corniculatus L, O. haematophilum performed better than Rhizobium, with 97% of glyphosate transformed after 20 days. The results suggest that L. corniculatus in combination with to O. haematophilum can be adopted for phytoremediation of glyphosate on agricultural soils. An effective strategy is presented of linking the experimental data from the isolation of tolerant bacteria with performing plant-bacteria interaction tests to demonstrate positive effects on the removal of glyphosate from soils.
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- Francisco Massot
- Cátedra de Biotecnología, Departamento de Microbiología, Inmunología, Biotecnología y Genética, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín, Argentina.,Instituto de Nanobiotecnología (NANOBIOTEC), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín, Argentina
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- Environmental Biology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada
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- Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de la Plata (UNLP), La Plata, Argentina
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- Department of Phytomedicine, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute for Materials Research (IMO-IMEC), Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Cátedra de Biotecnología, Departamento de Microbiología, Inmunología, Biotecnología y Genética, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín, Argentina.,Instituto de Nanobiotecnología (NANOBIOTEC), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín, Argentina
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- Environmental Biology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.,Department of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
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- Environmental Biology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Esquirol L, Peat TS, Sugrue E, Balotra S, Rottet S, Warden AC, Wilding M, Hartley CJ, Jackson CJ, Newman J, Scott C. Bacterial catabolism of s-triazine herbicides: biochemistry, evolution and application. Adv Microb Physiol 2020; 76:129-186. [PMID: 32408946 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2020.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The synthetic s-triazines are abundant, nitrogen-rich, heteroaromatic compounds used in a multitude of applications including, herbicides, plastics and polymers, and explosives. Their presence in the environment has led to the evolution of bacterial catabolic pathways in bacteria that allow use of these anthropogenic chemicals as a nitrogen source that supports growth. Herbicidal s-triazines have been used since the mid-twentieth century and are among the most heavily used herbicides in the world, despite being withdrawn from use in some areas due to concern about their safety and environmental impact. Bacterial catabolism of the herbicidal s-triazines has been studied extensively. Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP, which was isolated more than thirty years after the introduction of the s-triazine herbicides, has been the model system for most of these studies; however, several alternative catabolic pathways have also been identified. Over the last five years, considerable detail about the molecular mode of action of the s-triazine catabolic enzymes has been uncovered through acquisition of their atomic structures. These structural studies have also revealed insights into the evolutionary origins of this newly acquired metabolic capability. In addition, s-triazine-catabolizing bacteria and enzymes have been used in a range of applications, including bioremediation of herbicides and cyanuric acid, introducing metabolic resistance to plants, and as a novel selectable marker in fermentation organisms. In this review, we cover the discovery and characterization of bacterial strains, metabolic pathways and enzymes that catabolize the s-triazines. We also consider the evolution of these new enzymes and pathways and discuss the practical applications that have been considered for these bacteria and enzymes. One Sentence Summary: A detailed understanding of bacterial herbicide catabolic enzymes and pathways offer new evolutionary insights and novel applied tools.
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- Lygie Esquirol
- Biocatalysis & Synthetic Biology Team, CSIRO Land & Water, Black Mountain Science and Innovation Park, Canberra, ACT, Australia; Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- CSIRO Biomedical Manufacturing, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Biocatalysis & Synthetic Biology Team, CSIRO Land & Water, Black Mountain Science and Innovation Park, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Biocatalysis & Synthetic Biology Team, CSIRO Land & Water, Black Mountain Science and Innovation Park, Canberra, ACT, Australia; Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform, CSIRO Land & Water, Black Mountain Science and Innovation Park, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Biocatalysis & Synthetic Biology Team, CSIRO Land & Water, Black Mountain Science and Innovation Park, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia; CSIRO Biomedical Manufacturing, Parkville, VIC, Australia; Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform, CSIRO Land & Water, Black Mountain Science and Innovation Park, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Biocatalysis & Synthetic Biology Team, CSIRO Land & Water, Black Mountain Science and Innovation Park, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- CSIRO Biomedical Manufacturing, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Biocatalysis & Synthetic Biology Team, CSIRO Land & Water, Black Mountain Science and Innovation Park, Canberra, ACT, Australia; Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform, CSIRO Land & Water, Black Mountain Science and Innovation Park, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Klementová Š, Hornychová L, Šorf M, Zemanová J, Kahoun D. Toxicity of atrazine and the products of its homogeneous photocatalytic degradation on the aquatic organisms Lemna minor and Daphnia magna. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:27259-27267. [PMID: 31321724 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-05710-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Usage of atrazine, a widely used herbicide, is now banned in many countries. Although forbidden to use, significant concentration of this herbicide is still present in the environment. The study focused not only on the toxicity of atrazine itself but also on products of homogeneous photocatalytic degradation. Such degradation was very fast in given conditions (sufficient amount of Fe(III) in the reaction system)-more than 95% of the initial amount of atrazine was eliminated after 30 min of irradiation. The toxicity of atrazine and its photodegradation products were examined on the aquatic plant Lemna minor and microcrustacean Daphnia magna in both acute and chronic tests. While the growth inhibition assay of atrazine for Lemna minor revealed EC50 value of 128.4 μg dm-3, the herbicide did not affect Daphnia in the acute toxicity assay. A degradation product, desethyl-atrazine, has been demonstrated to have a pronounced negative effect on the plant growth. Both atrazine and desethyl-atrazine affect negatively the number of juveniles and number of clutches of Daphnia magna in the chronic toxicity assay. Photocatalytic degradation lowers the negative effect of atrazine in Daphnia magna while photodegradation products still negatively affect Lemna growth.
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- Šárka Klementová
- Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1716/31c, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1716/31c, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1716/31c, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
- Faculty of AgriSciences, Department of Zoology, Fisheries, Hydrobiology and Apiculture, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1716/31c, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1716/31c, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Moretto JAS, Braz VS, Furlan JPR, Stehling EG. Plasmids associated with heavy metal resistance and herbicide degradation potential in bacterial isolates obtained from two Brazilian regions. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2019; 191:314. [PMID: 31037401 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-019-7461-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The use of pesticides has been increasing due to the great agricultural production worldwide. The pesticides are used to eradicate pests and weeds; however, these compounds are classified as toxic to non-target organisms. Atrazine and diuron are herbicides widely used to control grassy and broadleaf weeds and weed control in agricultural crops and non-crop areas. Heavy metals are also important environmental contaminants that affect the ecological system. This study aimed to investigate the presence of herbicides-degrading genes and heavy metal resistance genes in bacterial isolates from two different soil samples from two Brazilian regions and to determine the genetic location of these genes. In this study, two isolates were obtained and identified as Escherichia fergusonii and Bacillus sp. Both isolates presented atzA, atzB, atzC, atzD, atzE, atzF, puhA, and copA genes and two plasmids each, being the major with ~ 60 Kb and a smaller with ~ 3.2 Kb. Both isolates presented the atzA-F genes inside the larger plasmid, while the puhA and copA genes were detected in the smaller plasmid. Digestion reactions were performed and showed that the ~ 60-Kb plasmid presented the same restriction profile using different restriction enzymes, suggesting that this plasmid harboring the complete degradation pathway to atrazine was found in both isolates. These results suggest the dispersion of these plasmids and the multi-herbicide degradation potential in both isolates to atrazine and diuron, which are widely used in different culture types worldwide.
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- Jéssica Aparecida Silva Moretto
- Department of Clinical Analysis, Toxicology and Food Science, School of Pharmaceutical, Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP), Av. do Café S/N. Monte Alegre, Ribeirão Preto, SP, 14040-903, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Analysis, Toxicology and Food Science, School of Pharmaceutical, Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP), Av. do Café S/N. Monte Alegre, Ribeirão Preto, SP, 14040-903, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Analysis, Toxicology and Food Science, School of Pharmaceutical, Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP), Av. do Café S/N. Monte Alegre, Ribeirão Preto, SP, 14040-903, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Analysis, Toxicology and Food Science, School of Pharmaceutical, Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP), Av. do Café S/N. Monte Alegre, Ribeirão Preto, SP, 14040-903, Brazil.
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Carretta L, Cardinali A, Zanin G, Masin R. Effect of sewage amendment on the dissipation of terbuthylazine, its degradation compound desethyl-terbuthylazine, and S-metolachlor in a field study. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART. B, PESTICIDES, FOOD CONTAMINANTS, AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES 2019; 54:187-195. [PMID: 30601689 DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2018.1541384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This study evaluates the effect of sewage amendment (SA) on the dissipation of terbuthylazine, its degradation compound desethyl-terbuthylazine, and S-metolachlor in the soil. The experiment was conducted at Padua Experimental Farm (Italy). Herbicides dissipation was evaluated in soils differently fertilized for three years: with inorganic fertilizer, with sewage sludge, and with a combination of them. Terbuthylazine and S-metolachlor were applied on sorghum as a formulated product at a dose of 2.8 L ha-1, and their dissipation was followed for 2.5 months. The concentrations of herbicides and one metabolite in soil were analyzed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. The dissipation of terbuthylazine and S-metolachlor followed a pseudo first order kinetics; they dissipated faster in soil amended only with inorganic fertilizer than in soils amended with sewage or sewage + inorganic fertilizer. The reduction in mineralization of the herbicides after sewage addition can be attributed to the reduced herbicide availability to microorganisms. The degradation of terbuthylazine led to the formation of desethyl-terbuthylazine. SA slowed down the formation and the degradation of desethyl-terbuthylazine, leading to a higher amount measured at the end of the incubation. These findings have practical implications for the assessment of the environmental fate of terbuthylazine and S-metolachlor in agricultural areas.
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- Laura Carretta
- a Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment, DAFNAE , University of Padua , Legnaro , Italy
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- a Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment, DAFNAE , University of Padua , Legnaro , Italy
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- a Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment, DAFNAE , University of Padua , Legnaro , Italy
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- a Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment, DAFNAE , University of Padua , Legnaro , Italy
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Mueller TC, Parker ET, Steckel L, Clay SA, Owen MD, Curran WS, Currie R, Scott R, Sprague C, Stephenson DO, Miller DK, Prostko EP, Grichar WJ, Martin J, Kruz LJ, Bradley K, Bernards ML, Dotray P, Knezevic S, Davis V, Klein R. Enhanced atrazine degradation is widespread across the United States. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2017; 73:1953-1961. [PMID: 28266154 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4566] [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: 07/18/2016] [Revised: 02/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Atrazine (ATZ) has been a key herbicide for annual weed control in corn, with both a soil and post-emergence vegetation application period. Although enhanced ATZ degradation in soil with a history of ATZ use has been reported, the extent and rate of degradation in the US Corn Belt is uncertain. We show that enhanced ATZ degradation exists across much of the country. RESULTS Soils from 15 of 16 surveyed states had enhanced ATZ degradation. The average ATZ half-life was only 2.3 days in ATZ history soils, compared with an average 14.5 days in soils with no previous ATZ use, meaning that ATZ degrades an average 6 times faster in soils with previous ATZ use. CONCLUSION When ATZ is used for several years, enhanced degradation will undoubtedly change the way ATZ is used in agronomic crops and also its ultimate environmental fate. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- University of Tennessee West TN Research and Education Center, Jackson, TN, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS, USA
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la Cecilia D, Maggi F. In-situ atrazine biodegradation dynamics in wheat (Triticum) crops under variable hydrologic regime. JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY 2017; 203:104-121. [PMID: 28754243 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2017.05.004] [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: 02/15/2017] [Revised: 05/22/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A comprehensive biodegradation reaction network of atrazine (ATZ) and its 18 byproducts was coupled to the nitrogen cycle and integrated in a computational solver to assess the in-situ biodegradation effectiveness and leaching along a 5m deep soil cultivated with wheat in West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia. Biodegradation removed 97.7% of 2kg/ha ATZ yearly applications in the root zone, but removal substantially decreased at increasing depths; dechlorination removed 79% of ATZ in aerobic conditions and 18% in anaerobic conditions, whereas deethylation and oxidation removed only 0.11% and 0.15% of ATZ, respectively. The residual Cl mass fraction in ATZ and 4 byproducts was 2.4% of the applied mass. ATZ half-life ranged from 150 to 247days in the soil surface. ATZ reached 5m soil depth within 200years and its concentration increased from 1×10-6 to 4×10-6mg/kgdry-soil over time. The correlation between ATZ specific biomass degradation affinity Φ0 and half-life t1/2, although relatively uncertain for both hydrolyzing and oxidizing bacteria, suggested that microorganisms with high Φ0 led to low ATZ t1/2. Greater ATZ applications were balanced by small nonlinear increments of ATZ biodegraded fraction within the root zone and therefore less ATZ leached into the shallow aquifer.
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- Daniele la Cecilia
- Laboratory for Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Bld. J05, Sydney 2006, NSW, Australia.
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- Laboratory for Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Bld. J05, Sydney 2006, NSW, Australia.
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Ding X, Wang S, Shen W, Mu Y, Wang L, Chen H, Zhang L. Fe@Fe 2O 3 promoted electrochemical mineralization of atrazine via a triazinon ring opening mechanism. WATER RESEARCH 2017; 112:9-18. [PMID: 28110246 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/14/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In this study, an electrochemical/electro-Fenton oxidation (EC/EF) system was designed to degrade atrazine, by utilizing boron-doped diamond (BDD) and Fe@Fe2O3 core-shell nanowires loaded active carbon fiber (Fe@Fe2O3/ACF) as the anode and the cathode, respectively. This EC/EF system exhibited much higher degradation rate, decholorination and mineralization efficiency of atrazine than the electrochemical (EC) and electrochemical/traditional electro-Fenton (EC/TEF) oxidation counterpart systems without Fe@Fe2O3 core-shell nanowires. Active species trapping experiment revealed that Fe@Fe2O3 could activate molecular oxygen to produce more OH through Fenton reaction, which favored the atrazine degradation. High performance liquid chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry were applied to probe the decomposition and mineralization of atrazine during this novel EC/EF process, which revealed that two intermediates of triazinons (the isomerization of hydroxylated atrazine) were generated during the electrochemical/electro-Fenton oxidation of atrazine in the presence of Fe@Fe2O3 core-shell nanowires. The experimental and theoretical calculation results suggested that atrazine might be degraded via a triazinon ring opening mechanism, while the presence of Fe@Fe2O3 notably accelerated the decholorination process, and produced more hydroxylated products to promote the generation of trazinons and the subsequent ring cleavage as well as the final complete mineralization. This work provides a deep insight into the triazine ring opening mechanism and the design of efficient electrochemical advanced oxidation technologies (EAOTs) for persistent organic pollutant removal.
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- Xing Ding
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China; College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China; College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan 432000, PR China
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- College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental & Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China.
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Liu J, Hua R, Lv P, Tang J, Wang Y, Cao H, Wu X, Li QX. Novel hydrolytic de-methylthiolation of the s-triazine herbicide prometryn by Leucobacter sp. JW-1. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2017; 579:115-123. [PMID: 27866738 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Revised: 10/30/2016] [Accepted: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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s-Triazine herbicides have been widely used in recent decades and caused serious concern over contamination of groundwater, surface water and soil. A novel bacterial strain JW-1 was isolated from activated sludge and identified as Leucobacter sp. based on comparative morphology, physiological characteristics and comparison of the 16S rDNA gene sequence. JW-1 was capable of using methylthio-s-triazine prometryn as a sole source of carbon and energy in pure culture. Favorable conditions for prometryn degradation were found at pH7.0-9.0 and temperature of 37-42°C. The degradation half-life of prometryn at 50mgL-1 was remarkably as short as 1.1h, and increased to 6.0h when the initial concentration increased to 400mgL-1. The strain JW-1 could degrade 100% of ametryn, 99% of simetryn, 41% of propazine, 43% of atrazine, 28% of simazine, 12% of terbutylhylazine, 10% of prometon and 13% of atraton at 50mgL-1 of each herbicide in 2days. Prometryn was converted to 2-hydroxypropazine and methanthiol via a novel hydrolysis pathway. 2-Hydroxypropazine was then transformed to N-isopropylammelide and the final product cyanuric acid via two sequential deamination reactions. In addition to biodegradation by Leucobacter sp. JW-1, the hydrolytic de-methylthiolation would be valuable in biocatalysis.
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- Junwei Liu
- College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Agri-food Safety of Anhui Province, Hefei 230036, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Agri-food Safety of Anhui Province, Hefei 230036, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Agri-food Safety of Anhui Province, Hefei 230036, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Agri-food Safety of Anhui Province, Hefei 230036, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Agri-food Safety of Anhui Province, Hefei 230036, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Agri-food Safety of Anhui Province, Hefei 230036, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Agri-food Safety of Anhui Province, Hefei 230036, PR China.
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1955 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 957822, USA
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la Cecilia D, Maggi F. Kinetics of atrazine, deisopropylatrazine, and deethylatrazine soil biodecomposers. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2016; 183:673-686. [PMID: 27639300 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.09.012] [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: 06/09/2016] [Revised: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 09/03/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Twenty-two experimental sets were used to determine the biodecomposition parameters of atrazine (ATZ), deisopropylatrazine (DIATZ), and deethylatrazine (DEATZ) by inverse solution of Michaelis-Menten-Monod kinetic equations. The averaged maximum specific growth rate (μ), Michaelis-Menten half-saturation concentration (K), and biomass yield (Y) ranged between 2.00 × 10-7 and 4.62 × 10-5 1/s, 3.43 × 10-6 and 1.39 × 101 mol/L, and 1.20 × 102 and 2.98 × 105 mg-wet-Bio/mol-Subs, respectively. Parameters grouped by reaction pathway appeared clustered by aerobic and anaerobic catabolic breakdown, and were poorly correlated between each other (R ranging from -0.27 to 0.63, p ≥ 0.05). The tested bacterial strains decomposed ATZ, DIATZ, and DEATZ relatively rapidly in laboratory conditions, with an half-life (t1/2) ranging between 3 and 6 days. Numerical modeling showed that ATZ, DIATZ, and DEATZ half-lives were particularly sensitive to their initial concentration and the initial microbial biomass concentration. This study suggests that these bacterial strains can effectively be used or enhanced for bioremediation of agricultural soils where atrazine has been applied as long as these bacteria already coexist in or can integrate with the local soil microbial population at a given location.
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- Daniele la Cecilia
- Laboratory for Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Bld. J05, 2006 Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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- Laboratory for Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Bld. J05, 2006 Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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de Prá Urio R, Masini JC. Determination of Simazine and Atrazine in River Water by Cloud-Point Extraction and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography. ANAL LETT 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2016.1212203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Ricardo de Prá Urio
- Departamento de Química Fundamental, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Fundamental, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Andleeb S, Jiang Z, Rehman KU, Olajide EK, Ying Z. Influence of Soil pH and Temperature on Atrazine Bioremediation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s1006-8104(16)30043-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ancient Evolution and Recent Evolution Converge for the Biodegradation of Cyanuric Acid and Related Triazines. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:1638-1645. [PMID: 26729715 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03594-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cyanuric acid was likely present on prebiotic Earth, may have been a component of early genetic materials, and is synthesized industrially today on a scale of more than one hundred million pounds per year in the United States. In light of this, it is not surprising that some bacteria and fungi have a metabolic pathway that sequentially hydrolyzes cyanuric acid and its metabolites to release the nitrogen atoms as ammonia to support growth. The initial reaction that opens the s-triazine ring is catalyzed by the unusual enzyme cyanuric acid hydrolase. This enzyme is in a rare protein family that consists of only cyanuric acid hydrolase (CAH) and barbiturase, with barbiturase participating in pyrimidine catabolism by some actinobacterial species. The X-ray structures of two cyanuric acid hydrolase proteins show that this family has a unique protein fold. Phylogenetic, bioinformatic, enzymological, and genetic studies are consistent with the idea that CAH has an ancient protein fold that was rare in microbial populations but is currently becoming more widespread in microbial populations in the wake of anthropogenic synthesis of cyanuric acid and other s-triazine compounds that are metabolized via a cyanuric acid intermediate. The need for the removal of cyanuric acid from swimming pools and spas, where it is used as a disinfectant stabilizer, can potentially be met using an enzyme filtration system. A stable thermophilic cyanuric acid hydrolase from Moorella thermoacetica is being tested for this purpose.
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Kafilzadeh F, Farhadi N. Molecular identification and resistance investigation of atrazine degrading bacteria in the sediments of Karun River, Ahvaz, Iran. Microbiology (Reading) 2015. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261715040098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Schürner HKV, Seffernick JL, Grzybkowska A, Dybala-Defratyka A, Wackett LP, Elsner M. Characteristic isotope fractionation patterns in s-triazine degradation have their origin in multiple protonation options in the s-triazine hydrolase TrzN. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2015; 49:3490-8. [PMID: 25688667 DOI: 10.1021/es5055385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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s-Triazine herbicides (atrazine, ametryn) are groundwater contaminants which may undergo microbial hydrolysis. Previously, inverse nitrogen isotope effects in atrazine degradation by Arthrobacter aurescens TC1 (i) delivered highly characteristic (13C/12C, 15N/14N) fractionation trends for pathway identification and (ii) suggested that the s-triazine ring nitrogen was protonated in the enzyme s-triazine hydrolase (TrzN) where (iii) TrzN crystal structure and mutagenesis indicated H+-transfer from the residue E241. This study tested the general validity of these conclusions for atrazine and ametryn with purified TrzN and a TrzN-E241Q site-directed mutant. TrzN-E241Q lacked activity with ametryn; otherwise, degradation consistently showed normal carbon isotope effects (εcarbon=-5.0‰±0.2‰ (atrazine/TrzN), εcarbon=-4.2‰±0.5‰ (atrazine/TrzN-E241Q), εcarbon=-2.4‰±0.3‰ (ametryn/TrzN)) and inverse nitrogen isotope effects (εnitrogen=2.5‰±0.1‰ (atrazine/TrzN), εnitrogen=2.1‰±0.3‰ (atrazine/TrzN-E241Q), εnitrogen=3.6‰±0.4‰ (ametryn/TrzN)). Surprisingly, TrzN-E241Q therefore still activated substrates through protonation implicating another proton donor besides E241. Sulfur isotope effects were larger in enzymatic (εsulfur=-14.7‰±1.0‰, ametryn/TrzN) than in acidic ametryn hydrolysis (εsulfur=-0.2‰±0.0‰, pH 1.75), indicating rate-determining C-S bond cleavage in TrzN. Our results highlight a robust inverse 15N/14N fractionation pattern for identifying microbial s-triazine hydrolysis in the environment caused by multiple protonation options in TrzN.
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- Heide K V Schürner
- †Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Bavaria, Germany
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- ‡Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, 1479 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, United States
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- §Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
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- §Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
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- ‡Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, 1479 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, United States
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- †Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Bavaria, Germany
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Wang J, Zhu L, Wang Q, Wang J, Xie H. Isolation and characterization of atrazine mineralizing Bacillus subtilis strain HB-6. PLoS One 2014; 9:e107270. [PMID: 25238246 PMCID: PMC4169520 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2013] [Accepted: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Atrazine is a widely used herbicide with great environmental concern due to its high potential to contaminate soil and waters. An atrazine-degrading bacterial strain HB-6 was isolated from industrial wastewater and the 16S rRNA gene sequencing identified HB-6 as a Bacillus subtilis. PCR assays indicated that HB-6 contained atrazine-degrading genes trzN, atzB and atzC. The strain HB-6 was capable of utilizing atrazine and cyanuric acid as a sole nitrogen source for growth and even cleaved the s-triazine ring and mineralized atrazine. The strain demonstrated a very high efficiency of atrazine biodegradation with a broad optimum pH and temperature ranges and could be enhanced by cooperating with other bacteria, suggesting its huge potential for remediation of atrazine-contaminated sites. To our knowledge, there are few Bacillus subtilis strains reported that can mineralize atrazine, therefore, the present work might provide some new insights on atrazine remediation.
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- Jinhua Wang
- College of Resources and Environment, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Agriculture University, People's Republic of China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Agriculture University, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Agriculture University, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Agriculture University, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Agriculture University, People's Republic of China
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A Role ofBradyrhizobium elkaniiand Closely Related Strains in the Degradation of Methoxychlor in Soil and Surface Water Environments. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 77:2222-7. [DOI: 10.1271/bbb.130439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Prado B, Fuentes M, Verhulst N, Govaerts B, De León F, Zamora O. Fate of atrazine in a soil under different agronomic management practices. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART. B, PESTICIDES, FOOD CONTAMINANTS, AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES 2014; 49:844-855. [PMID: 25190559 DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2014.938555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Agricultural management affects the movement of atrazine in soil and leaching to groundwater. The objective of this study was to determine atrazine adsorption in a soil after 20 years of atrazine application under agronomic management practices differing in tillage practice (conventional and zero tillage), residue management (with and without residue retention) and crop rotation (wheat-maize rotation and maize monoculture). Atrazine sorption was determined using batch and column experiments. In the batch experiment, the highest distribution coefficient Kd (1.1 L kg(-1)) at 0-10 cm soil depth was observed under zero tillage, crop rotation and residue retention (conservation agriculture). The key factor in adsorption was soil organic matter content and type. This was confirmed in the column experiment, in which the highest Kd values were observed in treatments with residue retention, under either zero or conventional tillage (0.81 and 0.68 L kg(-1), respectively). Under zero tillage, the fact that there was no soil movement helped to increase the Kd. The increased soil organic matter content with conservation agriculture may be more important than preferential flow due to higher pore connectivity in the same system. The soil's capacity to adsorb 2-hydroxyatrazine (HA), an important atrazine metabolite, was more important than its capacity to adsorb atrazine, and was similar under all four management practices (Kd ranged from 30 to 40 L kg(-1)). The HA adsorption was attributed to the type and amount of clay in the soil, which is unaffected by agronomic management. Soils under conservation agriculture had higher atrazine retention potential than soils under conventional tillage, the system that predominates in the study area.
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- B Prado
- a Instituto de Geología, UNAM , Ciudad Universitaria , México , D.F. , Mexico
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Ngigi AN, Getenga ZM, Dörfler U, Boga HI, Kuria B, Ndalut P, Schroll R. Effects of carbon amendment on in situ atrazine degradation and total microbial biomass. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART. B, PESTICIDES, FOOD CONTAMINANTS, AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES 2013; 48:40-8. [PMID: 23030439 DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2012.716727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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This study elucidates the effects of carbon amendment on metabolic degradation of atrazine (6-chloro-N(2)-ethyl-N(4)-isopropyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine) and total microbial biomass in soil. Degradation of (14)C-ring-labelled atrazine was monitored in laboratory incubations of soils supplemented with 0, 10, 100 and 1000 μg g(-1) sucrose concentrations. An experiment to determine the effect of carbon amendment on total microbial biomass and soil respiration was carried out with different concentrations of sucrose and non-labelled atrazine. The soils were incubated at a constant temperature and constant soil moisture at water potential of -15 kPa and a soil density of 1.3 g cm(-3). Mineralization of (14)C-ring-labelled atrazine was monitored continuously over a period of 59 d in the first experiment. The CO(2) production was monitored for 62 d in the second experiment and microbial biomass determined at the end of the incubation period. The addition of 1000 μg g(-1) sucrose reduced atrazine mineralization to 43.5% compared to 51.7% of the applied amount for the treatment without sucrose. The addition of 1000 μg g(-1) sucrose modified the transformation products to 1.08 μg g(-1) deisopropylatrazine (DIA), 0.32 μg g(-1) desethylatrazine (DEA) and 0.18 μg g(-1) deisopropyl-2-hydroxyatrazine (OH-DIA). Treatment without sucrose resulted in formation of 0.64 μg g(-1) hydroxyatrazine (HA), 0.28 μg g(-1) DIA and 0.20 μg g(-1) OH-DIA. Atrazine dealkylation was enhanced in treatments with 100 and 1000 μg g(-1) of sucrose added. HA metabolite was formed in the control (no sucrose) and in the presence of 10 μg g(-1) of sucrose, whereas DEA was only detected in treatment with 1000 μg g(-1) sucrose. Results indicate that total microbial biomass increased significantly (P < 0.001) with the addition of 1000 μg g(-1) sucrose.
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- Anastasiah N Ngigi
- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kakamega, Kenya.
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Schreglmann K, Hoeche M, Steinbeiss S, Reinnicke S, Elsner M. Carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of atrazine and desethylatrazine at sub-microgram per liter concentrations in groundwater. Anal Bioanal Chem 2012; 405:2857-67. [PMID: 23274558 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-6616-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2012] [Revised: 11/26/2012] [Accepted: 11/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Environmental degradation of organic micropollutants is difficult to monitor due to their diffuse and ubiquitous input. Current approaches-concentration measurements over time, or daughter-to-parent compound ratios-may fall short, because they do not consider dilution, compound-specific sorption characteristics or alternative degradation pathways. Compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) offers an alternative approach based on evidence from isotope values. Until now, however, the relatively high limits for precise isotope analysis by gas chromatography-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC-IRMS) have impeded CSIA of sub-microgram-per-liter scale micropollutant concentrations in field samples. This study presents the first measurements of C and N isotope ratios of the herbicide atrazine and its metabolite desethylatrazine at concentrations of 100 to 1,000 ng/L in natural groundwater samples. Solid-phase extraction and preparative HPLC were tested and validated for preconcentration and cleanup of groundwater samples of up to 10 L without bias by isotope effects. Matrix interferences after solid-phase extraction could be greatly reduced by a preparative HPLC cleanup step prior to GC-IRMS analysis. Sensitivity was increased by a factor of 6 to 8 by changing the injection method from large-volume to cold-on-column injection on the GC-IRMS system. Carbon and nitrogen isotope values of field samples showed no obvious correlation with concentrations or desethylatrazine-to-atrazine ratios. Contrary to expectations, however, δ (13) C values of desethylatrazine were consistently less negative than those of atrazine from the same sites. Potentially, this line of evidence may contain information about further desethylatrazine degradation. In such a case, the common practice of using desethylatrazine-to-atrazine ratios would underestimate natural atrazine degradation.
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- Kathrin Schreglmann
- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Neuherberg, Germany
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Udiković-Kolić N, Scott C, Martin-Laurent F. Evolution of atrazine-degrading capabilities in the environment. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 96:1175-89. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4495-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2012] [Revised: 10/02/2012] [Accepted: 10/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ngigi AN, Getenga ZM, Boga HI, Ndalut PK. Biodegradation of s-triazine herbicide atrazine by Enterobacter cloacae and Burkholderia cepacia sp. from long-term treated sugarcane-cultivated soils in Kenya. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART. B, PESTICIDES, FOOD CONTAMINANTS, AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES 2012; 47:769-778. [PMID: 22575004 DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2012.676364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In this study soils from sugarcane-cultivated fields were screened for bacterial species capable of atrazine (6-chloro-N²-ethyl-N⁴-isopropyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine) degradation due to long exposure of the soils to this herbicide. To enrich for atrazine degraders, Minimal Salt Medium containing atrazine as the sole N source and glucose as the C source was inoculated with soils impacted with this herbicide and incubated. Bacterial growth was monitored by measuring optical density. The degradation of atrazine was followed by measuring residual atrazine in liquid cultures over a given time period by high performance liquid chromatography. Bacterial strains isolated from the enrichment cultures were characterized by biochemical tests and identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Two bacterial strains coded ISL 8 and ISL 15 isolated from two different fields were shown to have 94 and 96% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to Burkholderia cepacia respectively. Another bacterial sp., ISL 14 was closely related to Enterobacter cloacae with a 96% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. There was not much difference between the extents of atrazine degradation by the enrichment cultures with communities (79-82% applied amount) from which pure strains were isolated and the pure strains themselves in liquid cultures that showed a degradation of 53-83% of applied amount. The study showed existence of bacterial strains in different sugarcane-cultivated fields which can use atrazine as a nitrogen source. The bacterial strains isolated can be used to enhance the degradation of atrazine in contaminated soils where atrazine is still considered to be recalcitrant.
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- Anastasiah N Ngigi
- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kakamega, Kenya.
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Estimating the biodegradation of pesticide in soils by monitoring pesticide-degrading gene expression. Biodegradation 2012; 24:203-13. [PMID: 22991035 DOI: 10.1007/s10532-012-9574-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2012] [Accepted: 07/09/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Assessing in situ microbial abilities of soils to degrade pesticides is of great interest giving insight in soil filtering capability, which is a key ecosystem function limiting pollution of groundwater. Quantification of pesticide-degrading gene expression by reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) was tested as a suitable indicator to monitor pesticide biodegradation performances in soil. RNA extraction protocol was optimized to enhance the yield and quality of RNA recovered from soil samples to perform RT-qPCR assays. As a model, the activity of atrazine-degrading communities was monitored using RT-qPCRs to estimate the level of expression of atzD in five agricultural soils showing different atrazine mineralization abilities. Interestingly, the relative abundance of atzD mRNA copy numbers was positively correlated to the maximum rate and to the maximal amount of atrazine mineralized. Our findings indicate that the quantification of pesticide-degrading gene expression may be suitable to assess biodegradation performance in soil and monitor natural attenuation of pesticide.
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Hunter WJ, Shaner DL. Removing Hexazinone from Groundwater with Microbial Bioreactors. Curr Microbiol 2012; 64:405-11. [DOI: 10.1007/s00284-012-0086-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2011] [Accepted: 01/11/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Fourcade F, Yahiat S, Elandaloussi K, Brosillon S, Amrane A. Relevance of Photocatalysis prior to Biological Treatment of Organic Pollutants - Selection Criteria. Chem Eng Technol 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ceat.201100396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Polizzi V, Fazzini L, Adams A, Picco AM, De Saeger S, Van Peteghem C, De Kimpe N. Autoregulatory properties of (+)-thujopsene and influence of environmental conditions on its production by Penicillium decumbens. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2011; 62:838-52. [PMID: 21744159 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9905-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2011] [Accepted: 06/19/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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A Penicillium decumbens strain was collected from a water-damaged building, and the production of microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs) was investigated by means of headspace solid-phase microextraction, followed by GC-MS analysis. The strain was characterized by a high production of (+)-thujopsene. The influence of various temperatures, relative humidity (RH) values, substrates, and inoculum concentrations on fungal growth and (+)-thujopsene production was studied. The optimal temperature and relative humidity for P. decumbens growth were 30°C and 100% RH, respectively. In general, the more favourable the incubation parameters were for growth, the faster maximum (+)-thujopsene production was reached. Moreover, the antifungal activity of thujopsene was tested against 16 fungal strains. The growth of five of these fungal strains was negatively affected both by thujopsene alone and when grown in contact with the MVOCs produced by P. decumbens. Following these results and since growth of P. decumbens itself was also inhibited by thujopsene, an autoregulatory function for this compound was proposed. Few data are present in the literature about chemical communication between fungi. The present research could, therefore, contribute to understanding fungal metabolism and behaviour in indoor environments.
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- Viviana Polizzi
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Sustainable Organic Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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BACKGROUND Atrazine (2-chloro-4-ethytlamino-6-isopropylamine-1,3,5-triazine; ATR), is the most commonly applied broad-spectrum herbicide in the world. Unintentional overspray of ATR poses an immune function health hazard. The biomolecular mechanisms responsible for ATR-induced immunotoxicity, however, are little understood. This study presents on our investigation into the apoptosis of splenocytes in mice exposed to ATR as we explore possible immunotoxic mechanisms. METHODS Oral doses of ATR were administered to BALB/C mice for 21 days. The histopathology, lymphocyte apoptosis and the expression of apoptosis-related proteins from the Fas/Fas ligand (FasL) apoptotic pathway were examined from spleen samples. RESULTS Mice administered ATR exhibited a significant decrease in spleen and thymus weight. Electron microscope histology of ultrathin sections of spleen revealed degenerative micromorphology indicative of apoptosis of splenocytes. Flow cytometry revealed that the percentage of apoptotic lymphocytes increased in a dose-dependent manner after ATR treatment. Western blots identified increased expression of Fas, FasL and active caspase-3 proteins in the treatment groups. CONCLUSIONS ATR is capable of inducing splenocytic apoptosis mediated by the Fas/FasL pathway in mice, which could be the potential mechanism underlying the immunotoxicity of ATR.
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Sherchan S, Bachoon D. The presence of atrazine and atrazine-degrading bacteria in the residential, cattle farming, forested and golf course regions of Lake Oconee. J Appl Microbiol 2011; 111:293-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05059.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Wang J, Zhu L, Liu A, Ma T, Wang Q, Xie H, Wang J, Jiang T, Zhao R. Isolation and characterization of an Arthrobacter sp. strain HB-5 that transforms atrazine. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2011; 33:259-266. [PMID: 20686824 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-010-9337-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2009] [Accepted: 07/21/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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A bacterial strain (HB-5) capable of utilizing atrazine as sole carbon and nitrogen source for growth was isolated from an industrial wastewater sample by enrichment culture. The isolate was identified as Arthrobacter sp. according to its phenotypic features, physiologic and biochemical characteristics, and phylogenetic analysis. The strain exhibited faster atrazine degradation rates in atrazine-containing mineral media than the well-characterized atrazine-degrading bacteria Pseudomonas sp. ADP. The broad optimum pH and temperature ranges observed for strain HB-5 indicate that it has potential for remediation of atrazine-contaminated sites. Strain HB-5 first metabolizes atrazine to yield hydroxyatrazine. Then, the bacterium metabolizes hydroxyatrazine to cyanuric acid, but could not mineralize atrazine.
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- Jinhua Wang
- College of Resources and Environment, Shandong Agriculture University, 271018 Taian, China
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Yang H, McCoy EL, Grewal PS, Dick WA. Dissolved nutrients and atrazine removal by column-scale monophasic and biphasic rain garden model systems. CHEMOSPHERE 2010; 80:929-934. [PMID: 20542315 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2010] [Revised: 05/11/2010] [Accepted: 05/12/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Rain gardens are bioretention systems that have the potential to reduce peak runoff flow and improve water quality in a natural and aesthetically pleasing manner. We compared hydraulic performance and removal efficiencies of nutrients and atrazine in a monophasic rain garden design versus a biphasic design at a column-scale using simulated runoff. The biphasic rain garden was designed to increase retention time and removal efficiency of runoff pollutants by creating a sequence of water saturated to unsaturated conditions. We also evaluated the effect of C substrate availability on pollutant removal efficiency in the biphasic rain garden. Five simulated runoff events with various concentrations of runoff pollutants (i.e. nitrate, phosphate, and atrazine) were applied to the monophasic and biphasic rain gardens once every 5d. Hydraulic performance was consistent over the five simulated runoff events. Peak flow was reduced by approximately 56% for the monophasic design and 80% for the biphasic design. Both rain garden systems showed excellent removal efficiency of phosphate (89-100%) and atrazine (84-100%). However, significantly (p<0.001) higher removal of nitrate was observed in the biphasic (42-63%) compared to the monophasic rain garden (29-39%). Addition of C substrate in the form of glucose increased removal efficiency of nitrate significantly (p<0.001), achieving up to 87% removal at a treatment C/N ratio of 2.0. This study demonstrates the importance of retention time, environmental conditions (i.e. saturated/unsaturated conditions), and availability of C substrate for bioremediation of pollutants, especially nitrates, in rain gardens.
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- Hanbae Yang
- Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, 590 Woody Hayes Dr., Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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de Souza ML, Newcombe D, Alvey S, Crowley DE, Hay A, Sadowsky MJ, Wackett LP. Molecular basis of a bacterial consortium: interspecies catabolism of atrazine. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 64:178-84. [PMID: 16349478 PMCID: PMC124690 DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.1.178-184.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP contains the genes, atzA, -B, and -C, that encode three enzymes which metabolize atrazine to cyanuric acid. Atrazine-catabolizing pure cultures isolated from around the world contain genes homologous to atzA, -B, and -C. The present study was conducted to determine whether the same genes are present in an atrazine-catabolizing bacterial consortium and how the genes and metabolism are subdivided among member species. The consortium contained four or more bacterial species, but two members, Clavibacter michiganese ATZ1 and Pseudomonas sp. strain CN1, collectively mineralized atrazine. C. michiganese ATZ1 released chloride from atrazine, produced hydroxyatrazine, and contained a homolog to the atzA gene that encoded atrazine chlorohydrolase. C. michiganese ATZ1 stoichiometrically metabolized hydroxyatrazine to N-ethylammelide and contained genes homologous to atzB and atzC, suggesting that either a functional AtzB or -C catalyzed N-isopropylamine release from hydroxyatrazine. C. michiganese ATZ1 grew on isopropylamine as its sole carbon and nitrogen source, explaining the ability of the consortium to use atrazine as the sole carbon and nitrogen source. A second consortium member, Pseudomonas sp. strain CN1, metabolized the N-ethylammelide produced by C. michiganese ATZ1 to transiently form cyanuric acid, a reaction catalyzed by AtzC. A gene homologous to the atzC gene of Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP was present, as demonstrated by Southern hybridization and PCR. Pseudomonas sp. strain CN1, but not C. michiganese, metabolized cyanuric acid. The consortium metabolized atrazine faster than did C. michiganese individually. Additionally, the consortium metabolized a much broader set of triazine ring compounds than did previously described pure cultures in which the atzABC genes had been identified. These data begin to elucidate the genetic and metabolic bases of catabolism by multimember consortia.
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- M L de Souza
- Department of Biochemistry, Biological Processes Technology Institute, Center for Biodegradation Research & Informatics, Department of Microbiology, and Department of Soil, Water and Climate, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, and Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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Bouquard C, Ouazzani J, Prome J, Michel-Briand Y, Plesiat P. Dechlorination of Atrazine by a Rhizobium sp. Isolate. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 63:862-6. [PMID: 16535552 PMCID: PMC1389117 DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.3.862-866.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A Rhizobium sp. strain, named PATR, was isolated from an agricultural soil and found to actively degrade the herbicide atrazine. Incubation of PATR in a basal liquid medium containing 30 mg of atrazine liter(sup-1) resulted in the rapid consumption of the herbicide and the accumulation of hydroxyatrazine as the only metabolite detected after 8 days of culture. Experiments performed with ring-labeled [(sup14)C]atrazine indicated no mineralization. The enzyme responsible for the hydroxylation of atrazine was partially purified and found to consist of four 50-kDa subunits. Its synthesis in PATR was constitutive. This new atrazine hydrolase demonstrated 92% sequence identity through a 24-amino-acid fragment with atrazine chlorohydrolase AtzA produced by Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP.
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Jason Krutz L, Shaner DL, Weaver MA, Webb RM, Zablotowicz RM, Reddy KN, Huang Y, Thomson SJ. Agronomic and environmental implications of enhanced s-triazine degradation. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2010; 66:461-481. [PMID: 20127867 DOI: 10.1002/ps.1909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Novel catabolic pathways enabling rapid detoxification of s-triazine herbicides have been elucidated and detected at a growing number of locations. The genes responsible for s-triazine mineralization, i.e. atzABCDEF and trzNDF, occur in at least four bacterial phyla and are implicated in the development of enhanced degradation in agricultural soils from all continents except Antarctica. Enhanced degradation occurs in at least nine crops and six crop rotation systems that rely on s-triazine herbicides for weed control, and, with the exception of acidic soil conditions and s-triazine application frequency, adaptation of the microbial population is independent of soil physiochemical properties and cultural management practices. From an agronomic perspective, residual weed control could be reduced tenfold in s-triazine-adapted relative to non-adapted soils. From an environmental standpoint, the off-site loss of total s-triazine residues could be overestimated 13-fold in adapted soils if altered persistence estimates and metabolic pathways are not reflected in fate and transport models. Empirical models requiring soil pH and s-triazine use history as input parameters predict atrazine persistence more accurately than historical estimates, thereby allowing practitioners to adjust weed control strategies and model input values when warranted.
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- L Jason Krutz
- United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Crop Production Systems Research Unit, Stoneville, MS 38776, USA
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Govantes F, García-González V, Porrúa O, Platero AI, Jiménez-Fernández A, Santero E. Regulation of the atrazine-degradative genes in Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2010; 310:1-8. [PMID: 20497226 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01991.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The Gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP is the best-characterized organism able to mineralize the s-triazine herbicide atrazine. This organism has been the subject of extensive biochemical and genetic characterization that has led to its use in bioremediation programs aimed at the decontamination of atrazine-polluted sites. Here, we focus on the recent advances in the understanding of the mechanisms of genetic regulation operating on the atrazine-degradative genes. The Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP atrazine-degradation pathway is encoded by two sets of genes: the constitutively expressed atzA, atzB and atzC, and the strongly regulated atzDEF operon. A complex cascade-like circuit is responsible for the integrated regulation of atzDEF expression in response to nitrogen availability and cyanuric acid. Mechanistic studies have revealed several unusual traits, such as the upstream activating sequence-independent regulation and repression by competition with sigma(54)-RNA polymerase for DNA binding occurring at the sigma(54)-dependent PatzR promoter, and the dual mechanism of transcriptional regulation of the PatzDEF promoter by the LysR-type regulator AtzR in response to two dissimilar signals. These findings have provided new insights into the regulation of the atrazine-biodegradative pathway that are also relevant to widespread bacterial regulatory phenomena, such as global nitrogen control and transcriptional activation by LysR-type transcriptional regulators.
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- Fernando Govantes
- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-CSIC, Carretera de Utrera, Km. 1, Seville, Spain.
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Mineralization of s-triazine herbicides by a newly isolated Nocardioides species strain DN36. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 86:1585-92. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2460-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2009] [Revised: 01/03/2010] [Accepted: 01/18/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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MONARD C, MARTIN-LAURENT F, DEVERS-LAMRANI M, LIMA O, VANDENKOORNHUYSE P, BINET F. atzgene expressions during atrazine degradation in the soil drilosphere. Mol Ecol 2010; 19:749-59. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2009.04503.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Clausen GB, Larsen L, Johnsen K, Radnoti de Lipthay J, Aamand J. Quantification of the atrazine-degrading Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP in aquifer sediment by quantitative competitive polymerase chain reaction. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2009; 41:221-9. [PMID: 19709256 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2002.tb00983.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The widely used herbicide atrazine and some of its degradation products are among the most commonly found xenobiotics in groundwater in Europe as well as in the USA. The bacterium Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP (P. ADP) possesses genes encoding atrazine mineralization on the self-transmissible plasmid pADP-1. In the present study, this ability of the strain to mineralize atrazine in aquifer sediment under both aerobic and denitrifying conditions at 10 degrees C was studied. P. ADP was able to mineralize more than 50% of 2.8 muM atrazine within 14 days under both growth conditions. Counts of degraders as colony forming units (CFU) on atrazine plates and counts of atzA gene copies as determined by quantitative competitive polymerase chain reaction (cPCR) were performed. The atzA gene encodes the enzyme which catalyzes the first step of atrazine mineralization by the strain. Quantification of the atzA gene gave rise to higher numbers than did counts of CFU. High nitrate concentrations inhibited atrazine mineralization and culturability on agar plates, but atzA copy numbers remained stable throughout the experiment. The results show a potential for bioaugmentation using P. ADP at both aerobic and denitrifying conditions and the use of cPCR as a tool for monitoring the bacteria independent of culturability.
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- Gorm Bang Clausen
- Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Department of Geochemistry, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
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Batra M, Pandey J, Suri CR, Jain RK. Isolation and characterization of an atrazine-degradingRhodococcussp. strain MB-P1 from contaminated soil. Lett Appl Microbiol 2009; 49:721-9. [PMID: 19818008 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2009.02724.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Qiu Y, Pang H, Zhou Z, Zhang P, Feng Y, Sheng GD. Competitive biodegradation of dichlobenil and atrazine coexisting in soil amended with a char and citrate. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2009; 157:2964-2969. [PMID: 19564067 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2008] [Revised: 06/01/2009] [Accepted: 06/02/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The role of char nutrients in the biodegradation of coexisting dichlobenil and atrazine in a soil by their respective bacterial degraders, DDN and ADP, was evaluated. Under growing conditions, their degradation in soil extract was slow with <40% and <20% degraded within 64 h, respectively. The degradation in extracts and slurries of char-amended solids increased with increasing char content, due to nutritional stimulation on microbial activities. By supplementing soil extract with various major nutrients, the measured degradation demonstrated that P was the exclusive limiting nutrient. The reduction in the degradation of coexisting dichlobenil and atrazine resulted apparently from the competitive utilization of P by DDN and ADP. With a shorter lag phase, ADP commenced growing earlier than DDN with the advantage of utilizing P first in insufficient supply. This resulted in an inhibition on the growth of DDN and thus suppression on dichlobenil degradation.
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- Yuping Qiu
- College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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Getenga Z, Dörfler U, Iwobi A, Schmid M, Schroll R. Atrazine and terbuthylazine mineralization by an Arthrobacter sp. isolated from a sugarcane-cultivated soil in Kenya. CHEMOSPHERE 2009; 77:534-539. [PMID: 19674769 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2009] [Revised: 07/14/2009] [Accepted: 07/16/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A tropical soil from a Kenyan sugarcane-cultivated field showed a very high capability to mineralize (14)C-ring-labeled atrazine. In laboratory experiments this soil mineralized about 90% of the applied atrazine within 98 d. The atrazine-degrading microbial community was enriched in liquid cultures containing atrazine as the sole N source and 100 mgL(-1) glucose as additional C source. From the enrichment culture a bacterial strain was isolated and identified by comparative sequence analysis of the 16S-rDNA as member of the genus Arthrobacter. The enriched mixed culture as well as the isolated strain, designated as Arthrobacter sp. strain GZK-1, could grow on atrazine and terbuthylazine as sole N-sources; Arthrobacter sp. GZK-1 mineralized (14)C-ring-labeled atrazine up to 88% to (14)CO(2) and (14)C-ring-labeled terbuthylazine up to 65% to (14)CO(2) in a liquid culture within 14 d. The enriched microbial consortium as well as the isolated strain could be a potential solution for the remediation of s-triazine polluted agricultural soils.
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- Zachary Getenga
- Department of Physical Sciences-Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, PO Box 190, Kakamega 50100, Kenya
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Hunter WJ, Shaner DL. Biological Remediation of Groundwater Containing Both Nitrate and Atrazine. Curr Microbiol 2009; 60:42-6. [DOI: 10.1007/s00284-009-9499-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2009] [Revised: 08/11/2009] [Accepted: 08/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Liu X, Parales RE. Bacterial chemotaxis to atrazine and related s-triazines. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:5481-8. [PMID: 19581468 PMCID: PMC2737934 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01030-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2009] [Accepted: 06/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP utilizes the human-made s-triazine herbicide atrazine as the sole nitrogen source. The results reported here demonstrate that atrazine and the atrazine degradation intermediates N-isopropylammelide and cyanuric acid are chemoattractants for strain ADP. In addition, the nonmetabolized s-triazine ametryn was also an attractant. The chemotactic response to these s-triazines was not specifically induced during growth with atrazine, and atrazine metabolism was not required for the chemotactic response. A cured variant of strain ADP (ADP M13-2) was attracted to s-triazines, indicating that the atrazine catabolic plasmid pADP-1 is not necessary for the chemotactic response and that atrazine degradation and chemotaxis are not genetically linked. These results indicate that atrazine and related s-triazines are detected by one or more chromosomally encoded chemoreceptors in Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP. We demonstrated that Escherichia coli is attracted to the s-triazine compounds N-isopropylammelide and cyanuric acid, and an E. coli mutant lacking Tap (the pyrimidine chemoreceptor) was unable to respond to s-triazines. These data indicate that pyrimidines and triazines are detected by the same chemoreceptor (Tap) in E. coli. We showed that Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP is attracted to pyrimidines, which are the naturally occurring structures closest to triazines, and propose that chemotaxis toward s-triazines may be due to fortuitous recognition by a pyrimidine chemoreceptor in Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP. In competition assays, the presence of atrazine inhibited chemotaxis of Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP to cytosine, and cytosine inhibited chemotaxis to atrazine, suggesting that pyrimidines and s-triazines are detected by the same chemoreceptor.
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- Xianxian Liu
- Department of Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Macías-Flores A, Tafoya-Garnica A, Ruiz-Ordaz N, Salmerón-Alcocer A, Juárez-Ramírez C, Ahuatzi-Chacón D, Mondragón-Parada ME, Galíndez-Mayer J. Atrazine biodegradation by a bacterial community immobilized in two types of packed-bed biofilm reactors. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-009-0125-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Yang C, Li Y, Zhang K, Wang X, Ma C, Tang H, Xu P. Atrazine degradation by a simple consortium of Klebsiella sp. A1 and Comamonas sp. A2 in nitrogen enriched medium. Biodegradation 2009; 21:97-105. [DOI: 10.1007/s10532-009-9284-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2009] [Accepted: 07/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Stamper DM, Krzycki JA, Nicomrat D, Stamper DM, Krzycki JA, Nicomrat D, Traina SJ, Tuovinen OH. Ring-cleaving cyanuric acid amidohydrolase activity in the atrazine-mineralizingRalstonia basilensisM91-3. BIOCATAL BIOTRANSFOR 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/10242420500372260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Yu C, Zhu L, Xiao J, Tang H, Guo G, Zeng Q, Wang X. Ultrasonic extraction and determination of cyanuric acid in pet food. Food Control 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2008.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Siripattanakul S, Wirojanagud W, McEvoy J, Limpiyakorn T, Khan E. Atrazine degradation by stable mixed cultures enriched from agricultural soil and their characterization. J Appl Microbiol 2009; 106:986-92. [PMID: 19191954 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.04075.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIMS The aim of this work was to enrich stable mixed cultures from atrazine-contaminated soil. The cultures were examined for their atrazine biodegradation efficiencies in comparison with J14a, a known atrazine-degrading strain of Agrobacterium radiobacter. The cultures were also characterized to identify community structure and bacterial species present. METHODS AND RESULTS The cultures were enriched and then stabilized in bacterial media. The stable mixed cultures and J14a were tested in a medium containing 100 microg l(-1) of atrazine. For all cultures, atrazine was removed 33-51% within 7 days and the cell optical density increased from 0.05 to between 0.50 and 0.70. Four isolates designated ND1, ND2, ND3 and ND4 were purified from the mixed cultures and identified based on sequence analysis of the 16 S rRNA gene as Alcaligenes faecalis, Klebsiella ornithinolytica, Bacillus megaterium and Agrobacterium tumefaciens, respectively. An atrazine-degrading gene, atzA, was present in ND2 and ND4. CONCLUSIONS The stable mixed cultures obtained could degrade atrazine. Klebsiella ornithinolytica ND2 and Ag. tumefaciens ND4 are atrazine degraders. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The novel stable mixed cultures could be used for bioremediating crop fields contaminated with atrazine. This is the first report of the atzA gene in Kl. ornithinolytica.
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- S Siripattanakul
- National Center of Excellence for Environmental and Hazardous Waste Management, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Hunter WJ, Shaner DL. Nitrogen limited biobarriers remove atrazine from contaminated water: laboratory studies. JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY 2009; 103:29-37. [PMID: 18848368 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2008] [Revised: 07/28/2008] [Accepted: 08/28/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
Atrazine is one of the most frequently used herbicides. This usage coupled with its mobility and recalcitrant nature in deeper soils and aquifers makes it a frequently encountered groundwater contaminant. We formed biobarriers in sand filled columns by coating the sand with soybean oil; after which, we inoculated the barriers with a consortium of atrazine-degrading microorganisms and evaluated the ability of the barriers to remove atrazine from a simulated groundwater containing 1 mg L(-1) atrazine. The soybean oil provided a carbon rich and nitrogen poor substrate to the microbial consortium. Under these nitrogen-limiting conditions it was hypothesized that bacteria capable of using atrazine as a source of nitrogen would remove atrazine from the flowing water. Our hypothesis proved correct and the biobarriers were effective at removing atrazine when the nitrogen content of the influent water was low. Levels of atrazine in the biobarrier effluents declined with time and by the 24th week of the study no detectable atrazine was present (limit of detection<0.005 mg L(-1)). Larger amounts of atrazine were also removed by the biobarriers; when biobarriers were fed 16.3 mg L(-1) atrazine 97% was degraded. When nitrate (5 mg L(-1) N), an alternate source of nitrogen, was added to the influent water the atrazine removal efficiency of the barriers was reduced by almost 60%. This result supports the hypothesis that atrazine was degraded as a source of nitrogen. Poisoning of the biobarriers with mercury chloride resulted in an immediate and large increase in the amount of atrazine in the barrier effluents confirming that biological activity and not abiotic factors were responsible for most of the atrazine degradation. The presence of hydroxyatrazine in the barrier effluents indicated that dehalogenation was one of the pathways of atrazine degradation. Permeable barriers might be formed in-situ by the injection of innocuous vegetable oil emulsions into an aquifer or sandy soil and used to remove atrazine from a contaminated groundwater or to protect groundwater from an atrazine spill.
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Affiliation(s)
- William J Hunter
- USDA-ARS, 2150-D Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526-8119, USA.
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