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Nivorlis A, Sparrenbom C, Rossi M, Åkesson S, Dahlin T. Multidisciplinary monitoring of an in-situ remediation test of chlorinated solvents. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 922:170942. [PMID: 38360317 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 02/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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Pollutions on and within the underground poses risks for groundwater contamination and is a widespread global problem. Common remediation methods based on digging and removal can be expensive and have limitations, while in-situ remediation is an attractive alternative. However, there is a need to develop tools to monitor the effectiveness both in terms of the successful injection of remediation fluids but also the effectiveness of the treatment, i.e., degree of degradation/removal of the pollutants and possible metabolites. This paper presents a methodology for monitoring the changes following an in-situ remediation treatment of a site contaminated with chlorinated solvents. The methodology consists of two different methods, where Direct Current resistivity and time-domain Induced Polarization (DCIP) was used to acquire daily data and geochemical analyses on water samples were collected approximately every three months. The geophysical results provide insights on how the injected fluids are spreading and assist in acquiring a better understanding of the geological and hydrogeological system. On the other hand, the geochemical sampling enhances our knowledge about the hydrochemistry of the system and the concentration of the pollutants. Our research highlights the challenges of monitoring in-situ bioremediation experiments in complex environments and in cases where pollutants are situated in low hydraulic conductivity formations. The joint interpretation of the data shows the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to understand complex systems.
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- Engineering Geology, Lund University, Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden
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- Engineering Geology, Lund University, Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
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Romantschuk M, Lahti-Leikas K, Kontro M, Galitskaya P, Talvenmäki H, Simpanen S, Allen JA, Sinkkonen A. Bioremediation of contaminated soil and groundwater by in situ biostimulation. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1258148. [PMID: 38029190 PMCID: PMC10658714 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1258148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Bioremediation by in situ biostimulation is an attractive alternative to excavation of contaminated soil. Many in situ remediation methods have been tested with some success; however, due to highly variable results in realistic field conditions, they have not been implemented as widely as they might deserve. To ensure success, methods should be validated under site-analogous conditions before full scale use, which requires expertise and local knowledge by the implementers. The focus here is on indigenous microbial degraders and evaluation of their performance. Identifying and removing biodegradation bottlenecks for degradation of organic pollutants is essential. Limiting factors commonly include: lack of oxygen or alternative electron acceptors, low temperature, and lack of essential nutrients. Additional factors: the bioavailability of the contaminating compound, pH, distribution of the contaminant, and soil structure and moisture, and in some cases, lack of degradation potential which may be amended with bioaugmentation. Methods to remove these bottlenecks are discussed. Implementers should also be prepared to combine methods or use them in sequence. Chemical/physical means may be used to enhance biostimulation. The review also suggests tools for assessing sustainability, life cycle assessment, and risk assessment. To help entrepreneurs, decision makers, and methods developers in the future, we suggest founding a database for otherwise seldom reported unsuccessful interventions, as well as the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to assist in site evaluation and decision-making.
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- Martin Romantschuk
- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Horticulture Technologies, Turku, Finland
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Zhang Z, Qi J, Yu Q, Wang S, Wang H. Fecal-related anthropogenic sources are key determinants of lake microbiomes through microbial source tracking. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 336:122507. [PMID: 37673318 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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Lake microbiomes are essential indicators of lake health and are strongly influenced by allochthonous microbial communities from various sources within the watershed. However, quantifying the contributions of multiple inputs to lake microbiomes is challenging because of the complex nature of river‒lake systems and the presence of many untraceable sources. Here, Jianhu Lake‒‒a geographically simple and closed plateau lake in southwestern China, was surveyed to disentangle the contributions of five distinct sources (three input rivers that receive town sewage, stormwater runoff, and creek spring water, as well as two nonpoint sources, duck ponds and dry farmland) to the overall lake microbiomes. We found that feces-loading sources, namely town sewage and duck aquaculture, accounted for 48.7% of the total variations in lake microbiomes. In contrast, the combined contribution of the remaining three sources amounted to 13.21%, despite these less-influential sources (e.g., stormwater runoff) may introduce an even larger volume of allochthonous materials into the lake. In addition, approximately 38.1% of the variations in the lake microbiomes were attributed to unknown sources. Sewage effluents also caused a significant loss of lake microbial diversity, and there was a tendency for large-scale microbial homogeneity in lake sediments that resembled those from duck ponds. We then used a targeted approach to track host-specific fecal pollution, and found that human feces were the primary source, followed by ruminant and chicken/duck feces, all of which can be successfully traced back to the feces-loading sources. In our further modelling of sediment transport from three rivers into the whole lake, we observed a significant relationship between sediment accumulation and adsorbed microorganisms only for the sewage-receiving river. Together, lines of evidence indicate that both point and nonpoint fecal-related anthropogenic sources possess discriminatory power for shaping microbial geographic patterns of the lake, posing threats to the survival of local indigenous lake microbiomes.
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- Zhongfu Zhang
- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Wetland Conservation, Restoration and Ecological Services, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, People's Republic of China; Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, People's Republic of China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Wetland Conservation, Restoration and Ecological Services, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, People's Republic of China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Wetland Conservation, Restoration and Ecological Services, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, People's Republic of China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Wetland Conservation, Restoration and Ecological Services, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, People's Republic of China.
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Xu L, Tang Y, Liu S, Chen X, Wang Y, Liu Z, Qin Q, Fu D, Xu Y. Short-chain fatty acids facilitated long-term dechlorination of PCBs in Taihu Lake sediment microcosms: Evidence from PCB congener and microbial community analyses. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 340:139935. [PMID: 37619750 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Microbial reductive dechlorination hosts great promise as an in situ bioremediation strategy for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) contamination. However, the slow dechlorination in sediments limits natural attenuation. Short-chain fatty acids, as preferred carbon sources and electron donors for dechlorinating microorganisms, might stimulate PCB dechlorination. Herein, two sets of short-chain fatty acids, sole acetate and a fatty acid mixture (acetate, propionate, and butyrate), were amended periodically into Taihu Lake (China) sediment microcosms containing nine PCB congeners (PCB5, 12, 64, 71, 105, 114, 149, 153, and 170) after 24 weeks of incubation. Short-chain fatty acids facilitated the long-term PCB dechlorination and the promoting effect of the fatty acid mixture compared favorably with that of sole acetate. By the end of 108 weeks, the total PCB mass concentrations in acetate amended and fatty acid mixture amended microcosms significantly declined by 7.6% and 10.3% compared with non-amended microcosms (P < 0.05), respectively. Short-chain fatty acids selectively favored the removal of flanked meta and single-flanked para chlorines. Notably, a rare ortho dechlorination pathway, PCB25 (24-3-CB) to PCB13 (3-4-CB), was enhanced. Supplementary fatty acids significantly increased reductive dehalogenases (RDase) gene pcbA5 instead of improving the growth of Dehalococcoides. These findings highlight the merits of low cost short-chain fatty acids on in situ biostimulation in treating PCBs contamination.
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- Lei Xu
- School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- Water Affairs Bureau of Nanjing Pukou District, Nanjing, 211899, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
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Li ZT, Yang SY, Zhao HP. The effects of arsenic on dechlorination of trichloroethene by consortium DH: Microbial response and resistance. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 896:165219. [PMID: 37392873 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/03/2023]
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Inorganic arsenic and organochlorines are frequently co-occurring contaminants in anoxic groundwater environments, and the bioremediation of their composite pollution has long been a rigorous predicament. Currently, the dechlorination behaviors and stress responses of microbial dechlorination consortia to arsenic are not yet fully understood. This study assessed the reductive dechlorination performance of a Dehalococcoides-bearing microcosm DH under gradient concentrations of arsenate [As(V)] or arsenite [As(III)] and investigated the response patterns of different functional microorganisms. Our results demonstrated that although the dechlorination rates declined with increasing arsenic concentrations in both As(III/V) scenarios, the inhibitory impact was more pronounced in As(III)-amended groups compared to As(V)-amended groups. Moreover, the vinyl chloride (VC)-to-ethene step was more susceptible to arsenic exposure compared to the trichloroethene (TCE)-to-dichloroethane (DCE) step, while high levels of arsenic exposure [e.g. As(III) > 75 μM] can induce significant accumulation of VC. Functional gene variations and microbial community analyses revealed that As(III/V) affected reductive dechlorination by directly inhibiting organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB) and indirectly inhibiting synergistic populations such as acetogens. Metagenomic results indicated that arsenic metabolic and efflux mechanisms were identical among different Dhc strains, and variations in arsenic uptake pathways were possibly responsible for their differential responses to arsenic exposures. By comparison, fermentative bacteria showed high potential for arsenic resistance due to their inherent advantages in arsenic detoxification and efflux mechanisms. Collectively, our findings expanded the understanding of the response patterns of different functional populations to arsenic stress in the dechlorinating consortium and provided insights into modifying bioremediation strategies at co-contaminated sites for furtherance.
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- Zheng-Tao Li
- MOE Key Lab of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, PR China
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- MOE Key Lab of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, PR China
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- MOE Key Lab of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, PR China.
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Gushgari-Doyle S, Olivares CI, Sun M, Alvarez-Cohen L. Syntrophic Interactions Ameliorate Arsenic Inhibition of Solvent-Dechlorinating Dehalococcoides mccartyi. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:14237-14247. [PMID: 37695749 PMCID: PMC11055506 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
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Interactions and nutrient exchanges among members of microbial communities are important for understanding functional relationships in environmental microbiology. We can begin to elucidate the nature of these complex systems by taking a bottom-up approach utilizing simplified, but representative, community members. Here, we assess the effects of a toxic stress event, the addition of arsenite (As(III)), on a syntrophic co-culture containing lactate-fermenting Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough and solvent-dechlorinating Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain 195. Arsenic and trichloroethene (TCE) are two highly prevalent groundwater contaminants in the United States, and the presence of bioavailable arsenic is of particular concern at remediation sites in which reductive dechlorination has been employed. While we previously showed that low concentrations of arsenite (As(III)) inhibit the keystone TCE-reducing microorganism, D. mccartyi, this study reports the utilization of physiological analysis, transcriptomics, and metabolomics to assess the effects of arsenic on the metabolisms, gene expression, and nutrient exchanges in the described co-culture. It was found that the presence of D. vulgaris ameliorated arsenic stress on D. mccartyi, improving TCE dechlorination under arsenic-contaminated conditions. Nutrient and amino acid export by D. vulgaris may be a stress-ameliorating exchange in this syntrophic co-culture under arsenic stress, based on upregulation of transporters and increased extracellular nutrients like sarcosine and ornithine. These results broaden our knowledge of microbial community interactions and will support the further development and implementation of robust bioremediation strategies at multi-contaminant sites.
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- Sara Gushgari-Doyle
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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Puigserver D, Herrero J, Carmona JM. Mobilization pilot test of PCE sources in the transition zone to aquitards by combining mZVI and biostimulation with lactic acid. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 877:162751. [PMID: 36921871 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 02/05/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The potential toxic and carcinogenic effects of chlorinated solvents in groundwater on human health and aquatic ecosystems require very effective remediation strategies of contaminated groundwater to achieve the low legal cleanup targets required. The transition zones between aquifers and bottom aquitards occur mainly in prograding alluvial fan geological contexts. Hence, they are very frequent from a hydrogeological point of view. The transition zone consists of numerous thin layers of fine to coarse-grained clastic fragments (e.g., medium sands and gravels), which alternate with fine-grained materials (clays and silts). When the transition zones are affected by DNAPL spills, free-phase pools accumulate on the less conductive layers. Owing to the low overall conductivity of this zone, the pools are very recalcitrant. Little field research has been done on transition zone remediation techniques. Injection of iron microparticles has the disadvantage of the limited accessibility of this reagent to reach the entire source of contamination. Biostimulation of indigenous microorganisms in the medium has the disadvantage that few of the microorganisms are capable of complete biodegradation to total mineralization of the parent contaminant and metabolites. A field pilot test was conducted at a site where a transition zone existed in which DNAPL pools of PCE had accumulated. In particular, the interface with the bottom aquitard was where PCE concentrations were the highest. In this pilot test, a combined strategy using ZVI in microparticles and biostimulation with lactate in the form of lactic acid was conducted. Throughout the test it was found that the interdependence of the coupled biotic and abiotic processes generated synergies between these processes. This resulted in a greater degradation of the PCE and its transformation products. With the combination of the two techniques, the mobilization of the contaminant source of PCE was extremely effective.
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- Diana Puigserver
- Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Applied Geology. Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Water Research Institute (IdRA-UB), Serra Húnter Tenure-elegible Lecturer, C/ Martí i Franquès, s/n, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Applied Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Water Research Institute (IdRA-UB), C/ Martí i Franquès, s/n, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Applied Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Water Research Institute (IdRA-UB), C/ Martí i Franquès, s/n, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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Hnatko JP, Liu C, Elsey JL, Dong S, Fortner JD, Pennell KD, Abriola LM, Cápiro NL. Microbial Reductive Dechlorination by a Commercially Available Dechlorinating Consortium Is Not Inhibited by Perfluoroalkyl Acids (PFAAs) at Field-Relevant Concentrations. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023. [PMID: 37216485 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c04815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) have been shown to inhibit biodegradation (i.e., organohalide respiration) of chlorinated ethenes. The potential negative impacts of PFAAs on microbial species performing organohalide respiration, particularly Dehalococcoides mccartyi (Dhc), and the efficacy of in situ bioremediation are a critical concern for comingled PFAA-chlorinated ethene plumes. Batch reactor (no soil) and microcosm (with soil) experiments, containing a PFAA mixture and bioaugmented with KB-1, were completed to assess the impact of PFAAs on chlorinated ethene organohalide respiration. In batch reactors, PFAAs delayed complete biodegradation of cis-1,2-dichloroethene (cis-DCE) to ethene. Maximum substrate utilization rates (a metric for quantifying biodegradation rates) were fit to batch reactor experiments using a numerical model that accounted for chlorinated ethene losses to septa. Fitted values for cis-DCE and vinyl chloride biodegradation were significantly lower (p < 0.05) in batch reactors containing ≥50 mg/L PFAAs. Examination of reductive dehalogenase genes implicated in ethene formation revealed a PFAA-associated change in the Dhc community from cells harboring the vcrA gene to those harboring the bvcA gene. Organohalide respiration of chlorinated ethenes was not impaired in microcosm experiments with PFAA concentrations of 38.7 mg/L and less, suggesting that a microbial community containing multiple strains of Dhc is unlikely to be inhibited by PFAAs at lower, environmentally relevant concentrations.
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- Jason P Hnatko
- Environmental Resources Management (ERM), Boston, Massachusetts 02108, United States
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- School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Zhang F, Ge R, Wan Z, Li G, Cao L. Dual effects of PFOA or PFOS on reductive dechlorination of trichloroethylene (TCE). WATER RESEARCH 2023; 240:120093. [PMID: 37210970 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2023] [Revised: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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PFASs and chlorinated solvents are the common co-contaminants in soil and groundwater at firefighter training areas (FTAs). Although PFASs mixtures could have adverse impacts on bioremediation of trichloroethylene (TCE) by inhibiting Dehalococcoides (Dhc), little is known about the effect and contribution of PFOA or PFOS on dechlorination of TCE by non-Dhc organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB). To study this, PFOA and PFOS were amended to the growth medium of a non-Dhc OHRB-containing enrichment culture to determine the impact on dechlorination. This study demonstrated that high levels of PFOA or PFOS (100 mg L-1) inhibited TCE dechlorination in four non-Dhc OHRB-containing community including Geobacter, Desulfuromonas, Desulfitobacterium, and Dehalobacter, but low levels of PFOA or PFOS (≤10 mg L-1) enhanced TCE dechlorination. Four non-Dhc OHRB were less inhibited by PFOA than that by PFOS, and high level of PFOS killed Desulfitobacterium and Dehalobacter and decreased the biodiversity of bacterial community. Although most fermenters were killed by the presence of 100 mg L-1 PFOS, two important co-cultures (Desulfovibrio and Sedimentibacter) of OHRB were enriched, indicating that the syntrophic relationships between OHRB and co-cultures still remained, and PFOA or PFOS inhibited TCE dechlorination by directly repressing non-Dhc OHRB. Our results highlight that the bioattenuation of chloroethene contamination could be confounded by non-Dhc OHRB in high levels of PFOS contaminated subsurface environments at FTAs.
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- Fang Zhang
- School of Environment and State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, China State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Site Remediation Technologies, Beijing 100015, China
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- School of Environment and State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, China State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Site Remediation Technologies, Beijing 100015, China
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- School of Environment and State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, China State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Site Remediation Technologies, Beijing 100015, China
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- School of Environment and State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, China State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Site Remediation Technologies, Beijing 100015, China
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- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 311215, China.
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Wu Z, Yu X, Liu G, Li W, Lu L, Li P, Xu X, Jiang J, Wang B, Qiao W. Sustained detoxification of 1,2-dichloroethane to ethylene by a symbiotic consortium containing Dehalococcoides species. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 325:121443. [PMID: 36921661 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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1,2-Dichloroethane (1,2-DCA) is a ubiquitous volatile halogenated organic pollutant in groundwater and soil, which poses a serious threat to the ecosystem and human health. Microbial reductive dechlorination has been recognized as an environmentally-friendly strategy for the remediation of sites contaminated with 1,2-DCA. In this study, we obtained an anaerobic microbiota derived from 1,2-DCA contaminated groundwater, which was able to sustainably convert 1,2-DCA into non-toxic ethylene with an average dechlorination rate of 30.70 ± 11.06 μM d-1 (N = 6). The microbial community profile demonstrated that the relative abundance of Dehalococcoides species increased from 0.53 ± 0.08% to 44.68 ± 3.61% in parallel with the dechlorination of 1,2-DCA. Quantitative PCR results showed that the Dehalococcoides species 16S rRNA gene increased from 2.40 ± 1.71 × 108 copies∙mL-1 culture to 4.07 ± 2.45 × 108 copies∙mL-1 culture after dechlorinating 110.69 ± 30.61 μmol of 1,2-DCA with a growth yield of 1.55 ± 0.93 × 108 cells per μmol Cl- released (N = 6), suggesting that Dehalococcoides species used 1,2-DCA for organohalide respiration to maintain cell growth. Notably, the relative abundances of Methanobacterium sp. (p = 0.0618) and Desulfovibrio sp. (p = 0.0001995) also increased significantly during the dechlorination of 1,2-DCA and were clustered in the same module with Dehalococcoides species in the co-occurrence network. These results hinted that Dehalococcoides species, the obligate organohalide-respiring bacterium, exhibited potential symbiotic relationships with Methanobacterium and Desulfovibrio species. This study illustrates the importance of microbial interactions within functional microbiota and provides a promising microbial resource for in situ bioremediation in sites contaminated with 1,2-DCA.
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- Zhiming Wu
- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Environmental Science, Nanjing 210036, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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Ohashi T, Sugimoto K, Sasaki Y, Hisamoto M. Effect of wine pomace extract on dechlorination of chloroethenes in soil suspension. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2023; 10:22. [PMID: 38647826 PMCID: PMC10991460 DOI: 10.1186/s40643-023-00643-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/19/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
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Chloroethenes are widely used as solvent in the metal industry and the dry cleaning industry, but their spillage into soil and groundwater due to improper handling has negatively impacted human health. Bioremediation using microorganisms is one of the technologies to clean up soil and groundwater contaminated with chloroethenes. In this study, we examined the bioremediation of chloroethene-contaminated soil using wine pomace extract (WPE). WPE is a liquid containing seven major carboxylic acids and other substances extracted from grape pomace produced in winemaking. WPE clearly promoted the anaerobic bioremediation of chloroethenes. In the tetrachloroethene (PCE) degradation test that used fractions derived from WPE, the water-eluted fraction containing L-lactic acid, L-tartaric acid, and others promoted the dechlorination of PCE, whereas the methanol-eluted fraction containing mainly syringic acid did not. In another PCE degradation test that used L-lactic acid, L-tartaric acid, and syringic acid test solutions, L-lactic acid and L-tartaric acid enhanced the dechlorination of PCE, but syringic acid did not. The results suggest that L-lactic acid and L-tartaric acid in WPE function as hydrogen donors in the anaerobic microbial degradation of chloroethene. This technology realizes environmental remediation through the effective use of food by-products.
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- Takashi Ohashi
- NIPPO Corporation, 3-32-34 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 140-0002, Japan
- Department of Integrated Applied Life Science, University of Yamanashi, 4-4-37 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8510, Japan
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- NIPPO Corporation, 3-32-34 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 140-0002, Japan
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- NIPPO Corporation, 3-32-34 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 140-0002, Japan
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- The Institute of Enology and Viticulture, University of Yamanashi, 1-13-1 Kitashin, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-0005, Japan.
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Jin H, Huo L, Yang Y, Lv Y, Wang J, Maillard J, Holliger C, Löffler FE, Yan J. Sulfurospirillum diekertiae sp. nov., a tetrachloroethene-respiring bacterium isolated from contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73. [PMID: 36735579 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Two anaerobic, tetrachloroethene- (PCE-) respiring bacterial isolates, designated strain ACSDCE
T and strain ACSTCE, were characterized using a polyphasic approach. Cells were Gram-stain-negative, motile, non-spore-forming and shared a vibrioid- to spirillum-shaped morphology. Optimum growth occurred at 30 °C and 0.1–0.4 % salinity. The pH range for growth was pH 5.5–7.5, with an optimum at pH 7.2. Hydrogen, formate, pyruvate and lactate as electron donors supported respiratory reductive dechlorination of PCE to cis-1,2-dichloroethene (cDCE) in strain ACSDCE
T and of PCE to trichloroethene (TCE) in strain ACSTCE. Both strains were able to grow with pyruvate under microaerobic conditions. Nitrate, elemental sulphur, and thiosulphate were alternative electron acceptors. Autotrophic growth was not observed and acetate served as carbon source for both strains. The major cellular fatty acids were C16 : 1
ω7c, C16 : 0, C14 : 0 and C18 : 1
ω7c. Both genomes feature a circular plasmid. Strains ACSDCE
T and ACSTCE were previously assigned to the candidate species 'Sulfurospirillum acididehalogenans'. Here, based on key genomic features and pairwise comparisons of whole-genome sequences, including average nucleotide identity, digital DNA–DNA hybridization and average amino acid identity, strains ACSDCE
T and ACSTCE, 'Ca. Sulfurospirillum diekertiae' strains SL2-1 and SL2-2, and the unclassified
Sulfurospirillum
sp. strain SPD-1 are grouped into one distinct species separate from previously described
Sulfurospirillum
species. Compared to
Sulfurospirillum multivorans
and
Sulfurospirillum halorespirans
, which dechlorinate PCE to cDCE without substantial TCE accumulation, these five strains produce TCE or cDCE as the end product. In addition, some cellular fatty acids (e.g., C16 : 0 3OH, C17 : 0 iso 3OH, C17 : 0 2OH) were detected in strains ACSDCE
T and ACSTCE but not in other
Sulfurospirillum
species. On the basis of phylogenetic, physiological and phenotypic characteristics, 'Ca. Sulfurospirillum acididehalogenans' and 'Ca. Sulfurospirillum diekertiae' are proposed to be merged into one novel species within the genus
Sulfurospirillum
, for which the name
Sulfurospirillum diekertiae
sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is ACSDCE
T (=JCM 33349T= KCTC 15819T=CGMCC 1.5292T).
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- Huijuan Jin
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Laboratory for Environmental Biotechnology, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Laboratory for Environmental Biotechnology, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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Xu G, He J. Resilience of organohalide-detoxifying microbial community to oxygen stress in sewage sludge. WATER RESEARCH 2022; 224:119055. [PMID: 36126627 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 08/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Organohalide pollutants are prevalent in the environment, causing harms to wildlife and human. Organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB) could detoxify these pollutants in anaerobic environments, but the most competent OHRB (i.e., Dehalococcoides) is susceptible to oxygen. This study reports exceptional resistance and resilience of sewage sludge microbial communities to oxygen stress for attenuation of structurally distinct organohalide pollutants, including tetrachloroethene, tetrabromobisphenol A, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers. The dehalogenation rate constant of these organohalide pollutants in oxygen-exposed sludge microcosms was maintained as 74-120% as that in the control without oxygen exposure. Subsequent top-down experiments clarified that sludge flocs and non-OHRB contributed to alleviating oxygen stress on OHRB. In the dehalogenating microcosms, multiple OHRB (Dehahlococcoides, Dehalogenimonas, and Sulfurospirillum) harboring distinct reductive dehalogenase genes (pceA, pteA, tceA, vcrA, and bdeA) collaborated to detoxify organohalide pollutants but responded differentially to oxygen stress. Comprehensive microbial community analyses (taxonomy, diversity, and structure) demonstrated certain resilience of the sludge-derived dehalogenating microbial communities to oxygen stress. Additionally, microbial co-occurrence networks were intensified by oxygen stress in most microcosms, as a possible stress mitigation strategy. Altogether the mechanistic and ecological findings in this study contribute to remediation of organohalide-contaminated sites encountering oxygen disturbance.
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- Guofang Xu
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117576, Singapore; NUS Graduate School - Integrative Sciences and Engineering Programme (ISEP), National University of Singapore, 119077, Singapore
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117576, Singapore; NUS Graduate School - Integrative Sciences and Engineering Programme (ISEP), National University of Singapore, 119077, Singapore.
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Qin Z, Li B, Xu F, Chen K, Chen C, Wan J, Yu C, Yang J, Shen C. Metagenomic study of humic acid promoting the dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 301:134688. [PMID: 35489463 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent organic pollutants that degrade slowly in the environment. Humic acid (HA), the main component of soil organic matter, or more specifically, the quinone moieties in HA, is generally regarded as an "electron shuttle" between pollutants and microorganisms, which could promote microbial remediation of contamination. In this study, we examined the dechlorination of PCB153 by adding HA and anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate (AQDS, a model compound of quinones) to systems containing PCB dechlorinators, analyzed the composition and functional gene network of the microbial community by metagenomics, and explored the role of HA by modifying or substituting carbon sources or electron donors. However, this study found that HA accelerated microbial dechlorination of PCBS, while AQDS did not. Moreover, HA without quinone activity still promoted dechlorination, but not without carbon source or electron donor. Metagenomic analysis showed that HA did not promote the growth of PCB dechlorinator (Dehalococcoides), but the transmembrane electron carriers in the HA group were higher than those in the AQDS group and the control group, so HA may have promoted the electron transport process. This study is helpful for microbial remediation of PCB contamination, and provides new insights into the role that HA plays in the biogeochemical cycle.
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- Zhihui Qin
- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Water Pollution Control and Environmental Safety, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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Dutta N, Thomsen K, Ahring BK. Degrading chlorinated aliphatics by reductive dechlorination of groundwater samples from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 298:134115. [PMID: 35240152 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Microbial reductive dechlorination is one of the chosen methods for remediation of chlorinated compounds in anaerobic environments. In this study we examined the degradation of chlorinated aliphatics in groundwater samples from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) containing a concentration of 0.228 mM trichloroethylene (TCE) and 0.279 mM 1,2 dichloroethylene (DCE). We tested the influence of adding different carbon sources on the dechlorinating activity in batch cultures with and without dechlorinating bacteria. In-situ microcosms were established using SSFL groundwater supplemented with EVO (5%) (vol/vol) SRS emulsion and with or without species of Dehalocococcoides (DCB-1, DCB-2 or DCB-3). Emulsified vegetable oil (EVO) gave the highest dechlorinating activity with DCB-1 added compared to any other substrate addition tested. All three bacterial cultures tested had significant dechlorinating activities while the native populations in the SSFL groundwater samples only showed limited degradation of trichloroethylene into intermediates in the form of DCE, vinyl chloride and ethane. The conversion of chlorinated ethylenes (CEs) was optimal in the bioreactors amended with DCB-1 followed by DCB-2, and DCB-3 all supplemented with EVO. We further analyzed the TCE degradation first order kinetics in batch cultures and found that the culture with DCB-1 supplemented with EVO showed 43.59% and 51.38% increased degradation rate compared to the same condition with cultures of DCB-2 or DCB-3 added. The microcosm studies further showed that with DCB-1 and EVO, reductive dechlorination of TCE in the SSFL converted 90% of the input TCE to ethane with a degradation rate of 0.0039 mM/day.
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- Nalok Dutta
- Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, Tri-cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Environmental Restoration Department, 5515 Bridgeport Circle, Livermore, CA, 9455, USA
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- Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, Tri-cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, USA; Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA; Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
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Lu CW, Kao CM, Le NN, Lin CC, Chen SC. Long-term dechlorination of cis-DCE to ethene with co-immobilized Dehalococcoides mccartyi BAV1 and Clostridium butyricum in silica gel system. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 430:128355. [PMID: 35149497 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Chloroethenes are common groundwater pollutants, and have been classified as toxic and carcinogenic to humans. The metabolites of chloroethenes, cis-dichloroethene (cis-DCE) and vinyl chloride (VC) commonly accumulate in groundwater due to their recalcitrant reductive dechlorination under anaerobic conditions. Dehalococcoides mccartyi (Dhc) is the key anaerobic bacteria for complete dechlorination of chloroethene, and Clostridium butyricum (C. butyricum) can provide hydrogen for supporting the growth of Dhc. In this study, we co-immobilized Dhc strain BAV1 and C. butyricum in a silica gel to determine the ability of the complete dechlorination of cis-DCE. Our results showed that our immobilized system could protect BAV1 from a high concentration (8 mM) of cis-DCE to carry out complete dechlorination. After the long-term use of our immobilized system, the activity of complete dechlorination was maintained for more than 180 consecutive days. Furthermore, we applied the immobilized system to remediate contaminated groundwater and uncovered the complete dechlorination of cis-DCE into ethene, a non-toxic product, within 28 days. Therefore, this novel co-immobilized system could serve a solution for bioremediation at chloroethene-contaminated sites.
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- Che-Wei Lu
- Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan.
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Evaluation of MNA in A Chlorinated Solvents-Contaminated Aquifer Using Reactive Transport Modeling Coupled with Isotopic Fractionation Analysis. WATER 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/w13212945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Groundwater contamination by chlorinated hydrocarbons is a worldwide problem that poses important challenges in remediation processes. In Italy, the Legislative Decree 152/06 defines the water quality limits to be obtained during the cleanup process. In situ bioremediation techniques are becoming increasingly important due to their affordability and, under the right conditions, because they can be more effective than conventional methodologies. In the initial feasibility study phase, the numerical modeling supports the reliability of each technique. Two different codes, BIOCHLOR and PHREEQC were discussed and compared assuming different field conditions. Isotopic Fractionation-Reactive Transport Models were then developed in one synthetic and one simple field case. From the results, the two codes were in agreement and also able to demonstrate the Monitored Natural Attenuation processes occurring at the dismissed site located in Italy. Finally, the PHREEQC model was used to forecast the remediation time frame by MNA, hypothesizing a complete source cleanup: a remediation time frame of about 10–11 years was achieved by means of natural attenuation processes.
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Xu Y, Tang Y, Xu L, Wang Y, Liu Z, Qin Q. Effects of iron-carbon materials on microbial-catalyzed reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls in Taihu Lake sediment microcosms: Enhanced chlorine removal, detoxification and shifts of microbial community. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 792:148454. [PMID: 34465049 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Nano zero-valent iron particles (nZVI, 0.09 wt%), micro zero-valent iron particles (mZVI, 0.09 wt%), granular activated carbon (GAC, 3.03 wt%), GAC supported nZVI (nZVI/GAC, 3.12 wt%) and nZVI&GAC (nZVI 0.09 wt%, GAC 3.03 wt%) were evaluated for their effects on polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) anaerobic reductive dechlorination, detoxification, as well as microbial community structure in Taihu Lake (China) sediment microcosms. The results showed that all of these five materials could stimulate PCBs reductive dechlorination, especially for dioxin-like PCB congeners, and nZVI&GAC had the best removal effect on PCBs. The reduction of total PCBs increased from 13.5% to 33.2%. H2 generated by zero-valent iron corrosion was utilized by organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB) to enhance the dechlorination of PCBs predominantly via meta chlorine removal in the short term. The addition of ZVI had little impact on the total bacterial abundance and the microbial community structure. The adsorption of GAC and potential bioremediation properties of attached biofilm could promote the long-term removal of PCBs. GAC, nZVI/GAC, nZVI&GAC had different influences on the microbial structure. These findings provide insights into the biostimulation technique for in situ remediations of PCBs contaminated sediments.
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- Yan Xu
- Department of Municipal Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China.
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- Department of Municipal Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China
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- Department of Municipal Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China
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- Department of Municipal Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China
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- Department of Municipal Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China
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- Department of Municipal Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China
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Hedia AM, Abd-Elmegeed MA, Hassan AE. Using particle tracking to simulate contaminant transport in the presence of colloids and bacteria. ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES 2021; 14:2024. [DOI: 10.1007/s12517-021-08306-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Kruse S, Türkowsky D, Birkigt J, Matturro B, Franke S, Jehmlich N, von Bergen M, Westermann M, Rossetti S, Nijenhuis I, Adrian L, Diekert G, Goris T. Interspecies metabolite transfer and aggregate formation in a co-culture of Dehalococcoides and Sulfurospirillum dehalogenating tetrachloroethene to ethene. THE ISME JOURNAL 2021; 15:1794-1809. [PMID: 33479489 PMCID: PMC8163811 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-00887-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Microbial communities involving dehalogenating bacteria assist in bioremediation of areas contaminated with halocarbons. To understand molecular interactions between dehalogenating bacteria, we co-cultured Sulfurospirillum multivorans, dechlorinating tetrachloroethene (PCE) to cis-1,2-dichloroethene (cDCE), and Dehalococcoides mccartyi strains BTF08 or 195, dehalogenating PCE to ethene. The co-cultures were cultivated with lactate as electron donor. In co-cultures, the bacterial cells formed aggregates and D. mccartyi established an unusual, barrel-like morphology. An extracellular matrix surrounding bacterial cells in the aggregates enhanced cell-to-cell contact. PCE was dehalogenated to ethene at least three times faster in the co-culture. The dehalogenation was carried out via PceA of S. multivorans, and PteA (a recently described PCE dehalogenase) and VcrA of D. mccartyi BTF08, as supported by protein abundance. The co-culture was not dependent on exogenous hydrogen and acetate, suggesting a syntrophic relationship in which the obligate hydrogen consumer D. mccartyi consumes hydrogen and acetate produced by S. multivorans. The cobamide cofactor of the reductive dehalogenase-mandatory for D. mccartyi-was also produced by S. multivorans. D. mccartyi strain 195 dechlorinated cDCE in the presence of norpseudo-B12 produced by S. multivorans, but D. mccartyi strain BTF08 depended on an exogenous lower cobamide ligand. This observation is important for bioremediation, since cofactor supply in the environment might be a limiting factor for PCE dehalogenation to ethene, described for D. mccartyi exclusively. The findings from this co-culture give new insights into aggregate formation and the physiology of D. mccartyi within a bacterial community.
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- Stefan Kruse
- grid.9613.d0000 0001 1939 2794Department of Applied and Ecological Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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- grid.7492.80000 0004 0492 3830Department Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- grid.7492.80000 0004 0492 3830Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- grid.435629.f0000 0004 1755 3971Water Research Institute, IRSA-CNR, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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- grid.7492.80000 0004 0492 3830Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany ,Present Address: Eurofins Institute Dr. Appelt Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- grid.7492.80000 0004 0492 3830Department Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- grid.7492.80000 0004 0492 3830Department Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany ,grid.9647.c0000 0004 7669 9786Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- grid.275559.90000 0000 8517 6224Center for Electron Microscopy of the University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany
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- grid.435629.f0000 0004 1755 3971Water Research Institute, IRSA-CNR, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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- grid.7492.80000 0004 0492 3830Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- grid.6734.60000 0001 2292 8254Chair of Geobiotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany ,grid.7492.80000 0004 0492 3830Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- grid.9613.d0000 0001 1939 2794Department of Applied and Ecological Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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- grid.9613.d0000 0001 1939 2794Department of Applied and Ecological Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany ,grid.418213.d0000 0004 0390 0098Present Address: German Institute of Human Nutrition, Department Molecular Toxicology, Research Group Intestinal Microbiology, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Nuthetal, Germany
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Åkesson S, Sparrenbom CJ, Paul CJ, Jansson R, Holmstrand H. Characterizing natural degradation of tetrachloroethene (PCE) using a multidisciplinary approach. AMBIO 2021; 50:1074-1088. [PMID: 33263919 PMCID: PMC8035386 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-020-01418-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A site in mid-western Sweden contaminated with chlorinated solvents originating from a previous dry cleaning facility, was investigated using conventional groundwater analysis combined with compound-specific isotope data of carbon, microbial DNA analysis, and geoelectrical tomography techniques. We show the value of this multidisciplinary approach, as the different results supported each interpretation, and show where natural degradation occurs at the site. The zone where natural degradation occurred was identified in the transition between two geological units, where the change in hydraulic conductivity may have facilitated biofilm formation and microbial activity. This observation was confirmed by all methods and the examination of the impact of geological conditions on the biotransformation process was facilitated by the unique combination of the applied methods. There is thus significant benefit from deploying an extended array of methods for these investigations, with the potential to reduce costs involved in remediation of contaminated sediment and groundwater.
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- Sofia Åkesson
- Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Applied Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
- Water Resources Engineering, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science (ACES), Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Li J, Hu A, Bai S, Yang X, Sun Q, Liao X, Yu CP. Characterization and Performance of Lactate-Feeding Consortia for Reductive Dechlorination of Trichloroethene. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9040751. [PMID: 33918519 PMCID: PMC8065584 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9040751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Understanding the underlying mechanism that drives the microbial community mediated by substrates is crucial to enhance the biostimulation in trichloroethene (TCE)-contaminated sites. Here, we investigated the performance of stable TCE-dechlorinating consortia by monitoring the variations in TCE-related metabolites and explored their underlying assembly mechanisms using 16S rDNA amplicon sequencing and bioinformatics analyses. The monitoring results indicated that three stable TCE-dechlorinating consortia were successfully enriched by lactate-containing anaerobic media. The statistical analysis results demonstrated that the microbial communities of the enrichment cultures changed along with time and were distinguished by their sample sources. The deterministic and stochastic processes were simultaneously responsible for shaping the TCE-dechlorinating community assembly. The indicator patterns shifted with the exhaustion of the carbon source and the pollutants, and the tceA-carrying Dehalococcoides, as an indicator for the final stage samples, responded positively to TCE removal during the incubation period. Pseudomonas, Desulforhabdus, Desulfovibrio and Methanofollis were identified as keystone populations in the TCE-dechlorinating process by co-occurrence network analysis. The results of this study indicate that lactate can be an effective substrate for stimulated bioremediation of TCE-contaminated sites, and the reduction of the stochastic forces or enhancement of the deterministic interventions may promote more effective biostimulation.
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- Jiangwei Li
- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; (J.L.); (A.H.); (X.Y.); (Q.S.); (X.L.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; (J.L.); (A.H.); (X.Y.); (Q.S.); (X.L.)
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- Institute of Deep Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academic of Sciences, Sanya 572000, China;
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; (J.L.); (A.H.); (X.Y.); (Q.S.); (X.L.)
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; (J.L.); (A.H.); (X.Y.); (Q.S.); (X.L.)
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; (J.L.); (A.H.); (X.Y.); (Q.S.); (X.L.)
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; (J.L.); (A.H.); (X.Y.); (Q.S.); (X.L.)
- Water Innovation, Low Carbon and Environmental Sustainability Research Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Correspondence:
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Gushgari-Doyle S, Oremland RS, Keren R, Baesman SM, Akob DM, Banfield JF, Alvarez-Cohen L. Acetylene-Fueled Trichloroethene Reductive Dechlorination in a Groundwater Enrichment Culture. mBio 2021; 12:e02724-20. [PMID: 33531396 PMCID: PMC7858054 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02724-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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In aquifers, acetylene (C2H2) is a product of abiotic degradation of trichloroethene (TCE) catalyzed by in situ minerals. C2H2 can, in turn, inhibit multiple microbial processes including TCE dechlorination and metabolisms that commonly support dechlorination, in addition to supporting the growth of acetylenotrophic microorganisms. Previously, C2H2 was shown to support TCE reductive dechlorination in synthetic, laboratory-constructed cocultures containing the acetylenotroph Pelobacter sp. strain SFB93 and Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain 195 or strain BAV1. In this study, we demonstrate TCE and perchloroethene (PCE) reductive dechlorination by a microbial community enriched from contaminated groundwater and amended with C2H2 as the sole electron donor and organic carbon source. The metagenome of the stable, enriched community was analyzed to elucidate putative community functions. A novel anaerobic acetylenotroph in the phylum Actinobacteria was identified using metagenomic analysis. These results demonstrate that the coupling of acetylenotrophy and reductive dechlorination can occur in the environment with native bacteria and broaden our understanding of biotransformation at contaminated sites containing both TCE and C2H2IMPORTANCE Understanding the complex metabolisms of microbial communities in contaminated groundwaters is a challenge. PCE and TCE are among the most common groundwater contaminants in the United States that, when exposed to certain minerals, exhibit a unique abiotic degradation pathway in which C2H2 is a product. C2H2 can act as both an inhibitor of TCE dechlorination and of supporting metabolisms and an energy source for acetylenotrophic bacteria. Here, we combine laboratory microcosm studies with computational approaches to enrich and characterize an environmental microbial community that couples two uncommon metabolisms, demonstrating unique metabolic interactions only yet reported in synthetic, laboratory-constructed settings. Using this comprehensive approach, we have identified the first reported anaerobic acetylenotroph in the phylum Actinobacteria, demonstrating the yet-undescribed diversity of this metabolism that is widely considered to be uncommon.
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- Sara Gushgari-Doyle
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
- Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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Hnatko JP, Yang L, Pennell KD, Abriola LM, Cápiro NL. Bioenhanced back diffusion and population dynamics of Dehalococcoides mccartyi strains in heterogeneous porous media. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 254:126842. [PMID: 32957273 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Revised: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Diffusion, sorption-desorption, and biodegradation influence chlorinated solvent storage in, and release (mass flux) from, low-permeability media. Although bioenhanced dissolution of non-aqueous phase liquids has been well-documented, less attention has been directed towards biologically-mediated enhanced diffusion from low-permeability media. This process was investigated using a heterogeneous aquifer cell, packed with 20-30 mesh Ottawa sand and lenses of varying permeability (1.0 × 10-12-1.2 × 10-11 m2) and organic carbon (OC) content (<0.1%-2%), underlain by trichloroethene (TCE)-saturated clay. Initial contaminant loading was attained by flushing with 0.5 mM TCE. Total chlorinated ethenes removal by hydraulic flushing was then compared for abiotic and bioaugmented systems (KB-1® SIREM; Guelph, ON). A numerical model incorporating coupled diffusion and (de)sorption facilitated quantification of bio-enhanced TCE release from low-permeability lenses, which ranged from 6% to 53%. Although Dehalococcoides mccartyi (Dhc) 16S rRNA genes were uniformly distributed throughout the porous media, strain-specific distribution, as indicated by the reductive dehalogenase (RDase) genes vcrA, bvcA, and tceA, was influenced by physical and chemical heterogeneity. Cells harboring the bvcA gene comprised 44% of the total RDase genes in the lower clay layer and media surrounding high OC lenses, but only 2% of RDase genes at other locations. Conversely, cells harboring the vcrA gene comprised 50% of RDase genes in low-permeability media compared with 85% at other locations. These results demonstrate the influence of microbial processes on back diffusion, which was most evident in regions with pronounced contrasts in permeability and OC content. Bioenhanced mass transfer and changes in the relative abundance of Dhc strains are likely to impact bioremediation performance in heterogeneous systems.
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- Jason P Hnatko
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
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- School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA; Department of Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering Program, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.
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Kucharzyk KH, Meisel JE, Kara-Murdoch F, Murdoch RW, Higgins SA, Vainberg S, Bartling CM, Mullins L, Hatzinger PB, Löffler FE. Metagenome-Guided Proteomic Quantification of Reductive Dehalogenases in the Dehalococcoides mccartyi-Containing Consortium SDC-9. J Proteome Res 2020; 19:1812-1823. [PMID: 32135063 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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At groundwater sites contaminated with chlorinated ethenes, fermentable substrates are often added to promote reductive dehalogenation by indigenous or augmented microorganisms. Contemporary bioremediation performance monitoring relies on nucleic acid biomarkers of key organohalide-respiring bacteria, such as Dehalococcoides mccartyi (Dhc). Metagenome sequencing of the commercial, Dhc-containing consortium, SDC-9, identified 12 reductive dehalogenase (RDase) genes, including pceA (two copies), vcrA, and tceA, and allowed for specific detection and quantification of RDase peptides using liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Shotgun (i.e., untargeted) proteomics applied to the SDC-9 consortium grown with tetrachloroethene (PCE) and lactate identified 143 RDase peptides, and 36 distinct peptides that covered greater than 99% of the protein-coding sequences of the PceA, TceA, and VcrA RDases. Quantification of RDase peptides using multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) assays with 13C-/15N-labeled peptides determined 1.8 × 103 TceA and 1.2 × 102 VcrA RDase molecules per Dhc cell. The MRM mass spectrometry approach allowed for sensitive detection and accurate quantification of relevant Dhc RDases and has potential utility in bioremediation monitoring regimes.
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- Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 King Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43201, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, 1311 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States.,Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science University of Tennessee, 2506 E. J. Chapman Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, 1416 Circle Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States.,Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, 1311 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- APTIM, Biotechnology Development and Applications Group, 17 Princess Road, Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648, United States
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- Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 King Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43201, United States
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- Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 King Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43201, United States
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- APTIM, Biotechnology Development and Applications Group, 17 Princess Road, Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, 1311 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States.,Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, 1416 Circle Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States.,Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, 851 Neyland Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States.,Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science University of Tennessee, 2506 E. J. Chapman Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States.,Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Gushgari-Doyle S, Alvarez-Cohen L. Effects of Arsenic on Trichloroethene-Dechlorination Activities of Dehalococcoides mccartyi 195. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:1276-1285. [PMID: 31913608 PMCID: PMC7792829 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b06527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Arsenic and trichloroethene (TCE) are among the most prevalent groundwater contaminants in the United States. Co-contamination of these two compounds has been detected at 63% of current TCE-contaminated National Priorities List sites. When in situ TCE reductive dechlorination is stimulated by the addition of fermentable substrates to generate a reducing environment, the presence of arsenic can be problematic because of the potential for increased mobilization and toxicity caused by the reduction of arsenate [As(V)] to arsenite [As(III)]. This study assesses the effects of arsenic exposure on the TCE-dechlorinating activities of Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain 195. Our results indicate that 9.1 μM As(III) caused a 50% decrease in D. mccartyi cell growth. While As(V) concentrations up to 200 μM did not initially impact TCE dechlorination, inhibition was observed in cultures amended with 200 μM As(V) and 100 μM As(V) in 12 and 17 days, respectively, corresponding with the accumulation of As(III). Transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses were performed to evaluate cellular responses to both As(V) and As(III) stress. Amendment of amino acids enhanced arsenic tolerance of D. mccartyi. Results from this study improve our understanding of potential inhibitions of D. mccartyi metabolism caused by arsenic and can inform the design of bioremediation strategies at co-contaminated sites.
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- Sara Gushgari-Doyle
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1710
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1710
- Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
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Luo SG, Chen SC, Cao WZ, Lin WH, Sheu YT, Kao CM. Application of γ-PGA as the primary carbon source to bioremediate a TCE-polluted aquifer: A pilot-scale study. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 237:124449. [PMID: 31376698 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Revised: 07/13/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The effectiveness of using gamma poly-glutamic acid (γ-PGA) as the primary carbon and nitrogen sources to bioremediate trichloroethene (TCE)-contaminated groundwater was studied in this pilot-scale study. γ-PGA (40 L) solution was injected into the aquifer via the injection well (IW) for substrate supplement. Groundwater samples were collected from monitor wells and IW and analyzed for TCE and its byproducts, geochemical indicators, dechlorinating bacteria, and microbial diversity periodically. Injected γ-PGA resulted in an increase in total organic carbon (TOC) (up to 9820 mg/L in IW), and the TOC biodegradation caused the formation of anaerobic conditions. Increased ammonia concentration (because of amine release from γ-PGA) resulted in the neutral condition in groundwater, which benefited the growth of Dehalococcoides. The negative zeta potential and micro-scale diameter of γ-PGA allowed its globule to distribute evenly within soil pores. Up to 93% of TCE removal was observed (TCE dropped from 0.14 to 0.01 mg/L) after 59 days of γ-PGA injection, and TCE dechlorination byproducts were also biodegraded subsequently. Next generation sequence (NGS) analyses were applied to determine the dominant bacterial communities. γ-PGA supplement developed reductive dechlorinating conditions and caused variations in microbial diversity and dominant bacterial species. The dominant four groups of bacterial communities including dechlorinating bacteria, vinyl chloride degrading bacteria, hydrogen producing bacteria, and carbon biodegrading bacteria.
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- S G Luo
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan.
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- College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
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Li Y, Wen LL, Zhao HP, Zhu L. Addition of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 to the Dehalococcoides-containing culture enhances the trichloroethene dechlorination. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2019; 133:105245. [PMID: 31683156 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105245] [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: 07/26/2019] [Revised: 09/28/2019] [Accepted: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Dehalococcoides is able to completely dehalogenate tetrachloroethene (PCE) and trichloroethene (TCE) to ethene (ETH). However, the dechlorination efficiency of Dehalococcoides is low and result in the accumulation of toxic intermediates. In this study, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 (S. oneidensis MR-1) was added to the Dehalococcoides-containing culture and the complete TCE to ETH dechlorination was shortened from 24 days to 16 days. Dehalococcoides-targeted 16S rRNA gene and two model reductive dehalogenase (RDase) genes (tceA and vcrA), responsible for dechlorinating TCE to vinyl chloride (VC) and VC to ETH respectively, were characterized. Results showed that S. oneidensis MR-1 has no effect on the cell growth while the RDase genes expression was up-regulated and the RDase activity of Dehalococcoides was elevated. The mRNA abundance of vcrA increased approximately tenfold along with the increased concentration of vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin). Interestingly, the addition of S. oneidensis MR-1 increased the concentration of vitamin B12 by affecting the microbial community structure. Therefore, the addition of S. oneidensis MR-1 might have a positive effect on regulating the activity of RDase of functional microorganisms and uptake of vitamin B12, and further provided a practical vision of chloroethene dechlorination by the Dehalococcoides-containing culture.
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- Yaru Li
- College of Environmental and Resource Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Process and Control, Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Environmental and Resource Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; College of Resource and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- College of Environmental and Resource Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Environmental and Resource Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Process and Control, Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Bagwell CE, Zhong L, Wells JR, Mitroshkov AV, Qafoku NP. Microbial Methylation of Iodide in Unconfined Aquifer Sediments at the Hanford Site, USA. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2460. [PMID: 31708909 PMCID: PMC6821650 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Incomplete knowledge of environmental transformation reactions limits our ability to accurately inventory and predictably model the fate of radioiodine. The most prevalent chemical species of iodine include iodate (IO3−), iodide (I−), and organo-iodine. The emission of gaseous species could be a loss or flux term but these processes have not previously been investigated at radioiodine-impacted sites. We examined iodide methylation and volatilization for Hanford Site sediments from three different locations under native and organic substrate amended conditions at three iodide concentrations. Aqueous and gaseous sampling revealed methyl-iodide to be the only iodinated compound produced under biotic conditions. No abiotic transformations of iodide were measured. Methyl-iodide was produced by 52 out of 54 microcosms, regardless of prior exposure to iodine contamination or the experimental concentration. Interestingly, iodide volatilization activity was consistently higher under native (oligotrophic) Hanford sediment conditions. Carbon and nutrients were not only unnecessary for microbial activation, but supplementation resulted in >three-fold reduction in methyl-iodide formation. This investigation not only demonstrates the potential for iodine volatilization in deep, oligotrophic subsurface sediments at a nuclear waste site, but also emphasizes an important role for biotic methylation pathways to the long-term management and monitoring of radioiodine in the environment.
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- Christopher E Bagwell
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Earth Systems Science Division, Richland, WA, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Earth Systems Science Division, Richland, WA, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Earth Systems Science Division, Richland, WA, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Earth Systems Science Division, Richland, WA, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Earth Systems Science Division, Richland, WA, United States
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Xu Y, Gregory KB, VanBriesen JM. Reduction in sulfate inhibition of microbial dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls in Hudson and Grasse River sediments through fatty acid supplementation. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 233:81-91. [PMID: 31170587 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.05.211] [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: 10/04/2018] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Microbial dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in aquatic sediments may reduce the need for dredging for remediation. To better understand this biotransformation route under different geochemical conditions, the influence of sulfate on dechlorination in sediments from the Hudson River and the Grasse River spiked with two PCB mixtures (PCB 5/12, 64/71, 105/114 and 149/153/170 in Mixture 1 and PCB 5/12, 64/71, 82/97/99, 144/170 in Mixture 2) was investigated. The results showed that PCB dechlorination was partially inhibited in the sulfate-amended sediment microcosms. The rate, extent and preference of dechlorination were mainly controlled by the indigenous differences (sulfate, carbon content etc.) in sediment, but also affected by the PCB mixture composition. An increase of Dehalococcoides 16S rRNA genes coincided with the resumption of dechlorination. Dechlorination preferences were identified using a modified dechlorination pathway analysis approach. The low carbon content and high background sulfate Hudson sediment exhibited more para dechlorination targeting flanked para chlorines. The high carbon content and low background sulfate Grasse sediment preferentially removed more para-flanked meta chlorines than flanked para chlorines. The supplementation of fatty acids (acetate or a mixture of acetate, propionate and butyrate) dramatically increased PCB dechlorination in the Grasse sediment by resuming ortho-flanked meta dechlorination. Rare ortho removals were found in the Grasse sediment after adding fatty acids. This study suggests that supplementary fatty acids might be used to stimulate PCB dechlorination under sulfate reducing conditions, but the effectiveness largely depends on sediment geochemistry.
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- Yan Xu
- Department of Municipal Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210096, China; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15213-3890, PA, United States.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15213-3890, PA, United States.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15213-3890, PA, United States.
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Dong J, Yu D, Li Y, Li B, Bao Q. Transport and release of electron donors and alkalinity during reductive dechlorination by combined emulsified vegetable oil and colloidal Mg(OH) 2: Laboratory sand column and microcosm tests. JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY 2019; 225:103501. [PMID: 31150961 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2019.103501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Revised: 05/01/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Emulsified vegetable oil combined with colloidal Mg(OH)2 (EVO-CM) can slowly release electron donors and OH- into groundwater and is therefore regarded as a promising amendment for enhanced in situ treatment of chlorinated solvents, such as tetrachloroethene (PCE) and trichloroethene (TCE). However, its migration ability in different porous media and the simultaneous release of electron donor and pH buffer during enhanced reductive dechlorination (ERD) have never been evaluated in detail. In this study, EVO-CM with uniform drop size and desirable stability was prepared. Laboratory-scale column tests were conducted to investigate the transport and spatial distribution of the EVO-CM in different porous media. Batch microcosm experiments were carried out to study the dechlorination efficiency under different EVO:Mg(OH)2 ratios. Experimental results indicate that prepared EVO-CM emulsions can be transported effectively through different porous media with grain size ranging from 0.1-1.0 mm. The emulsified vegetable oil (EVO) and colloidal Mg(OH)2 showed synchronous movement through the porous media column systems, providing both electron donor and alkalinity at the same location. The retention degree of EVO-CM is greater in the finer grained media and decreases with increasing distance from the inlet. The injection of EVO-CM lead to a significant mobilization of TCE in the column. The reductive dechlorination of TCE in the microcosms was remarkably enhanced in the presence of EVO-CM. The coaddition of sufficient colloidal Mg(OH)2 effectively limits the deleterious pH decline caused by acid release. The microcosm achieves an optimum dechlorination efficiency when the EVO:Mg(OH)2 ratio is 1:1.
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- Jun Dong
- Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China
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- Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China
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- Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China
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- Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China
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- Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China.
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Teng Y, Xu Y, Wang X, Christie P. Function of Biohydrogen Metabolism and Related Microbial Communities in Environmental Bioremediation. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:106. [PMID: 30837956 PMCID: PMC6383490 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Hydrogen (H2) metabolism has attracted considerable interest because the activities of H2-producing and consuming microbes shape the global H2 cycle and may have vital relationships with the global cycling of other elements. There are many pathways of microbial H2 emission and consumption which may affect the structure and function of microbial communities. A wide range of microbial groups employ H2 as an electron donor to catalyze the reduction of pollutants such as organohalides, azo compounds, and trace metals. Syntrophy coupled mutualistic interaction between H2-producing and H2-consuming microorganisms can transfer H2 and be accompanied by the removal of toxic compounds. Moreover, hydrogenases have been gradually recognized to have a key role in the progress of pollutant degradation. This paper reviews recent advances in elucidating role of H2 metabolism involved in syntrophy and hydrogenases in environmental bioremediation. Further investigations should focus on the application of bioenergy in bioremediation to make microbiological H2 metabolism a promising remediation strategy.
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- Ying Teng
- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.,College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
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Wan J, Chen C, Chen J, Miao Q, Liu Y, Ye J, Chen K, Jin Y, Tang X, Shen C. Acceleration of perchloroethylene dechlorination by extracellular secretions from Microbacterium in a mixed culture containing Desulfitobacterium. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2019; 245:651-657. [PMID: 30481679 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.10.008] [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: 07/16/2018] [Revised: 09/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The study was conducted to demonstrate the influence of extracellular secretions from Microbacterium on the reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene (PCE). A series of mixed cultures were established from a paddy soil sample. In the mixed cultures amended with extracellular secretions from Microbacterium, PCE was rapidly and completely converted into cis-1,2-dichloroethene (cis-DCE) and trans-1,2-dichloroethene (trans-DCE) within 40 days. The unamended mixed cultures showed weak signs of dechlorination after a pronounced lag phase, and trichloroethene (TCE) was accumulated as a major end product. This result means that amendment with extracellular secretions from Microbacterium shortened the lag phase, increased the dechlorination velocity and promoted the production of less-chlorinated chloroethene. The results were corroborated by defined subculture experiments, which proved that microorganisms from unamended mixed cultures could also be stimulated by extracellular secretions from Microbacterium. Desulfitobacterium was identified as the main dechlorinating population in all mixed cultures by direct PCR. Additionally, the 16S rRNA gene copies of Desulfitobacterium increased by one or two orders of magnitude with PCE dechlorination, which provided corroborative evidence for the identification result. The volatile fatty acids were monitored, and most interestingly, a close association between propionate oxidation and dechlorination was found, which has rarely been mentioned before. It was assumed that the oxidation of propionate provided hydrogen for dechlorination, while dechlorination facilitated the shift of the reaction toward propionate oxidation by reducing the partial pressure of hydrogen.
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- Jixing Wan
- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Water Pollution Control and Environmental Safety, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Water Pollution Control and Environmental Safety, Hangzhou, China.
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Dang H, Kanitkar YH, Stedtfeld RD, Hatzinger PB, Hashsham SA, Cupples AM. Abundance of Chlorinated Solvent and 1,4-Dioxane Degrading Microorganisms at Five Chlorinated Solvent Contaminated Sites Determined via Shotgun Sequencing. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:13914-13924. [PMID: 30427665 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b04895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Shotgun sequencing was used for the quantification of taxonomic and functional biomarkers associated with chlorinated solvent bioremediation in 20 groundwater samples (five sites), following bioaugmentation with SDC-9. The analysis determined the abundance of (1) genera associated with chlorinated solvent degradation, (2) reductive dehalogenase (RDases) genes, (3) genes associated with 1,4-dioxane removal, (4) genes associated with aerobic chlorinated solvent degradation, and (5) D. mccartyi genes associated with hydrogen and corrinoid metabolism. The taxonomic analysis revealed numerous genera previously linked to chlorinated solvent degradation, including Dehalococcoides, Desulfitobacterium, and Dehalogenimonas. The functional gene analysis indicated vcrA and tceA from D. mccartyi were the RDases with the highest relative abundance. Reads aligning with both aerobic and anaerobic biomarkers were observed across all sites. Aerobic solvent degradation genes, etnC or etnE, were detected in at least one sample from each site, as were pmoA and mmoX. The most abundant 1,4-dioxane biomarker detected was Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b mmoX. Reads aligning to thmA or Pseudonocardia were not found. The work illustrates the importance of shotgun sequencing to provide a more complete picture of the functional abilities of microbial communities. The approach is advantageous over current methods because an unlimited number of functional genes can be quantified.
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- Hongyu Dang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan 48824 , United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan 48824 , United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan 48824 , United States
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- APTIM , 17 Princess Road , Lawrenceville , New Jersey 08648 , United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan 48824 , United States
- Center for Microbial Ecology , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan 48824 , United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan 48824 , United States
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Niño de Guzmán GT, Hapeman CJ, Millner PD, Torrents A, Jackson D, Kjellerup BV. Presence of organohalide-respiring bacteria in and around a permeable reactive barrier at a trichloroethylene-contaminated Superfund site. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2018; 243:766-776. [PMID: 30228068 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.08.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Revised: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Trichloroethylene (TCE) is one of the most common groundwater contaminants in the United States; however clean-up efforts are a challenge due to its physical and chemical properties. TCE and several of its degradation products were detected in the groundwater of the Beaver Dam Road Landfill site (Beltsville, MD) at concentrations above accepted maximum contaminant levels. A permeable reactive barrier (i.e., biowall) was installed to remediate the groundwater. Microbial infiltration and colonization of the biowall with native site bacteria was expected to occur. An array of molecular biological tools was applied to survey the microbial community for presence of organohalide-respiring microorganisms at the site. Microorganisms belonging to methanogens, acetogens, sulfate-reducing bacteria, and chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbon-metabolizing bacteria were identified, thus making way for the application of the microbial populations in the biowall bioaugmentation efforts. In concomitant laboratory studies, molecular approaches were used to monitor continuously-fed column reactors containing saturated biowall material spiked with a commercially-available, Dehalococcoides-containing culture (SDC-9), with or without zero-valent iron (ZVI) shavings. The column without ZVI had the highest abundance of Dehalococcoides spp. (2.7 × 106 cells g-1 material, S.D. = 3.8 × 105 cells g-1 material), while the addition of ZVI did not affect the overall population. Although the addition of ZVI and biostimulation did change ratios of the Dehalococcoides strains, the results suggests that if ZVI would be applied as a biowall material amendment, biostimulation would not be required to maintain a Dehalococcoides population. These experimental results will be utilized in future remediation and/or biowall expansion plans to utilize the natural resources most effectively at the biowall site.
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- US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, USA
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- US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
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Ding C, Alvarez-Cohen L, He J. Growth of Dehalococcoides mccartyi species in an autotrophic consortium producing limited acetate. Biodegradation 2018; 29:487-498. [PMID: 30097751 DOI: 10.1007/s10532-018-9846-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The dechlorinating Dehalococcoides mccartyi species requires acetate as carbon source, but little is known on its growth under acetate limiting conditions. In this study, we observed growth and dechlorination of a D. mccartyi-containing mixed consortium in a fixed-carbon-free medium with trichloroethene in the aqueous phase and H2/CO2 in the headspace. Around 4 mM formate was produced by day 40, while acetate was constantly below 0.05 mM. Microbial community analysis of the consortium revealed dominance by D. mccartyi and Desulfovibrio sp. (57 and 22% 16S rRNA gene copies, respectively). From this consortium, Desulfovibrio sp. strain F1 was isolated and found to produce formate and acetate (1.2 mM and 48 µM, respectively, by day 24) when cultivated alone in the above mentioned medium without trichloroethene. An established co-culture of strain F1 and D. mccartyi strain 195 demonstrated that strain 195 could grow and dechlorinate using acetate produced by strain F1; and that acetate was constantly below 25 µM in the co-culture. To verify that such low level of acetate is utilizable by D. mccartyi, we cultivated strain 195 alone under acetate-limiting conditions and found that strain 195 consumed acetate to below detection (5 µM). Based on the acetate consumption and cell yield of D. mccartyi, we estimated that on average 1.2 × 108 acetate molecules are needed to supply carbon for one D. mccartyi cell. Our study suggests that Desulfovibrio may supply a steady but low amount of fixed carbon to dechlorinating bacteria, exhibiting important implications for natural bio-attenuation when fixed carbon is limited.
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- Chang Ding
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117576, Singapore.,Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1710, USA. .,Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117576, Singapore. .,Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Block E2-02-13, 1 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore, 117576, Singapore.
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Xu Y, Gregory KB, VanBriesen JM. Effects of Ferric Oxyhydroxide on Anaerobic Microbial Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Hudson and Grasse River Sediment Microcosms: Dechlorination Extent, Preferences, Ortho Removal, and Its Enhancement. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1574. [PMID: 30079053 PMCID: PMC6062599 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Microbial reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has been observed in many PCB-impacted sediments. However, this biodegradation is relatively site-specific and can be affected by PCB compositions and sediment geochemical conditions. To better understand the influence of a common competing electron acceptor, ferric oxyhydroxide (FeOOH), on dechlorination, two sediments (Hudson River and Grasse River sediments), and two PCB mixtures (PCB 5/12, 64/71, 105/114, and 149/153/170 in Mixture 1 and PCB 5/12, 64/71, 82/97/99, 144/170 in Mixture 2) were used for this microcosm study. The addition of 40 mmole/kg FeOOH completely inhibited PCB dechlorination in the Hudson sediment, but only moderately inhibited PCB dechlorination in the Grasse sediment with a 3-week longer lag time. The inhibitory effect in the Grasse sediment was mainly due to the loss of unflanked para dechlorination activity. Fe(II) analysis showed that dechlorination started prior to the consumption of Fe(III), which indicates PCB reduction and Fe(III) reduction were able to take place concurrently. Dehalococcoides 16S rRNA genes increased with the commencement of dechlorination in the Grasse sediment, but not in the completely inhibited Hudson sediment. Rare ortho dechlorination pathways were identified in FeOOH-amended Grasse sediment microcosms, dominated by transformations of PCB 25(24-3-CB) to PCB 13(3-4-CB) and PCB 28(24-4-CB) to PCB 15(4-4-CB). The addition of carbon sources (acetate or a fatty acid mixture with acetate, propionate, and butyrate) after 27 weeks of incubation reinitiated dechlorination in FeOOH-amended Hudson sediment microcosms. Also, the addition of carbon sources greatly enhanced ortho dechlorination in FeOOH-amended Grasse microcosms, indicating the utilization of acetate and/or the fatty acid mixture for ortho dechlorination-related microorganisms. A dechlorination pathway analysis approach revealed that para-flanked meta dechlorination was primarily preferred followed by ortho-/double-flanked meta dechlorination and single-/double-flanked para dechlorination in the Grasse sediment.
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- Yan Xu
- Department of Municipal Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Pérez-de-Mora A, Lacourt A, McMaster ML, Liang X, Dworatzek SM, Edwards EA. Chlorinated Electron Acceptor Abundance Drives Selection of Dehalococcoides mccartyi ( D. mccartyi) Strains in Dechlorinating Enrichment Cultures and Groundwater Environments. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:812. [PMID: 29867784 PMCID: PMC5968391 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Dehalococcoides mccartyi (D. mccartyi) strains differ primarily from one another by the number and identity of the reductive dehalogenase homologous catalytic subunit A (rdhA) genes within their respective genomes. While multiple rdhA genes have been sequenced, the activity of the corresponding proteins has been identified in only a few cases. Examples include the enzymes whose substrates are groundwater contaminants such as trichloroethene (TCE), cis-dichloroethene (cDCE) and vinyl chloride (VC). The associated rdhA genes, namely tceA, bvcA, and vcrA, along with the D. mccartyi 16S rRNA gene are often used as biomarkers of growth in field samples. In this study, we monitored an additional 12 uncharacterized rdhA sequences identified in the metagenome in the mixed D. mccartyi-containing culture KB-1 to monitor population shifts in more detail. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays were developed for 15 D. mccartyi rdhA genes and used to measure population diversity in 11 different sub-cultures of KB-1, each enriched on different chlorinated ethenes and ethanes. The proportion of rdhA gene copies relative to D. mccartyi 16S rRNA gene copies revealed the presence of multiple distinct D. mccartyi strains in each culture, many more than the two strains inferred from 16S rRNA analysis. The specific electron acceptor amended to each culture had a major influence on the distribution of D. mccartyi strains and their associated rdhA genes. We also surveyed the abundance of rdhA genes in samples from two bioaugmented field sites (Canada and United Kingdom). Growth of the dominant D. mccartyi strain in KB-1 was detected at the United Kingdom site. At both field sites, the measurement of relative rdhA abundances revealed D. mccartyi population shifts over time as dechlorination progressed from TCE through cDCE to VC and ethene. These shifts indicate a selective pressure of the most abundant chlorinated electron acceptor, as was also observed in lab cultures. These results also suggest that reductive dechlorination at contaminated sites is brought about by multiple strains of D. mccartyi whether or not the site is bioaugmented. Understanding the driving forces behind D. mccartyi population selection and activity is improving predictability of remediation performance at chlorinated solvent contaminated sites.
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- Alfredo Pérez-de-Mora
- Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry, Department of Environmental Sciences, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Ang TF, Maiangwa J, Salleh AB, Normi YM, Leow TC. Dehalogenases: From Improved Performance to Potential Microbial Dehalogenation Applications. Molecules 2018; 23:E1100. [PMID: 29735886 PMCID: PMC6100074 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23051100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Revised: 04/07/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The variety of halogenated substances and their derivatives widely used as pesticides, herbicides and other industrial products is of great concern due to the hazardous nature of these compounds owing to their toxicity, and persistent environmental pollution. Therefore, from the viewpoint of environmental technology, the need for environmentally relevant enzymes involved in biodegradation of these pollutants has received a great boost. One result of this great deal of attention has been the identification of environmentally relevant bacteria that produce hydrolytic dehalogenases—key enzymes which are considered cost-effective and eco-friendly in the removal and detoxification of these pollutants. These group of enzymes catalyzing the cleavage of the carbon-halogen bond of organohalogen compounds have potential applications in the chemical industry and bioremediation. The dehalogenases make use of fundamentally different strategies with a common mechanism to cleave carbon-halogen bonds whereby, an active-site carboxylate group attacks the substrate C atom bound to the halogen atom to form an ester intermediate and a halide ion with subsequent hydrolysis of the intermediate. Structurally, these dehalogenases have been characterized and shown to use substitution mechanisms that proceed via a covalent aspartyl intermediate. More so, the widest dehalogenation spectrum of electron acceptors tested with bacterial strains which could dehalogenate recalcitrant organohalides has further proven the versatility of bacterial dehalogenators to be considered when determining the fate of halogenated organics at contaminated sites. In this review, the general features of most widely studied bacterial dehalogenases, their structural properties, basis of the degradation of organohalides and their derivatives and how they have been improved for various applications is discussed.
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- Thiau-Fu Ang
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Enzyme and Microbial Technology Research Centre, Centre of Excellence, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Enzyme and Microbial Technology Research Centre, Centre of Excellence, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Enzyme and Microbial Technology Research Centre, Centre of Excellence, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Institute of Bioscience, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Enzyme and Microbial Technology Research Centre, Centre of Excellence, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Enzyme and Microbial Technology Research Centre, Centre of Excellence, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Institute of Bioscience, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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Mendoza-Sanchez I, Autenrieth RL, McDonald TJ, Cunningham JA. Biological Limitations of Dechlorination of cis-Dichloroethene during Transport in Porous Media. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:684-691. [PMID: 29236483 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b04426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We applied a mathematical model to data from experimental column studies to understand the dynamics of successful and unsuccessful reductive dechlorination of chlorinated ethenes in groundwater under different flow conditions. In laboratory column experiments (reported previously), it was observed that complete dechlorination of cis-dichloroethene to ethene was sustained at high flow velocity (0.51 m/d), but that dechlorination failed at medium or low flow velocity (0.080 or 0.036 m/d). The mathematical model applied here accounts for transport of chlorinated ethenes in flowing groundwater, mass transfer of chlorinated ethenes between mobile groundwater and stationary biofilms, and diffusion and biodegradation within the biofilms. Monod kinetics with competitive inhibition are used to describe biodegradation. Nearly all parameters needed to solve the model are estimated independently from batch and nonreactive transport experiments. Comparing the model predictions to the experimental results permits the evaluation of three hypothesized biological limitations: insufficient supply of electron donor, decay of dechlorinators' biomass, and reduction in bacterial metabolism rates. Any of these three limitations are able to adequately describe observed experimental data, but insufficient supply of electron donor is the most plausible explanation for failure of dechlorination. Therefore, an important conclusion of this investigation is that insufficient hydrogen production occurs if groundwater flow is too slow to provide adequate flux of electron donor. Model simulations were in good agreement with experimental results for both successful and unsuccessful dechlorination, suggesting the model is a valid tool for describing transport and reductive dechlorination. An implication of our findings is that in engineered or natural bioremediation of chloroethene-contaminated groundwater, not only must the proper dechlorinating organisms be present, but also proper groundwater flow conditions must be maintained or else dechlorination may fail.
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- Itza Mendoza-Sanchez
- School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843, United States
- Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida , Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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Wen LL, Chen JX, Fang JY, Li A, Zhao HP. Effects of 1,1,1-Trichloroethane and Triclocarban on Reductive Dechlorination of Trichloroethene in a TCE-Reducing Culture. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1439. [PMID: 28824572 PMCID: PMC5541058 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Chlorinated compounds were generally present in the environment due to widespread use in the industry. A short-term study was performed to evaluate the effects of 1,1,1- trichloroethane (TCA) and triclocarban (TCC) on trichloroethene (TCE) removal in a reactor fed with lactate as the sole electron donor. Both TCA and TCC inhibited TCE reduction, but the TCC had a more pronounced effect compared to TCA. The TCE-reducing culture, which had never been exposed to TCA before, reductively dechlorinated TCA to 1,1-dichloroethane (DCA). Below 15 μM, TCA had little effect on the transformation of TCE to cis-dichloroethene (DCE); however, the reduction of cis-DCE and vinyl chloride (VC) were more sensitive to TCA, and ethene production was completely inhibited when the concentration of TCA was above 15 μM. In cultures amended with TCC, the reduction of TCE was severely affected, even at concentrations as low as 0.3 μM; all the cultures stalled at VC, and no ethene was detected. The cultures that fully transformed TCE to ethene contained 5.2–8.1% Dehalococcoides. Geobacter and Desulfovibrio, the bacteria capable of partially reducing TCE to DCE, were detected in all cultures, but both represented a larger proportion of the community in TCC-amended cultures. All cultures were dominated by Clostridium_sensu_stricto_7, a genus that belongs to Firmicutes with proportions ranging from 40.9% (in a high TCC (15 μM) culture) to 88.2%. Methanobacteria was detected at levels of 1.1–12.7%, except in cultures added with 15 and 30 μM TCA, in which they only accounted for ∼0.4%. This study implies further environmental factors needed to be considered in the successful bioremediation of TCE in contaminated sites.
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- Li-Lian Wen
- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Environmental Safety, Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Environmental Safety, Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou, China
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- School of Environment, Harbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Environmental Safety, Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou, China
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Clostridium species strain BOH3 tolerates and transforms inhibitors from horticulture waste hydrolysates. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 101:6289-6297. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8368-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Revised: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Şimşir B, Yan J, Im J, Graves D, Löffler FE. Natural Attenuation in Streambed Sediment Receiving Chlorinated Solvents from Underlying Fracture Networks. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2017; 51:4821-4830. [PMID: 28328216 PMCID: PMC6944067 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Contaminant discharge from fractured bedrock formations remains a remediation challenge. We applied an integrated approach to assess the natural attenuation potential of sediment that forms the transition zone between upwelling groundwater from a chlorinated solvent-contaminated fractured bedrock aquifer and the receiving surface water. In situ measurements demonstrated that reductive dechlorination in the sediment attenuated chlorinated compounds before reaching the water column. Microcosms established with creek sediment or in situ incubated Bio-Sep beads degraded C1-C3 chlorinated solvents to less-chlorinated or innocuous products. Quantitative PCR and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing revealed the abundance and spatial distribution of known dechlorinator biomarker genes within the creek sediment and demonstrated that multiple dechlorinator populations degrading chlorinated C1-C3 alkanes and alkenes co-inhabit the sediment. Phylogenetic classification of bacterial and archaeal sequences indicated a relatively uniform distribution over spatial (300 m horizontally) scale, but Dehalococcoides and Dehalobacter were more abundant in deeper sediment, where 5.7 ± 0.4 × 105 and 5.4 ± 0.9 × 106 16S rRNA gene copies per g of sediment, respectively, were measured. The microbiological and hydrogeological characterization demonstrated that microbial processes at the fractured bedrock-sediment interface were crucial for preventing contaminants reaching the water column, emphasizing the relevance of this critical zone environment for contaminant attenuation.
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- Burcu Şimşir
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Joint Institute for Biological Sciences (JIBS), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Joint Institute for Biological Sciences (JIBS), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002, United States
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- Geosyntec Consultants, Knoxville, Tennessee 37922, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Joint Institute for Biological Sciences (JIBS), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Analyses Reveal the Structure and Dynamics of a Dechlorinating Community Containing Dehalococcoides mccartyi and Corrinoid-Providing Microorganisms under Cobalamin-Limited Conditions. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 83:AEM.03508-16. [PMID: 28188205 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03508-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2016] [Accepted: 02/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The aim of this study is to obtain a systems-level understanding of the interactions between Dehalococcoides and corrinoid-supplying microorganisms by analyzing community structures and functional compositions, activities, and dynamics in trichloroethene (TCE)-dechlorinating enrichments. Metagenomes and metatranscriptomes of the dechlorinating enrichments with and without exogenous cobalamin were compared. Seven putative draft genomes were binned from the metagenomes. At an early stage (2 days), more transcripts of genes in the Veillonellaceae bin-genome were detected in the metatranscriptome of the enrichment without exogenous cobalamin than in the one with the addition of cobalamin. Among these genes, sporulation-related genes exhibited the highest differential expression when cobalamin was not added, suggesting a possible release route of corrinoids from corrinoid producers. Other differentially expressed genes include those involved in energy conservation and nutrient transport (including cobalt transport). The most highly expressed corrinoid de novo biosynthesis pathway was also assigned to the Veillonellaceae bin-genome. Targeted quantitative PCR (qPCR) analyses confirmed higher transcript abundances of those corrinoid biosynthesis genes in the enrichment without exogenous cobalamin than in the enrichment with cobalamin. Furthermore, the corrinoid salvaging and modification pathway of Dehalococcoides was upregulated in response to the cobalamin stress. This study provides important insights into the microbial interactions and roles played by members of dechlorinating communities under cobalamin-limited conditions.IMPORTANCE The key chloroethene-dechlorinating bacterium Dehalococcoides mccartyi is a cobalamin auxotroph, thus acquiring corrinoids from other community members. Therefore, it is important to investigate the microbe-microbe interactions between Dehalococcoides and the corrinoid-providing microorganisms in a community. This study provides systems-level information, i.e., taxonomic and functional compositions and dynamics of the supportive microorganisms in dechlorinating communities under different cobalamin conditions. The findings shed light on the important roles of Veillonellaceae species in the communities compared to other coexisting community members in producing and providing corrinoids for Dehalococcoides species under cobalamin-limited conditions.
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Mayer-Blackwell K, Azizian MF, Green JK, Spormann AM, Semprini L. Survival of Vinyl Chloride Respiring Dehalococcoides mccartyi under Long-Term Electron Donor Limitation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2017; 51:1635-1642. [PMID: 28002948 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In anoxic groundwater aquifers, the long-term survival of Dehalococcoides mccartyi populations expressing the gene vcrA (or bvcA) encoding reductive vinyl chloride dehalogenases are important to achieve complete dechlorination of tetrachloroethene (PCE) and trichloroethene (TCE) to nonchlorinated ethene. The absence or inactivity of vcrA-containing Dehalococcoides results in the accumulation of the harmful chlorinated intermediates dichloroethene (DCE) and vinyl chloride (VC). Although vcrA-containing Dehalococcoides subpopulations depend on synergistic interaction with other organohalide-respiring populations generating their metabolic electron acceptors (DCE and VC), their survival requires successful competition for electron donor within the entire organohalide-respiring microbial community. To understand this dualism of synergy and competition under growth conditions relevant in contaminated aquifers, we investigated Dehalococcoides-level population structure when subjected to a change in the ratio of electron donor to chlorinated electron acceptor in continuously stirred tank reactors (CSTRs) operated over 7 years. When the electron donor formate was supplied in stoichiometric excess to TCE, both tceA-containing and vcrA-containing Dehalococcoides populations persisted, and near-complete dechlorination to ethene was stably maintained. When the electron donor formate was supplied at substoichiometric concentrations, the interactions between tceA-containing and vcrA-containing populations shifted toward direct competition for the same limiting catabolic electron donor substrate with subsequent niche exclusion of the vcrA-containing population. After more than 2000 days of operation under electron donor limitation, increasing the electron donor to TCE ratio facilitated a recovery of the vcrA-containing Dehalococoides population to its original frequency. We demonstrate that electron donor scarcity alone, in the absence of competing metabolic processes or inhibitory dechlorination intermediate products, is sufficient to alter the Dehalococcoides population structure. These results underscore the importance of electron donor and chloroethene stoichiometry in maintaining balanced functional performance within consortia composed of multiple D. mccartyi subpopulations, even when other competing electron acceptor processes are absent.
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- Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University , Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University , Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University , Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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Xu Y, Gregory KB, VanBriesen JM. Microbial-Catalyzed Reductive Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Hudson and Grasse River Sediment Microcosms: Determination of Dechlorination Preferences and Identification of Rare Ortho Removal Pathways. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:12767-12778. [PMID: 27786438 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b03892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Biodegradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is an important transformation and detoxification route in the environment. To better understand the influence of PCB congener compositions on dechlorination, sediments from two rivers, Hudson and Grasse, and two PCB mixtures (PCB 5/12, 64/71, 105/114, and 149/153/170 in Mixture 1 and PCB 5/12, 64/71, 82/97/99, and 144/170 in Mixture 2) were used for this microcosm study. The Grasse River sediment microcosms exhibited more extensive dechlorination than the Hudson River sediment microcosms. The extent of dechlorination was predominantly controlled by sediment itself, not by the PCB compositions. Rare ortho dechlorination, targeting mono-ortho PCB congeners was observed in Grasse sediment, indicating a potential for full dechlorination of some PCBs in this sediment. The identified ortho dechlorination pathways were PCB 28 (24-4-CB) to PCB 15 (4-4-CB) and PCB 25 (24-3-CB) to PCB 13(3-4-CB). The relative abundances of Dehalococcoides were much higher in both sediments spiked with PCBs. An apparent increase of Dehalococcoides 16S rRNA genes coincided with the commencement of dechlorination. The dechlorination preferences were identified using a modified data analysis approach focusing on chlorine neighboring conditions. In both sediments, the overall dechlorination preferred meta > para > ortho. Specially, ortho-/double-flanked meta-chlorines were primarily targeted followed by single-/double-flanked para-chlorines.
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- Yan Xu
- Department of Municipal Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University , Nanjing, Jiangsu China , 210096
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University , 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-3890, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University , 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-3890, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University , 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-3890, United States
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Gokal J, Awolusi OO, Enitan AM, Kumari S, Bux F. Chapter 4 Molecular Characterization and Quantification of Microbial Communities in Wastewater Treatment Systems. Microb Biotechnol 2016. [DOI: 10.1201/9781315367880-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Mayer-Blackwell K, Fincker M, Molenda O, Callahan B, Sewell H, Holmes S, Edwards EA, Spormann AM. 1,2-Dichloroethane Exposure Alters the Population Structure, Metabolism, and Kinetics of a Trichloroethene-Dechlorinating Dehalococcoides mccartyi Consortium. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:12187-12196. [PMID: 27809491 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Bioremediation of groundwater contaminated with chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons such as perchloroethene and trichloroethene can result in the accumulation of the undesirable intermediate vinyl chloride. Such accumulation can either be due to the absence of specific vinyl chloride respiring Dehalococcoides mccartyi or to the inhibition of such strains by the metabolism of other microorganisms. The fitness of vinyl chloride respiring Dehalococcoides mccartyi subpopulations is particularly uncertain in the presence of chloroethene/chloroethane cocontaminant mixtures, which are commonly found in contaminated groundwater. Therefore, we investigated the structure of Dehalococcoides populations in a continuously fed reactor system under changing chloroethene/ethane influent conditions. We observed that increasing the influent ratio of 1,2-dichloroethane to trichloroethene was associated with ecological selection of a tceA-containing Dehalococcoides population relative to a vcrA-containing Dehalococcoides population. Although both vinyl chloride and 1,2-dichloroethane could be simultaneously transformed to ethene, prolonged exposure to 1,2-dichloroethane diminished the vinyl chloride transforming capacity of the culture. Kinetic tests revealed that dechlorination of 1,2-dichloroethane by the consortium was strongly inhibited by cis-dichloroethene but not vinyl chloride. Native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry revealed that a trichloroethene reductive dehalogenase (TceA) homologue was the most consistently expressed of four detectable reductive dehalogenases during 1,2-dichloroethane exposure, suggesting that it catalyzes the reductive dihaloelimination of 1,2-dichloroethane to ethene.
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- Koshlan Mayer-Blackwell
- Civil and Environmental Engineering, ‡Chemical Engineering, and §Department of Statistics, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, and ⊥Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, ‡Chemical Engineering, and §Department of Statistics, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, and ⊥Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, ‡Chemical Engineering, and §Department of Statistics, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, and ⊥Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, ‡Chemical Engineering, and §Department of Statistics, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, and ⊥Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, ‡Chemical Engineering, and §Department of Statistics, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, and ⊥Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, ‡Chemical Engineering, and §Department of Statistics, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, and ⊥Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, ‡Chemical Engineering, and §Department of Statistics, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, and ⊥Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, ‡Chemical Engineering, and §Department of Statistics, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, and ⊥Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada
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Wen LL, Yang Q, Zhang ZX, Yi YY, Tang Y, Zhao HP. Interaction of perchlorate and trichloroethene bioreductions in mixed anaerobic culture. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2016; 571:11-17. [PMID: 27449607 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Revised: 07/17/2016] [Accepted: 07/17/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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This work evaluated the interaction of perchlorate and trichloroethene (TCE), two common co-contaminants in groundwater, during bioreduction in serum bottles containing synthetic mineral salts media and microbial consortia. TCE at concentrations up to 0.3mM did not significantly affect perchlorate reduction; however, perchlorate concentrations higher than 0.1mM made the reduction of TCE significantly slower. Perchlorate primarily inhibited the reduction of vinyl chloride (VC, a daughter product of TCE) to ethene. Mechanistic analysis showed that the inhibition was mainly because perchlorate reduction is thermodynamically more favorable than reduction of TCE and its daughter products and not because of toxicity due to accumulation of dissolved oxygen produced during perchlorate reduction. As the initial perchlorate concentration increased from 0 to 600mg/L in a set of serum bottles, the relative abundance of Rhodocyclaceae (a putatively perchlorate-reducing genus) increased from 6.3 to 80.6%, while the relative abundance of Dehalococcoides, the only known genus that is able to reduce TCE all the way to ethene, significantly decreased. Similarly, the relative abundance of Proteobacteria (a phylum to which most known perchlorate-reducing bacteria belong) increased from 22% to almost 80%.
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- Li-Lian Wen
- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Zhejiang Prov Key Lab Water Pollut Control & Envi, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Hangzhou Institute of Environmental Protection Science, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310-6046, USA
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Zhejiang Prov Key Lab Water Pollut Control & Envi, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Hangzhou Institute of Environmental Protection Science, Hangzhou, China.
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Wang SY, Chen SC, Lin YC, Kuo YC, Chen JY, Kao CM. Acidification and sulfide formation control during reductive dechlorination of 1,2-dichloroethane in groundwater: Effectiveness and mechanistic study. CHEMOSPHERE 2016; 160:216-229. [PMID: 27376861 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.06.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Revised: 03/21/2016] [Accepted: 06/17/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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To enhance the reductive dechlorination of 1,2-dichloroethane (DCA) in groundwater, substrate injection may be required. However, substrate biodegradation causes groundwater acidification and sulfide production, which inhibits the bacteria responsible for DCA dechlorination and results in an odor problem. In the microcosm study, the effectiveness of the addition of ferrous sulfate (FS), desulfurization slag (DS), and nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) on acidification and sulfide control was studied during reductive dechlorination of DCA, and the emulsified substrate (ES) was used as the substrate. Up to 94% of the sulfide was removed with FS and DS addition (0.25 wt%) (initial DCA concentration = 13.5 mg/L). FS and DS amendments resulted in the formation of a metal sulfide, which reduced the hydrogen sulfide concentration as well as the subsequent odor problem. Approximately 96% of the DCA was degraded under reductive dechlorination with nZVI or DS addition using ES as the substrate. In microcosms with nZVI or DS addition, the sulfide concentration was reduced to less than 15 μg/L. Acidification can be controlled via hydroxide ions production after nZVI oxidation and reaction of free CaO (released from DS) with water, which enhanced DCA dechlorination. The quantitative polymerase chain reaction results confirmed that the microcosms with nZVI added had the highest Dehalococcoides population (up to 2.5 × 10(8) gene copies/g soil) due to effective acidification control. The α-elimination mechanism was the main abiotic process, and reductive dechlorination dominated by Dehalococcides was the biotic mechanism that resulted in DCA removal. More than 22 bacterial species were detected, and dechlorinating bacteria existed in soils under alkaline and acidic conditions.
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- S Y Wang
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Formosa Petrochemical Co., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Formosa Petrochemical Co., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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