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Falcão Rodrigues L, Mata Estacio C, Herranz Barrera J, Santamaría Figueroa AE, Malo Arrázola JE. High-speed railway infrastructure leads to species-specific changes and biotic homogenisation in surrounding bird community. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0301899. [PMID: 38598495 PMCID: PMC11006141 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Linear infrastructure networks, including railways, are undergoing rapid development in order to connect distant urban areas. Particularly, High-Speed Railways are increasingly seen as a viable alternative to domestic flights in many countries. However, this development of linear infrastructures is known to affect the surrounding faunal communities due to the changes in the landscape and operation of said linear infrastructures. Both positive and negative effects of linear infrastructures on adjacent faunal communities have been reported. In this study, we determined the influence of the High-Speed Railway infrastructure on the bird community that surrounds it. Birds were surveyed by using both linear transect and direct counting methods, both in the area directly adjacent to the railway infrastructure and 500m away from it in a period of two years of surveys. A total of 16114 individuals belonging to 71 species were recorded. The presence of the High-Speed Railway caused species-specific changes in the bird communities that surround it, causing the attraction of some species and the rejection of others. Furthermore, we show that the presence of the infrastructure altered the natural species turnover as the landscape changes by attracting the same bird species regardless of changes in the landscape, and filtering out others. We propose that further work in mitigation and development plans should focus on species-specific measures to assess the risk bird communities are exposed to.
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- Lourenço Falcão Rodrigues
- Terrestrial Ecology Group, Department of Ecology, Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (CIBC-UAM), Madrid, Spain
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- Terrestrial Ecology Group, Department of Ecology, Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (CIBC-UAM), Madrid, Spain
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- Terrestrial Ecology Group, Department of Ecology, Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (CIBC-UAM), Madrid, Spain
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- Terrestrial Ecology Group, Department of Ecology, Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (CIBC-UAM), Madrid, Spain
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Balatsos G, Karras V, Puggioli A, Balestrino F, Bellini R, Papachristos DP, Milonas PG, Papadopoulos NT, Malfacini M, Carrieri M, Kapranas A, Mamai W, Mastronikolos G, Lytra I, Bouyer J, Michaelakis A. Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) field trial targeting the suppression of Aedes albopictus in Greece. Parasite 2024; 31:17. [PMID: 38530210 DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2024020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024] Open
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The sterile insect technique (SIT) involves releasing large numbers of sterile males to outcompete wild males in mating with females, leading to a decline in pest populations. In the current study, we conducted a suppression trial in Greece against the invasive dengue vector mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse) through the weekly release of sterile males for 22 weeks from June to September 2019. Our approach included the long-distance transport of sterile mosquitoes, and their release at a density of 2,547 ± 159 sterile males per hectare per week as part of an area-wide integrated pest management strategy (AW-IPM). The repeated releases of sterile males resulted in a gradual reduction in egg density, reaching 78% from mid-June to early September. This reduction remained between 70% and 78% for four weeks after the end of the releases. Additionally, in the SIT intervention area, the ovitrap index, representing the percentage of traps containing eggs, remained lower throughout the trial than in the control area. This trial represents a significant advance in the field of mosquito control, as it explores the viability and efficacy of producing and transporting sterile males from a distant facility to the release area. Our results provide valuable insights for future SIT programmes targeting Ae. Albopictus, and the methodology we employed can serve as a starting point for developing more refined and effective release protocols, including the transportation of sterile males over long distances from production units to intervention areas.
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- Georgios Balatsos
- Scientific Directorate of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 14561 Kifissia, Greece
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- Scientific Directorate of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 14561 Kifissia, Greece
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- Centro Agricoltura Ambiente "G. Nicoli", 40014 Crevalcore, Italy
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- Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Seibersdorf, A-2444 Vienna, Austria
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- Centro Agricoltura Ambiente "G. Nicoli", 40014 Crevalcore, Italy
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- Scientific Directorate of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 14561 Kifissia, Greece
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- Scientific Directorate of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 14561 Kifissia, Greece
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- Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, 38446 Magnisias, Greece
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- Centro Agricoltura Ambiente "G. Nicoli", 40014 Crevalcore, Italy
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- Centro Agricoltura Ambiente "G. Nicoli", 40014 Crevalcore, Italy
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- Laboratory of Applied Zoology and Parasitology (Entomology), School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Seibersdorf, A-2444 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, 38446 Magnisias, Greece
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- Scientific Directorate of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 14561 Kifissia, Greece
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- Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Seibersdorf, A-2444 Vienna, Austria - ASTRE, CIRAD, 34398 Montpellier, France - ASTRE, Cirad, INRAE, Univ. Montpellier, Plateforme Technologique CYROI, Sainte-Clotilde, La Réunion, France
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- Scientific Directorate of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 14561 Kifissia, Greece
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Molinari-Jobin A, Zimmermann F, Borel S, Le Grand L, Iannino E, Anders O, Belotti E, Bufka L, Ćirović D, Drouet-Hoguet N, Engleder T, Figura M, Fuxjäger C, Gregorova E, Heurich M, Idelberger S, Kubala J, Kusak J, Melovski D, Middelhoff TL, Mináriková T, Molinari P, Mouzon-Moyne L, Moyne G, Mysłajek RW, Nowak S, Ozolins J, Ryser A, Sanaja B, Shkvyria M, Sin T, Sindičić M, Slijepčević V, Stauffer C, Tám B, Trajce A, Volfová J, Wölfl S, Zlatanova D, Vogt K. Rehabilitation and release of orphaned Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in Europe: Implications for management and conservation. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0297789. [PMID: 38452124 PMCID: PMC10919842 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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Rehabilitation of injured or immature individuals has become an increasingly used conservation and management tool. However, scientific evaluation of rehabilitations is rare, raising concern about post-release welfare as well as the cost-effectiveness of spending scarce financial resources. Over the past 20 years, events of juvenile Eurasian lynx presumably orphaned have been observed in many European lynx populations. To guide the management of orphaned lynx, we documented survival, rehabilitation and fate after the release and evaluated the potential relevance of lynx orphan rehabilitation for population management and conservation implications. Data on 320 orphaned lynx was collected from 1975 to 2022 from 13 countries and nine populations. The majority of orphaned lynx (55%) were taken to rehabilitation centres or other enclosures. A total of 66 orphans were released back to nature. The portion of rehabilitated lynx who survived at least one year after release was 0.66. Release location was the best predictor for their survival. Of the 66 released lynx, ten have reproduced at least once (8 females and 2 males). Conservation implications of rehabilitation programmes include managing genetic diversity in small, isolated populations and reintroducing species to historical habitats. The lynx is a perfect model species as most reintroduced populations in Central Europe show significantly lower observed heterozygosity than most of the autochthonous populations, indicating that reintroduction bottlenecks, isolation and post-release management have long-term consequences on the genetic composition of populations. The release of translocated orphans could be a valuable contribution to Eurasian lynx conservation in Europe. It is recommended to release orphans at the distribution edge or in the frame of reintroduction projects instead of a release in the core area of a population where it is not necessary from a demographic and genetic point of view. Rehabilitation programmes can have conservation implications that extend far beyond individual welfare benefits.
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- Stiftung KORA, Ittigen, Switzerland
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Vetsuisse Faculty, Departement of Infectious diseases and Pathobiology, Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Harz National Park, Wernigerode, Germany
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- Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Nature Protection, Šumava National Park Administration, Kašperské Hory, Czech Republic
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- Department of Nature Protection, Šumava National Park Administration, Kašperské Hory, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Green Heart of Europe, Lynx Project Austria Northwest, Haslach an der Mühl, Austria
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- Association for Nature "Wolf", Twardorzeczka, Poland
- Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology, Institute of Functional Biology and Ecology, University of Warsaw, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Warszawa, Poland
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- Institute for Forest and Wildlife Management, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Koppang, Norway
- Wildlife Ecology and Wildlife Management, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Forestry, Department of Applied Zoology and Wildlife Management, Technical University in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia
- DIANA–Carpathian Wildlife Research, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department Veterinary Biology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Macedonian Ecological Society, Skopje, North Macedonia
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- ALKA Wildlife, Dačice, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Centre Athenas Wildlife Rescue Center, L’étoile, France
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- Association for Nature "Wolf", Twardorzeczka, Poland
- Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology, Institute of Functional Biology and Ecology, University of Warsaw, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Warszawa, Poland
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- Association for Nature "Wolf", Twardorzeczka, Poland
- Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology, Institute of Functional Biology and Ecology, University of Warsaw, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Warszawa, Poland
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- Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘‘Silava”, Salaspils, Latvia
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- Environmentally Responsible Action ERA, Peja, Kosovo
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- Association for the Conservation of Biological Diversity, Focsani, Romania
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department for Game and Wildlife, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Wildlife Management and Nature Protection, Karlovac University of Applied Sciences, Karlovac, Croatia
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- Bojnice Zoological Garden, Bojnice, Slovakia
- Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Department of Small Animal Science, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovakia
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- Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania, Tirana, Albania
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- Department of Nature Protection, Šumava National Park Administration, Kašperské Hory, Czech Republic
- Friends of the Earth Czech Republic—Carnivore Conservation Programme, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- WildLink Institute, Association Lynx Bavaria, Waldmünchen, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Sofia, Bulgaria
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Vejřík L, Vejříková I, Sajdlová Z, Kočvara L, Kolařík T, Bartoň D, Jůza T, Blabolil P, Peterka J, Čech M, Vašek M. A non-lethal stable isotope analysis of valued freshwater predatory fish using blood and fin tissues as alternatives to muscle tissue. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0297070. [PMID: 38236915 PMCID: PMC10796030 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
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Stable isotope analysis (SIA) is widely used to study trophic ecology and food webs in aquatic ecosystems. In the case of fish, muscle tissue is generally preferred for SIA, and the method is lethal in most cases. We tested whether blood and fin clips can be used as non-lethal alternatives to muscle tissue for examining the isotopic composition of two freshwater predatory fish, European catfish (Silurus glanis) and Northern pike (Esox lucius), species of high value for many freshwater systems as well as invasive species in many others. Blood samples from the caudal vein, anal fin clips, and dorsal muscle obtained by biopsy punch were collected from four catfish and pike populations (14-18 individuals per population). Subsequently, these samples were analyzed for δ13C and δ15N. The effects of alternative tissues, study site, and fish body mass on the isotopic offset were investigated. Both species showed a correlation between the isotopic offset and the tissue type, as well as the study site, but no significant relationship with the body mass. The isotopic offsets between tissues were used to calculate the conversion equations. The results demonstrated that both blood and fin clips are suitable and less invasive alternative to muscle in SIA studies focused on European catfish and Northern pike. Blood provided better correspondence to muscle isotope values. However, our results clearly demonstrated that isotopic offsets between tissues vary significantly among populations of the same species. Therefore, obtaining a muscle biopsy from several individuals in any population is advisable to gain initial insights and establish a possible population-specific inter-tissue conversion.
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- Lukáš Vejřík
- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Núñez-Gómez D, Melgarejo P, Martínez-Nicolás JJ, Hernández F, Martínez-Font R, Lidón V, Legua P. Effects of marine sediment as agricultural substrate on soil microbial diversity: an amplicon sequencing study. Environ Microbiome 2023; 18:69. [PMID: 37550709 PMCID: PMC10408225 DOI: 10.1186/s40793-023-00519-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND The soil microbiota has a direct impact on plant development and other metabolic systems, such as the degradation of organic matter and the availability of microelements and metabolites. In the context of agricultural soils, microbial activity is crucial for maintaining soil health and productivity. Thus, the present study aimed to identify, characterize, and quantify the microbial communities of four types of substrates with varying proportions of marine port sediment used for cultivating lemons. By investigating microbial diversity and relative abundance, the work aimed to highlight the importance of soil microbial communities in agriculture when alternative culture media was used. RESULTS The composition and structure of the sampled microbial communities were assessed through the amplification and sequencing of the V3-V4 variable regions of the 16 S rRNA gene The results revealed a diverse microbial community composition in all substrate samples, with a total of 41 phyla, 113 classes, 266 orders, 405 families, 715 genera, and 1513 species identified. Among these, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidota, Planctomycetota, Patescibacteria, Chloroflexi, Actinobacteriota, Acidobacteriota, Verrucomicrobiota, and Gemmatimonadota accounted for over 90% of the bacterial reads, indicating their dominance in the substrates. CONCLUSIONS The impact of the substrate origin on the diversity and relative abundace of the microbiota was confirmed. The higher content of beneficial bacterial communities for plant development identified in peat could explain why is considered an ideal agricultural substrate. Development of "beneficial for plants" bacterial communities in alternative agricultural substrates, regardless of the edaphic characteristics, opens the possibility of studying the forced and specific inoculation of these culture media aiming to be agriculturally ideals.
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- Dámaris Núñez-Gómez
- Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Miguel Hernandez University, Ctra. Beniel, km 3.2, Orihuela, Alicante, 03312, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Miguel Hernandez University, Ctra. Beniel, km 3.2, Orihuela, Alicante, 03312, Spain.
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- Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Miguel Hernandez University, Ctra. Beniel, km 3.2, Orihuela, Alicante, 03312, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Miguel Hernandez University, Ctra. Beniel, km 3.2, Orihuela, Alicante, 03312, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Miguel Hernandez University, Ctra. Beniel, km 3.2, Orihuela, Alicante, 03312, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Miguel Hernandez University, Ctra. Beniel, km 3.2, Orihuela, Alicante, 03312, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Miguel Hernandez University, Ctra. Beniel, km 3.2, Orihuela, Alicante, 03312, Spain
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Shahrokh V, Martínez-Martínez S, Faz Á, Zornoza R, Acosta JA. Efficiency of large-scale aided phytostabilization in a mining pond. Environ Geochem Health 2023; 45:4665-4677. [PMID: 36892788 PMCID: PMC10310568 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-023-01520-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Mining activities accumulate large quantities of waste in tailing ponds, which results in several environmental impacts. In Cartagena-La Unión mining district (SE Spain), a field experiment was carried out in a tailing pond to evaluate the effect of aided phytostabilization on reducing the bioavailability of zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), copper (Cu) and cadmium (Cd) and enhancing soil quality. Nine native plant species were planted, and pig manure and slurry along with marble waste were used as amendments. After 3 years, the vegetation developed heterogeneously on the pond surface. In order to evaluate the factors affecting this inequality, four areas with different VC and an area without treatment (control area) were sampled. Soil physicochemical properties, total, bioavailable and soluble metals, and metal sequential extraction were determined. Results revealed that pH, organic carbon, calcium carbonate equivalent and total nitrogen increased after the aided phytostabilization, while electrical conductivity, total sulfur and bioavailable metals significantly decreased. In addition, results indicated that differences in VC among sampled areas were mainly owing to differences in pH, EC and concentration of soluble metals, which in turn were modified by the effect of non-restored areas on close restored areas after heavy rains due to a lower elevation of the restored areas compared to the unrestored ones. Therefore, to achieve the most favorable and sustainable long-term results of aided phytostabilization, along with plant species and amendments, micro-topography should be also taken into consideration, which causes different soil characteristics and thus different plant growth and survival.
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- Vajihe Shahrokh
- Department of Agricultural Engineering, Technical University of Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII 48, 30203, Cartagena, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, Technical University of Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII 48, 30203, Cartagena, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, Technical University of Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII 48, 30203, Cartagena, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, Technical University of Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII 48, 30203, Cartagena, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, Technical University of Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII 48, 30203, Cartagena, Spain.
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Fernández-Braña A, Salgado L, Gallego JLR, Afif E, Boente C, Forján R. Phytoremediation potential depends on the degree of soil pollution: a case study in an urban brownfield. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:67708-67719. [PMID: 37118389 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26968-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Phytoremediation is a cost-effective nature-based solution for brownfield reclamation. The choice of phytoextraction or phytostabilization strategies is highly relevant when planning full-scale treatments. A suitable approach to identify such species involves the evaluation of plants that grow spontaneously on the contaminated sites. Here, we sought to determine the phytoremediation potential of three spontaneous plant species, namely the trees Acer pseudoplatanus L (A. pseudoplatanus) and Betula celtiberica Rothm. & Vasc (B. celtiberica), and the shrub Buddleja davidii Franch (B. davidii), for the recovery of an urban brownfield. To determine the response of the species to the degree of contamination, we conducted soil and vegetation sampling inside and outside the site. The concentrations of As, Cu, and Zn in soil and plant samples were measured, and then various indexes related to phytoremediation were calculated. The translocation factor and transfer coefficient indicated that vegetation outside the brownfield had phytoextraction capacity while the same plants inside the brownfield revealed phytostabilization properties. Given our results, we propose that the selected species are suitable for phytostabilization strategies in areas with high concentrations of contaminants, whereas they could be used for phytoextraction only in soils with low or moderate levels of pollution.
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- Alicia Fernández-Braña
- INDUROT and Environmental Biogeochemistry and Raw Materials Group, Campus de Mieres, Universidad de Oviedo, Mieres, Asturias, Spain
- Department of Organisms and Systems Biology, Universidad de Oviedo, Mieres, Asturias, Spain
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- INDUROT and Environmental Biogeochemistry and Raw Materials Group, Campus de Mieres, Universidad de Oviedo, Mieres, Asturias, Spain
- SMartForest Group, Department of Organisms and Systems Biology, Polytechnic School of Mieres, Universidad de Oviedo, Mieres, Asturias, Spain
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- INDUROT and Environmental Biogeochemistry and Raw Materials Group, Campus de Mieres, Universidad de Oviedo, Mieres, Asturias, Spain
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- Department of Organisms and Systems Biology, Universidad de Oviedo, Mieres, Asturias, Spain
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- Center for Research in Sustainable Chemistry (CIQSO), University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain
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- INDUROT and Environmental Biogeochemistry and Raw Materials Group, Campus de Mieres, Universidad de Oviedo, Mieres, Asturias, Spain.
- Department of Organisms and Systems Biology, Universidad de Oviedo, Mieres, Asturias, Spain.
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Alba C, Sansano-Maestre J, Cid Vázquez MD, Martínez-Herrero MDC, Garijo-Toledo MM, Azami-Conesa I, Moraleda Fernández V, Gómez-Muñoz MT, Rodríguez JM. Captive Breeding and Trichomonas gallinae Alter the Oral Microbiome of Bonelli's Eagle Chicks. Microb Ecol 2023; 85:1541-1551. [PMID: 35385973 PMCID: PMC10167124 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-022-02002-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata) is an endangered raptor species in Europe, and trichomonosis is one of the menaces affecting chicks at nest. In this paper, we attempt to describe the oral microbiome of Bonelli's eagle nestlings and evaluate the influence of several factors, such as captivity breeding, Trichomonas gallinae infection, and the presence of lesions at the oropharynx. The core oral microbiome of Bonelli's eagle is composed of Firmicutes, Bacteroidota, Fusobacteria and Proteobacteria as the most abundant phyla, and Megamonas and Bacteroides as the most abundant genera. None of the factors analysed showed a significant influence on alfa diversity, but beta diversity was affected for some of them. Captivity breeding exerted a high influence on the composition of the oral microbiome, with significant differences in the four most abundant phyla, with a relative increase of Proteobacteria and a decrease of the other three phyla in comparison with chicks bred at nest. Some genera were more abundant in captivity bred chicks, such as Escherichia-Shigella, Enterococcus, Lactobacillus, Corynebacterium, Clostridium and Staphylococcus, while Bacteroides, Oceanivirga, Peptostreptococcus, Gemella, Veillonella, Mycoplasma, Suttonella, Alloscardovia, Varibaculum and Campylobacter were more abundant in nest raised chicks. T. gallinae infection slightly influenced the composition of the microbiome, but chicks displaying trichomonosis lesions had a higher relative abundance of Bacteroides and Gemella, being the last one an opportunistic pathogen of abscess complications in humans. Raptor's microbiomes are scarcely studied. This is the first study on the factors that influence the oral microbiome of Bonelli's eagle.
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- Claudio Alba
- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Animal Production and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary and Experimental Sciences, Catholic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Animal Production and Health, Public Veterinary Health and Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Animal Production and Health, Public Veterinary Health and Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Petetta A, Herrmann B, Li Veli D, Virgili M, De Marco R, Lucchetti A. Every animal matters! Evaluating the selectivity of a Mediterranean bottom trawl fishery from a species community perspective. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0283362. [PMID: 36952504 PMCID: PMC10035856 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/25/2023] Open
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Bottom trawl fisheries often catch several species simultaneously. However, most studies addressing the catch performance and selectivity of a specific trawl focus on a few commercially important or most vulnerable species requiring management measures. By contrast, the present study considers the multispecies nature of Mediterranean bottom trawl fisheries through a holistic approach that accounts for the full species community in the catches. Specifically, we evaluated and compared the catch performance of the two codends allowed for this fishery, made of 40 mm square (SM40) and 50 mm diamond (DM50) meshes. Results showed that 50 and 80% of the catch in weight and count numbers, respectively, consisted of species without commercial value, demonstrating that large proportions of the catch are not considered when using the existing approach to evaluate the ecological impact of the fishing activity. Significant differences in catch profiles between the two codends were observed, especially for two commercial flatfish species, Arnoglossus laterna and Citharus linguatula, with larger contributions in the SM40. Further, the SM40 codend had a significantly higher retention, compared to DM50 codend, for specific sizes of Merluccius merluccius and Mullus barbatus. The outcomes of the study can be useful for the Mediterranean bottom trawl fisheries management.
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- Andrea Petetta
- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BIGEA), University of Bologna (UNIBO), Bologna, Italy
- Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies (IRBIM), National Research Council (CNR), Ancona, Italy
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- The Arctic University of Norway UIT, Tromsø, Norway
- SINTEF Ocean, Fishing Gear Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Technical University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Hirtshals, Denmark
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- Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies (IRBIM), National Research Council (CNR), Ancona, Italy
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- Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies (IRBIM), National Research Council (CNR), Ancona, Italy
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- Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies (IRBIM), National Research Council (CNR), Ancona, Italy
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- Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies (IRBIM), National Research Council (CNR), Ancona, Italy
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Lucati F, Miró A, Bosch J, Caner J, Jowers MJ, Rivera X, Donaire-Barroso D, Rebelo R, Ventura M. New insights on patterns of genetic admixture and phylogeographic history in Iberian high mountain populations of midwife toads. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0277298. [PMID: 36454960 PMCID: PMC9714896 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Multiple Quaternary glacial refugia in the Iberian Peninsula, commonly known as "refugia within refugia", allowed diverging populations to come into contact and admix, potentially boosting substantial mito-nuclear discordances. In this study, we employ a comprehensive set of mitochondrial and nuclear markers to shed light onto the drivers of geographical differentiation in Iberian high mountain populations of the midwife toads Alytes obstetricans and A. almogavarii from the Pyrenees, Picos de Europa and Guadarrama Mountains. In the three analysed mountain regions, we detected evidence of extensive mito-nuclear discordances and/or admixture between taxa. Clustering analyses identified three major divergent lineages in the Pyrenees (corresponding to the eastern, central and central-western Pyrenees), which possibly recurrently expanded and admixed during the succession of glacial-interglacial periods that characterised the Late Pleistocene, and that currently follow a ring-shaped diversification pattern. On the other hand, populations from the Picos de Europa mountains (NW Iberian Peninsula) showed a mitochondrial affinity to central-western Pyrenean populations and a nuclear affinity to populations from the central Iberian Peninsula, suggesting a likely admixed origin for Picos de Europa populations. Finally, populations from the Guadarrama Mountain Range (central Iberian Peninsula) were depleted of genetic diversity, possibly as a consequence of a recent epidemic of chytridiomycosis. This work highlights the complex evolutionary history that shaped the current genetic composition of high mountain populations, and underscores the importance of using a multilocus approach to better infer the dynamics of population divergence.
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- Federica Lucati
- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c) & Global Change and Sustainability Institute (CHANGE), Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
- Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Blanes, Catalonia, Spain
- Sociodemography Research Group (DemoSoc), University Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Blanes, Catalonia, Spain
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- IMIB-Research Unit of Biodiversity (CSIC/UO/PA), Universidad de Oviedo, Mieres, Spain
- Centro de Investigación, Seguimiento y Evaluación, Parque Nacional Sierra de Guadarrama, Rascafría, Spain
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- Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Blanes, Catalonia, Spain
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- Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
- National Institute of Ecology (NIE), Maseo-myeon, Seocheon-gun, Republic of Korea
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- Catalan Society of Herpetology, Museu Blau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c) & Global Change and Sustainability Institute (CHANGE), Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Blanes, Catalonia, Spain
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Orlandi F, Marrapodi S, Proietti C, Ruga L, Fornaciari M. Ecosystem functions of fruit woody species in an urban environment. Environ Monit Assess 2022; 195:118. [PMID: 36396879 PMCID: PMC9671995 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-022-10717-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The objective of this work was to investigate the potential ecosystem services of 16 fruit trees to plan and manage more efficiently "Urban Forest," increasing also the resilience of cities to climate change. We evaluated the potential capacity of PM10 absorption, the storage of CO2 from the atmosphere, and the cooling of the environment through shading by the crown and through evapotranspiration. We observed that some species, such as Morus nigra, Juglans regia, Pyrus communis, and Cydonia oblonga, are able to store a higher quantity of CO2 than others over a period of 50 years, respectively, of 2.40 tons, 2.33 tons, 1.51 tons, and 0.96 tons. Ficus carica, Juglans regia, and Morus nigra were relevant for PM10 absorption, since they were able to absorb, referring to the year 2019, 146.4 gr/tree, 195.6 gr/tree, and 143.1 gr/tree, respectively. Results showed that these ecosystem functions depend principally on the morphological characteristics of the individuals: their height, DBH, expansion of their crowns, and characteristics of the foliage system.
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- Fabio Orlandi
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121, Perugia, Italy.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121, Perugia, Italy
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De Bernardini N, Basile A, Zampieri G, Kovalovszki A, De Diego Diaz B, Offer E, Wongfaed N, Angelidaki I, Kougias PG, Campanaro S, Treu L. Integrating metagenomic binning with flux balance analysis to unravel syntrophies in anaerobic CO 2 methanation. Microbiome 2022; 10:117. [PMID: 35918706 PMCID: PMC9347119 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-022-01311-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Carbon fixation through biological methanation has emerged as a promising technology to produce renewable energy in the context of the circular economy. The anaerobic digestion microbiome is the fundamental biological system operating biogas upgrading and is paramount in power-to-gas conversion. Carbon dioxide (CO2) methanation is frequently performed by microbiota attached to solid supports generating biofilms. Despite the apparent simplicity of the microbial community involved in biogas upgrading, the dynamics behind most of the interspecies interaction remain obscure. To understand the role of the microbial species in CO2 fixation, the biofilm generated during the biogas upgrading process has been selected as a case study. The present work investigates via genome-centric metagenomics, based on a hybrid Nanopore-Illumina approach the biofilm developed on the diffusion devices of four ex situ biogas upgrading reactors. Moreover, genome-guided metabolic reconstruction and flux balance analysis were used to propose a biological role for the dominant microbes. RESULTS The combined microbiome was composed of 59 species, with five being dominant (> 70% of total abundance); the metagenome-assembled genomes representing these species were refined to reach a high level of completeness. Genome-guided metabolic analysis appointed Firmicutes sp. GSMM966 as the main responsible for biofilm formation. Additionally, species interactions were investigated considering their co-occurrence in 134 samples, and in terms of metabolic exchanges through flux balance simulation in a simplified medium. Some of the most abundant species (e.g., Limnochordia sp. GSMM975) were widespread (~ 67% of tested experiments), while others (e.g., Methanothermobacter wolfeii GSMM957) had a scattered distribution. Genome-scale metabolic models of the microbial community were built with boundary conditions taken from the biochemical data and showed the presence of a flexible interaction network mainly based on hydrogen and carbon dioxide uptake and formate exchange. CONCLUSIONS Our work investigated the interplay between five dominant species within the biofilm and showed their importance in a large spectrum of anaerobic biogas reactor samples. Flux balance analysis provided a deeper insight into the potential syntrophic interaction between species, especially Limnochordia sp. GSMM975 and Methanothermobacter wolfeii GSMM957. Finally, it suggested species interactions to be based on formate and amino acids exchanges. Video Abstract.
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- Nicola De Bernardini
- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/b, 35121, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/b, 35121, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/b, 35121, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/b, 35121, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Technology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Hellenic Agricultural Organization DEMETER, Soil and Water Resources Institute, Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/b, 35121, Padua, Italy.
- CRIBI Biotechnology Center, University of Padova, 35131, Padova, Italy.
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/b, 35121, Padua, Italy
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Herzon I, Raatikainen KJ, Helm A, Rūsiņa S, Wehn S, Eriksson O. Semi-natural habitats in the European boreal region: Caught in the socio-ecological extinction vortex? Ambio 2022; 51:1753-1763. [PMID: 35150395 PMCID: PMC9200910 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-022-01705-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We propose to consider semi-natural habitats-hotspots for biodiversity-being caught in a socio-ecological extinction vortex, similar to the phenomenon described for species threatened with extinction. These habitats are essentially socioecological systems, in which socioeconomic drivers are interlinked with ecological processes. We identify four highly interlinked and mutually reinforcing socio-economic processes, pertaining to the importance of semi-natural habitats for (i) agricultural production, (ii) policy, research and development; (iii) vocational education in the fields of agricultural sciences and (iv) public's experiences with semi-natural habitats. Evidence from six countries in the boreal region demonstrates that recent slowing down or even reversal of two processes are insufficient to stop the extinction vortex phenomenon. We suggest research directions to ascertain the phenomenon, monitor its development and develop proactive actions to weaken the vortex. It is highly plausible that interventions directed at most, if not all, of the key vortex processes are needed to reverse the overall deteriorating trends of a socio-ecological system.
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- Irina Herzon
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 27, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, HELSUS, University of Helsinki, P. O. 20 Box 65, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, School of Resource Wisdom, University of Jyvaskyla, P.O.Box 35, 40014 Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Lai 40, 51005 Tartu, Estonia
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- Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Latvia, Jelgavas iela 1, 1004 Riga, Latvia
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- Milticonsult Renewable Energy, Sluppenveien 15, 7037 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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Diez G, Chust G, Andonegi E, Santurtún M, Abaroa C, Bilbao E, Maceira A, Mendibil I. Analysis of potential drivers of spatial and temporal changes in anisakid larvae infection levels in European hake, Merluccius merluccius (L.), from the North-East Atlantic fishing grounds. Parasitol Res 2022; 121:1903-1920. [PMID: 35462582 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-022-07446-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We analysed the spatial and temporal variability of Anisakis larvae infection in hake (Merluccius merluccius) from the North-East Atlantic from 1998 to 2020 and the potential drivers (i.e., environmental and host abundance) of such variation. The results showed that hake from separate sea areas in the North Atlantic have marked differences in temporal abundance levels. Hake larger than 60 cm were all parasitized in all ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) subareas 6, 7, and 8. The belly flaps were the most parasitized parts of the flesh, accounting for 92% of the total. Individuals of Anisakis simplex, Anisakis pegreffii, Anisakis spp. and a hybrid of Anisakis simplex × pegreffii were genetically identified, and Anisakis simplex as the most abundant (88-100%). An ecological niche model of Anisakis occurrence in fishes in the NE Atlantic was built to define the thermal optimum and environmental ranges for salinity, depth, chlorophyll concentration, and diffuse attenuation. The temporal variability of anisakid infection in fishes in the last two decades indicated an increase in the NE Atlantic at an annual rate of 31.7 nematodes per total number of specimens examined per year. This rise in infection levels could be triggered by the increase in intermediate host fish stocks, especially hake in the area.
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- Guzmán Diez
- Marine Research, AZTI- Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Txatxarramendi s/n, 48395, Sukarrieta-Bizkaia, Spain.
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- Marine Research, AZTI- Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Txatxarramendi s/n, 48395, Sukarrieta-Bizkaia, Spain
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- Marine Research, AZTI- Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Txatxarramendi s/n, 48395, Sukarrieta-Bizkaia, Spain
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- Marine Research, AZTI- Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Txatxarramendi s/n, 48395, Sukarrieta-Bizkaia, Spain
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- Marine Research, AZTI- Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Txatxarramendi s/n, 48395, Sukarrieta-Bizkaia, Spain
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- Marine Research, AZTI- Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Txatxarramendi s/n, 48395, Sukarrieta-Bizkaia, Spain
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- Marine Research, AZTI- Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Txatxarramendi s/n, 48395, Sukarrieta-Bizkaia, Spain
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- Marine Research, AZTI- Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Txatxarramendi s/n, 48395, Sukarrieta-Bizkaia, Spain
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Stara K, Saravia-Mullin V, Tsiakiris R, Adefolu S, Akyol A, Akyol Rİ, Asswad NG, Çetin T, Dayyoub M, Dushi G, Ivande ST, Kordopatis P, Kret E, Özuslu S, Petrovski N, Simeonova I, Spassova Y, Qaneer TE, Pourchier C, Saad LJ, ElSafoury H, Topi M, Trajҫe A, Ziu D, Nikolov SC. Following the White Vulture: Ethno-ornithology along the Flyway of the Egyptian Vulture ( Neophron percnopterus). Hum Ecol Interdiscip J 2022; 50:725-738. [PMID: 35729956 PMCID: PMC9188277 DOI: 10.1007/s10745-022-00340-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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UNLABELLED Vultures constitute globally the most rapidly declining group of birds. Across their wide distribution range, they share common ecological functions and unfavourable conservation status while being associated with varying habitats, lifestyles, cultural standing, and threats. We reveal conceptualisations about the emblematic yet critically endangered Egyptian vulture along its migratory flyway from the Balkans through the Middle East to Africa. Information was gathered through interviews, focus group discussions, and market surveys, with 420 people in 11 participating countries contributing overall. Our results showed that all vultures are recognised primarily for the environmental cleaning services, but the level of awareness differs between countries. Τhe Egyptian vulture has some perceptual advantages based on its white color, migratory nature, and endangered conservation status. This underlines its suitability as a charismatic flagship species that can potentially benefit other vulture species and thus enforce broader vulture conservation initiatives. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10745-022-00340-6.
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- Kalliopi Stara
- Laboratory of Ecology, Department of Biological Applications and Technology, University of Ioannina, University campus, Ioannina, 45110 Greece
- Hellenic Ornithological Society/BirdLife Greece, Ag. Konstantinou 52, Athens, 10437 Greece
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- Department of Forest Administration and Management, Forestry Service of Ioannina, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Marikas Kotopouli 62, Ioannina, 45445 Greece
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- Nigerian Conservation Foundation, Km 19 Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
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- Doğa Derneği/BirdLife Turkey, Orhanli Mah. 7102 Sk. No:1, Seferihisar, Izmir, Turkey
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- Doğa Derneği/BirdLife Turkey, Orhanli Mah. 7102 Sk. No:1, Seferihisar, Izmir, Turkey
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- Doğa Derneği/BirdLife Turkey, Orhanli Mah. 7102 Sk. No:1, Seferihisar, Izmir, Turkey
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- Syrian Society for the Conservation of Wildlife, Latakia, Boka suburb Syria
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- Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment of Albania (PPNEA), Rr. Janos Hunyadi, P.32/A.11, 1019 Tirana, Albania
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- A.P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI), University of Jos Biological Conservatory, P.O. Box 13404, Jos-East LGA, Laminga, Plateau State 930001 Nigeria
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- Hellenic Ornithological Society/BirdLife Greece, Ag. Konstantinou 52, Athens, 10437 Greece
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- Doğa Derneği/BirdLife Turkey, Orhanli Mah. 7102 Sk. No:1, Seferihisar, Izmir, Turkey
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- Macedonian Ecological Society (MES), Boris Trajkovski st. 7 No. 7A, Skopje, 1000 North Macedonia
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- ESTAT Agency, 9, Sv.Sedmochislenitsi str, Sofia, 1421 Bulgaria
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- Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN)/BirdLife Jordan, Dahiat Al-Rasheed, Building No. 4, Baker Al-Baw Street, Amman, Jordan
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- Sahara Conservation Fund, Yantala Haut, Niamey, YN-121 Niger
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- Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon/Birdlife Lebanon, Awad Bldg, 6th floor, Abdul Aziz Street, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Nature Conservation Egypt (NCE), 1 Bin Kutiba St, Nasr City, Cairo, 11487 Egypt
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- Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment of Albania (PPNEA), Rr. Janos Hunyadi, P.32/A.11, 1019 Tirana, Albania
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- Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment of Albania (PPNEA), Rr. Janos Hunyadi, P.32/A.11, 1019 Tirana, Albania
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- Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment of Albania (PPNEA), Rr. Janos Hunyadi, P.32/A.11, 1019 Tirana, Albania
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- Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB)/BirdLife Bulgaria, PO box 50, Yavorov complex, bl. 71, en. 4, Sofia, 1111 Bulgaria
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Toma C, Cappelli CI, Manganaro A, Lombardo A, Arning J, Benfenati E. New Models to Predict the Acute and Chronic Toxicities of Representative Species of the Main Trophic Levels of Aquatic Environments. Molecules 2021; 26:6983. [PMID: 34834075 PMCID: PMC8618112 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26226983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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To assess the impact of chemicals on an aquatic environment, toxicological data for three trophic levels are needed to address the chronic and acute toxicities. The use of non-testing methods, such as predictive computational models, was proposed to avoid or reduce the need for animal models and speed up the process when there are many substances to be tested. We developed predictive models for Raphidocelis subcapitata, Daphnia magna, and fish for acute and chronic toxicities. The random forest machine learning approach gave the best results. The models gave good statistical quality for all endpoints. These models are freely available for use as individual models in the VEGA platform and for prioritization in JANUS software.
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- Cosimo Toma
- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health Science, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milano, Italy; (C.T.); (C.I.C.); (E.B.)
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- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health Science, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milano, Italy; (C.T.); (C.I.C.); (E.B.)
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- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health Science, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milano, Italy; (C.T.); (C.I.C.); (E.B.)
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- Umweltbundesamt-German Federal Environment Agency, Wörlitzer Platz 1, 06844 Dessau-Roßlau, Germany;
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- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health Science, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milano, Italy; (C.T.); (C.I.C.); (E.B.)
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Visigalli S, Turolla A, Bellandi G, Bellucci M, Clagnan E, Brusetti L, Jia M, Di Cosmo R, Menin G, Bargna M, Bergna G, Canziani R. Autotrophic nitrogen removal for decentralized treatment of ammonia-rich industrial textile wastewater: process assessment, stabilization and modelling. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:46643-46654. [PMID: 33078358 PMCID: PMC8384811 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11231-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 10/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Digital textile printing (DTP) is a game-changer technology that is rapidly expanding worldwide. On the other hand, process wastewater is rich in ammoniacal and organic nitrogen, resulting in relevant issues for discharge into sewer system and treatment in centralized plants. The present research is focused on the assessment of the partial nitritation/anammox process in a single-stage granular sequencing batch reactor for on-site decentralized treatment. The technical feasibility of the process was assessed by treating wastewater from five DTP industries in a laboratory-scale reactor, in one case investigating long-term process stabilization. While experimental results indicated nitrogen removal efficiencies up to about 70%, complying with regulations on discharge in sewer system, these data were used as input for process modelling, whose successful parameter calibration was carried out. The model was applied to the simulation of two scenarios: (i) the current situation of a DTP company, in which wastewater is discharged into the sewer system and treated in a centralized plant, (ii) the modified situation in which on-site decentralized treatment for DTP wastewater is implemented. The second scenario resulted in significant improvements, including reduced energy consumption (- 15%), reduced greenhouse gases emission, elimination of external carbon source for completing denitrification at centralized WWTP and reduced sludge production (- 25%).
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- Simone Visigalli
- Department of Civil and Environmental engineering - Environmental section, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental engineering - Environmental section, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental engineering - Environmental section, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bolzano, Piazza Università 1, 39100, Bolzano, Italy
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bolzano, Piazza Università 1, 39100, Bolzano, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental engineering - Environmental section, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental engineering - Environmental section, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Lariana Depur, Via Laghetto 1, 22073, Fino Mornasco, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental engineering - Environmental section, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy.
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Sabás I, Miró A, Piera J, Catalan J, Camarero L, Buchaca T, Ventura M. Factors of surface thermal variation in high-mountain lakes of the Pyrenees. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0254702. [PMID: 34343195 PMCID: PMC8330907 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Thermal variables are crucial drivers of biological processes in lakes and ponds. In the current context of climate change, determining which factors better constrain their variation within lake districts become of paramount importance for understanding species distribution and their conservation. In this study, we describe the regional and short-term interannual variability in surface water temperature of high mountain lakes and ponds of the Pyrenees. And, we use mixed regression models to identify key environmental factors and to infer mean and maximum summer temperature, accumulated degree-days, diel temperature ranges and three-days’ oscillation. The study is based on 59 lake-temperature series measured from 2001 to 2014. We found that altitude was the primary explicative factor for accumulated degree-days and mean and maximum temperature. In contrast, lake area showed the most relevant effect on the diel temperature range and temperature oscillations, although diel temperature range was also found to decline with altitude. Furthermore, the morphology of the catchment significantly affected accumulated degree-days and maximum and mean water temperatures. The statistical models developed here were applied to upscale spatially the current thermic conditions across the whole set of lakes and ponds of the Pyrenees.
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- Ibor Sabás
- CSIC, Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes CEAB, Integrative Freshwater Ecology Group, Blanes, Catalonia, Spain
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- CSIC, Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes CEAB, Integrative Freshwater Ecology Group, Blanes, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Physical & Technological Oceanography, CSIC, Institute of Marine Sciences, ICM, Barcelona, Spain
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- CREAF Campus UAB, Edifici C, Cerdanyola Del Valles, Spain
- CSIC, Campus UAB, Cerdanyola Del Valles, Spain
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- CSIC, Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes CEAB, Integrative Freshwater Ecology Group, Blanes, Catalonia, Spain
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- CSIC, Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes CEAB, Integrative Freshwater Ecology Group, Blanes, Catalonia, Spain
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- CSIC, Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes CEAB, Integrative Freshwater Ecology Group, Blanes, Catalonia, Spain
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Settembre-Blundo D, González-Sánchez R, Medina-Salgado S, García-Muiña FE. Flexibility and Resilience in Corporate Decision Making: A New Sustainability-Based Risk Management System in Uncertain Times. Glob J Flex Syst Manag 2021. [PMCID: PMC8329640 DOI: 10.1007/s40171-021-00277-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Risk management plays a key role in uncertain times, preventing corporations from acting rashly and incorrectly, allowing them to become flexible and resilient. A global turbulence such as the COVID-19 pandemic has had a strong impact on individual companies and entire economic sectors, raising the question of whether a paradigm shift is necessary, in order to enable a new cycle of development that is much environmentally, socially and economically sustainable. This environmental and socio-economic context of profound uncertainty forces organizations to consider more carefully the risk factors affecting their business continuity, as well as how these factors relate to sustainability issues. However, there is a gap in knowledge about how risk management systems relate to sustainability management systems, and how both of them exert influence on business performance, especially from a theoretical point of view. The aim of this study is to address this gap, by developing a new interpretative framework for the analysis of risk management strategies in organizations. This approach has been identified in economic hermeneutics as an innovative methodological tool to improve the knowledge of risk and design the most appropriate management strategies. The paper provides two main results: the first one is the construction of a theoretical model that relates risk management to sustainability management; the second one is an operational framework of multidimensional risk assessment useful for analysis at different levels (business, competitive scenario and system). Finally, the model also makes it possible to carry out a sustainability assessment through risk evaluation in the perspective of the sustainable development goals.
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- Davide Settembre-Blundo
- Department of Business Administration (ADO), Applied Economics II and Fundaments of Economic Analysis, Rey Juan-Carlos University, 28032 Madrid, Spain
- Gruppo Ceramiche Gresmalt, Via Mosca 4, 41049 Sassuolo, Italy
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- Department of Business Administration (ADO), Applied Economics II and Fundaments of Economic Analysis, Rey Juan-Carlos University, 28032 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Business Administration (ADO), Applied Economics II and Fundaments of Economic Analysis, Rey Juan-Carlos University, 28032 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Business Administration (ADO), Applied Economics II and Fundaments of Economic Analysis, Rey Juan-Carlos University, 28032 Madrid, Spain
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Aguirre JL, Martín MT, González S, Peinado M. Effects and Economic Sustainability of Biochar Application on Corn Production in a Mediterranean Climate. Molecules 2021; 26:3313. [PMID: 34073001 PMCID: PMC8198257 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26113313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The effects of two types of biochar on corn production in the Mediterranean climate during the growing season were analyzed. The two types of biochar were obtained from pyrolysis of Pinus pinaster. B1 was fully pyrolyzed with 55.90% organic carbon, and B2 was medium pyrolyzed with 23.50% organic carbon. B1 and B2 were supplemented in the soil of 20 plots (1 m2) at a dose of 4 kg/m2. C1 and C2 (10 plots each) served as control plots. The plots were automatically irrigated and fertilizer was not applied. The B1-supplemented plots exhibited a significant 84.58% increase in dry corn production per square meter and a 93.16% increase in corn wet weight (p << 0.001). Corn production was no different between B2-supplemented, C1, and C2 plots (p > 0.01). The weight of cobs from B1-supplemented plots was 62.3%, which was significantly higher than that of cobs from C1 and C2 plots (p < 0.01). The grain weight increased significantly by 23% in B1-supplemented plots (p < 0.01) and there were no differences between B2-supplemented, C1, and C2 plots. At the end of the treatment, the soil of the B1-supplemented plots exhibited increased levels of sulfate, nitrate, magnesium, conductivity, and saturation percentage. Based on these results, the economic sustainability of this application in agriculture was studied at a standard price of €190 per ton of biochar. Amortization of this investment can be achieved in 5.52 years according to this cost. Considering the fertilizer cost savings of 50% and the water cost savings of 25%, the amortization can be achieved in 4.15 years. If the price of biochar could be reduced through the CO2 emission market at €30 per ton of non-emitted CO2, the amortization can be achieved in 2.80 years. Biochar markedly improves corn production in the Mediterranean climate. However, the amortization time must be further reduced, and enhanced production must be guaranteed over the years with long term field trials so that the product is marketable or other high value-added crops must be identified.
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- Juan Luis Aguirre
- Cátedra de Medio Ambiente, Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28871 Madrid, Spain; (M.T.M.); (S.G.)
- Environment and Bioproducts Group, Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28871 Madrid, Spain;
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- Cátedra de Medio Ambiente, Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28871 Madrid, Spain; (M.T.M.); (S.G.)
- Environment and Bioproducts Group, Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28871 Madrid, Spain;
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- Cátedra de Medio Ambiente, Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28871 Madrid, Spain; (M.T.M.); (S.G.)
- Environment and Bioproducts Group, Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28871 Madrid, Spain;
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- Environment and Bioproducts Group, Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28871 Madrid, Spain;
- Campus Universitario, Royal Botanical Garden of the University of Alcalá, 28801 Madrid, Spain
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Baderna D, Faoro R, Selvestrel G, Troise A, Luciani D, Andres S, Benfenati E. Defining the Human-Biota Thresholds of Toxicological Concern for Organic Chemicals in Freshwater: The Proposed Strategy of the LIFE VERMEER Project Using VEGA Tools. Molecules 2021; 26:1928. [PMID: 33808128 PMCID: PMC8037015 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26071928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Several tons of chemicals are released every year into the environment and it is essential to assess the risk of adverse effects on human health and ecosystems. Risk assessment is expensive and time-consuming and only partial information is available for many compounds. A consolidated approach to overcome this limitation is the Threshold of Toxicological Concern (TTC) for assessment of the potential health impact and, more recently, eco-TTCs for the ecological aspect. The aim is to allow a safe assessment of substances with poor toxicological characterization. Only limited attempts have been made to integrate the human and ecological risk assessment procedures in a "One Health" perspective. We are proposing a strategy to define the Human-Biota TTCs (HB-TTCs) as concentrations of organic chemicals in freshwater preserving both humans and ecological receptors at the same time. Two sets of thresholds were derived: general HB-TTCs as preliminary screening levels for compounds with no eco- and toxicological information, and compound-specific HB-TTCs for chemicals with known hazard assessment, in terms of Predicted No effect Concentration (PNEC) values for freshwater ecosystems and acceptable doses for human health. The proposed strategy is based on freely available public data and tools to characterize and group chemicals according to their toxicological profiles. Five generic HB-TTCs were defined, based on the ecotoxicological profiles reflected by the Verhaar classes, and compound-specific thresholds for more than 400 organic chemicals with complete eco- and toxicological profiles. To complete the strategy, the use of in silico models is proposed to predict the required toxicological properties and suitable models already available on the VEGAHUB platform are listed.
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- Diego Baderna
- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milano, Italy; (R.F.); (G.S.); (D.L.)
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- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milano, Italy; (R.F.); (G.S.); (D.L.)
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- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milano, Italy; (R.F.); (G.S.); (D.L.)
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- INERIS Institut National de l’Environnement Industriel et des Risques, Rue Jacques Taffanel, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatt, France; (A.T.); (S.A.)
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- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milano, Italy; (R.F.); (G.S.); (D.L.)
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- INERIS Institut National de l’Environnement Industriel et des Risques, Rue Jacques Taffanel, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatt, France; (A.T.); (S.A.)
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- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milano, Italy; (R.F.); (G.S.); (D.L.)
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Bellucci M, Marazzi F, Musatti A, Fornaroli R, Turolla A, Visigalli S, Bargna M, Bergna G, Canziani R, Mezzanotte V, Rollini M, Ficara E. Assessment of anammox, microalgae and white-rot fungi-based processes for the treatment of textile wastewater. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0247452. [PMID: 33651835 PMCID: PMC7924738 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The treatability of seven wastewater samples generated by a textile digital printing industry was evaluated by employing 1) anammox-based processes for nitrogen removal 2) microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris) for nutrient uptake and biomass production 3) white-rot fungi (Pleurotus ostreatus and Phanerochaete chrysosporium) for decolorization and laccase activity. The biodegradative potential of each type of organism was determined in batch tests and correlated with the main characteristics of the textile wastewaters through statistical analyses. The maximum specific anammox activity ranged between 0.1 and 0.2 g N g VSS-1 d-1 depending on the sample of wastewater; the photosynthetic efficiency of the microalgae decreased up to 50% during the first 24 hours of contact with the textile wastewaters, but it improved from then on; Pleurotus ostreatus synthetized laccases and removed between 20-62% of the colour after 14 days, while the enzymatic activity of Phanerochaete chrysosporium was inhibited. Overall, the findings suggest that all microbes have great potential for the treatment and valorisation of textile wastewater after tailored adaptation phases. Yet, the depurative efficiency can be probably enhanced by combining the different processes in sequence.
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- Università degli Studi di Milano, DeFENS, Milan, Italy
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Sicard P, Agathokleous E, De Marco A, Paoletti E, Calatayud V. Urban population exposure to air pollution in Europe over the last decades. Environ Sci Eur 2021; 33:28. [PMID: 33717794 PMCID: PMC7937352 DOI: 10.1186/s12302-020-00450-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND The paper presents an overview of air quality in the 27 member countries of the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (previous EU-28), from 2000 to 2017. We reviewed the progress made towards meeting the air quality standards established by the EU Ambient Air Quality Directives (European Council Directive 2008/50/EC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Air Quality Guidelines by estimating the trends (Mann-Kendal test) in national emissions of main air pollutants, urban population exposure to air pollution, and in mortality related to exposure to ambient fine particles (PM2.5) and tropospheric ozone (O3). RESULTS Despite significant reductions of emissions (e.g., sulfur oxides: ~ 80%, nitrogen oxides: ~ 46%, non-methane volatile organic compounds: ~ 44%, particulate matters with a diameter lower than 2.5 µm and 10 µm: ~ 30%), the EU-28 urban population was exposed to PM2.5 and O3 levels widely exceeding the WHO limit values for the protection of human health. Between 2000 and 2017, the annual PM2.5-related number of deaths decreased (- 4.85 per 106 inhabitants) in line with a reduction of PM2.5 levels observed at urban air quality monitoring stations. The rising O3 levels became a major public health issue in the EU-28 cities where the annual O3-related number of premature deaths increased (+ 0.55 deaths per 106 inhabitants). CONCLUSIONS To achieve the objectives of the Ambient Air Quality Directives and mitigate air pollution impacts, actions need to be urgently taken at all governance levels. In this context, greening and re-naturing cities and the implementation of fresh air corridors can help meet air quality standards, but also answer to social needs, as recently highlighted by the COVID-19 lockdowns.
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- Institute of Ecology, Key Laboratory of Agro-Meteorology of Jiangsu Province, School of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment, C.R. Casaccia, Italy
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- Institute of Research On Terrestrial Ecosystems, National Research Council, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Fundación CEAM, C/ Charles R. Darwin, Parque Tecnológico14, Paterna, Spain
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Toma C, Manganaro A, Raitano G, Marzo M, Gadaleta D, Baderna D, Roncaglioni A, Kramer N, Benfenati E. QSAR Models for Human Carcinogenicity: An Assessment Based on Oral and Inhalation Slope Factors. Molecules 2020; 26:E127. [PMID: 33383938 PMCID: PMC7796303 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26010127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Carcinogenicity is a crucial endpoint for the safety assessment of chemicals and products. During the last few decades, the development of quantitative structure-activity relationship ((Q)SAR) models has gained importance for regulatory use, in combination with in vitro testing or expert-based reasoning. Several classification models can now predict both human and rat carcinogenicity, but there are few models to quantitatively assess carcinogenicity in humans. To our knowledge, slope factor (SF), a parameter describing carcinogenicity potential used especially for human risk assessment of contaminated sites, has never been modeled for both inhalation and oral exposures. In this study, we developed classification and regression models for inhalation and oral SFs using data from the Risk Assessment Information System (RAIS) and different machine learning approaches. The models performed well in classification, with accuracies for the external set of 0.76 and 0.74 for oral and inhalation exposure, respectively, and r2 values of 0.57 and 0.65 in the regression models for oral and inhalation SFs in external validation. These models might therefore support regulators in (de)prioritizing substances for regulatory action and in weighing evidence in the context of chemical safety assessments. Moreover, these models are implemented on the VEGA platform and are now freely downloadable online.
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- Cosimo Toma
- Laboratory of Chemistry and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milan, Italy; (C.T.); (G.R.); (M.M.); (D.G.); (A.R.)
- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80177, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands;
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- Laboratory of Chemistry and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milan, Italy; (C.T.); (G.R.); (M.M.); (D.G.); (A.R.)
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- Laboratory of Chemistry and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milan, Italy; (C.T.); (G.R.); (M.M.); (D.G.); (A.R.)
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- Laboratory of Chemistry and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milan, Italy; (C.T.); (G.R.); (M.M.); (D.G.); (A.R.)
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- Laboratory of Chemistry and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milan, Italy; (C.T.); (G.R.); (M.M.); (D.G.); (A.R.)
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- Laboratory of Chemistry and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milan, Italy; (C.T.); (G.R.); (M.M.); (D.G.); (A.R.)
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- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80177, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands;
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- Laboratory of Chemistry and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milan, Italy; (C.T.); (G.R.); (M.M.); (D.G.); (A.R.)
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Kersten B, Leite Montalvão AP, Hoenicka H, Vettori C, Paffetti D, Fladung M. Sequencing of two transgenic early-flowering poplar lines confirmed vector-free single-locus T-DNA integration. Transgenic Res 2020; 29:321-337. [PMID: 32356192 PMCID: PMC7283205 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-020-00203-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Next-generation sequencing (NGS) approaches are attractive alternatives to the PCR-based characterisation of genetically modified plants for safety assessment and labelling since NGS is highly sensitive to the detection of T-DNA inserts as well as vector backbone sequences in transgenic plants. In this study, two independent transgenic male Populus tremula lines, T193-2 and T195-1, both carrying the FLOWERING LOCUS T gene from Arabidopsis thaliana under control of a heat-inducible promoter (pHSP::AtFT) and the non-transgenic control clone W52, were further characterised by NGS and third-generation sequencing. The results support previous findings that the T-DNA was hemizygously inserted in one genomic locus of each line. However, the T-DNA insertions consist of conglomerations of one or two T-DNA copies together with a small T-DNA fragment without AtFT parts. Based on NGS data, no additional T-DNA splinters or vector backbone sequences could be identified in the genome of the two transgenic lines. Seedlings derived from crosses between the pHSP::AtFT transgenic male parents and female wild type plants are therefore expected to be T-DNA splinter or vector backbone free. Thus, PCR analyses amplifying a partial T-DNA fragment with AtFT-specific primers are sufficient to determine whether the seedlings are transgenic or not. An analysis of 72 second generation-seedlings clearly showed that about 50% of them still reveal the presence of the T-DNA, confirming data already published. To prove if unanticipated genomic changes were induced by T-DNA integration, extended future studies using long-range sequencing technologies are required once a suitable chromosome-level P. tremula reference genome sequence is available.
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- Birgit Kersten
- Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics, 22927, Grosshansdorf, Germany.
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- Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics, 22927, Grosshansdorf, Germany
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- Institute of Bioscience and Bioresources (IBBR), National Research Council (CNR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, Agricultural Genetics Section, University of Florence, P. le delle Cascine 18, 50144, Florence, Italy
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- Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics, 22927, Grosshansdorf, Germany.
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Calone R, Sanoubar R, Lambertini C, Speranza M, Vittori Antisari L, Vianello G, Barbanti L. Salt Tolerance and Na Allocation in Sorghum bicolor under Variable Soil and Water Salinity. Plants (Basel) 2020; 9:E561. [PMID: 32354055 PMCID: PMC7284944 DOI: 10.3390/plants9050561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Revised: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Salinity is a major constraint for plant growth in world areas exposed to salinization. Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is a species that has received attention for biomass production in saline areas thanks to drought and salinity tolerance. To improve the knowledge in the mechanisms of salt tolerance and sodium allocation to plant organs, a pot experiment was set up. The experimental design combined three levels of soil salinity (0, 3, and 6 dS m-1) with three levels of water salinity (0, 2-4, and 4-8 dS m-1) and two water regimes: no salt leaching (No SL) and salt leaching (SL). This latter regime was carried out with the same three water salinity levels and resulted in average +81% water supply. High soil salinity associated with high water salinity (HSS-HWS) affected plant growth and final dry weight (DW) to a greater extent in No SL (-87% DW) than SL (-42% DW). Additionally, HSS-HWS determined a stronger decrease in leaf water potential and relative water content under No SL than SL. HSS-HWS with No SL resulted in a higher Na bioaccumulation from soil to plant and in translocation from roots to stem and, finally, leaves, which are the most sensitive organ. Higher water availability (SL), although determining higher salt input when associated with HWS, limited Na bioaccumulation, prevented Na translocation to leaves, and enhanced selective absorption of Ca vs. Na. At plant level, higher Na accumulation was associated with lower Ca and Mg accumulation, especially in No SL. This indicates altered ion homeostasis and cation unbalance.
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy; (R.C.); (R.S.); (M.S.); (L.V.A.); (G.V.); (L.B.)
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Moustakas K, Loizidou M. Advances and prospects in the field of waste management. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2019; 26:35283-35287. [PMID: 31654303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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- Konstantinos Moustakas
- Unit of Environmental Science and Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Heroon Polytechniou Street, Zografou Campus, 157 80, Athens, Greece.
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- Unit of Environmental Science and Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Heroon Polytechniou Street, Zografou Campus, 157 80, Athens, Greece
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Zubiria I, Garcia-Rodriguez A, Atxaerandio R, Ruiz R, Benhissi H, Mandaluniz N, Lavín JL, Abecia L, Goiri I. Effect of Feeding Cold-Pressed Sunflower Cake on Ruminal Fermentation, Lipid Metabolism and Bacterial Community in Dairy Cows. Animals (Basel) 2019; 9:E755. [PMID: 31581455 PMCID: PMC6826361 DOI: 10.3390/ani9100755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Revised: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Cold-pressed sunflower cake (CPSC), by-product of oil-manufacturing, has high crude fat and linoleic acid concentrations, being a promising supplement to modulate rumen fatty acid (FA) profile. This trial studied CPSC effects on ruminal fermentation, biohydrogenation and the bacterial community in dairy cows. Ten cows were used in a crossover design with two experimental diets and fed during two 63-day periods. The cows were group fed forage ad libitum and the concentrate individually. The concentrates, control and CPSC, were isoenergetic, isoproteic and isofat. The ruminal samples collected at the end of each experimental period were analyzed for short-chain fatty acid, FA and DNA sequencing. CPSC decreased butyrate molar proportion (4%, p = 0.005). CPSC decreased C16:0 (28%, p < 0.001) and increased C18:0 (14%, p < 0.001) and total monounsaturated FA, especially C18:1 trans-11 (13%, p = 0.023). The total purine derivative excretion tended to be greater (5%, p = 0.05) with CPSC, resulting in a 6% greater daily microbial N flow. CPSC did not affect the diversity indices but increased the relative abundances of Treponema and Coprococcus, and decreased Enterococcus, Ruminococcus and Succinivibrio. In conclusion, the changes in ruminal fermentation and the FA profile were not associated with changes in microbial diversity or abundance of dominant populations, however, they might be associated with less abundant genera.
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- Izaro Zubiria
- NEIKER-Granja Modelo de Arkaute, Apdo. 46., 01080 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; (I.Z.); (R.A.); (R.R.); (H.B.); (N.M.)
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- NEIKER-Granja Modelo de Arkaute, Apdo. 46., 01080 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; (I.Z.); (R.A.); (R.R.); (H.B.); (N.M.)
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- NEIKER-Granja Modelo de Arkaute, Apdo. 46., 01080 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; (I.Z.); (R.A.); (R.R.); (H.B.); (N.M.)
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- NEIKER-Granja Modelo de Arkaute, Apdo. 46., 01080 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; (I.Z.); (R.A.); (R.R.); (H.B.); (N.M.)
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- NEIKER-Granja Modelo de Arkaute, Apdo. 46., 01080 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; (I.Z.); (R.A.); (R.R.); (H.B.); (N.M.)
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- NEIKER-Granja Modelo de Arkaute, Apdo. 46., 01080 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; (I.Z.); (R.A.); (R.R.); (H.B.); (N.M.)
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- CICbioGUNE. Parque Científico Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Ed. 801A. Derio, 48160 Bizkaia, Spain; (J.L.L.); (L.A.)
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- CICbioGUNE. Parque Científico Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Ed. 801A. Derio, 48160 Bizkaia, Spain; (J.L.L.); (L.A.)
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- NEIKER-Granja Modelo de Arkaute, Apdo. 46., 01080 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; (I.Z.); (R.A.); (R.R.); (H.B.); (N.M.)
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Pellicer JA, Rodríguez-López MI, Fortea MI, Lucas-Abellán C, Mercader-Ros MT, López-Miranda S, Gómez-López VM, Semeraro P, Cosma P, Fini P, Franco E, Ferrándiz M, Pérez E, Ferrándiz M, Núñez-Delicado E, Gabaldón JA. Adsorption Properties of β- and Hydroxypropyl-β-Cyclodextrins Cross-Linked with Epichlorohydrin in Aqueous Solution. A Sustainable Recycling Strategy in Textile Dyeing Process. Polymers (Basel) 2019; 11:E252. [PMID: 30960236 PMCID: PMC6419267 DOI: 10.3390/polym11020252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 01/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) were used to prepare insoluble polymers using epichlorohydrin as a cross-linking agent and the azo dye Direct Red 83:1 was used as target adsorbate. The preliminary study related to adsorbent dosage, pH, agitation or dye concentration allowed us to select the best conditions to carry out the rest of experiments. The kinetics was evaluated by Elovich, pseudo first order, pseudo second order, and intra-particle diffusion models. The results indicated that the pseudo second order model presented the best fit to the experimental data, indicating that chemisorption is controlling the process. The results were also evaluated by Freundlich, Langmuir and Temkin isotherms. According to the determination coefficient (R²), Freunlich gave the best results, which indicates that the adsorption process is happening on heterogeneous surfaces. One interesting parameter obtained from Langmuir isotherm is qmax (maximum adsorption capacity). This value was six times higher when a β-CDs-EPI polymer was employed. The cross-linked polymers were fully characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). Also, morphology and particle size distribution were both assessed. Under optimized conditions, the β-CDs-EPI polymer seems to be a useful device for removing Direct Red 83:1 (close 90%), from aqueous solutions and industrial effluents. Complementarily, non-adsorbed dye was photolyzed by a pulsed light driven advanced oxidation process. The proposed methodology is environmental and economically advantageous, considering the point of view of a sustainable recycling economy in the textile dyeing process.
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- José A Pellicer
- Dpto. de Ciencias de la Salud., Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), Avenida de los Jerónimos s/n, 30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain.
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- Dpto. de Ciencias de la Salud., Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), Avenida de los Jerónimos s/n, 30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain.
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- Dpto. de Ciencias de la Salud., Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), Avenida de los Jerónimos s/n, 30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain.
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- Dpto. de Ciencias de la Salud., Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), Avenida de los Jerónimos s/n, 30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain.
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- Dpto. de Ciencias de la Salud., Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), Avenida de los Jerónimos s/n, 30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain.
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- Dpto. de Ciencias de la Salud., Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), Avenida de los Jerónimos s/n, 30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain.
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- Dpto. de Ciencias de la Salud., Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), Avenida de los Jerónimos s/n, 30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain.
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- Universita degli Studi "Aldo Moro" di Bari, Dip. Chimica, Via Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.
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- Universita degli Studi "Aldo Moro" di Bari, Dip. Chimica, Via Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR-IPCF, UOS Bari, Via Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.
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- Biotechnology Department, Textile Industry Research Association (AITEX), Plaza Emilio Sala, 1, 03801 Alcoy, Spain.
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- Biotechnology Department, Textile Industry Research Association (AITEX), Plaza Emilio Sala, 1, 03801 Alcoy, Spain.
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- Colorprint Fashion, SL, Avda. Fco. Vitoria Laporta 104, 03830 Muro de Alcoy, Alicante, Spain.
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- Colorprint Fashion, SL, Avda. Fco. Vitoria Laporta 104, 03830 Muro de Alcoy, Alicante, Spain.
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- Dpto. de Ciencias de la Salud., Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), Avenida de los Jerónimos s/n, 30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain.
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- Dpto. de Ciencias de la Salud., Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), Avenida de los Jerónimos s/n, 30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain.
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