微生物絮凝剂产生菌的培养条件研究

从活性污泥中分离筛选到1株高效絮凝剂产生菌E-9，初步鉴定其为大肠杆菌。首次发现大肠杆菌能产生微生物絮凝剂。该菌产生絮凝剂的适宜培养条件为：乙醇为碳源，大豆粉为氮源，初始pH值为6．5～7．2、温度为30℃。絮凝实验结果表明，该菌产絮凝剂对高岭土悬浊液的絮凝率可达97％～99．5％，而絮凝剂投加量仅为通用发酵培养基的1／15，絮凝效果优于聚丙烯酰胺等常用絮凝剂。     

青霉菌HHE-P7利用酱油废水产生微生物絮凝剂的研究

研究了微生物絮凝剂产生菌HHE-P7在酱油废水中产生微生物絮凝剂的絮凝特性.实验表明,酱油废水由于碳源丰富,是一种良好的培养基.HHE-P7菌最佳培养条件为:COD 20 000 mg/L,K2HPO41.0 g/L,培养3 d.最佳絮凝条件为在1 L高岭土水中投加10～15 mL微生物絮凝剂(MBF7),pH调至9,则絮凝率为90%以上;微生物絮凝剂在水系中主要起吸附架桥的作用.     

复合菌群的构建及其所产微生物絮凝剂的动力学研究

由2株产低效絮凝剂产生菌构建出产高效絮凝剂的复合菌群--复合1.实验表明,复合1能在啤酒废水培养基中生长良好,并产生絮凝活性为96.8%的MBF.该MBF中含多糖和蛋白质等有机高分子物质.它能有效去除靛蓝印染废水中的COD和色度,两者的最大去除率分别为79.2%和87.6%.考察了该MBF在优化工艺条件下对靛蓝印染废水的絮凝过程,并得出了其去除COD和脱色的经验动力学方程.     

简单芽孢杆菌产高效微生物絮凝剂

通过从绿化植物根际土壤和污水处理厂的活性污泥中分离筛选絮凝剂产生菌,得到一株稳定高效的微生物絮凝剂产生菌PS1,根据形态学特征、生理生化实验以及16S rDNA序列分析将其鉴定为简单芽孢杆菌(Bacillus simplex)。对菌株PS1产生絮凝剂的最佳培养时间、絮凝活性分布以及pH、CaCl2、絮凝剂投量对絮凝效果的影响进行了研究,并考察了其对实际废水的絮凝效果。结果表明,菌株PS1产絮凝剂的最佳培养时间为36 h,产生的絮凝活性物质全部存在于发酵液离心后的上清液中;当pH为7.0～8.5、CaC12投量为0.25～0.35 g/L、发酵液投加量的体积分数为1.5%～2.5%时,菌株PS1发酵液对4 g/L的高岭土悬浊液的絮凝效果最佳,絮凝率达到97%。菌株PS1所产絮凝剂对城市污水、啤酒废水、淀粉废水、医院废水的絮凝率可达90%以上。     

两步法处理含油污水的研究

利用微生物法,分絮凝和降解两步处理含油污水。第1步优化了高效产絮凝剂菌絮凝条件。结果表明,培养40h的产絮凝剂菌液具有最佳的絮凝活性,菌液质量浓度为0.25g/L,投加量为6 mL/L,pH为5~14,絮凝助剂为CaCl2时絮凝效果最佳。第2步优化了高效降解菌的降解条件。结果表明,以原油为碳源,鱼粉为氮源,碳氮比(质量比)20∶1,初始pH=8,含油率9.0%,含水率60%时,降解菌降解率最高。在以上优化条件下,含油污水的原油去除率可达77.4%。因此,全程利用微生物,分絮凝富集、固体培养两步无害高效处理含油污水是可行的。     

一株产微生物絮凝剂新菌种的鉴定及功能特性

从新疆荒漠土壤中分离筛选絮凝剂产生菌,得到一株对高岭土悬浊液具有较高絮凝活性的微生物絮凝剂产生菌W36-1,根据菌株的Biolog鉴定以及16S rRNA基因序列分析,确定为一株欧文氏菌属(Erwinia)新种。该菌絮凝产物的发酵动力学研究表明,其属于II型发酵,即菌体生长和产物合成部分偶联;在发酵48 h后絮凝活性最高,产量可达到6 g/L;絮凝特性研究表明,在20~100℃范围内有较高的温度稳定性;在酸性环境条件下有较高的絮凝活性,pH值大于7,絮凝活性迅速下降;一些金属阳离子对絮凝有促进作用,其中,Ca2+的助凝效果最好,Mg2+次之,Al3+和Fe3+的助凝效果最差。该絮凝剂对水中各种重金属离子和色素具有较好的吸附去除作用,显示出其在环境工程中良好的应用前景。     

絮凝剂产生菌B-7的培养条件优化及生长动力学研究

从成都市土壤中筛选分离了1株具有稳定高效的微生物絮凝剂产生菌B-7。考察了碳源、氮源、温度、培养时间、pH等多种因素对絮凝剂（MBF-7）絮凝效果的影响。实验结果表明,该菌株产絮凝剂的最佳培养条件为：碳源为淀粉,氮源为硫酸铵,培养时间为72 h,初始pH为7.0,温度为30℃,对0.4%高岭土悬浊液的絮凝率达到91.3...     

微生物絮凝剂产生菌的筛选及其絮凝特性

采用常规的微生物学方法，从垃圾渗滤液中筛选到一株高效微生物絮凝剂产生菌LB1，根据其形态学和生理生化特征初步鉴定该菌株属于假单胞菌属，命名为Pseudonomas sp. LB1。LB1所产微生物絮凝剂的絮凝特性的研究结果表明，LB1的最佳产絮凝时间为96 h，所产絮凝活性物质主要是其生长过程中的胞外分泌物和细胞生长后期的次级代谢产物，菌体细胞本身具有一定的助凝作用。LB1所产絮凝剂最佳加样量为3％（体积分数V/V）；对pH的适应范围较宽，在4～10之间具有较高的絮凝活性，均大于75％；温度为25℃时絮凝率为86.3％，在25～60℃之间，絮凝率基本保持稳定；LB1所产絮凝剂对几种废水具有较好的絮凝效果。     

一株产絮凝剂的黑曲霉的分离及培养条件优化

从活性污泥中筛选出一株产絮凝剂的霉菌,初步鉴定为黑曲霉(Aspergillus niger).其所产生的微生物絮凝剂对高岭土悬浊液具有良好的絮凝作用.通过培养条件优化,其所产生的微生物絮凝剂对高岭土悬浊液的絮凝率从85.6%提高到98.7%,实验结果表明,(1)黑曲霉孢子最佳接种量为9.33×108 个/L;(2)产絮凝剂适宜的碳源为蔗糖,氮源为尿素,用量分别为30.00、1.600 g/L;(3)最佳培养条件为:查氏液体培养基初始pH 7.0,培养温度30℃,摇床转速180 r/min,培养时间120 h;(4)在最佳培养条件下微生物絮凝剂的产量为1.805 g/L;(5)絮凝性能比较结果表明,微生物絮凝剂的絮凝性能优于传统絮凝剂.     

DSF-1菌产生的絮凝剂及处理洗煤废水的试验研究

对絮凝剂产生菌DSF 1的最适碳源、氮源进行探讨 ,考察了培养过程中培养液的粘度、絮凝活性的相互关系。提取、纯化所产絮凝剂 ,对其成分进行分析 ,并研究其在洗煤废水处理中的应用 ,同时初步探讨了该种絮凝剂的絮凝机理。结果表明 ,蔗糖与葡萄糖是DSF 1的理想碳源 ,而无机铵盐类则可作为其氮源 ;粘度和絮凝活性呈正相关性 ;DSF 1产生的絮凝剂活性成分可基本判定是阴离子型多糖 ,当用量为 0 5mL 5 0 0mg/L时 ,DSF 1产生的絮凝剂对pH =12 0、5 0mL 10g/L的模拟洗煤废水处理效果最好 ,低价 (+1,+2 )金属阳离子 (Ca2 + 、Mg2 + 、K+ 和Na+ )可以增强絮凝活性     

Evaluation of trichloroethene recovery processes in heterogeneous aquifer cells flushed with biodegradable surfactants

The ability of two biodegradable surfactants, polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monooleate (Tween 80) and sodium dihexyl sulfosuccinate (Aerosol MA), to recover a representative dense non-aqueous-phase liquid (DNAPL), trichloroethene (TCE), from heterogeneous porous media was evaluated through a combination of batch and aquifer cell experiments. An aqueous solution containing 3.3% Aerosol MA, 8% 2-propanol and 6 g/l CaCl(2) yielded a weight solubilization ratio (WSR) of 1.21 g TCE/g surfactant, with a corresponding liquid-liquid interfacial tension (IFT) of 0.19 dyn/cm. Flushing of aquifer cells containing a TCE-DNAPL source zone with approximately two pore volumes of the AMA formulation resulted in substantial (>30%) mobilization of TCE-DNAPL. However, a TCE mass recovery of 81% was achieved when the aqueous-phase flow rate was sufficient to displace the mobile TCE-DNAPL toward the effluent well. Aqueous solutions of Tween 80 exhibited a greater capacity to solubilize TCE (WSR=1.74 g TCE/g surfactant) and exerted markedly less reduction in IFT (10.4 dyn/cm). These data contradict an accepted empirical correlation used to estimate IFT values from solubilization capacity, and indicate a unique capacity of T80 to form concentrated TCE emulsions. Flushing of aquifer cells with less than 2.5 pore volumes of a 4% T80 solution achieved TCE mass recoveries ranging from 66 to 85%, with only slight TCE-DNAPL mobilization (<5%) occurring when the total trapping number exceeded 2 x 10(-5). These findings demonstrate the ability of Tween 80 and Aerosol MA solutions to efficiently recover TCE from a heterogeneous DNAPL source zone, and the utility of the total trapping number as a design parameter for a priori prediction of DNAPL mobilization and bank angle formation when flushing with low-IFT solutions. Given their potential to stimulate microbial reductive dechlorination at low concentrations, these surfactants are well-suited for remedial action plans that couple aggressive mass removal followed by enhanced bioremediation to treat chlorinated solvent source zones.     

Chloroaromatic pollutants in mussels incubated in two finnish watercourses polluted by industry

Concentrations of different chlorinated compounds were measured in mussels incubated in two polluted watercourses, a river (the River Kymijoki) and a lake (Lake Vanaja) for four weeks in summer 1995. The sum concentrations of polychlorinated phenols (PCP) and biphenyls (PCB) were both about 1 μg/g lipid weight (lw) in Lake Vanaja mussels, while in the River Kymijoki mussels PCPs were non-detectable and PCBs were measured 120 ng/g lIw. The concentrations of toxic polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) and dibenzofuran (PCDF) congeners ranged between <17 and 370 pg/g Iw in Lake Vanaja mussels and between <38 and 11,000 pg/g lw in the River Kymijoki mussels. Polychlorinated diphenyl ethers (PCDE) were detected in the mussels incubated in the River Kymijoki (0.4–1.1 ng/g Iw), but not in those incubated in Lake Vanaja. Polychlorinated phenoxyanisoles (PCPA) were measured 33 ng/g lw and polychlorinated phenoxyphenols (PCPP) 300 ng/g lw in the mussels incubated in the River Kymijoki. PCPAs were also detected in reference samples, which were sediment and pike from the River Kymijoki and Baltic salmon, seal and white-tailed sea eagle.     

The variation of street air levels of PAH and other mutagenic PAC in relation to regulations of traffic emissions and the impact of atmospheric processes

The occurrence of particle associated PAH and other mutagenic PAC was determined in 1996 in the street air of Copenhagen. In addition, particle extracts were tested for mutagenicity. The measurements were compared with previous measurements in 1992/1993. The levels had decreased in this period. The decrease was caused by an implementation of light diesel fuels for buses and the exchange of older petrol-driven passenger cars with catalystequipped new ones. About 65% of the reduction was caused by the application of the light diesel fuels. Under special conditions, chemical processes in the atmosphere produced many more mutagens than the direct emissions. The concentrations of S-PAC and N-PAC were 10 times lower than those of PAH, while the levels of oxy-PAH were in the same order of magnitude as those of PAH. Benzanthrone, an oxy-PAH, is proposed to be formed in the atmosphere in addition to direct emissions. Benzo(a)pyrene, often applied as an air quality criteria indicator, was photochemically degraded in the atmosphere. A strong increase in the mutagenic activities was observed to coincide with a depletion of benzo(a)pyrene.     

Teratological effects of pesticides in vertebrates: a review

Abstract

In the last decades, the use and misuse of pesticides in the agriculture have increased, having a severe impact on ecosystems and their fauna. Although the various effects of pesticides on biodiversity have been already documented in several studies, to our knowledge no consistent overview of the impact of pesticides in vertebrates, both terrestrial and aquatic, is available. In this review, we try to present a concise compilation of the teratogenic effects of pesticides on the different classes of vertebrates – mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.     

Book review

The Pesticide Manual ‐ A World Compendium, 8th Edition, C.R. Worthing, Editor and S.B. Walker, Assistant Editor, British Crop Protection Council, BCPC Publications Sales, Bear Farm, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 5QE, England. 1987, 1100 pp., UK £50; Overseas £56. ISBN 0–948404–01–9.     

Patterns of volatile metabolites and nonvolatile trichothecenes produced by isolates of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Stachybotrys,Fusarium, Trichoderma,Trichothecium</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Memnoniella</Emphasis>

We reported previously that trichodiene, a volatile trichothecene derivative, was produced by a Stachybotrys isolate, also known to produce highly cytotoxic, non-volatile, macrocyclic trichothecenes (satrotoxins). We investigated the relationship between the production of trichodiene and various non-volatile trichothecenes for several molds. Volatile metabolites were concentrated by adsorption on Tenax TA and analyzed by GC/MS, while non-volatile metabolites were separated by HPLC, derivatized and analyzed by GC/MS. Stachybotrys chartarum isolates producing macrocyclic trichothecenes secreted significantly larger amounts of trichodiene and other sesquiterpenes than isolates which only produced simple trichothecenes. The amounts of secreted trichodiene were relatively small in all cases. With the exception of Memnoniella, which excreted small amounts of sesquiterpenes, the other isolates produced varying amounts of sesquiterpenes, including trichodiene, as well as simple tricothecenes, no detectable trichodiene, but large amounts of griseofulvin derivatives. In Stachybotrys there is apparently a correlation between trichodiene and macrocyclic trichothecene production. In the remaining isolates, there was no simple relationship between trichodiene and non-volatile trichothecene synthesis. Trichodiene is produced in larger amounts by Stachybotrys isolates, which also produce satratoxins, but it will be difficult to utilize this metabolite to detect toxic isolates in buildings due to the relatively small amounts excreted.     

Observations on the influence of water and soil pH on the persistence of insecticides

Abstract

The pH‐disappearance rate profiles were determined at ca. 25°C for 24 insecticides at 4 or 5 pH values over the range 4.5 to 8.0 in sterile phosphate buffers prepared in water‐ethanol (99: 1 v/v). Half‐lives measured at pH 8 were generally smaller than at lower pH values. Changes in half lives between pH 8.0 and 4.5 were largest (>1000x) for the aryl carbamates, carbofuran and carbaryl, the oxime carbamate, oxamyl, and the organophosphorus insecticide, trichlorfon. In contrast, half lives of phorate, terbufos, heptachlor, fensulfothion and aldicarb were affected only slightly by pH changes. Under the experimental conditions described half lives at pH8 varied from 1–2 days for trichlorfon and oxamyl to >1 year for fensulfothion and cyper‐methrin. Insecticide persistence on alumina (acid, neutral and basic), mineral soils amended with aluminum sulfate or calcium hydroxide to different pH values and four natural soils of different pH was examined. No correlation was observed between the measured pH of these solids and the rate of disappearance of selected insecticides applied to them. These observations demonstrate the difficulty of extrapolating the pH dependent disappearance behaviour observed in homogeneous solution to partially solid heterogeneous systems such as soil.     

The chemical stability of formulations of some hydrolyzable insecticides in aqueous mixtures with hydrolysis catalysts

Abstract

The active ingredients in commercial formulations of malathion, oxamyl, carbaryl, diazinon, and chlorpyrifos diluted to “spray tank”; concentrations with buffered distilled or natural water of pH 4–9 were stable for at least 24 hr. Formulations of trichlorfon were not stable at pH 7 or above but disappearance rates were slower than for the pure chemical in homogeneous solution. Cupric ion was observed to be an effective catalyst for the hydrolysis of a variety of pure organophosphorus insecticides but did not catalyze hydrolysis of the active ingredients of the formulations examined. Increasing the dilution of the formulation increased the susceptibility of malathion, oxamyl, and carbaryl to hydrolysis.     

Organochlorine compounds in a three-step terrestrial food chain

The concentrations of 15 organochlorine chemicals (PCBs and pesticides) were studied in a Central European oak wood food chain system: Great tit (Parus major), caterpillars (Tortrix viridana, Operophtera brumata, Erannis defoliaria), and oak-leaves (Quercus robur). Juvenile tits receive organochlorines from the mother via egg transfer and, eventually to a greater extent, from the caterpillar food source during nestling period. The concentrations of PCB 153 (2,2′,4,4′,5,5′-hexachlorobiphenyl, the most abundant in this study) was found in leaf material at ca. 1 ng/g, in caterpillars 10 ng/g, and in bird eggs 170 ng/g on an average and on a dry mass basis.     

Knowledge transfer initiative between molecular biologists and environmental researchers and regulators

A Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded Knowledge Transfer (KT) workshop was held in the United Kingdom (UK) to identify the needs and opportunities in the application of molecular biology and ‘omics’ techniques to environmental monitoring and risk assessment. Attendees highlighted a lack of effective communication between end-users and researchers as well as difficulties with data interpretation as reasons behind the slow uptake of molecular biology and omics techniques. A number of promising areas in which new techniques could be implemented at a practical level in the very near future were identified, thereby raising the profile of these recent technologies and providing vital proof of concept work. Molecular taxonomy, bacterial source tracking and pre-screening of chemicals for potential toxicities were all viewed as areas in which omics and molecular techniques could have immediate value, with the aim of reducing cost, increasing efficiency and providing more comprehensive data of improved quality.