Piriformospora indica confers cadmium tolerance in Nicotiana tabacum

Piriformospora indica, a root-colonizing endophytic fungus of Sebacinales, promotes plant growth and confers resistance against biotic and abiotic stresses. In order to confirm the influence of P. indica on growth, proline, malondialdehyde (MDA), chlorophyll, and cadmium (Cd) amounts in Nicotiana tabacum under Cd stress, hydroponics, pot and field trials were conducted. The results showed that P. indica can store Cd in plant roots and reduce leaf Cd content, reduce the concentration of MDA, and increase the proline and chlorophyll content and the activities of catalase, peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase under hydroponic Cd stress. RT-PCR analysis showed that the relative expression level of genes Gsh2, TaPCS1, oas1, GPX, and Hsp70 in colonized plants was 4.3, 1.4, 2.9, 1.7, and 6.9 fold higher than in un-colonized plants respectively. Cd exposure significantly reduced un-colonized plants'' agronomic traits compared to P. indica-colonized ones. Our results suggested that P. indica can sequester Cd in roots, so that much less cadmium was transported to leaves, and the increased concentrations of antioxidant enzymes, pigments and proline contents, as well as the higher expression of stress-related phytochelatin biosynthesis genes in P. indica-inoculated plants, may also serve to protect N. tabacum plants against oxidative damage, enhancing Cd tolerance.     

雌二醇短期暴露对非洲爪蟾性腺和输卵管形态及性二态基因表达影响的初步研究

环境雌激素对两栖动物的生殖内分泌干扰作用已引起关注,目前的研究主要集中在长期暴露对性腺分化和发育的影响。以雌二醇(E2,10 nmol·L-1)为模式化合物,以非洲爪蟾为实验动物,6月龄的幼蛙暴露6 d,研究雌激素对性腺和输卵管形态以及性二态性基因表达的影响。结果发现,6 d的E2暴露对精巢和卵巢的形态没有明显影响,但从组织学结构来看对卵和精子的发育有微弱的促进作用。E2能够明显地促进了雌性输卵管的发育,表现为输卵管变粗变弯曲。E2暴露显著抑制精巢和卵巢中性激素合成相关基因cyp11a1、3βHSD、Srd5α、ARO的表达,对cyp17的表达无影响,使脑中LHβ和FSHβ的表达下调;对性别分化和性腺发育相关基因Dax、AR、ERα、TFⅢA、TBPL2的表达均无影响,但能够促进卵巢中Sox3的表达;同时促进脑中Emi2的表达,抑制脑中Dmrt1的表达。因此,输卵管可作为敏感的形态指标,性腺中Srd5α、cyp11a1、3βHSD、ARO、Sox3和脑中LHβ、FSHβ、Dmrt1、Emi2可作为分子指标。以上结果可为后续建立评价化学品对两栖动物雌激素效应的短期试验方法提供参考。     

一株贫营养异养硝化-好氧反硝化菌的筛选及脱氮特性

为了探究并优化菌剂应用于微污染水源水体修复的机制和条件,主要针对水库沉积物内筛选出的贫营养好氧反硝化菌进行了菌种鉴定及脱氮特性研究,考察菌株在不同环境条件下的脱氮效果,明确了该菌株的最适宜生长条件,并基于水库水体中贫营养条件对菌株进行水源水库原水的驯化培养试验研究,以期实现该菌株对微污染水源水库原水中氮源污染物的脱除,为原位投菌技术实际工程应用提供理论依据。从微污染水源水库沉积物中驯化筛分出一株高效异养硝化-好氧反硝化菌A14,通过扫描电镜观察、生理生化特征、16S rRNA基因测序和Biolog GenⅢ鉴定,确定该菌株为革兰氏阴性短杆菌,鉴定为皮特不动杆菌（Acinetobacter pittii）。在好氧条件下,菌株细胞内表达反硝化功能基因napA,以NO3-为唯一氮源进行反硝化作用时,36 h时NO3-去除率为78.89%。以NH4+为唯一氮源时,48 h NH4+去除率为95.25%,TN去除率达80.42%,TOC去除率达98.30%,表明该菌株具有异养硝化-好氧反硝化特性。在改变环境条件过程中,该菌株在以乙酸钠为碳源,温度为30℃,C/N为12,pH为7,接种量为10%时,NO3-去除率最高为86.62%,并且在10℃下脱氮率达到40.18%。在水源水库原水脱氮实验中,接种处理TN去除率为50.95%,NO3-去除率为80.25%。结果表明,菌株A14在微污染水源水体菌剂脱氮修复中具有良好的应用潜力。     

裂片石莼和土霉素复合压力下弧菌群落及耐药基因变化特性研究

近年来,水产养殖病源弧菌污染及其耐药性问题备受关注,本研究首次采用宏基因组测序技术分析了海水养殖沉积物在大型海藻裂片石莼（12 g·L^-1）与不同浓度（0、10、100、500 μg·L^-1）土霉素作用3个月后,弧菌群落结构及其耐药基因变化特性.结果表明,经裂片石莼诱导培养后,沉积物中弧菌属相对丰度降低了0.22%,但对弧菌多样性和弧菌耐药基因含量提升明显.裂片石莼和土霉素复合压力下,100 μg·L^-1土霉素对弧菌群落多样性及弧菌耐药基因影响最大,而500 μg·L^-1对其影响最小.沉积物弧菌属共检测出21种耐药基因,多为BL1_fox、BL2be_per、BL2_veb等β-内酰胺类耐药基因.裂片石莼能减少耐药基因tetPB富集,而进一步添加土霉素能诱导产生VatB、BcrA耐药基因.此外,弧菌耐药基因迁移与转化还受弧菌群落结构变化影响.     

Short-term inhalation exposure evaluations of airborne antibiotic resistance genes in environments

Antibiotic resistance is a sword of Damocles that hangs over humans. In regards to airborne antibiotic resistance genes (AARGs), critical knowledge gaps still exist in the identification of hotspots and quantification of exposure levels in different environments. Here, we have studied the profiles of AARGs, mobile genetic elements (MGEs) and bacterial communities in various atmospheric environments by high throughput qPCR and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. We propose a new AARGs exposure dose calculation that uses short-term inhalation (STI). Swine farms and hospitals were high-risk areas where AARGs standardised abundance was more abundant than suburbs and urban areas. Additionally, resistance gene abundance in swine farm worker sputum was higher than that in healthy individuals in other environments. The correlation between AARGs with MGEs and bacteria was strong in suburbs but weak in livestock farms and hospitals. STI exposure analysis revealed that occupational intake of AARGs (via PM₁₀) in swine farms and hospitals were 110 and 29 times higher than in suburbs, were 1.5 × 10⁴, 5.6 × 10⁴ and 5.1 × 10² copies, i.e., 61.9%, 75.1% and 10.7% of the overall daily inhalation intake, respectively. Our study comprehensively compares environmental differences in AARGs to identify high-risk areas, and forwardly proposes the STI exposure dose of AARGs to guide risk assessment.     

Biofilm-overproducing Bacillus subtilis B12ΔYwcc decreases Cd uptake in Chinese cabbage through increasing Cd-immobilizing related gene abundance and root surface colonization

Biofilm-producing bacteria can decrease Cd uptake in vegetables, but mechanisms underlying this effect are poorly characterized. In this study, two mutant strains B12ΔYwcc and B12ΔSlrR were constructed from a biofilm-producing Bacillus subtilis strain B12. Then, the impacts of strain B12 and its high biofilm-producing mutant strain B12ΔYwcc and low biofilm-producing mutant strain B12ΔSlrR on Cd availability and uptake in Chinese cabbage and the related mechanisms were investigated in the Cd-polluted soil. Strain B12 and its mutants B12ΔYwcc and B12ΔSlrR increased the dry biomasses of edible tissues by 54%–130% compared with the controls. Strain B12 and its mutant B12ΔYwcc reduced the soil available Cd content by 36%–50% and root and edible tissue Cd contents by 23%–50% compared with the controls. Furthermore, the mutant strain B12ΔYwcc reduced the edible tissue Cd content by 40% and increased the polysaccharide content by 23%, invertase activity by 139%, and gene copies of the cumA by 4.5-fold, epsA by 7.1-fold, and cadA by 4.3-fold, which were involved in Cd adsorption in the rhizosphere soils, respectively, compared with strain B12. The polysaccharide content and cumA, epsA, and cadA gene copy numbers showed significantly reverse correlations with the available Cd content. Notably, the mutant strain B12ΔYwcc showed better ability to colonize the vegetable root surface than strain B12. These findings demonstrated that the biofilm-overproducing mutant strain B12ΔYwcc increased the polysaccharide production and Cd-immobilizing related cumA, epsA, and cadA gene copies, resulting in lower Cd availability and accumulation in Chinese cabbage in the Cd-polluted soil.     

高效石油降解菌修复石油污染土壤与强化机制分析

利用定向驯化高效石油降解菌系对石油污染土壤进行为期120 d原位修复,考察生物强化修复效果、土壤理化性质和酶活性的变化,结合宏基因组测序及生物信息学分析揭示其强化机制.结果表明,与空白对照组(Ctrl)相比,生物修复组(Exp-BT)总石油烃降解率显著提升,增幅达81.23%; 高效石油降解菌生物强化修复期间土壤pH变化稳定,体系氧化能力提高,电导率处于适宜农业活动范围内; 脂肪酶和脱氢酶在修复期间保持较高活性; 另对初始污染土壤样本(B0)、驯化所得高效石油降解菌系样本(GZ)和生物修复后土壤样本(BT)的分析显示,门水平上变形菌门与放线菌门相对丰度增加17.1%,属水平上Nocardioides、Achromobacter、Gordonia和Rhodococcus等丰度明显上升,COG和KEGG物种与功能贡献度分析证明以上菌属对石油烃降解有重要贡献; 修复后土壤中发现高丰度的石油烃相关代谢酶及5个降解基因:alkM、tamA、rubB、ladA 和alkB,分析表明外源石油烃降解菌群的引入增强了微生物相关酶的代谢活性与相应功能基因的表达.     

历史抗生素胁迫改变磺胺甲唑和甲氧苄啶对活性污泥的影响:ARGs及其潜在宿主

抗生素共暴露对污水处理厂抗生素抗性基因（ARGs）及微生物群落聚集过程有着重要影响.然而,历史抗生素接触胁迫差异（遗留效应）是否能决定微生物和ARGs对抗生素复合污染的响应尚不清楚.通过选择高浓度（30 mg ·L^-1）磺胺甲唑（SMX）和甲氧苄啶（TMP）作为历史接触胁迫条件,探究SMX和TMP复合污染对ARGs、细菌群落及其交互作用的短期影响.基于高通量荧光定量PCR,共检测出13种ARGs,它们的绝对丰度介于2.21~5.42 copies ·μL^-1（对数值,以DNA计,下同）,其中sul2、ermB、mefA和tetM-01是样品中最主要的亚型,绝对丰度在2.95~5.40 copies ·μL^-1之间;SMX和TMP复合污染会引起ARGs和可移动基因元件（MGEs）的富集,但其对各亚型的影响不同,且SMX的历史遗留效应高于TMP;不同接触史的复合污染下,ARGs间的共现与互斥模式均存在;MGEs （尤其是intI-1）与磺胺类（sul1、sul2）、四环素类［tet （32）］和大环内酯-林可酰胺-链霉菌素类抗性基因（ermB）均呈显著正相关性;基于微生物全尺度分类发现各类群微生物群落结构对复合污染的响应不同,且条件丰富菌属（CAT）得到了显著富集;陶厄氏菌属（Thauera）、假黄单胞菌属（Pseudoxanthomonas）和副球菌属（Paracoccus）是优势的抗性菌属;网络分析共发现31个ARGs的潜在宿主,以条件稀有菌属（CRT）为主,尤其是Candidatus_Alysiosphaera和纺锤状菌属（Fusibacter）与多种ARGs呈现正相关,是多种ARGs的潜在公共细菌宿主;部分稀有菌属［RT,变异杆菌属（Variibacter）、气单胞菌属（Aeromonas）和管道杆菌属（Cloacibacterium）等］是转座子IS 613的潜在宿主,在ARGs的增殖传播中发挥重要作用.综上,研究揭示了污水处理系统中抗生素历史胁迫对ARGs赋存特征和及其宿主细胞的遗留效应,可为削减抗生素复合污染引起的ARGs污染提供新思路与理论依据.     

寒冷地区IFAS+磁混凝污水厂菌群结构和抗生素抗性基因分析

为探究寒冷地区IFAS+磁混凝污水厂中菌群及其携带的抗生素抗性基因（ARGs）变化,采用16S rRNA基因测序和宏基因组测序方法对新疆某城市污水厂进行研究.结果表明,绿弯菌门（Chloroflexi）和硝化螺旋菌门（Nitrospirae）在活性污泥中的相对丰度平均值分别为3.50%和0.03%,在生物膜中的相对丰度分别达到10.02%和2.12%,NH₄⁺-N和TN去除率平均值分别由改造前的91.89%和66.76%提升至改造后的97.71%和91.90%,表明IFAS增强了寒冷地区污水厂的生物脱氮能力;生物处理段内与铁氧化还原有关的Ferruginibacter和红育菌属（Rhodoferax）的相对丰度平均值分别达到5.24%和3.72%,出水中红育菌属（Rhodoferax）的相对丰度达到9.48%,表明磁粉对菌群产生了影响;该厂对ARGs有明显的去除效果,ARGs的相对丰度由进水中的191.08×10^-3‰降至出水中的32.58×10^-3‰,活性污泥中ARGs相对丰度为63.25×10^-3‰~72.38×10^-3‰,明显高于生物膜中的41.31×10^-3‰,但sul2、floR和rpoB 2等ARGs优势亚型在生物膜中的相对丰度分别为5.77×10^-3‰、2.52×10^-3‰和2.03×10^-3‰,高于活性污泥中的3.15×10^-3‰~3.57×10^-3‰、1.73×10^-3‰~2.24×10^-3‰和1.28×10^-3‰~1.76×10^-3‰;网络分析结果表明,Caldilineaceae_norank与sul2呈显著正相关,毛球菌属（Trichococcus）与floR呈显著正相关.     

九龙江口微塑料与抗生素抗性基因污染的分布特征

河口区域普遍存在微塑料（MPs）和抗生素抗性基因（ARGs）污染,同时微塑料还可能富集ARGs,从而扩大ARGs的传播范围.本研究以福建省九龙江口为调查区域,首次分析了九龙江口不同采样点水样以及沉积物中的MPs分布特征,同时测定各样品中8种常见的ARGs丰度,并对二者之间的丰度进行相关性分析.结果表明：①九龙江河口水环境中微塑数浓度范围为2~66 n ·L^-1,沉积物中含量范围（以dw计）为8~85 n ·kg^-1,85%以上的微塑料粒径在1 mm以下,微塑料材质主要为聚乙烯（PE）、聚丙烯（PP）和聚苯乙烯（PS）;②九龙江河口优势的ARGs为四环素类抗性基因tetC和tetG以及磺胺类抗性基因sul2,水中ARGs丰度随盐度增加呈递减趋势;③九龙江水体中MPs浓度、ARGs相对丰度和一类整合子基因intI1丰度呈两两正相关性,说明微塑料可能促进了水体中ARGs的传播和水平基因转移（HGT）.