Impacts of wastewater sludge amendments in restoring nitrogen cycle in p-nitrophenol contaminated soil

The possible impacts on nitrogen-cycle in a p-nitrophenol (PNP) polluted soil and the e ectiveness of wastewater sludge amendments in restoring nitrification potential and urease activity were evaluated by an incubation study. The results indicated that PNP at 250 mg/kg soil inhibited urease activity, nitrification potential, arginine ammonification rate and heterotrophic bacteria counts to some extents. After exposure to PNP, the nitrification potential of the tested soil was dramatically reduced to zero over a period of 30 days. Based on the findings, nitrification potential was postulated as a simple biochemical indicator for PNP pollution in soils. Nitrogen-cycling processes in soils responded positively to the applications of wastewater sludges. A sludge application rate of 200 tons/ha was su cient for successful biostimulation of these nitrogen processes. The microbial activities in sludge-amended, heavy PNP-polluted soils seemed to recover after 30–45 days, indicating the e ectiveness of sludge as a useful soil amendment.     

生物修复剂在清除海滩石油污染中的应用

介绍了生物修复石油污染海滩时常用的修复剂类型及其特点.当实验室环境条件能较好控制时,生物强化剂一般是有效的;然而污染现场得出的证据不能表明其对生物降解有促进作用.实验室和现场的研究均表明营养型生物促进剂能有效促进石油的生物降解.水溶性营养易被波浪和潮汐冲刷掉;缓释型营养盐面临的主要挑战是如何控制其释放速率,以保证孔隙水中能较长时间维持理想的营养浓度;亲油型肥料中含有有机碳,有可能在微生物降解石油之前被优先降解.建议根据污染环境的特点选用适合的生物促进剂.     

生物强化和生物刺激对土壤中PAHs降解的影响

采用生物强化(农田土中添加PAHs污染土或污泥)和生物刺激(PAHs污染土中添加(NH4)2HPO4)2种措施,研究了土壤中13种PAHs的降解及CO2的释放量.结果显示,农田土壤中的微生物对2~5环的PAHs都有较强的降解能力,添加污染土显著增强了对5环PAHs的降解,表明污染土中的微生物对高环PAHs的降解能力更强;添加污泥对促进PAHs降解的作用不明显,可能是好氧培养条件不适合厌氧菌的生长.添加N、P营养盐可显著提高污染土中3~4环PAHs的降解,但5环PAHs在添加和未添加N、P中的降解率始终较低,均小于10%.CO2的释放呈现先增加再降低,再略微增加直至平稳的过程,且与PAHs的降解高度响应,说明PAHs的降解与微生物活性密切相关.     

Effects of physicochemical factors on PAH degradation by Planomicrobium alkanoclasticum

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are environmental pollutants that are mutagenic, carcinogenic, and toxic to living organisms. Here, the ability and effectiveness of selected bacteria isolated from an oil‐contaminated area in biodegrading PAHs were evaluated, and the optimal conditions conducive to bacterial PAH biodegradation were determined. Of six bacterial isolates identified based on their 16S rRNA sequences, Planomicrobium alkanoclasticum could subsist on and consume nearly all hydrocarbons according to the 2,6‐dichlorophenolindophenol assay. The efficacy of this isolate at PAH biodegradation was then empirically confirmed. After 30 days of incubation, P. alkanoclasticum degraded 90.8% of the 16 PAH compounds analyzed and fully degraded eight of them. The optimum P. alkanoclasticum growth conditions were 35°C, pH 7.5, and NaNO₃ as the nitrogen source. Under these biostimulant conditions, P. alkanoclasticum degraded 91.4% of the total PAH concentration and completely decomposed seven PAHs after 15 days incubation. Hence, P. alkanoclasticum is an apt candidate for the biodegradation of PAHs and the bioremediation of sites contaminated by them.     

Impacts of heavy metals on 1,2-dichloroethane biodegradation in co-contaminated soil

1,2-Dichloroethane (DCA), a potential mutagen and carcinogen, is commonly introduced into the environment through its industrial and agricultural use. In this study, the impact of lead and mercury on DCA degradation in soil was investigated, owing to the complex co-contamination problem frequently encountered in most sites. 1,2-Dichloroethane was degraded readily in both contaminated loam and clay soils with the degradation rate constants ranging between 0.370-0.536 week1 and 0.309-0.417 week1, respectively...     

Succession of bacterial community along with the removal of heavy crude oil pollutants by multiple biostimulation treatments in the Yellow River Delta, China

Multiple biostimulation treatments were applied to enhance the removal of heavy crude oil pollutants in the saline soil of Yellow River Delta. Changes of the soil bacterial community were monitored using the terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and clone library analyses. The 140-day microcosm experiments showed that low C:N:P ratio, high availability of surfactant and addition of bulking agent significantly enhanced the performance, leading to the highest total petroleum hydrocarbon removal. Meanwhile, the bacterial community was remarkably changed by the multiple biostimulation treatments, with the Deltaproteobacteria, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, Acidobacteria and Planctomycetes being inhibited and the Alpha- and Beta-proteobacteria and some unknown Gammaproteobacteria bacteria being enriched. In addition, different hydrocarbon-degraders came to power in the following turn. At the first stage, the Alcanivorax-veldXed Gammaproteobacteria bacteria dominated in the biostimulated soil and contributed mainly to the biodegradation of easily degradable portion of the heavy crude oil. Then the bacteria belonging to Alphaproteobacteria, followed by bacteria belonging to Candidate division OD1, became the dominant oil-degraders to degrade the remaining recalcitrant constituents of the heavy crude oil.     

不同碳源刺激对老化污染土壤中PAHs降解研究

采用室内模拟试验,研究追加葡萄糖、DL-苹果酸、柠檬酸三钠、脲和乙酸铵碳源刺激下对老化污染土壤中PAHs的降解规律.结果表明,培养第1周内,添加碳源处理土壤CO2的释放量显著大于对照,其中外加DL-苹果酸处理土壤所释放的CO2量最大.各处理CO2的平均释放量顺序为脲>葡萄糖≈柠檬酸三钠≈DL-苹果酸≈乙酸铵>对照.添加碳源处理土壤所挥发的PAHs要显著小于对照,且3种PAHs的挥发量大小顺序为菲>荧蒽>苯并(b)荧蒽.添加碳源处理土壤中菲、荧蒽及苯并(b)荧蒽的平均降解速度均大于对照,其中添加DL-苹果酸和脲处理土壤中菲、荧蒽及苯并(b)荧蒽的降解较快.3种PAHs化合物之间相比较,苯并(b)荧蒽的残留比例最大,在72%～81%之间;其次为荧蒽,在53%～70%之间;菲最少,在27%～44%之间.     

石油污染海岸线生物修复技术研究进展

介绍了生物修复、生物强化和生物刺激的基本概念。综述了基于生物强化和生物刺激技术处理石油污染海岸线的研究进展,并指出不同处理技术的优势与不足。分析了影响溢油污染海岸线生物修复的重要因素,包括石油类型、波浪和水流能量、温度、盐度、氧气含量等。对今后研究的主要方向进行了展望。     

Biodegradation of carbofuran in sequencing batch reactor augmented with immobilised Burkholderia cepacia PCL3 on corncob

The performance of sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) augmented with immobilised Burkholderia cepacia PCL3 on corncob for biodegradation of carbofuran in basal salt medium (BSM) was studied. A 2.0-L SBR with a working volume of 1.5 L was operated for a total cycle of 48 h, consisting of 1.0 h fill phase, 46 h react phase and 1.0 h decant phase. The initial pH of the feed medium was 7.0. Air was fed into the reactor at a controlled flow rate of 600 mL·min ^?1. The effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT) (14 to 6 days) on carbofuran-degradation efficiency was investigated at a carbofuran concentration in the feed medium of 20 mg·L ^?1. The shortest HRT resulting in complete degradation of carbofuran was 8 days. At 75% of the optimum HRT (6 days), the effects of biostimulation using organic amendments, i.e. molasses, cassava pulp, rice bran and spent yeast, and the effect of carbofuran concentration in the feed medium (20–80 mg·L ^?1) were investigated. The optimum conditions for SBRs were an initial carbofuran concentration of 40 mg·L ^?1 and 0.1 g·L ^?1 of rice bran as a biostimulated amendment. Complete degradation of carbofuran with a first-order kinetic constant (k ₁) of 0.044 h^?1 was achieved under these optimum conditions.     

生物修复制剂在溢油污染海岸线中的应用

生物修复制剂是解决溢油污染的"终极策略"。常见的生物修复制剂主要包括生物强化制剂和生物刺激制剂。在实验室条件下,生物强化制剂能有效提高石油污染物的生物降解效率,然而并不能证明生物强化制剂在现场应用时的有效性。然而,大量实验室和现场研究表明,生物刺激制剂能有效地促进石油污染物的生物降解,并且生物刺激效果好于生物添加效果。生物刺激制剂的选择依赖于受污染环境的特性和营养剂本身的特性。如果营养释放速率能够得到有效地控制,缓释肥料是最为理想的营养源。水溶性肥料在低能、细砂质、水动力有限的海岸线更为有效;亲脂性肥料更适于高能、粗砂质的海滩或者有较少露岩的地区。