矿化垃圾中的微生物区系与酶活性变化特征研究

选择某市郊城市生活垃圾填埋场为研究对象,对填埋时间分别达6、8、10年的矿化垃圾中的微生物区系与酶活性变化特征进行了比较。结果表明,表层(0～50 cm)和底层(100～150 cm)矿化垃圾中的微生物数量和酶活性变化幅度大于中层(50～100cm);填埋达6、8、10年后的各层矿化垃圾中的细菌数量明显低于对照,放线菌数量则明显高于对照,而真菌数量在表层和中层中高于对照或与对照相当,在底层则低于对照,各层中的脲酶、碱性磷酸酶、碱性磷酸酶活性则明显高于对照或与对照相当;总体来说,相同填埋深度的矿化垃圾中,填埋达6～8年的细菌、真菌、放线菌数量和脲酶、碱性磷酸酶、酸性磷酸酶活性的变化幅度要大于填埋8～10年的,且均在填埋8～10年趋于稳定。     

不同土地利用类型土壤微生物群落特征及其影响因素

土壤微生物群落结构特征能够提前反映土壤环境质量的变化,是土壤质量评价的重要因子。为弄清不同土地利用类型土壤微生物群落特征及其影响因素,以内蒙古呼和浩特赛罕区为研究区,从绿地、园林地、耕地以及荒废地4种不同土地利用类型土壤进行采样研究。研究结果表明:4种不同土地利用类型土壤中主要菌种为细菌、真菌以及放线菌,放线菌比例最大,其次是细菌,真菌比例最小。采样深度、温度、土地利用类型及含水率均影响微生物群落特征。随着采样深度的增加,4种土地利用类型土壤中微生物数量不断减少,0～10cm微生物总数最多。荒废地土壤微生物数量最多,因为荒废地土层中有机质含量高,为微生物的生长提供了营养物质。含水率过高或过低均不利于微生物生长,当处于最佳含水率时微生物数量最大。对于绿地和园林地而言,最佳含水率为10%～15%,耕地最佳含水率为15%～20%,荒废地最佳含水率为10%左右。     

造纸废水灌溉对黄河三角洲退化湿地可培养土壤微生物的影响

利用造纸废水恢复重度退化湿地,分析了土壤微生物数量、土壤呼吸强度及微生物量碳的变化情况。结果表明,灌溉后,8月份,细菌和真菌数量最多,放线菌5月份数量最多;细菌、真菌、放线菌各灌水深度上层大于中层,各灌水深度、细菌、真菌、放线菌上层数量均大于对照;土壤呼吸主要发生在表层（0~20 cm）;8月份,微生物量碳达到最大值690.3 mg/kg,且上中下层依次递减。相关分析表明,15 cm灌水量,土壤呼吸强度与有机碳呈极显著正相关（r=0.996,P=0.0036）,灌水量为0、5、10和20 cm,土壤微生物量碳与有机碳呈极显著正相关(r=0.999,0.999,0.999;P<0.001),15 cm灌水量,微生物量碳与速效磷呈极显著正相关（r=0.972,P=0.028）;5 cm灌水量,微生物总数与有机碳呈显著线性正相关（r=0.953,P=0.047）,对照和15 cm灌水量,微生物总数与速效磷呈显著正相关（r=0.976,P=0.024;r=0.968;P=0.032）。灌溉处理后的造纸废水,可增加重度退化湿地土壤微生物的活性,改善土壤质量。     

不同锌浓度有机肥对土壤酶活性及微生物数量的影响

采用室内培养方法,探究了含不同质量浓度(600、1 200、1 800mg/kg)锌的有机肥对土壤酶活性及微生物的影响。结果表明:(1)在整个培养阶段,含锌的有机肥总体显著抑制土壤脲酶、蔗糖酶、脱氢酶和过氧化氢酶活性,对碱性磷酸酶活性影响不显著;随着有机肥中锌浓度的增大,脲酶、脱氢酶、蔗糖酶活性总体显著降低。(2)整个培养阶段,含1 800mg/kg锌的有机肥促进土壤中真菌增长;对土壤中细菌总体也有促进作用;对土壤中放线菌呈先抑制后激活的作用,最后趋于稳定。     

香菇菌渣对土壤微生态的影响

为研究香菇菌渣添加对土壤质量改善的效果和机制,在土壤中添加质量分数为0(对照)、1.5％、3.0％、4.5％的香菇菌渣进行培养处理,并定期检测土壤中各类微生物的数量与某些酶活性.结果表明:添加香菇菌渣对土壤微生物数量和酶活性都有不同程度的提高作用,其中真菌数量、放线菌数量、几丁质酶活性和脱氢酶活性均随添加量的增加而增大,说明香菇菌渣能够增加土壤中微生物群落的规模,从根本上有利于土壤质量的改善,同时还增强了土壤潜在的抑病能力;4.5％处理的平均真菌数量、放线菌数量、几丁质酶活性、脱氢酶活性分别为对照的1 399.00％、2 773.33％、1 309.36％、2 512.29％.     

乙草胺对土壤微生物的影响研究

研究了乙草胺在6种不同浓度下对土壤微生物种群数量及土壤中细菌、放线菌、真菌生长速率的影响.采用密闭法测定乙草胺对土壤微生物呼吸的影响.结果表明,乙草胺对土壤微生物种群数量及土壤中细菌、放线菌、真菌生长速率均有一定的抑制作用,对土壤微生物呼吸作用具有明显的抑制作用.     

乙草胺对土壤微生物的影响研究

研究了乙草胺在6种不同浓度下对土壤微生物种群数量及土壤中细菌、放线菌、真菌生长速率的影响。采用密闭法测定乙草胺对土一生物呼吸的影响。结果表明,乙草胺对土壤微生物种群数量及土壤中细菌、放线菌、真菌生长速率均有一定的抑制作用,对土壤微生物呼吸作用具有明显的抑制作用。     

孟矿尾渣污染土壤商陆根际和非根际土壤酶活性

对湘潭锰矿尾渣库地区商陆根际和非根际土壤酶的活性特征进行了研究,结果表明,商陆根际土壤各种酶的活性显著大于非根际土壤。商陆根际环境对土壤酶活性的影响表现为：蔗糖酶〉脲酶〉脱氢酶〉酸性磷酸酶〉过氧化氢酶,根际效应值（R／S）分别为：1．622、1．598、1．586、1．485和1．328。除过氧化氢酶活性外,土壤各种酶活性与重金属复合污染程度显著负相关,表现出重金属复合污染对土壤酶活性的抑制效应。商陆可有效改善土壤环境,提高土壤各种酶的活性,是锰污染土壤植物修复的理想植物。     

锰矿尾渣污染土壤商陆根际和非根际土壤酶活性

对湘潭锰矿尾渣库地区商陆根际和非根际土壤酶的活性特征进行了研究,结果表明,商陆根际土壤各种酶的活性显著大于非根际土壤。商陆根际环境对土壤酶活性的影响表现为：蔗糖酶>脲酶>脱氢酶>酸性磷酸酶>过氧化氢酶,根际效应值（R/S）分别为：1.622、1.598、1.586、1.485和1.328。除过氧化氢酶活性外,土壤各种酶活性与重金属复合污染程度显著负相关,表现出重金属复合污染对土壤酶活性的抑制效应。商陆可有效改善土壤环境,提高土壤各种酶的活性,是锰污染土壤植物修复的理想植物。     

四溴双酚A对土壤酶活性的影响

采用室内模拟试验方法,研究了四溴双酚A对土壤多酚氧化酶、过氧化氢酶和脱氢酶活性的影响.结果表明,四溴双酚A对土壤多酚氧化酶和过氧化氢酶有一定的激活效应,这可能是土壤微生物在受到外源四溴双酚A胁迫时产生了应激反应,通过增加多酚氧化酶和过氧化氢酶的产生量来降低四溴双酚A及其代谢、中间产物对其产生的危害;同时,四溴双酚A对土壤脱氢酶产生一定的抑制效应,表明其对土壤微生物活性具有一定的抑制作用,但在试验设置的四溴双酚A浓度范围内基本未达到显著水平(P>0.05).     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Radionuclides and trace elements in fish collected upstream and downstream of Los Alamos national laboratory and the doses to humans from the consumption of muscle and bone

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine radionuclide and trace element concentrations in bottom‐feeding fish (catfish, carp, and suckers) collected from the confluences of some of the major canyons that cross Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) lands with the Rio Grande (RG) and the potential radiological doses from the ingestion of these fish. Samples of muscle and bone (and viscera in some cases) were analyzed for ³H, ⁹⁰Sr, ¹³⁷Cs, ^totU, ²³⁸Pu, ^239,240Pu, and ²⁴¹Am and Ag, As, Ba, Be, Cr, Cd, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, and Tl. Most radionuclides, with the exception of ⁹⁰Sr, in the muscle plus bone portions of fish collected from LANL canyons/RG were not significantly (p<0.05) higher from fish collected upstream (San Ildefonso/background) of LANL. Strontium‐90 in fish muscle plus bone tissue significantly (p<0.05) increases in concentration starting from Los Alamos Canyon, the most upstream confluence (fish contained 3.4E‐02 pCi g^‐1 [126E‐02 Bq kg^‐1]), to Frijoles Canyon, the most downstream confluence (fish contained 14E‐02 pCi g^‐1 [518E‐02 Bq kg^‐1]). The differences in ⁹⁰Sr concentrations in fish collected downstream and upstream (background) of LANL, however, were very small. Based on the average concentrations (±2SD) of radionuclides in fish tissue from the four LANL confluences, the committed effective dose equivalent from the ingestion of 46 lb (21 kg) (maximum ingestion rate per person per year) of fish muscle plus bone, after the subtraction of background, was 0.1 ± 0.1 mrem y^‐1 (1.0 ± 1.0 μSv y^‐1), and was far below the International Commission on Radiological Protection (all pathway) permissible dose limit of 100 mrem y^‐1 (1000 μSv y^‐1). Of the trace elements that were found above the limits of detection (Ba, Cu, and Hg) in fish muscle collected from the confluences of canyons that cross LANL and the RG, none were in significantly higher (p<0.05) concentrations than in muscle of fish collected from background locations.     

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.     

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.     

Sorption and predicted mobility of herbicides in Baltic soils

This study was undertaken to determine sorption coefficients of eight herbicides (alachlor, amitrole, atrazine, simazine, dicamba, imazamox, imazethapyr, and pendimethalin) to seven agricultural soils from sites throughout Lithuania. The measured sorption coefficients were used to predict the susceptibility of these herbicides to leach to groundwater. Soil-water partitioning coefficients were measured in batch equilibrium studies using radiolabeled herbicides. In most soils, sorption followed the general trend pendimethalin > alachlor > atrazine～ amitrole～ simazine > imazethapyr > imazamox > dicamba, consistent with the trends in hydrophobicity (log K_ow) except in the case of amitrole. For several herbicides, sorption coefficients and calculated retardation factors were lowest (predicted to be most susceptible to leaching) in a soil of intermediate organic carbon content and sand content. Calculated herbicide retardation factors were high for soils with high organic carbon contents. Estimated leaching times under saturated conditions, assuming no herbicide degradation and no preferential water flow, were more strongly affected by soil textural effects on predicted water flow than by herbicide sorption effects. All herbicides were predicted to be slowest to leach in soils with high clay and low sand contents, and fastest to leach in soils with high sand content and low organic matter content. Herbicide management is important to the continued increase in agricultural production and profitability in the Baltic region, and these results will be useful in identifying critical areas requiring improved management practices to reduce water contamination by pesticides.