环境中抗药基因水平转移研究进展

抗药基因是一种新型环境污染物,一旦被致病菌获得,将导致抗生素的临床使用失效,从而危害公共健康。抗药基因可通过转移因子在细菌间传播,加剧抗药基因的扩散效应,提升了环境健康风险性,因此抗药基因水平转移受到了越来越多的关注。本文介绍了抗药基因水平转移的分子机制,总结了不同环境中各种抗药基因水平转移途径的研究现状,并对该领域将来的研究方向提出了展望,以期为环境中抗药基因的调查评估、污染控制及合理管理提供理论参考。     

非抗生素类新污染物影响质粒携带的抗生素抗性基因(ARGs)水平转移研究进展

人们通常认为抗生素的选择压力是造成抗生素抗性基因快速扩散的原因,但是越来越多的研究表明环境中非抗生素类新污染物也能够造成抗生素抗性基因快速扩散。本文对非抗生素类新污染物影响质粒携带抗性基因水平转移规律和机制研究进展进行了归纳总结。目前的研究大多集中在内分泌干扰物、药品及个人护理产品以及纳米材料影响R质粒携带抗生素抗性基因水平转移,相关机制主要关注非抗生素类新污染物对活性氧、应激反应以及细胞膜通透性的影响。持久性有机污染物影响质粒携带抗性基因水平转移规律以及非抗生素类新污染物对其他质粒携带的抗生素抗性基因水平转移规律和其他类型的机制可以作为未来的研究方向。     

土壤环境中四环素类抗生素残留及抗性基因污染的研究进展(Tetracycline Residues and Tetracycline Resistance Gene Pollution in Soil: A Review)

近年来,致病菌耐药性的增加和扩散已成为全世界关注的热点问题,而人类医疗和畜禽养殖业抗生素的滥用正不断加剧这一问题.众多研究表明土壤环境作为一个巨大的抗性基因储存库,在抗性微生物和抗性基因的传播中起重要的作用,具有潜在的生态与健康风险.在总结国内外最新研究基础上,对土壤环境中典型抗生素-四环素类抗生素的主要污染源以及其在土壤中的基本环境行为等进行了分析,并探讨了土壤中四环素类抗性基因的来源、迁移和扩散及分子检测手段等问题.我国作为抗生素的生产和消费大国,抗生素污染问题较其他国家更为严重,而国内相关研究才刚刚起步,迫切需要开展有关环境中抗生素和抗生素抗性基因污染的系统研究.     

抗生素及其抗性基因在环境中的污染、降解和去除研究进展

随着抗生素及其抗菌产品的广泛应用,自然和人工环境中的抗生素残留带来的危害引起人们关注.本文基于最新文献,综述了国内外抗生素及其抗性基因的污染水平和来源、它们之间的关系和传播机理以及这类污染物的降解和去除技术.现有研究表明,抗生素及其抗性基因的污染已遍布水、土壤、大气等介质,而在以污水处理厂和固废填埋场为代表的人工环境中,其污染水平更高.抗生素残留诱导产生抗性基因,其在环境中传播扩散与水平基因转移(Horizontal Gene Transfer,HGT)和微生物群落结构组成有关.抗生素和抗性基因在环境中自然降解过程受基质类型、光照、温度和微生物种群等因素的影响,其中光照是影响其降解的重要因子;而在人工处理系统中,紫外消毒和生化降解对抗生素及其抗性基因有较好的去除效果,但并非全部有效.建议今后加强对特定环境中抗生素和抗生素抗性基因的扩散规律和高效降解去除等方面的机理和工艺研究,进而有效控制其环境含量,降低其污染水平.     

光催化降解对抗生素藻类毒性效应影响研究进展

抗生素滥用带来环境中残留抗生素及其抗性基因的问题,近年来已成为全球关注的热点问题.光催化氧化技术是当前研究领域广泛采用的有效降解水环境中残留抗生素的热门方法;但光催化氧化无法使水环境中抗生素完全矿化,存在生态风险,探明光催化降解抗生素对其藻类毒理效应影响及内在机制,对研发高效、安全的光催化技术具有重要意义.本文在总结水...     

污水处理过程中抗生素抗性基因的检测及其水平转移机制的研究进展

抗生素的滥用使得近年来环境中抗生素频繁检出,同时污水处理厂接纳不同来源的污水后也促进了抗性基因的水平转移.现阶段抗性基因和水平转移的定性、定量检测手段多样化,尤其是水平转移的机制也备受关注.本文介绍了抗生素抗性基因和水平转移的检测方法以及抗性基因水平转移的研究进展,展望了今后的发展方向,以期为抑制抗性基因的扩散提供技术参考.     

抗生素单一及联合暴露对RP4质粒介导的抗性基因水平转移的hormesis效应研究

抗生素滥用导致的抗性基因(ARGs)泛滥问题引起人们的日益关注。目前关于抗性基因的研究主要集中在环境监测方面,但是关于抗生素对ARGs传播的影响研究还相对缺乏。质粒是ARGs传播的重要载体,因此以基于RP4质粒的大肠杆菌(E.coli)接合转移体系为研究对象,探讨了盐酸四环素、甲氧苄啶、磺胺氯哒嗪、磺胺异唑在单一暴露条件下对RP4质粒接合转移的影响。根据单一暴露的结果设计混合抗生素的浓度比,探究抗生素联合暴露实验对质粒接合转移的影响。结果表明:在单一暴露条件下,只有盐酸四环素对含有四环素抗性的RP4质粒的接合转移频率有低促高抑的hormesis效应;在联合暴露条件下,对RP4质粒接合转移无促进作用的抗生素会抑制四环素的hormesis效应,这一定程度上降低了抗生素的环境风险。并且用受体理论解释了抗生素对质粒接合转移的hormesis效应产生机制,为目前尚无定论的hormesis受体理论机制提供了证据支持。     

抗性DNA在水土环境中的迁移归趋与水平转移

抗性基因是与抗生素的滥用密切关联的一种新型环境污染物.DNA作为抗性基因的载体,其在环境中的赋存、迁移与水平转移对于环境中抗药性的传播十分重要.基于文献,本文针对与抗药性传播密切关联的各个环节,系统讨论了环境因子对DNA分子的损伤、保护和修复等影响DNA的赋存与归趋的机制,DNA吸附、解吸与迁移等影响其在环境中移动性的机制,以及水平转移等引发细菌产生抗药性的机制.文末提出了值得进一步研究的科学问题.     

废水生物强化处理技术研究进展

生物强化技术具有高效去除目标污染物、加速系统启动、提高系统抗水力及有机负荷能力以及优化系统菌群结构和增强功能稳定性等功能,在废水生物处理实际应用中潜力巨大.总结了国内外废水生物强化处理技术研究进展,在功能微生物选育方面,通过传统选育手段与基因工程手段并举来实现;在功能菌应用与生物强化处理工艺方面,主要通过所投加的功能菌直接作用或是利用基因水平转移(HGT)来实现生物强化;在分子检测技术方面,随着分子生物学的发展,一些技术如变性梯度凝胶电泳(DGGE)、核糖体间隔基因分析方法(RISA)及荧光原位杂交(FISH)等在与微生物生态学研究中得到了广泛应用.分析认为,应用分子生物学等先进技术手段,探讨废水生物强化处理工程应用过程中的微生物生态学机制,并以此为指导研发高性能菌剂,将是本领域的研究重点与方向之一.     

抗生素和纳米银对大肠杆菌的联合毒性和抗性突变诱导效应

抗生素和纳米银因在各自领域的大量应用而不可避免地进入环境中，对生态环境尤其是微生物群体构成联合暴露的风险，但是二者对细菌生长和耐药性的联合作用，目前受到的关注较少.本研究测定了两种抗生素（四环素和氯霉素）以及纳米银（10—15 nm）对大肠杆菌的联合毒性及对细菌抗性突变的诱导作用，并对相关机制进行了初步探讨.结果表明，抗生素和纳米银对细菌的联合毒性呈现协同效应，但是二者联合作用下细菌对利福平的抗性突变频率显著降低. DNA测序和分子对接结果表明，编码利福平靶标蛋白的rpoB基因发生点突变，导致突变后的靶蛋白与利福平的结合能降低.同时，qPCR结果表明抗生素和纳米银联合作用时，细菌胞内rpoS、dinB和mutS等基因表达显著上调，可能是抗性突变频率在联合作用下降低的主要原因.本研究揭示了抗生素和纳米银联合作用对细菌抗性突变的影响，有利于全面认识二者联合暴露的环境和健康风险.     

Applications of chitosan in food,pharmaceuticals, medicine,cosmetics, agriculture,textiles, pulp and paper,biotechnology, and environmental chemistry

Environmental Chemistry Letters - Chitosan is a biopolymer obtained from chitin, one of the most abundant and renewable materials on Earth. Chitin is a primary component of cell walls in fungi, the...     

Lead,cadmium, copper,zinc, iron,and calcium in human hair as a function of gender,age, smoking,and hair dyeing

Hair samples were collected randomly from 110 subjects (55 male and 55 female) ranging in age from (<15–60) years. Each subject was asked to complete a personal questionnaire describing his/her sex, age, general health, smoking, use of hair dyes, occupational area, and living habits. Concentrations of Pb, Cd, Cu, Zn, Fe, and Ca in human hair samples were evaluated using atomic absorption spectrometry. Results indicated that concentrations of Pb, Cd, Cu, and Zn in the hair of smokers were higher than those in the hair of non-smokers, whereas, Fe and Ca concentrations in hair of smokers were lower than those in hair of non-smokers. Moreover, the concentrations of these elements are higher in dyed hair compared with undyed hair.     

Metal passivity as mechanism of metal carcinogenesis: Chromium,nickel, iron,copper, cobalt,platinum, molybdenum

For the transition metals chromium, nickel, iron, copper, cobalt, platinum, and molybdenum, mechanisms of stable bonding in biochemistry (emphasis on carcinogenic mechanisms), chemistry, industrial chemistry, as well as epidemiological, occupational, orthopedic (implant devices) effects related to carcinogenesis, were reviewed. Hypothetically, the propensity to stable bonding (inertness), which ensures the metals’ performance capacity for consumers and industrial application, relates to their carcinogenicity. For chromium, a relationship between industrial/chemical and biological reactivity was noted for the tendency of Cr(III) ions to cause hydrolysis previous to stable bonding, as occurs during anodic passivation, leather tanning, and as indicated in biochemical studies pertaining to a mechanism of DNA condensation, which was suggested as a carcinogenic mechanism. The involvement of metal hydrolysis in both anodic passivation and biochemistry was noted also for nickel, iron, and platinum; the DNA interaction of platinum (cis-platin) is known to depend on hydrolysis. For nickel, issues of potential (V) were found important in both passivation and carcinogenicity. Comparably, the passivity behavior of cobalt and copper was found atypical, and their carcinogenicity yet unclear. Molybdenum, contained in passivated metallic implants, may relate to implant-associated carcinogenesis. Occupational carcinogenic effects were indicated for chromium, nickel, iron, and cobalt as caused by both reactive and passivated metal species. Exposure to acids and chronic respiratory irritation/infection/inflammation in workers were important cofactors in metal carcinogenesis. For wood and leather workers exposed to dust, the assumed presence in dust of metal particles abraded from alloys (sawing or cutting blades) may be a carcinogenic exposure hazard.     

Seaweed for climate mitigation,wastewater treatment,bioenergy, bioplastic,biochar, food,pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics: a review

The development and recycling of biomass production can partly solve issues of energy, climate change, population growth, food and feed shortages, and environmental pollution. For instance, the use of seaweeds as feedstocks can reduce our reliance on fossil fuel resources, ensure the synthesis of cost-effective and eco-friendly products and biofuels, and develop sustainable biorefinery processes. Nonetheless, seaweeds use in several biorefineries is still in the infancy stage compared to terrestrial plants-based lignocellulosic biomass. Therefore, here we review seaweed biorefineries with focus on seaweed production, economical benefits, and seaweed use as feedstock for anaerobic digestion, biochar, bioplastics, crop health, food, livestock feed, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Globally, seaweeds could sequester between 61 and 268 megatonnes of carbon per year, with an average of 173 megatonnes. Nearly 90% of carbon is sequestered by exporting biomass to deep water, while the remaining 10% is buried in coastal sediments. 500 gigatonnes of seaweeds could replace nearly 40% of the current soy protein production. Seaweeds contain valuable bioactive molecules that could be applied as antimicrobial, antioxidant, antiviral, antifungal, anticancer, contraceptive, anti-inflammatory, anti-coagulants, and in other cosmetics and skincare products.

     

Research progress on distribution,sources, identification,toxicity, and biodegradation of microplastics in the ocean,freshwater, and soil environment

• Microplastics are widely found in both aquatic and terrestrial environments. • Cleaning products and discarded plastic waste are primary sources of microplastics. • Microplastics have apparent toxic effects on the growth of fish and soil plants. • Multiple strains of biodegradable microplastics have been isolated. Microplastics (MPs) are distributed in the oceans, freshwater, and soil environment and have become major pollutants. MPs are generally referred to as plastic particles less than 5 mm in diameter. They consist of primary microplastics synthesized in microscopic size manufactured production and secondary microplastics generated by physical and environmental degradation. Plastic particles are long-lived pollutants that are highly resistant to environmental degradation. In this review, the distribution and possible sources of MPs in aquatic and terrestrial environments are described. Moreover, the adverse effects of MPs on natural creatures due to ingestion have been discussed. We also have summarized identification methods based on MPs particle size and chemical bond. To control the pollution of MPs, the biodegradation of MPs under the action of different microbes has also been reviewed in this work. This review will contribute to a better understanding of MPs pollution in the environment, as well as their identification, toxicity, and biodegradation in the ocean, freshwater, and soil, and the assessment and control of microplastics exposure.     

Concentrations of V,Cr, Mn,Fe, Ni,Co, Cu,Zn, As and Cd in mesopelagic crustaceans from the North East Atlantic Ocean

Specimens of oceanic decapods, mysids and euphausiids, collected from the North East Atlantic Ocean during July 1985, were analysed for V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Co, Cu, Zn, As and Cd. Measurement of the metals was carried out using two techniques: inductively-coupled plasma-source mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and atomic absorption (AAS). With the exception of the iron data, good agreement was observed between the data from the two techniques. Baseline-metal data are presented for the species measured, along with any effects of animal size on metal concentration. The data presented for oceanic animals from different trophic levels are important in studies of metal fluxes and for the assessment of markers within the food web in the oceans.     

Fragmentation of Phragmites Habitats, Minimum Viable Population Size, Habitat Suitability, and Local Extinction of Moths, Midges, Flies, Aphids, and Birds

Results from populations of insects and birds inhabiting Phragmites habitats were used to analyze effects of fragmentation. Flush-crash cycles of the stem-boring moth Archanara geminipuncta (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) showed regionally concurrent, local extinctions despite an originally enormous population size (more than 180,000 adults), emphasizing the importance of metapopulation dynamics. Further, A. geminipuncta could be considered a keystone species, since shoot damage facilitated more than twenty species of herbivores, saprovores (of the caterpillars' feces), and their parasitoids. The gall midge Lasioptera arundinis could survive only in side shoots induced by shoot damage of A. geminipuncta .
Small Phragmites stands had thinner shoots (due to a water or nutrient deficiency) and shoots with more leaves (due to a better light supply) than large stands, thereby influencing species-specific demands for habitat suitability and nutritiousness of reed tissue. In other words significance of habitat fragmentation could not be assessed by area alone. For example, two chloropid flies depending on thin, yellowish shoots survived only in small habitats or in the unmown edges of large habitats.
Local persistence of Phragmites herbivores depended on much larger population sizes than could be expected from a population size sufficient to maintain genetic variation. At least 11,000 adults of the gall midge Giraudiella inclusa (or more than 84,000 galls) were necessary to avoid local extinction.
With regard to conservation management of reed habitats, nature reserves should consist of old and unmown reeds, have fewer disturbed (particularly, fewer mown) habitat edges, measure more than two hectares (priority should go to the largest remaining fragments), and be surrounded by nearby reed habitats providing reservoir populations and diverse shoot types.