Response of activity and community composition of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria to partial substitution of chemical fertilizer by organic fertilizer

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Nitrite oxidation as the second step of nitrification can become the determining step in disturbed soil systems. As a beneficial fertilization...     

PVA/ZnONPs活细胞固定化载体的构建及喹啉生物降解特性试验研究

利用ZnO纳米颗粒(ZnONPs)修饰聚乙烯醇(PVA)制备活细胞固定化载体,并将喹啉降解菌Ochrobactrum sp.LC-1固定。X射线衍射(XRD)和扫描电镜(SEM)分析结果表明,ZnONPs均匀地分布在PVA内部孔隙表面,强化了对细菌及喹啉的吸附效果,且载体内部有大量孔隙支持细菌生长。喹啉生物降解结果表明,固定化细胞喹啉氧化还原酶(Qor)活性是游离细胞的1.7倍,喹啉降解能力大大增强。固定化细胞经驯化后,在喹啉起始质量浓度500 mg/L的条件下,10 h后,固定化细胞喹啉降解率为99.8%,远高于游离细胞的43.2%。当喹啉质量浓度为600~800 mg/L时,固定化细胞对喹啉的降解率可稳定在95%以上,固定化细胞重复利用30次后,喹啉降解率仍维持在94.9%以上,表现出良好的机械耐受强度,可应用于实际生产。     

Effect of selenium on mercury methylation in facultative lake sediments

The effect of selenium (Na₂SeO₃) on the methylation of mercury (HgCl₂) in facultative sediment was studied. The results showed that small amount of selenium (0.25 μg/g) added to the sediment could significantly reduce the net methylation rate of mercury. The more the selenium was added, the higher the inhibition effect was. These results made the addition of selenium to the aquatic systems more practical and safe as a way to alleviate mercury accumulation in fish. Additionally, higher temperature was favorable to the net methylation of mercury, and high concentration of methylmercury emerged earlier.     

氧化乐果和毒死蜱混剂对大鼠雄性生殖功能的联合毒性

为探讨有机磷农药混合物对生物生殖毒性的影响,以模式动物Sprague- Dawley (SD)大鼠为实验材料,采用亚慢性染毒动物实验,利用3×3析因实验设计方法研究了常见有机磷农药——氧化乐果和毒死蜱的联合雄性生殖毒性效应及机理。结果表明：氧化乐果和毒死蜱联合染毒60 d后,附睾系数增加,精子数量和精子活力降低,联合作用呈现协同效应(p<0.05);混配农药能降低睾丸标志酶乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)、酸性磷酸酶(ACP)、碱性磷酸酶(AKP)、γ-谷氨酰转移酶(γ-GT)的活力,对LDH、ACP、γ-GT的联合作用表现为协同作用(p<0.05);混配农药能增加睾丸中促卵泡生成激素(FSH)含量,降低睾酮(T)含量,联合作用表现为协同作用(p<0.05)。通过组织病理学观察,氧化乐果和毒死蜱混合物能引起曲细精管的萎缩、畸形精子增多、生精细胞坏死、胞浆溶解和线粒体空泡化;支持细胞数量减少,出现坏死,精子从支持细胞上脱落,基底膜脱落等损伤。氧化乐果和毒死蜱对大鼠的联合生殖毒性为协同效应,混合后有明显的增毒作用;对睾丸标志酶(LDH、ACP、γ-GT)活力及睾丸性激素水平(FSH、T)的协同影响,是产生联合生殖毒性的机理之一。以上结果提示,对氧化乐果和毒死蜱进行环境健康风险评价时应考虑这种协同作用。     

Biosorption and biotransformation of crystal violet by Aeromonas hydrophila DN322p

DN322p, an offspring of Aeromonas hydrophila DN322, has the capacity to adsorb and decolorize triphenylmethane dyes in wastewater simultaneously. As a common triphenylmethane dye, crystal violet (CV) was chosen to test the decolorization characteristics of DN322p. Within 0.5 h, the strain DN322p adsorbed a large amount of CV, producing a deep-colored cell pellet and colorless supernatant. The colors of the cell pellet and supernatant lightened over time. The supernatant and dichloromethane extract of the cell pellet both showed conspicuous CV and leuco CV (LCV) characteristic absorbance peaks at 590 nm and 260 nm, respectively, in the UV-vis spectral analysis. This finding indicated that the DN322p cells can adsorb the two dyes. A 99% (w/w) decolorization rate was achieved within 2.5 h with shaking at 30°C for 50 mg CV·L^?1. High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) analysis of the dichloromethane extract of the supernatant and cell pellet confirmed that CV was mainly converted into its leuco form. Dead cells had a similar adsorption capacity with living cells. About 90% of CV in the dye solution (50 mg·L^?1) was removed by autoclaved cells with an optical delnsity at 600 nm (OD₆₀₀) above 1.0.     

Short-term effects of excessive anaerobic reaction time on anaerobic metabolism of denitrifying polyphosphate-accumulating organisms linked to phosphorus removal and N2O production

The short-term effect of anaerobic reaction time (AnRT) (i.e., 90, 120 and 150 min) on the denitrifying phosphorus (P) removal performance and N₂O production was examined using a denitrifying enhanced biologic phosphorus removal (EBPR) sludge acclimatized with mixed acetate (HAc) and propionate (Pro) (in the molar ratio 3:1) as carbon sources. The results showed that when the AnRT was prolonged from 90 to 150 min, the anaerobic polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthesis was decreased by 15.3%. Moreover, the ineffective PHA consumption occurred in anaerobic phases and contributed to an increased NO ₂ ^? -N accumulation and higher free nitrous acid (FNA) concentrations (?0.001–0.0011 mg HNO₂-N/L) in the subsequent anoxic phases, causing a severe inhibition on anoxic P-uptake and denitrification. Accordingly, the total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) removal efficiencies dropped by approximately 6.3% and 85.5%, respectively; and the ratio of anoxic N₂O-N production to TN removal increased by approximately 3.8%. The fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis revealed that the sludge was mainly dominated by Accumulibacter (62.0% (SE_mean = 1.5%)). In conclusion, the short-term excessive anaerobic reaction time negatively impacted denitrifying P removal performance and stimulated more N₂O production, and its effect on P removal was more obvious than that on nitrogen removal.     

气象环境要素对北京市消化系统疾病的影响

为探究气象环境条件对消化系统疾病的影响,结合分布滞后非线性模型与广义相加模型,分析了2009~2011年气象环境要素与北京市消化系统疾病急诊人数的暴露-反应关系.结果显示,气温对消化系统疾病的影响主要体现为“高温效应”,高于25℃的气温其危险度RR随气温升高而增加,且滞后效应能达到10d以上.较为极端的湿度(RH<10%或RH>90%)会显著增加消化系统疾病的发病,并有持久的作用,其与高温结合会形成“高温低湿”和“高温高湿”2种让人不适的情况.0～2m/s的风速在短的滞后期(5d)最能增加发病危险性.而3～4m/s的风速对疾病的危险性小,说明适度的风速不影响健康.浓度高于200μg/m³的PM₁₀和浓度高于70μg/m³的 NO₂具有即时的危险性(5d内显著);而较高浓度(>55μg/m³)的SO₂滞后一定时期后效应更加明显.     

Immunotoxic effect of arsenic trioxide on Caenorhabditis elegans

A Pseudomonas aeruginosa–Caenorhabditis elegans pathogenesis model was utilized to assess immunotoxic effects of arsenic trioxide (As₂O₃). After 2 h of As₂O₃ exposure, 500 µmol L^?1 and 1 mmol L^?1 As₂O₃ treatment significantly decreased median survivals of C. elegans (10 h after L4/adult molt). However, 2 h of As₂O₃ exposure caused no significant changes in the survivals rates of C. elegans (2 h after L4/adult molt). Notably, a significant dose-related immunoenhancement was observed in C. elegans (2 h after L4/adult molt) after 12 h of arsenite exposure.     

Combined biologic aerated filter and sulfur/ceramisite autotrophic denitrification for advanced wastewater nitrogen removal at low temperatures

An innovative advanced wastewater treatment process combining biologic aerated filter （BAF） and sulfur/ ceramisite-based autotrophic denitrification （SCAD） for reliable removal of nitrogen was proposed in this paper. In SCAD reactor, ceramisite was used as filter and Ca （HCO3）2 was used for supplying alkalinity and carbon source. The BAF-SCAD was used to treat the secondary treatment effluent. The performance of this process was investigated, and the impact of temperature on nitrogen removal was studied. Results showed that the combined system was effective in nitrogen removal even at low temperatures （8℃）. Removal of total nitrogen （TN）, NH4＋ -N, NO3-N reached above 90% at room temperature. Nitrification was affected by the temperature and nitrification at low temperature （8℃） was a limiting factor for TN removal. However, denitrification was not impacted by the temperature and the removal of NO3 -N maintained 98% during the experimental period. The reason of effective denitrification at low temperature might be the use of easily dissolved Ca（HCO3）2 and high-flux ceramisite, which solved the problem of low mass transfer efficiency at low temperatures. Besides, vast surface area of sulfur with diameter of 2-6 mm enhanced the rate of microbial utilization. The removal of nitrate companied with the production of SO42-, and the average concentration of SO27 was about 240mg.L^-1. These findings would be beneficial for the application of this process to nitrogen removal especially in the winter and cold regions.     

潜流-垂直流改进型人工湿地处理河道水的研究

针对微污染河道水C/N比不足和磷浓度低的问题,将传统人工湿地改进后用于处理。改进后的人工湿地包含潜流段和垂直流段,潜流段填充沸石和腐木,其中腐木作为补充碳源,垂直流段填充水泥砖块,并种植美人蕉。试验结果表明:改进型人工湿地脱氮除磷效果良好,氮的去除主要发生在潜流段,氨氮和总氮的去除率达到90%以上,填充的补充碳源不会恶化水质;磷的去除主要发生在垂直流段,水泥砖块具有良好的去除低浓度磷的性能,但其寿命不长,需要及时的更换;美人蕉对湿地脱氮影响非常小。