Responses of activities, abundances and community structures of soil denitrifiers to short-term mercury stress

The responses of activities, abundances and community structures of soil denitrifiers to mercury (Hg) stress were investigated through a short-term incubation experiment. Four soil treatments with different concentrations of Hg (CK, Hg25, Hg50, and Hg100, denoted as 0, 25, 50, and 100 mg Hg/kg dry soil, respectively) were incubated for 28 days. Soil denitrification enzyme activity (DEA) was measured at day 3, 7 and 28. The abundances and community structures of two denitrification concerning genes, nirS (cd₁-nitrite reductase gene) and nosZ (nitrous oxide reductase gene), were analyzed using real-time PCR and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Results showed that soil DEA was significantly stimulated in the treatments of Hg25 and Hg50 compared with others at day 7. Meanwhile, no difference in the abundances of soil nirS and nosZ was found between Hg spiked treatments and CK, except the lower abundance of nirS (P<0.05) in the Hg added treatments compared with that in the CK at day 28. The community structures of denitrifiers based on nirS gene presented obvious change at day 7 along with the Hg additions, however, no variation was found in all treatments based on the nosZ gene. The results indicated that Hg (Hg25 and Hg50) had a strongly short-term stimulation on soil DEA, and nirS gene is more sensitive than nosZ gene to Hg stress.     

Development of LnMnO3+σ perovskite on low temperature Hg0 removal

LnMnO_3+σ (Ln = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd or Dy) perovskites synthesized by sol-gel method were employed for gaseous elemental mercury (Hg⁰) removal from coal-fired flue gas. Characterization results revealed the structure of the perovskites presented a phase transition process from rhombohedral system to O- and O'-orthorhombic structure with the change of A-site rare earth elements. The perovskites showed satisfactory Hg⁰ removal capacity in a narrow temperature range of 100–150°C. NdMnO_3+σ with an O-O’ orthorhombic structure presented the best Hg⁰ removal performance, which markedly depends on four factors: crystal structure, oxygen vacancy density, Mn⁴⁺/Mn³⁺ ratio and surface element segregation. The Hg⁰ removal mechanism was illustrated based on the mercury temperature programmed desorption experiment and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy characterization. Both chemisorption and catalytic oxidation played a role in the Hg⁰ removal process. Chemisorption dominated the Hg⁰ removal, due to the slow catalytic oxidation rate at low temperature. This work preliminarily established the relation between the structure of rare earth manganese perovskite and Hg⁰ removal performance.     

不同生长期的Pseudomonas putida 5-x细胞对工业废水中Cu2+的吸附

研究了不同生长阶段的Cu^2 吸附细菌Pseudomonas-putida5-x对Cu^2 的吸附容量。结果表明在低硫培养基中，当P.putida 5-x细胞生长刚进入对数生长期时，单位细胞对Cu^2 的吸附溶量最低。而当生长进入稳定生长期的后期或死亡期的早期时，单位细胞对Cu^2 的吸附量最大。实验结果还表明，高浓度的Cu^2 对对数期细胞的吸附能力有一定的抑制，而对死亡期的细胞影响较小。早期 研究已证明细胞对重金属离子的吸附和细胞表面某些对重金属离子具有亲和性的功能基团（如某些膜蛋白及羰基化合物）有关。利用透视电子显微镜观察了不同生长阶段的细胞表面结构及对铜离子的吸附效果，发现生长后期细胞表面吸附有较多的Cu^2 ，这表明生长后期的细胞表面可能含有较多的这类功能基团。     

广东省若干典型地方病环境地球化学病因分析

广东省是我国地方病高发省份。鼻咽癌发病率位居全国之首,肝癌发病率也大大高于全国平均水平,仅次于江苏和广西两省;地氟病也有着较广泛分布。前人尤其是流行病学工作者对广东省地方病开展了许多的医学研究,取得了一定的成果,但从环境地球化学的角度进行探讨相对不足,随着研究的深入,科学家发现地方病的发生与当地环境地球化学因素存在密切的关系,文章主要针对广东省存在的典型地方病与环境地球化学背景的关系进行探讨和研究,以期从环境地球化学角度为广东省地方病的防治工作提出新的思路。     

城市污水回用系统的费用—效果分析

本文介绍研究工作中建立的污水回用系统的费用——效果分析经济评价模型,重点探讨了污水回用系统费用——效果分析中目标的确定、重要参数的选择、费用的识别与计算.通过实例研究验证了该经济评价模型的合理性、适用性与灵活性.     

Do land utilization patterns affect methanotrophic communities in a Chinese upland red soil?

Soil samples were collected from three plots under different land utilization patterns including degradation,farming,and restoration.The abundances of methanotrophs were quantified using real-time polymerase chain reaction(PCR)based on the pmoA and 16S rRNA genes,and the community fingerprint was analyzed using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis(DGGE)aiming at pmoA gene.Significantly lower 16S rRNA and pmoA genes copies were found in the degradation treatment than in farming and restoration.Higher abundances of Type Ⅰ than those of Type Ⅱ methanotrophs were detected in all treatments.The treatment of farming was clearly separated from degradation and restoration according to the DGGE profile by cluster analysis.The lowest diversity indices were observed in the F(farming plot),suggesting that the community structure was strongly affected by farming activities.There were significantly positive correlations between the copy numbers of pmoA also Type Ⅱ-related 16S rRNA genes and soil available K content.Strong negative and positive correlations were found between Type Ⅰ and soil pH,and available P content,respectively.We concluded that the vegetation cover or not,soil characteristics including pH and nutrients of P and K as a result of anthropogenic disturbance may be key factors affecting methanotrophic communities in upland soil.     

锰氧化物与环境中有机物的作用及其在环境修复中的应用

锰氧化物在陆地和海洋环境中含量丰富.作为天然强氧化剂之一,广泛地参与自然界中有机和无机化合物的氧化还原反应,锰氧化物通过吸附、氧化偶合或氧化分解等方式与多种有机物,如酚及取代酚、芳香胺、腐殖酸、氨基酸.甚至多环芳烃、多氯联苯、内分泌干扰物等相互作用,本文对锰氧化物与多种有机物的反应机理、影响锰氧化物对有机物吸附性能和反应活性的因素进行了综述.同时介绍了天然矿物锰氧化物、化学合成锰氧化物及生物氧化锰的特点及其在环境修复中的应用前景.     

矿业污染土壤中还原态硫的测定方法探讨

铬粉还原法(SCr)常用于酸性硫酸盐土和河流底泥中还原态硫的测定,其能否应用于矿业污染土壤中还原态硫的测定还有待检验.选取矿渣污染土壤和未污染土壤,添加不同浓度的黄铁矿培养15 d后采用SCr法测定其消化时间和土壤预处理方法的回收率.研究表明:SCr法可应用于矿业酸化土壤中还原态硫的测定,消化时间达到20 min时,不同含硫浓度的处理中还原态硫回收率在95%-105%之间.说明消化20 min即可满足SCr法测定还原态硫的要求.不同预处理方法的比较表明:采用80℃快速风干处理和真空冷冻干燥处理,土壤样品的还原态硫回收率均能达到满意的要求,而采用传统的自然风干处理会使土壤还原态硫的测定结果偏低.因此,测定矿山污染土壤的还原态硫时,可以采用真空冷冻干燥处理或80℃快速风干处理.消化时间为20 min即可.