Occurrence of human pathogenic bacteria carrying antibiotic resistance genes revealed by metagenomic approach: A case study from an aquatic environment

Antibiotic resistance genes(ARGs), human pathogenic bacteria(HPB), and HPB carrying ARGs are public issues that pose a high risk to aquatic environments and public health. Their diversity and abundance in water, intestine, and sediments of shrimp culture pond were investigated using metagenomic approach. A total of 19 classes of ARGs, 52 HPB species, and 7 species of HPB carrying ARGs were found. Additionally, 157, 104, and 86 subtypes of ARGs were detected in shrimp intestine, pond water, and sediment samples, respectively. In all the samples, multidrug resistance genes were the highest abundant class of ARGs. The dominant HPB was Enterococcus faecalis in shrimp intestine, Vibrio parahaemolyticus in sediments, and Mycobacterium yongonense in water, respectively. Moreover, E. faecalis(contig Intestine_364647)and Enterococcus faecium(contig Intestine_80272) carrying efr A, efr B and ANT(6)-Ia were found in shrimp intestine, Desulfosaricina cetonica(contig Sediment_825143) and Escherichia coli(contig Sediment_188430) carrying mex B and APH(3′)-IIa were found in sediments, and Laribacter hongkongensis(contig Water_478168 and Water_369477), Shigella sonnei(contig Water_880246),and Acinetobacter baumannii(contig Water_525520) carrying sul1, sul2, ere A, qac H, OXA-21, and mph D were found in pond water. Mobile genetic elements(MGEs) analysis indicated that horizontal gene transfer(HGT) of integrons, insertion sequences, and plasmids existed in shrimp intestine, sediment, and water samples, and the abundance of integrons was higher than that of other two MGEs. The results suggested that HPB carrying ARGs potentially existed in aquatic environments, and that these contributed to the environment and public health risk evaluation.     

Membrane fouling controlled by coagulation/adsorption during direct sewage membrane filtration (DSMF) for organic matter concentration

Unlike the role of the membrane in a membrane bioreactor, which is designed to replace a sediment tank, direct sewage membrane filtration (DSMF), with the goal of concentrating organic matters, is proposed as a pretreatment process in a novel sewage treatment concept. The concept of membrane-based pretreatment is proposed to divide raw sewage into a concentrated part retaining most organics and a filtered part with less pollutant remaining, so that energy recovery and water reuse, respectively, could be realized by post-treatment. A pilot-scale experiment was carried out to verify the feasibility of coagulant/adsorbent addition for membrane fouling control, which has been the main issue during this DSMF process. The results showed that continuous coagulant addition successfully slowed down the increase in filtration resistance, with the resistance maintained below 1.0 × 10¹³ m^− 1 in the first 70 hr before a jump occurred. Furthermore, the adsorbent addition contributed to retarding the occurrence of the filtration resistance jump, achieving simultaneous fouling control and chemical oxygen demand (COD) concentration improvement. The final concentrated COD amounted to 7500 mg/L after 6 days of operation.     

耐铅、铜微生物的筛选及吸附性能研究

采用浓度梯度筛选的方法,从重金属污染土壤中分离筛选到两株耐受和吸附铅、铜的细菌G、Y。用单因素的方法得到G最适的培养条件为．T=30℃;pH=6．O;NaCl浓度为0．5％;Y的最适培养条件分别为：T=37℃;pH=8．5;NaCl浓度为0．5％。用原子吸收分光光度法测得,G、Y的冻干菌体对Pb2＋、Cu2＋的吸附量分别为：G铅 126．42mg／g,G铜75mg／g,Y钢61．08mg／g,Y钢45．86mg／g。G湿菌体对铅、铜的吸附率分别为：G铅94．66％,G铜92．84％;Y湿菌体对铅、铜的吸附率分别为：Y铅99．74％,Y铜97．96％。经检测,其遗传性状稳定。可进一步开发为重金属吸附剂。     

北方地区人工湿地系统去除氨氮、总磷试验研究

减少排向水体的氨氮和总磷是促进水环境质量好转的有效措施之一。本文根据湿地植物的生长期特点,分不同时段进行了氨氮和总磷净化效果对比。试验表明,人工湿地系统对氨氮的去除率可达到87.1%,对总磷的去除率可达到91.8%,说明了在北方地区利用人工湿地系统去除市政污水中的氨氮和总磷等污染物的可行性,处理方法符合目前水环境生态保护趋势要求。     

A Watershed-Scale Model for Predicting Nonpoint Pollution Risk in North Carolina

The Southeastern United States is a global center of freshwater biotic diversity, but much of the regions aquatic biodiversity is at risk from stream degradation. Nonpoint pollution sources are responsible for 70% of that degradation, and controlling nonpoint pollution from agriculture, urbanization, and silviculture is considered critical to maintaining water quality and aquatic biodiversity in the Southeast. We used an ecological risk assessment framework to develop vulnerability models that can help policymakers and natural resource managers understand the impact of land cover changes on water quality in North Carolina. Additionally, we determined which landscape characteristics are most closely associated with macroinvertebrate community tolerance of stream degradation, and therefore with lower-quality water. The results will allow managers and policymakers to weigh the risks of management and policy decisions to a given watershed or set of watersheds, including whether streamside buffer protection zones are ecologically effective in achieving water quality standards. Regression analyses revealed that landscape variables explained up to 56.3% of the variability in benthic macroinvertebrate index scores. The resulting vulnerability models indicate that North Carolina watersheds with less forest cover are at most risk for degraded water quality and steam habitat conditions. The importance of forest cover, at both the watershed and riparian zone scale, in predicting macrobenthic invertebrate community assemblage varies by geographic region of the state.     

污泥资源化处置与综合利用

介绍了污泥处理的目的、方法,提出污泥应作为一种资源进行综合利用。并结合实例阐述了我国污泥农用资源化处置现状及未来发展趋势。     

植物净化空气中汞污染的研究

对上海市常见易生长的22种植物进行了现场采样测试，结果发现，瓜子黄杨、广玉兰、海桐、蚊母、墨西哥落叶杉及棕榈对汞蒸气具有很强的吸收富集能力及抗毒性能．然后采用富集能力最强的瓜子黄杨进行一系列试验，结果显示，汞浓度随接触瓜子黄杨时间的延长而降低，而瓜子黄杨叶片的汞含量随时间的延长而增加。根据吸汞实验，计算得瓜子黄杨叶面积的吸气速率为0.133m     

Membrane fouling controlled by coagulation/adsorption during direct sewage membrane filtration (DSMF) for organic matter concentration

Unlike the role of the membrane in a membrane bioreactor, which is designed to replace a sediment tank, direct sewage membrane filtration(DSMF), with the goal of concentrating organic matters, is proposed as a pretreatment process in a novel sewage treatment concept. The concept of membrane-based pretreatment is proposed to divide raw sewage into a concentrated part retaining most organics and a filtered part with less pollutant remaining, so that energy recovery and water reuse, respectively, could be realized by post-treatment. A pilot-scale experiment was carried out to verify the feasibility of coagulant/adsorbent addition for membrane fouling control, which has been the main issue during this DSMF process. The results showed that continuous coagulant addition successfully slowed down the increase in filtration resistance, with the resistance maintained below 1.0 × 1013m~(-1) in the first 70 hr before a jump occurred. Furthermore,the adsorbent addition contributed to retarding the occurrence of the filtration resistance jump, achieving simultaneous fouling control and chemical oxygen demand(COD)concentration improvement. The final concentrated COD amounted to 7500 mg/L after 6 days of operation.     

生活垃圾填埋场矿化垃圾分选研究

对上海市老港生活垃圾填埋场填埋龄为1～14年的矿化垃圾进行了分选研究.结果表明,填埋龄在8年以上矿化垃圾细料(粒径＜50 mm)的百分比约占60%,而填埋龄低于5年的矿化垃圾细料比例低于40%.开采出来的垃圾经分选后的产品可得到有效的资源化利用.     

水蕹菜对苏州重污染水体净化功能的研究

采用浮床无土栽培技术，在苏州重污染河道上种植水蕹菜以控制重污染水体水质。不仅进行了静态试验，而且在重污染河道苗家河上作了示范应用，效果显著。静态试验结果表明，在气温35℃、水温30℃以上的条件下，水蕹菜对苏州重污染水体中的CODMn、TN、NH4^＋-N、TP等的去除率分别为37．0％、92.9％、93．9％、94．3％；苗家河示范工程水域中水质有明最改善，透明度达90～130cm。由此证明水蕹菜是对苏州熏污染河道净化处理的优良生物材料之一。