Long-term impacts of graphene oxide and Ag nanoparticles on anammox process: Performance, microbial community and toxic mechanism

The increasing application of engineered nanoparticles (NPs) has posed an emerging challenge to constructed wetland wastewater treatment. The performance, microbial community and toxic mechanism of anammox-based unplanted subsurface-flow constructed wetlands (USFCWs) were investigated under the long-term exposure of different graphene oxides (GOs) and Ag NP concentrations. Results showed that the addition of GO could promote TN removal, manifesting as function anammox bacteria C. Anammoxoglobus having a relative high abundance, for GO did not cause significant damage to the cell integrity though there was an increase in ROS concentrations. TN removal would not be obviously affected under exposure of 1?mg/L Ag NPs, for the function gene related to cell biogenesis and repair was up-regulated; while the addition of 10?mg/L Ag NPs would have an inhibiting effect on TN removal in the USFCWs, for the disappearance of some species having anammox ability. Key enzymes of anammox process (NIR and HDH) decreased to some extent under GO and Ag NP exposure, and function gene of defense mechanisms had an increase trend in samples.     

砷污染湿地生境下土壤微生物多样性及群落结构特征

为研究As（砷）污染对微生物多样性的影响,找寻有利于As污染修复的抗As菌种,利用高通量测序技术分析As胁迫〔w（As）分别为0、80、100、150、200和400 mg/kg,依次记为AT0组、AT80组、AT100组、AT150组、AT200组和AT400组〕对湿地生境中土壤微生物多样性及群落结构特征的影响.结果表明:As污染会引起微生物多样性和群落结构的变化,但并不是简单的负相关.在各处理组中,AT80组的土壤中微生物多样性最高,OTU（operational taxonomic units）数高达1 849,较未经As处理的AT0组增加了58.9%,说明低As胁迫在一定程度上会刺激As敏感微生物的生长繁殖,如Desulfovibrio（脱硫弧菌属）和Allobaculum等菌属,使群落结构更加复杂多样.高w（As）（400 mg/kg）对微生物有明显的抑制作用,导致某些物种消亡和多样性下降.As胁迫会诱导抗As微生物〔如Pseuomonas（假单胞菌属）〕成为优势类群,群落结构趋于稳定、单一.微生物群落结构对不同w（As）胁迫有明显的响应特征,可作为As污染湿地土壤质量评价的灵敏指标.在AT400组中存在大量的Pseudomonas veronii,可为As污染湿地微生物修复提供借鉴.研究显示,微生物对As污染具有较为敏感的响应,其中,Proteobacteria（变形菌门）和Firmicutes（厚壁菌门）为As污染生境中微生物优势门类并且与非专性吸附态As和谷胱甘肽含量呈正相关.      

基于MiSeq测序分析酸性农作物土壤细菌群落结构与多样性

为分析酸性农田土壤中微生物群落结构,探寻酸化土壤的综合治理途径,以湖北恩施土家族苗族自治州利川市酸性农作物土壤为研究对象,应用Illumina MiSeq高通量测序技术,测定酸性土壤中总细菌和经驯化的可培养细菌的16S rRNA基因V3~V4变异区序列,确定不同农作物土壤中总细菌和可培养细菌的群落结构,并探讨土壤理化因子对土壤总细菌群落结构的影响.结果表明:白菜地、烟草地、山药地、草莓地、玉米地及莴苣地这6种农作物土壤中总细菌和可培养细菌在97%的相似水平下得到的OTUs（operational taxonomic units,操作分类单元）数量分别为4 008和97个.在门水平上,土壤总细菌中有12个门类的细菌相对丰度大于1%,Proteobacteria、Acidobacteria和Chloroflexi为优势菌门细菌;可培养细菌中仅有3个门类细菌相对丰度高于1%,即Firmicutes、Proteobacteria和Bacteroidetes.在OTU水平上,土壤总细菌沿pH梯度将6种土壤样品分为2类,即pH < 5.5的玉米地、山药地和莴苣地和pH>5.5的烟草地、白菜地和草莓地.此外,冗余分析（RDA）结果显示,Acidobacteria的相对丰度与pH呈正相关,Firmicutes和Roteobacter的相对丰度均与w（TN）、w（TP）、w（TC）呈正相关.系统进化树分析表明,相对丰度位于前30位的细菌与亚洲地区发现细菌的16S rRNA基因序列同源性较高.研究显示,Illumina MiSeq测序能够较为全面地解析酸性土壤中总细菌和可培养细菌的多样性,驯化过程极大地减少了细菌的种类;同时,发现细菌群落结构的相似性可能因样本来源的地理距离的增加而衰减.      

淮河流域(河南段)水质时空变化特征及其与土地利用类型的关系

水质的定量评估有利于地方政府制定和实施水污染防治政策.为研究近期淮河流域行政区划尺度上水质的时空变化特征及其受土地利用类型的影响,以淮河流域（河南段）为研究区,根据2009-2017年31个水质站点的水质周测浓度,结合土地利用遥感监测数据,利用季节性Mann-Kendall趋势检验法及Spearman相关分析法,对ρ（COD_Cr）、ρ（NH₄+-N）和ρ（TP）的时空变化特征及其与土地利用类型的相关性进行分析.结果表明:①在时间上,ρ（COD_Cr）、ρ（NH₄+-N）和ρ（TP）在大部分地区呈下降趋势,但各水质指标依然较高,ρ（COD_Cr）和ρ（TP）在丰水期略高于枯水期,ρ（NH₄+-N）在枯水期高于丰水期.②在空间上,水污染比较严重的有沱河、浍河、惠济河、涡河、贾鲁河、清潩河、颍河中游、黑茨河、汾泉河和洪汝河,大部分站点为GB 3838-2002《地表水环境质量标准》Ⅳ类或Ⅴ类水质,部分站点甚至属于GB 3838-2002劣Ⅴ类水质;而颍河上游、北汝河、沙河、淮河干流及史灌河的水质较好,基本属于GB 3838-2002Ⅰ类或Ⅱ类水质.③土地利用类型与水质之间的相关性表现为ρ（COD_Cr）、ρ（NH₄+-N）、ρ（TP）与旱地和城镇面积占比均呈正相关,与林地、草地和荒地面积占比均呈负相关,与水域面积占比也呈负相关但不显著.研究显示,淮河流域（河南段）水质有所改善,但部分地区水污染问题仍然比较严重,旱地与城镇用地是造成研究区水污染的主要原因,林地、草地、荒地和水域能够缓解水污染.      

Effects of tetrakis (hydroxymethyl) phosphonium sulfate pretreatment on characteristics of sewage sludge

Recently, tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium sulfate(THPS) was found to play an important role in the sludge pretreatment process. However, the effects of THPS pretreatment on the characteristics of sewage sludge are still insufficiently understood.The properties of sludge after pretreatment with different concentrations of THPS were investigated in this study. The results showed that pH, dewatering ability, and particle size of sludge decreased with increase in THPS concentration. The volatile suspended solids(VSS) and total suspended solids(TSS) of sludge also decreased slightly with increase in THPS concentration. The specific oxygen uptake rate(SOUR) results suggested that lower THPS concentrations(≤ 1.87 mg/g VSS) enhanced the activity of sludge, but higher concentrations(≥ 1.87 mg/g VSS) inhibited it. Gram-negative bacteria with peritrichous flagellation(such as Pseudomonas, Escherichia, and Faecalibacterium) were extremely sensitive to THPS. The decrease in specific most probable numbers(MPNs) of pathogens(total coliforms and Escherichia coli) with the increase in THPS concentration also proved the sterilization ability of THPS in the sludge pretreatment process. Pretreatment of sludge with concentrations of THPS higher than 37.41 mg/g VSS would meet the pathogen requirements for land application of Class A biosolids.     

Response of C and N cycles to N fertilization in Sphagnum and Molinia-dominated peat mesocosms

Plant communities play an important role in the C-sink function of peatlands. However, global change and local perturbations are expected to modify peatland plant communities, leading to a shift from Sphagnum mosses to vascular plants. Most studies have focused on the direct effects of modification in plant communities or of global change (such as climate warming, N fertilization) in peatlands without considering interactions between these disturbances that may alter peatlands' C function. We set up a mesocosm experiment to investigate how Greenhouse Gas (CO₂, CH₄, N₂O) fluxes, and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and total dissolved N (TN) contents are affected by a shift from Sphagnum mosses to Molinia caerulea dominated peatlands combined with N fertilization. Increasing N deposition did not alter the C fluxes (CO₂ exchanges, CH₄ emissions) or DOC content. The lack of N effect on the C cycle seems due to the capacity of Sphagnum to efficiently immobilize N. Nevertheless, N supply increased the N₂O emissions, which were also controlled by the plant communities with the presence of Molinia caerulea reducing N₂O emissions in the Sphagnum mesocosms. Our study highlights the role of the vegetation composition on the C and N fluxes in peatlands and their responses to the N deposition. Future research should now consider the climate change in interaction to plants community modifications due to their controls of peatland sensitivity to environmental conditions.     

Vertical response of microbial community and degrading genes to petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in saline alkaline soil

A column microcosm was conducted by amending crude oil into Dagang Oilfield soil to simulate the bioremediation process. The dynamic change of microbial communities and metabolic genes in vertical depth soil from 0 to 80 cm were characterized to evaluate the petroleum degradation potential of indigenous microorganism. The influence of environmental variables on the microbial responds to petroleum contamination were analyzed. Degradation extent of 42.45% of n-alkanes(C8–C40) and 34.61% of 16ΣPAH were reached after 22 weeks. Relative abundance of alkB, nah, and phe gene showed about 10-fold increment in different depth of soil layers. Result of HTS profiles demonstrated that Pseudomonas, Marinobacter and Lactococcus were the major petroleum-degrading bacteria in0–30 and 30–60 cm depth of soils. Fusarium and Aspergillus were the dominant oil-degrading fungi in the 0–60 cm depth of soils. In 60–80 cm deep soil, anaerobic bacteria such as Bacteroidetes, Lactococcus, and Alcanivorax played important roles in petroleum degradation.Redundancy analysis(RDA) and correlation analysis demonstrated that petroleum hydrocarbons(PHs) as well as soil salinity, clay content, and anaerobic conditions were the dominant effect factors on microbial community compositions in 0–30, 30–60, and 60–80 cm depth of soils, respectively.     

Dynamic membrane bioreactor performance enhancement by powdered activated carbon addition: Evaluation of sludge morphological, aggregative and microbial properties

The effects of powdered activated carbon(PAC) addition on sludge morphological, aggregative and microbial properties in a dynamic membrane bioreactor(DMBR) were investigated to explore the enhancement mechanism of pollutants removal and filtration performance. Sludge properties were analyzed through various analytical measurements. The results showed that the improved sludge aggregation ability and the evolution of microbial communities affected sludge morphology in PAC-DMBR, as evidenced by the formation of large, regularly shaped and strengthened sludge flocs. The modifications of sludge characteristics promoted the formation process and filtration flux of the dynamic membrane(DM) layer. Additionally, PAC addition did not exert very significant influence on the propagation of eukaryotes(protists and metazoans)and microbial metabolic activity. High-throughput pyrosequencing results indicated that adding PAC improved the bacterial diversity in activated sludge, as PAC addition brought about additional microenvironment in the form of biological PAC(BPAC), which promoted the enrichment of Acinetobacter(13.9%), Comamonas(2.9%), Flavobacterium(0.31%) and Pseudomonas(0.62%), all contributing to sludge flocs formation and several(such as Acinetobacter) capable of biodegrading relatively complex organics. Therefore, PAC addition could favorably modify sludge properties from various aspects and thus enhance the DMBR performance.     

基于微生物完整性指数的苏州市湿地健康评价

为建立在不同区域和不同湿地等大尺度范围内M-IBI（微生物生物完整性指数）评价方法体系,以苏州市15个湿地公园作为研究对象,构建符合区域性特征的生物完整性评价体系并进行应用研究.分别于2015年、2016年和2017年每年的7月对苏州市15个湿地公园的入流口和出流口水质进行采样调查,将采样点分为对照点、受损点和修复点,基于湿地水环境中微生物群落Illumina高通量测序技术,依据候选指标分布范围检验、敏感性分析和相关性检验,筛选出香农指数、前2优势分类单元相对丰度（相对丰度最多的2个属）总和、高温耐受属相对丰度、污染耐受属相对丰度、TN（总氮）敏感属相对丰度5个指标,提出了参数标准化公式和健康评价标准,依此将苏州市湿地健康状态划分为健康、亚健康、一般、较差、差5个等级.结果表明:①在10个受损点3 a所采集的30个样品中,有2个处于较差水平,有5个处于一般水平,有18个处于亚健康水平,有5个处于健康水平;而对于修复点,有23个样点处于健康水平,7个样点处于亚健康水平.②在农业面源污染较多的湿地入流口健康状况最差,工业用水汇入较多的湿地入流口次之,而城市景观水汇入的湿地入流口的健康状况最好.研究显示,M-IBI可以较合理地评价苏州市湿地生态系统健康状况,湿地对水环境的修复作用明显,经修复后的水体均处于健康或亚健康水平.      

厌氧氨氧化污泥群体感应信号分子检测及影响研究

厌氧氨氧化作为一种新型的脱氮工艺具有很好的应用前景,但厌氧氨氧化污泥富集培养困难.本研究以处理垃圾渗滤液的污泥作为接种污泥,在升流式厌氧污泥反应器(UASB)中启动厌氧氨氧化过程;检测驯化成功的厌氧氨氧化污泥中是否存在群体感应信号分子;并通过添加外源信号分子(cis-11-Methyl-2-dodecenoic acid,DSF和N-acyl-homoserine lactone,AHL),探究信号分子对厌氧氨氧化污泥附着生长能力的影响.结果表明,UASB反应器在运行150 d后,总氮去除率达到80%,菌群结构中厌氧氨氧化菌所占比例超过了20%,成功启动厌氧氨氧化工艺,且厌氧氨氧化污泥中存在低浓度的AHLs信号分子;人为添加3-碳位置取代基为羰基的AHLs(3-oxo-C6-HSL、3-oxo-C8-HSL、3-oxo-C10-HSL和3-oxo-C12-HSL)信号分子均能促进厌氧氨氧化污泥附着生长,而3-碳位置无取代基的AHLs中只有C12-HSL和C6-HSL存在积极影响,C8-HSL、C10-HSL和DSF信号分子对厌氧氨氧化污泥的附着生长能力并没有促进作用.