Degradation and mineralization of 2-chioro-, 3-chloro- and 4-chlorobiphenyl by a newly characterized natural bacterial strain isolated from an electrical transformer fluid-contaminated soil

A bacterium classified as Achromobacter xylosoxidans strain IR08 by phenotypic typing coupled with 16S rRNA gene analysis wasisolated from a soil contaminated with electrical transformer fluid for over sixty years using Aroclor 1221 as an enrichment substrate.The substrate utilization profiles revealed that IR08 could grow on all three monochlorobiphenyls (CBs), 2,4'- and 4,4'-dichlorobiphenylas well as 2-chlorobenzoate (2-CBA), 3-CBA, 4-CBA, and 2,3-dichlorobenzoate. Unusually, growth was poorly sustained on biphenyland benzoate. In growth experiments, IR08 degraded all CBs (0.27 mmol/L) in less than 96 h with concomitant stoichiometric release ofinorganic chloride and growth yields were 2-3 times higher than those observed on biphenyl. In contrast to most of the chlorobiphenyl-degrading strains described in the literature, which are reported to form CBA, no metabolite was identified in the culture broth byHPLC analysis. When co-incubated with respective CBs and biphenyl, strain IR08 preferentially utilized the chlorinated analoguesin less than 96 h while it took another 264 h before 90% of the initially supplied biphenyl could be degraded. The promotion of co-metabolic transformation of halogenated substrates by the inclusion of their non-halogenated derivatives may not therefore, result inuniversal benefits.     

我国西北工业区城市大气多氯联苯来源及健康风险

采用大气被动采样器观测了我国西北城市皋兰的城区和工业集中区2018年非取暖季和取暖季大气中18种多氯联苯(PCBs)的浓度及污染特征,并利用主成分分析、轨迹模型以及呼吸暴露模型对其污染来源和传输迁移、人群健康风险进行分析和评价.研究区大气PCBs浓度为110.2～429.9 pg·m^-3,平均污染程度工业园区较高; PCBs组成以四氯联苯和五氯联苯为主,并且取暖季四氯联苯所占比重明显上升.PCBs污染源以燃烧和工业热过程源、含PCBs电气设备源和PCBs混合源为主,燃烧和工业热过程源污染贡献高于其他污染源,污染贡献达到40.8%;研究区PCBs污染可能在较大程度上受到UP-PCBs排放的影响.轨迹分析表明研究区PCBs可能会通过大气输送至兰州城区;非取暖季研究区可能主要受局地污染的影响,而取暖季则可能会受到西北方向PCBs的污染输入.健康风险评价显示各年龄段人群大气PCBs暴露的非致癌风险水平较低,但终生致癌风险已超过10^-6水平.燃烧和热过程源PCBs排放对居民PCBs暴露有较强影响,且居民长期的PCBs呼吸暴露可能会对其健康产生不利影响.