Isolation of a novel yeast strain Candida digboiensis TERI ASN6 capable of degrading petroleum hydrocarbons in acidic conditions

A novel yeast species Candida digboiensis TERI ASN6 was isolated from soil samples contaminated with acidic oily sludge (pH 1–3) from the Digboi refinery (Northeast India). The strain TERI ASN6 could degrade 73% of the total petroleum hydrocarbons present in the medium at pH 3 in a week. This strain presents a dimorphic behaviour and showed mycelia morphology when grown under stressed conditions such as low pH and in a medium containing petroleum hydrocarbons. The C. digboiensis strain could efficiently degrade the aliphatic and aromatic fractions of the acidic oily sludge at pH 3 as confirmed by gas chromatography. During the growth of TERI ASN6 in dibenzothiophene (DBT), DBT-sulfone and biphenyl-2-ol were detected. An active cytochrome P450 system, implicated in hydrocarbon oxidation, was also detected in this yeast using degenerated primers based on its conserved regions. This yeast is a potential candidate for petroleum bioremediation treatment of hydrocarbon contaminated acidic soils. Its physiological behaviour allows the strain to work efficiently where other hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria may not survive.     

环境雌激素的生物检测与应用

环境雌激素问题已成为环境领域的研究热点。因此,建立简单快速有效的检测方法显得尤其重要。目前对污染物雌激素效应的测评主要依赖于生物学方法,文章主要介绍了子宫生长实验、肝细胞卵黄蛋白原生成实验、人乳腺癌细胞(MCF-7)增值实验、重组基因酵母实验、酵母双杂交实验五种主要的环境雌激素生物检测方法及其在国内外环境激素测评中的应用现状。     

南方某水厂处理工艺过程中内分泌干扰物的变化规律

对南方某水厂处理工艺过程中内分泌干扰效应进行了研究.将水源水和各处理工艺的出水用固相萃取方法富集后,按不同极性洗脱,得到从非极性到极性3个组分,对总提取物和各分级富集组分分别进行重组基因酵母检测.探讨了该水厂不同处理工艺过程中内分泌干扰物的变化规律.结果表明:水源水中该类污染物浓度最高,相当于0.25 pmol/L雌二醇当量,主要存在于非极性组分(正己烷洗脱组分)中.各处理工艺段水样都存在一定程度的内分泌干扰物效应.经处理后,非极性组分内分泌干扰物效应降低,极性组分内分泌干扰物效应逐渐增加,但总地内分泌干扰物效应逐渐递减,现有工艺对雌激素类物质有较好的去除效果,去除率达到83%.研究表明,重组基因酵母检测技术结合水样的固相萃取、三步纯化分级前处理方法可以快速、有效地筛选和定量分析水样中未知内分泌干扰物及其总体效应.     

普鲁士蓝@酵母菌催化剂的合成及其Fenton性能

自组装合成普鲁士蓝@酵母菌(PB@yeast)非均相Fenton催化剂,场发射扫描电镜(FE-SEM)、能量色谱(EDS)、X射线衍射(XRD)、傅里叶红外光谱(FT-IR)等表征结果表明PB纳米颗粒成功负载于酵母菌表面,形成稳定且高度分散的核壳结构复合微球;荧光增白剂CXT降解实验结果证明该复合微球兼备吸附与Fenton催化性能,酵母菌载体的吸附作用加快了废水中荧光增白剂CXT向催化剂活性位点的转移,促进FeⅢ-FeⅡ电子传递,显著提高了Fenton反应催化活性,酵母载体增强了PB纳米粒子的分散度与稳定性,有效解决PB纳米催化剂易团聚、易溶解的问题.PB@yeast催化剂经循环使用4次后对荧光增白剂CXT的去除效率无明显下降,表现出较好的催化效果和稳定性能.     

In vitro agonistic and antagonistic endocrine disrupting effects of organic extracts from waste water of different treatment processes

Effluents from wastewater treatment plant （WWTP） have been reported to have a broad spectrum of endocrine disrupting compounds （EDCs）. The majority of studies have focused on the occurrence of estrogenic activity, while ignoring nuclear hormone receptors （NRs） pathways. In the present study, a battery of in vitro yeast bioassays and a cell bioassay, including antagonistic and agonistic effects on estrogen receptor （ER）, androgen receptor （AR）, progesterone receptor （PR）, estrogen- related receptor （ERR） and aryl hydrocarbon receptor （AHR）, were conducted to evaluate the removal efficien- cies of EDCs by different treatment processes of a WWTP located in Beijing. Estrogenic, anti-estrogenic, anti- androgenic, anti-progesteronic, anti-ERR and the activa- tion of AHR activities were detected in samples from all treatment processes and the receiving water. The concen- tration of estrogenic contaminants with estradiol （E2） equivalent concentrations ranged from 0.82 x 10-9 to 3.54 x 10 9g Ee_EQ.L-1. The concentration of anti-estrogenic contaminants with 4-hydroxytamoxifen （4-OHT） equiva- lent concentrations ranged from 1.24 × 10-6 to 2.36 x 10-6 g 4-OHT-EQ.L-1. The concentration of anti-androgenic contaminants ranged from 2.21 x 10-s to 3.52 × 10-6g flutamide-EQ. L-1. The concentration of anti-progesteronic contaminants ranged from 3.15 x 10^-5 to 2.71 x 10^-4g RU486-EQ. L-1. The concentration of anti-ERR contami- nants ranged from 7.09 x 10-5 to 6.50 x 104 g 4-OHT-EQ × L^-10. The concentration of AHR activators ranged from 1.7 × 10-10 to 3.4 × 10^-10g TCDD-EQ-L-1. These processes including secondary clarifier, coagulation, as well as coal and sand filtration could eliminated 67.2% of estrogenic contaminants, 47.0% of anti-estrogenic contaminants, 98.3% of anti-androgenic contaminants, 88.4% of anti- progesteronic contaminants, 65.4% of anti-ERR contami- nants and 46.9% of AHR activators. WWTP effluents contain multiple receptor disruptors may have very complex adverse effects on exposed organisms.     

松花江吉林段土壤有机组分的雄激素干扰效应

利用重组AR(雄激素受体)基因酵母,结合土壤样品索氏提取、富集和净化方法,开展松花江流域吉林段土壤有机组分雄激素干扰效应及其分布特征研究. 结果表明:所有样品均未检测出显著的AR诱导活性;部分样品检测出AR抑制活性,检出率为62.50%,最大抑制率为61.74%;采用RIC20(抑制率为20.00%时,96孔板每孔所需要的土壤当量,单位为mg/well)表征样品的抑制活性,RIC20在1.01~9.03 mg/well之间, 表明松花江吉林段土壤中存在AR抑制活性物质,可能具有潜在的环境危害. 研究区土壤雄激素干扰效应的分布特征表明,干扰效应分布与产业布局呈一定的相关性;工业区的AR抑制活性明显高于农田区,表明化工原料及产品的生产和使用及工业废水的排放可能是该地区土壤中AR抑制活性的重要来源.      

温度对接种酵母菌和醋酸菌餐厨垃圾微氧发酵产乙酸的影响

通过间歇实验,探究了温度(25,35,45,55℃)对餐厨垃圾接种酵母菌和醋酸菌后产乙酸和挥发性脂肪酸的影响.结果表明,控制温度在25℃时,发酵液中乙酸浓度远高于35、45和55℃,发酵8d后,乙酸的产量最大,达到0.59g/L;最大的VFA浓度在25℃下获得,达34.49g/L.VFA中以乙酸为主,并有少量丙酸和丁酸产生.随温度的逐渐升高,TS和VS去除率先上升后下降,在35℃时,发酵底物餐厨垃圾的TS和VS去除率最高,为30%和60%左右.     

复合诱变原生质体选育重金属去除菌

选用紫外线和亚硝酸对产朊假丝酵母CR-001进行单因子和多因子诱变处理,通过复合诱变得到了6株具有高重金属抗性的高效重金属去除菌.经过传代后CRC2811-1和CRC7-2的抑菌圈直径减至1.7mm和1.2mm;对Cr⁶⁺的去除率分别从80.2%和81.2%提高到了95.2%和94.7%.其余4株突变株的抗性和除铬性能均可保持稳定.此外,利用扫描电镜、透射电镜和原子力显微镜等仪器对吸附铬前后细胞内外的变化情况进行分析,探讨了突变菌株除铬性能改善的机理.     

酵母融合菌-活性污泥曝气处理含镍废水研究

利用酵母融合菌RJ与活性污泥曝气处理含镍废水.实验结果表明,融合菌对废水中的镍具有很强的富集性能,投加10g/L菌体,处理20 mg/L含镍废水,去除率可达70.10%;同时投加6g/L活性污泥,去除率上升到80.73%,出水固液分离效果得到改善;且融合菌的pH值适用范围较广,当pH=3～9时,去除率均在75%以上;溶解氧是影响曝气生物吸附的重要因素,在缺氧或富氧环境下,生物吸附会受到抑制,DO为2.5～4.5 mg/L时吸附效果较好;融合菌-活性污泥曝气处理不同浓度Ni2 的吸附等温线符合Freundlich模型,相关系数为0.997 5.     

Cytotoxic activity of spark‐decomposed sulfur hexafluoride and analysis of cytotoxic contributions of individual spark decomposition products†

Sulfur hexafluoride decomposed by electrical sparks has been found to by cytotoxic to hamster cells when tested in an in vitro cell survival assay, while SF₆ shows no cytotoxic activity. Chemical analysis of spark‐decomposed SF₆ has identified and quantified the following compounds: SOF₂, SO₂F₂, SF₄, SOF₄, SiF₄, SO₂ and HF. Each of these gases, at concentration ranges expected in spark‐decomposed SF₆, were tested for cytotoxic activity toward hamster cells. Of the gases showing cytotoxic activity, SO₂F₂ and SOF₄ were similar in activity, as were SOF₂ and SF₄, while the behavior of SiF₄ was different from the rest. None of these individual gases, at concentrations expected in spark‐decomposed SF₆, has sufficient cytotoxic activity to account for the cytotoxic effect of spark‐decomposed SF₆ observed in our assay system. A four‐component mixture of some of the gases enumerated above (at concentrations overestimating their abundance in spark‐decomposed SF₆) was much less cytotoxic than the spark‐decomposed SF₆ gas. A mathematical simulation of the cytotoxic activity of a mixture of gases at concentrations found in spark‐decomposed SF₆ was made, assuming independent cytotoxic effects from each component. The simulated cytotoxic effect thus computed was less than that seen in spark‐decomposed SF₆. Since individual components or mixtures of the major decomposition products do not account for the observed biological activity of spark‐decomposed SF₆, this suggests there may be one or more components, present in the spark‐decomposed gas at very low concentrations, which may have a very strong cytotoxic activity.