Anaerobic benzene biodegradation by a pure bacterial culture of Bacillus cereus under nitrate reducing conditions

A pure culture using benzene as sole carbon and energy sources was isolated by screening procedure from gasoline contaminated soil. The analysis of the 16S rDNA gene sequence, morphological and physiological characteristics showed that the isolated strain was a member of genus Bacillus cereus. The biodegradation performance of benzene by B. cereus was evaluated, and the results showed that benzene could be e ciently biodegraded when the initial benzene concentration was below 150 mg/L. The metabolites of anaerobic nitrate-dependent benzene oxidation by strain B. cereus were identified as phenol and benzoate. The results of substrate interaction between binary combinations for benzene, phenol and benzoate showed that the simultaneous presence of benzene stimulated the degradation of benzoate, whereas the addition of benzene inhibited the degradation of phenol. Benzene degradation by B. cereus was enhanced by the addition of phenol and benzoate, the enhanced e ects were more pronounced at higher concentration. To our knowledge, this is the first report that the isolated bacterial culture of B. cereus can e ciently degraded benzene under nitrate reducing conditions.     

水热条件与土壤性质对农田土壤硝化作用的影响

水热条件、土壤性质和耕作管理影响了土壤的硝化作用从而影响农田氮素循环和平衡.本试验选择中国东部3个气候带上的主要农田土壤：中温带黑龙江海伦的黑土、暖温带河南封丘的潮土和中亚热带江西鹰潭的红壤,在上述3个地点的生态试验站建立土壤置换试验,对比研究不同水热条件和土壤类型对玉米单作系统中土壤硝化作用的交互影响.2006～2007年的试验结果表明,在玉米抽雄期,从海伦到鹰潭（月均温由22.3℃上升到26.8℃,月降水由100.8 mm增加到199.6 mm）,3种土壤的硝化作用强度均随着月均温和月降水的增加而下降,黑土、潮土和红壤分别下降了64.2％～67.2%、 52.1%～52.5%和41.7%～75.2%,土壤的硝化作用强度与气温（r＝－0.354,p<0.01）和降水（r＝－0.290,p<0.01）均呈极显著负相关.土壤类型也显著影响了土壤硝化细菌的数量和硝化强度,硝化细菌数和硝化强度的大小顺序为：潮土> 黑土> 红壤.土壤pH对土壤硝化强度有显著影响,其相关系数r=0.551（p<0.01）.总体上,在玉米抽雄期,区域水热状况及土壤类型、施肥均影响了土壤的硝化强度,水热×土壤类型、水热×施肥、土壤类型×施肥、水热×土壤类型×施肥等对硝化强度有着极显著的交互作用.     

水稻秸秆生物碳对重金属Pb2+的吸附作用及影响因素

以农业废弃物水稻秸秆为原料,采用限氧裂解法制备了不同温度(350、500和700℃)下的秸秆生物碳(RC350、RC500和RC700),研究了生物碳对Pb2+的吸附性能、作用机制及影响因素,为准确预测生物碳还田固碳对土壤中重金属迁移行为的影响提供理论参考.结果表明,生物碳对Pb2+的吸附行为符合准一级动力学方程,Pb2+在RC350、RC500、RC700上的吸附速率分别为0.167h-1、0.154h-1、0.388h-1;其等温吸附曲线符合Langmuir方程,最大吸附量分别为65.3、85.7和76.3mg·g-1,是原秸秆生物质RC100的5～6倍、活性炭AC的2～3倍.生物碳单位面积上的有效吸附点位比AC高约10倍.经酸化去除表面矿物成分后,RC350和RC700对Pb2+的吸附能力急剧下降,其最大吸附量、吸附亲和力与AC相近;红外光谱分析表明,去灰分后生物碳上有机碳官能团并无明显减少,而无机矿物(如SiO2)含量显著降低.生物碳中的有机碳组分和无机矿物组分对其吸附Pb2+均有重要贡献,其中无机矿物组分的吸附量及亲和力均大于有机碳组分.     

利用等效水力传导系数在地下水与地表水交互影响模拟中的应用

在滨海地区的环境管理工作中,地表水—地下水交互影响的重要性日益凸显。一方面在湿地系统的研究中,交互影响对地下水系统有着巨大的影响;另一方面,在河流——地下水系统中,大尺度管理模型的建立也是一个难题。因此,将等效水力传导系数的概念引入环境管理之中以解决这些问题。等效水力传导系数的推导过程是基于明渠流曼宁公式建立的,完成地表水系统与地下水系统的统一。最后,以抽水井管理为例,对该方法进行了演示。     

桂西北峰丛洼地泉水和溪流在降雨过程中的水化学动态变化特征

通过对中国科学院环江喀斯特农业生态系统观测研究站所在区域的泉水和溪流在降雨时的连续采集,发现二者的水化学特征对降雨的响应较快,但变化却不同。降雨时泉水的pH值在降雨时降低,电导率和主要离子浓度升高,SI降低,pCO2升高,而溪流的电导率和主要离子浓度降低,碳酸盐矿物饱和指数(SI)降低,水中二氧化碳分压(pCO2)降低。降雨时泉水和溪流的溶质输移速率明显增加,但没有表现出在连续降雨中因为降雨强度大输移速率就高的现象,从而推断,除了雨水的稀释作用和"土壤CO2效应"外,土壤包气带的"前水"以及土壤中可交换态离子也影响了降雨时峰丛洼地水体中溶质的运移。     

Ecological niche similarities of Peponapis bees and non-domesticated Cucurbita species

Peponapis bees are considered specialized pollinators of Cucurbita flowers, a genus that presents several species of economic value (squashes and pumpkins). Both genera originated in the Americas, and their diversity dispersion center is in Mexico. Ten species of Peponapis and ten species of Cucurbita (only non-domesticated species) were analyzed considering the similarity of their ecological niche characteristics with respect to climatic conditions of their occurrence areas (abiotic variables) and interactions between species (biotic variables). The similarity of climatic conditions (temperature and precipitation) was estimated through cluster analyses. The areas of potential occurrence of the most similar species were obtained through ecological niche modeling and summed with geographic information system tools. Three main clusters were obtained: one with species that shared potential occurrence areas mainly in deserts (P. pruinosa, P. timberlakei, C. digitata, C. palmata, C. foetidissima), another in moist forests (P. limitaris, P. atrata, C. lundelliana, C. o. martinezii) and a third mainly in dry forests (C. a. sororia, C. radicans, C. pedatifolia, P. azteca, P. smithi, P. crassidentata, P. utahensis). Some species with similar ecological niche presented potential shared areas that are also similar to their geographical distribution, like those occurring predominantly on deserts. However, some clustered species presented larger geographical areas, such as P. pruinosa and C. foetidissima suggesting other drivers than climatic conditions to shape their distributions. The domestication of Cucurbita and also the natural history of both genera were considered also as important factors.     

污染物与生物大分子作用的研究方法及进展

环境污染物进入机体后会首先作用于生物大分子,致使生物大分子的结构发生变化,从而产生一系列的病变作用,因此研究污染物与生物大分子之间的作用有助于深入地阐述污染物的致毒过程,从而全面评价环境污染物的毒性。近年来较常用于研究分子间相互作用的方法有荧光光谱法、平衡透析法、等温滴定微量热法、圆二色谱法、核磁共振、共振光散射等,本文对这些方法在研究污染物和生物大分子之间的结合模型、结合数目、结合位点等方面的研究成果进行了综述,并提出了今后的研究方向。     

改性生物炭修复砷镉复合污染土壤研究进展

砷镉复合污染(As/Cd污染)已成为我国主要的土壤环境问题,改性生物炭作为一种吸附固定剂在修复土壤As/Cd污染中正发挥日益重要的作用.在明确原始生物炭作为钝化剂修复As/Cd污染土壤局限性的基础上,综述了针对As/Cd污染土壤修复的生物炭改性方法研究进展,分析了相关作用机制,并对未来利用改性生物炭修复As/Cd污染土壤的前景和存在问题进行展望.结果表明,金属改性生物炭具有较好的协同修复As/Cd污染土壤的效应,从而具有良好的应用前景.通过不同改性方法制备的生物炭材料修复As/Cd污染的固定机制各异,其中,金属改性和无机非金属改性生物炭对As/Cd的固定作用主要涉及官能团配位、共沉淀和As氧化还原;微生物改性生物炭涉及沉淀作用和As氧化还原;物理和酸改性方法则局限于物理吸附和弱静电引力.针对当前研究现状,建议未来应加强生物质原料类型、热解温度、制备工艺、经济成本和土壤老化等因素对改性生物炭修复As/Cd污染土壤的影响研究,实施不同因素影响下材料对重金属固定的稳定性和长效性评估,揭示材料修复As/Cd污染土壤的关键作用机制.     

基于响应曲面法的有效抽采半径多因素交互影响机制研究*

为探究钻孔有效抽采半径的关键影响因素及各因素间交互作用,构建应力应变-瓦斯吸附解吸耦合渗透率变化模型,采用COMSOL软件进行数值模拟,分析单一因素变化对钻孔有效抽采半径的影响,并通过Design-Expert软件设计响应曲面试验,分析多因素交互作用对钻孔有效抽采半径变化的影响机制,获得有效抽采半径对多因素交互影响的响应曲面模型。研究结果表明:不同因素对钻孔有效抽采半径影响的显著性顺序为:煤层初始渗透率、原始瓦斯压力、抽采时间,煤层初始渗透率和抽采时间与有效抽采半径呈正相关关系,原始瓦斯压力与有效抽采半径呈负相关。1个影响因素的变化会影响其他因素对有效抽采半径的影响,煤层初始渗透率能够放大其他因素对有效抽采半径的影响,而原始瓦斯压力则会降低其他因素对有效抽采半径的影响。     

Integrating Joint Implementation Projects for Energy Efficiency on the Built Environment with White Certificates in The Netherlands

In this paper we analyze policy interactions between two innovative climate and energy policy instruments, namely White Certificates (WhC) and Joint Implementation (JI) that target at energy efficiency improvement and reductions of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. We have selected The Netherlands and Bulgaria as a case study given that the former has a cumulated experience in energy efficiency policies and the latter for a growing potential in JI projects as a host country. Based on a method of analyzing policy interactions, we demonstrate how a possible design of such a scheme can take place and how it should function. A couple of parameters that deserve attention are a baseline definition and a conversion rate for credits. Our basic finding is that an integrated scheme is complementary and can assist substantially in achieving Dutch national United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Kyoto Protocol targets. Dutch electricity and gas suppliers (parties that receive energy efficiency obligations) can implement energy efficiency projects domestically and in other countries, hence reducing total abatement costs. Furthermore, such a scheme can stimulate further energy efficiency actions from other stakeholders participating in energy markets. Based on an ex-ante assessment, a carefully designed hybrid WhC and JI scheme appears to be effective in terms of targets, efficient, generating positive impacts on markets and society, while uncertain in stimulating innovation.