恩诺沙星对小型模型水生态系统中微生物的影响

恩诺沙星是畜禽养殖业中广泛应用的抗菌药,它进入畜禽体后,会随畜禽的排泄物进入环境,对生态环境造成影响。通过人工构建的小型模型水生态系统,研究了恩诺沙星在水体的降解及其对水生态系统微生物的影响,为其生态风险评价提供数据。试验设5个浓度系列,1个空白对照。结果表明：在试验中,恩诺沙星的降解速度很快,经5h后就已降到原始浓度的50％以下,之后随时间推移,降解速度逐步减慢。在试验初始浓度0．2～5mg／L的范围内,恩诺沙星对水体中的好氧细菌、真菌、放线菌、氨化细菌和硝化细菌的数量均无显著影响。讨论了恩诺沙星进入水环境后的生态效应。     

竹炭固定化微生物对水中壬基酚的降解效率

竹炭是一种优质生物质炭,不仅比表面积大,孔隙发达,而且机械强度高,是微生物固定化载体的最佳选择之一.本文采用正交试验确定了竹炭固定化微生物的最佳制备条件,对比了竹炭固定菌和游离菌对水中类雌激素壬基酚的降解效果,并考察了竹炭固定菌的重复利用性.结果表明:固定化后降解菌大量地附着在竹炭表面及内部孔隙中,其最佳制备条件为温度30℃、pH=7、竹炭粒径35目.壬基酚的降解符合一级动力学方程,在不同的壬基酚初始浓度下(30、50、80、100 mg·L^-1),竹炭固定菌对壬基酚的7 d降解率分别为100%、75.3%、67.3%和78.7%,显著优于游离菌(54.2%、51.5%、30.6%和23.5%).经过8轮重复利用后,竹炭固定菌对壬基酚的降解率仍可达到36.5%,而此时游离菌的降解率仅为8.9%,说明竹炭固定菌具有长期可重复利用性,在去除废水有机污染物中具有较好的工程应用前景.     

沼泽红假单胞菌对微囊藻毒素的降解

以铜绿微囊藻为材料,通过固相萃取-高效液相色谱方法(SPE-HPLC),研究了沼泽红假单胞菌对微囊藻毒素MC-LR的降解作用。结果表明:沼泽红假单胞菌在厌氧、光照强度2000lx、35℃、pH7.0、乙酸钠为碳源、菌液初始浓度OD680为0.325和初始MC-LR为3mg.L-1时,6d降解率为36.5%,12d达到最高,降解率为78.7%。此降解条件和蓝藻水华爆发的环境条件基本一致,因此该菌株在水华爆发季节消除水中的微囊藻毒素方面具有应用潜力。     

重要环境因子对小球藻去除污水中氮磷的影响

对小球藻去除污水中氮磷的性能进行了研究,考察了初始氮磷浓度、氮磷比、光照条件和pH等因素对其去除效率的影响。结果表明,在初始氮磷浓度分别在35 mg/L和7 mg/L以下时去除率接近100%;氮磷比为5∶1和10∶1,小球藻第4 d基本完全去除了污水中的氨态氮,而氮磷比对小球藻的除磷能力没有显著影响;在初始氨态氮或总磷浓度相同的条件下,光照条件(L/D为24 h∶0 h和12 h∶12 h)对氮磷去除效果的无明显差异性（P＞0.05）,而随着氮磷浓度的增加,连续光照条件逐渐展现出去除氮磷的优势;小球藻在pH 7～8范围内对氨态氮的去除率最佳,pH 5～7范围内,对总磷的去除率最佳。     

芘高效降解菌的分离鉴定及其降解特性的研究

以芘为惟一碳源.采用寓集培养方法,从沈抚灌区石油污染土壤中分离得到一株芘降解菌B05.根据形态学观察、生理牛化鉴定和16S rDNA序列分析结果.将菌株B05鉴定为Aminobacter ciceronei.在芘初始浓度为1mg/L的液体无机盐培养基中,培养10d,菌株B05对芘的降解率为51%;在芘初始浓度为1mg/kg的土壤培养基条件下,培养30d,菌株B05对芘的降解率可达51%;在芘初始浓度为50mg/L的乙醇液体培养基条件下,培养5d,菌株B05对芘的降解率可达25.9%.对菌株培养条件进行优化,经SlideWrite统计软件拟合,菌株B05在牛肉膏蛋白胨液体培养基上的最适生长pH值为7.3,最适生长温度为32.5℃,最适装液量为25.4mL(150mL三角瓶).     

利用超声波促进苯胺生物降解

报道了用超声波降解苯胺的试验 ,探讨了超声波辐射时间、溶液中苯胺的初始浓度、溶液温度、pH等因素对苯胺降解效果的影响。试验表明 ,超声波辐射的较适时间为 8min ,苯胺的较适浓度为 15 33mg/L ,适宜降解的培养条件为 ,温度 30℃ ,pH 7.5 ,培养时间 12d。此条件下的苯胺最高降解率可达 94 .2 %。     

恩诺沙星残留对土壤微生物功能的影响

研究了恩诺沙星残留对土壤呼吸作用、纤维分解作用、氨化作用、硝化作用的影响 ,结果表明 ,相对较低浓度恩诺沙星残留(0 .0 1μg/ g土 ,0 .1μg/ g土 )刺激土壤呼吸作用 ,相对较高浓度恩诺沙星残留 (1μg/ g土 )对土壤呼吸作用产生抑制 ,药物作用活性维持期为 6 d;恩诺沙星残留对土壤纤维分解作用影响较不明显 ;较低浓度恩诺沙星残留 (0 .0 1μg/ g土 ,0 .1μg/ g土 )对土壤氨化作用有刺激作用 ,而较高浓度恩诺沙星残留 (1μg/ g土 ,10μg/ g土 )则会对其起抑制作用 ,药物作用活性期为 9d;不同浓度恩诺沙星对土壤硝化作用影响极其显著 ,当恩诺沙星浓度达到 1μg/ ml时 ,在 3～ 9d内 ,对土壤硝化作用有一定抑制作用。当恩诺沙星浓度达到 10μg/ ml时 ,强烈抑制了土壤硝化作用 ,直到本试验结束时 ,其抑制作用未见减弱。结果表明恩诺沙星残留影响了土壤微生物这些功能 ,因而可能影响到土壤特性和土壤中一些生态过程     

不同储存条件对大麻化学稳定性的影响

为探讨光照和温度对大麻植物中大麻酚类稳定性的影响,该研究将大麻植物检材以固体粉末和甲醇提取溶液的形式分别在室温(22±2)℃见光、室温(22±2)℃避光、4℃避光、-20℃避光条件下储存20 d后,采用超高效液相(UPLC-PDA)检测分析样本中Δ9-四氢大麻酚(Δ9-THC)、大麻二酚(CBD)和大麻酚(CBN)的含量变化情况。结果表明:3种大麻酚类在不同化学表型大麻中的含量变化趋势相同,固体粉末样本的Δ9-THC、CBD含量在室温光照条件下显著下降,CBN含量基本不变;甲醇提取样本中Δ9-THC、CBN和CBD含量在室温光照条件下均显著下降。避光条件下的室温(22±2)℃及低温(4℃、-20℃)可稳定保存两种形式的大麻样本。大麻中的精神活性成分Δ9-THC的降解满足一级反应动力学规律,光照是影响Δ9-THC降解的重要因素,如果在室温避光条件下储存,大麻或其甲醇提取物可稳定保存,可以更好地指导司法实践活动中短期内大麻检材的取证、运送、保存及鉴定。     

球形红细菌厌氧降解2,4-二硝基甲苯

【目的】研究不同环境条件对2,4-二硝基甲苯(2,4-DNT)生物降解的影响。【方法】采用光合细菌球形红细菌在温度为30 °C的光照培养箱中厌氧降解2,4-DNT,并用高效液相色谱仪测定其浓度。【结果】去除2,4-DNT的最佳条件是初始浓度40 mg/L、初始pH 7.0和接种量15%。另外,2,4-DNT在菌体延滞期被细胞吸收,然后在指数期作为碳源被降解。2,4-DNT的去除率在72 h达到98.8%。从液相色谱图中观察到有2种中间代谢产物,但在120 h内产物被逐渐降解。2,4-DNT的去除动力学符合一级速率模型。【结论】不同条件下2,4-DNT的去除率表明球形红细菌能有效降解2,4-DNT。     

蚯蚓对细菌降解土壤中菲的作用

通过30d室内培养试验,分别研究了接种蚯蚓(E)、细菌(B)以及同时接种细菌和蚯蚓(BE)对土壤中菲降解的影响.结果表明: 在土壤中菲的初始污染浓度为50 mg*kg-1的条件下,各处理间菲的降解率差异显著,其降解率的大小顺序依次为:BE》B》E》CK(对照); 在150 mg*kg-1菲的初始污染浓度下,BE处理中菲的降解率高达98.86%,显著高于CK和E处理.B处理中细菌的双加氧酶活性在3种菲初始污染浓度下没有显著差异,而BE处理中双加氧酶的活性随着土壤中菲的初始污染浓度的升高而增加.在相同菲污染浓度下BE处理中蚯蚓体内的菲含量明显高于E处理.表明蚯蚓能够通过生物富集作用降低土壤中菲的浓度,而蚯蚓与细菌的相互作用能够进一步促进土壤中菲的降解.     

Stabilization of retinol through incorporation into liposomes

Chemical and photochemical processes during storage and preparation rapidly degrade retinol, the most active form of vitamin A. Therefore, the efficacy of incorporation into liposomes in order to modulate the kinetics of retinol degradation was investigated. Retinol was readily incorporated into multilamellar liposomes that were prepared from soybean phosphatidylcholine; the extent of the incorporation was 98.14 +/- 0.93% at pH 9.0 at a ratio of 0.01 : 1 (wt : wt) retinol : phospholipid. It was only marginally lower at higher retinol concentrations. The pH of the hydration buffer had a small effect. The incorporation efficiency ranged from 99.25 +/- 0.47% at pH 3 to 97.45 +/- 1.13% at pH 11. The time course of the retinol degradation in the aqueous solution in liposomes was compared to that of free retinol and free retinol with alpha-tocopherol under a variety of conditions of pH (3, 7, and 11), temperature (4, 25, 37, and 50 degrees ), and light exposure (dark, visible, and UV). The retinol that was incorporated into the liposomes degraded significantly slower than the free retinol or retinol with alpha-tocopherol at pH 7 and 11. At pH 3, where the free retinol degrades rapidly, the degradation kinetics were similar in liposomes and the presence of alpha-tocopherol. At pH 7.0 and 4 degrees in the light, for example, free aqueous retinol was completely degraded within 2 days, while only 20% of the retinol in the liposomes were degraded after 8 days. In general, the protective effect of the liposome incorporation was greater at low temperatures, at neutral and high pH, and in the dark. The results suggest that protection is greater in the solid, gel phase than in the fluid liquid crystalline phase lipids. These results indicate that the incorporation into liposomes can extend the shelf-life of retinol under a variety of conditions of temperature, pH, and ambient light conditions.     

Pyrithiones as antifoulants: Environmental fate and loss of toxicity

The environmental fate and the loss of toxicity of two important antifouling actives, zinc pyrithione (ZnPT) and copper pyrithione (CuPT), were investigated using a bioassay study and an outdoor microcosm study. The bioassay used inhibition of the growth of a marine diatom (Amphora coffeaeformis) to measure the toxicity of ZnPT and CuPT over time in sterile, natural, and sediment-supplemented seawater. In natural seawater and sediment-supplemented seawater in the dark and in sterile seawater exposed to light, growth inhibition was reduced at rates corresponding to the rapid degradation rates for ZnPT and CuPT measured in previous aquatic metabolism, die-away, and photolysis studies. Similarly, the bioassay results from sterile seawater in the dark were consistent with the slower degradation rates measured in abiotic hydrolysis studies. In addition to corroborating the rapid degradation of pyrithione upon exposure to light or sediment, the loss of toxicity indicated that the degradation products were not toxic at the concentrations produced from the dose, which was much higher than predicted environmental concentrations. To supplement environmental fate studies designed to elucidate single-pathway transformations, a microcosm study was conducted to integrate all of the degradation pathways. The study used two sediment and water systems, one of which was dosed during the day and the other at night. The pyrithione degraded rapidly in the water phase, with very little accumulation in the sediment. 2-Pyridine sulfonic acid (PSA) and carbon dioxide were the only detectable degradation products 30 d after dosing. Aquatic toxicity studies with PSA showed no observable effect at concentrations at least three orders of magnitude higher than those for either ZnPT or CuPT. As a result, the worst-case environmental concentration of PSA is expected to be far below the no observable effect concentration.     

Pyrithiones as antifoulants: environmental fate and loss of toxicity

The environmental fate and the loss of toxicity of two important antifouling actives, zinc pyrithione (ZnPT) and copper pyrithione (CuPT), were investigated using a bioassay study and an outdoor microcosm study. The bioassay used inhibition of the growth of a marine diatom (Amphora coffeaeformis) to measure the toxicity of ZnPT and CuPT over time in sterile, natural, and sediment-supplemented seawater. In natural seawater and sediment-supplemented seawater in the dark and in sterile seawater exposed to light, growth inhibition was reduced at rates corresponding to the rapid degradation rates for ZnPT and CuPT measured in previous aquatic metabolism, die-away, and photolysis studies. Similarly, the bioassay results from sterile seawater in the dark were consistent with the slower degradation rates measured in abiotic hydrolysis studies. In addition to corroborating the rapid degradation of pyrithione upon exposure to light or sediment, the loss of toxicity indicated that the degradation products were not toxic at the concentrations produced from the dose, which was much higher than predicted environmental concentrations. To supplement environmental fate studies designed to elucidate single-pathway transformations, a microcosm study was conducted to integrate all of the degradation pathways. The study used two sediment and water systems, one of which was dosed during the day and the other at night. The pyrithione degraded rapidly in the water phase, with very little accumulation in the sediment. 2-Pyridine sulfonic acid (PSA) and carbon dioxide were the only detectable degradation products 30 d after dosing. Aquatic toxicity studies with PSA showed no observable effect at concentrations at least three orders of magnitude higher than those for either ZnPT or CuPT. As a result, the worst-case environmental concentration of PSA is expected to be far below the no observable effect concentration.     

Assessment of regulated rivers with indices based on macroinvertebrates,fish and riparian forest in the southeast of Spain

The complexity of natural river ecosystems is driven by the natural flow regime. Alteration of the flow regime generates changes in geomorphological processes and poses a challenge to conservation of the integrity of biotic communities. The modifications of flow regimes can produce serious changes to the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. The present study aims to evaluate these changes in two regulated rivers under different management regimes. The reaches are located upstream and downstream of two reservoirs in the Mundo and Segura Rivers (Southeast Spain) and were sampled in spring, 2006. According to the Water Framework Directive, ecological condition should be evaluated by observed deviation from the expected natural condition. In this study, we applied this concept to determine the degree of alteration in the regulated reaches. The evaluation of ecological status has been performed by applying a multimetric focus using indices derived from the community of macroinvertebrates (MCLM) and fish (SI) as biological elements as well as a riparian forest index (RQI), which analyzes a hydromorphological element. The assessment of ecological status revealed degradation in the quality of reaches downstream of reservoirs. These three biological indicators are sensitive to the alteration of natural flows produced by regulation. Flow regimes are modified due to a need to store water resources for economic purposes; however flow regimes should be planned in accordance with the natural cycle so that ecosystem quality is preserved and not further degraded in the future.     

Biodegradation of plastic bottles made from ‘Biopol’ in an aquatic ecosystem under in situ conditions

Experiments have been carried out in Lake Lugano, Switzerland, in order to study the biodegradation of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) (PHA) in an aquatic ecosystem under natural conditions. Commercially available plastic articles made from PHA, such as bottles and films, were incubated for 254 days in a water depth of 85 m. Shampoo bottles were positioned precisely on the sediment surface by the use of a small manned submarine. A set of bottles was attached to a buoy in order to incubate plastic material in diffent water depths. When incubated in the water column or on the sediment surface, a life span of five to ten years for this specific bottle type was calculated. In situ degradation rates of 10 to 20 mg/d were determined. PHA films were completely degraded when incubated in the top 20 cm of the sediment. The results clearly demonstrate that in an aquatic ecosystem (water column as well as sediment) under in situ conditions (i.e. low temperatures, seasonal variations of the oxygen concentration) plastic goods made from PHA are degraded.     

Viability and Endogenous Substrates Used During Starvation Survival of Rhodospirillum rubrum

Cells of Rhodospirillum rubrum were grown photoorganotrophically and chemoorganotrophically and then starved for organic carbon and combined nitrogen under four conditions: anaerobically in the light and dark and aerobically in the light and dark. Illumination prolonged viability and suppressed the net degradation of cell material of phototrophically grown cells, but had no effect on chemotrophically grown cells that did not contain bacteriochlorophyll. The half-life survival times of carbohydrate-rich phototrophically grown cells during starvation anaerobically or aerobically in the light were 17 and 14.5 days, respectively. The values for starvation aerobically and anaerobically in the dark were 3 and 0.5 days, respectively. Chemotrophically grown cells had half-life survival times of 3 and 4 days during starvation aerobically in the light and dark, respectively, and 0.8 day during starvation anaerobically in the light or dark. Of all cell constituents examined, carbohydrate was most extensively degraded during starvation, although the rate of degradation was slowest for phototrophically grown cells starved anaerobically in the light. Phototrophically grown cells containing poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate as carbon reserve were less able to survive starvation anaerobically in the light than were carbohydrate-rich cells starved under comparable conditions. Light intensity had a significant effect on viability of phototrophically grown cells starving anaerobically. At light intensities of 320 to 650 lx, the half-life survival times were 17 to 24 days. At 2,950 to 10,500 lx, the survival times decreased to 1.5 to 5.5 days. The kinetics of cell death correlated well with the rate of loss of cell mass of starving cells. However, the cause of death could not be attributed to degradation of any specific cell component.     

Degradation of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-D) by a Hypersaline Microbial Mat and Related Functional Changes in the Mat Community

Microbial mats possibly possess degradation capacities for haloorganic pollutants because of their wide range of different functional groups of microorganisms combined with extreme diurnal changes in pH, oxygen, and sulfide gradients. In this study, 20 mg/l of the chlorinated herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) was applied to a pristine hypersaline cyanobacterial mat from Guerrero Negro, Mexico, under a light regime of 12 h dark/12 h light (600 mol photons/m²s). The loss of 2,4-D was followed by chemical GC analysis; functional changes within the mat were determined with microelectrodes for oxygen, photosynthesis, pH, and sulfide. The depletion of 2,4-D due to photooxidation or sorption processes was checked in control experiments. Within 13 days, the light/dark incubated mats degraded 97% of the herbicide, while in permanent darkness only 35% were degraded. Adsorption of 2,4-D to the mat material, agar, or glass walls was negligible (4.6%), whereas 21% of the herbicide was degraded photochemically. The 2,4-D removal rate in the light/dark incubations was comparable to values reported for soils. The phototrophic community of the mat was permanently inhibited by the 2,4-D addition by 17% on average. The sulfate reduction in the entire mat and the respiration in the photic zone were inhibited more strongly but returned to original levels. Since at the end of the experiment the photosynthetic and respiratory activity of the mats were almost as high as in the beginning and 2,4-D almost completely disappeared, we conclude that the examined mats represent a robust and effective system for the degradation of the herbicide where probably the aerobic heterotrophic population is a major player in the degradation process.This revised version was published online in November 2004 with corrections to Volume 48.     

Restoration Enhances Wetland Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Supply,but Results Are Context-Dependent: A Meta-Analysis

Wetlands are valuable ecosystems because they harbor a huge biodiversity and provide key services to societies. When natural or human factors degrade wetlands, ecological restoration is often carried out to recover biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES). Although such restorations are routinely performed, we lack systematic, evidence-based assessments of their effectiveness on the recovery of biodiversity and ES. Here we performed a meta-analysis of 70 experimental studies in order to assess the effectiveness of ecological restoration and identify what factors affect it. We compared selected ecosystem performance variables between degraded and restored wetlands and between restored and natural wetlands using response ratios and random-effects categorical modeling. We assessed how context factors such as ecosystem type, main agent of degradation, restoration action, experimental design, and restoration age influenced post-restoration biodiversity and ES. Biodiversity showed excellent recovery, though the precise recovery depended strongly on the type of organisms involved. Restored wetlands showed 36% higher levels of provisioning, regulating and supporting ES than did degraded wetlands. In fact, wetlands showed levels of provisioning and cultural ES similar to those of natural wetlands; however, their levels of supporting and regulating ES were, respectively, 16% and 22% lower than in natural wetlands. Recovery of biodiversity and of ES were positively correlated, indicating a win-win restoration outcome. The extent to which restoration increased biodiversity and ES in degraded wetlands depended primarily on the main agent of degradation, restoration actions, experimental design, and ecosystem type. In contrast, the choice of specific restoration actions alone explained most differences between restored and natural wetlands. These results highlight the importance of comprehensive, multi-factorial assessment to determine the ecological status of degraded, restored and natural wetlands and thereby evaluate the effectiveness of ecological restorations. Future research on wetland restoration should also seek to identify which restoration actions work best for specific habitats.     

恢复生态学研究的一些基本问题探讨

对恢复生态学的研究概况、基本概念、内涵与研究内容以及生态恢复的目标、原则、程序与技术进行了分析与探讨。指出恢复生态学应加强基础理论研究(包括生态系统的演替理论及干扰条件下生态系统的受损过程与响应机制研究等)和应用技术研究(包括土壤、水体、大气和植被恢复技术、生物多样性保护技术以及生态系统的组装与集成技术等).生态恢复与重建是指根据生态学原理,通过一定的生物、生态以及工程的技术,人为地切断生态系统退化的主导因子和过程,调整和优化系统内部及其与外界的物质、能量和信息的流动过程及其时空秩序,使生态系统的结构、功能和生态学潜力尽快地成功地恢复到原有的乃至更高的水平。     

Why green fluorescent fusion proteins have not been observed in the vacuoles of higher plants

Green fluorescent protein (GFP) makes it possible for organelles and protein transport pathways to be visualized in living cells. However, GFP fluorescence has not yet been observed in the vacuoles of any organs of higher plants. We found that the fluorescence of a vacuole-targeted GFP was stably observed in the vacuoles of transgenic Arabidopsis plants under dark conditions, and that the fluorescence rapidly disappeared under light conditions. The vacuolar GFP was rapidly degraded within 1 h in the light, especially blue light. An inhibitor of vacuolar type H+-ATPase, concanamycin A, and an inhibitor of papain-type cysteine proteinase, E-64d, abolished both the light-dependent disappearance of GFP fluorescence and GFP degradation in the vacuoles. An in vitro assay showed that bacterially expressed GFP was degraded by extracts of Arabidopsis cultured-cell protoplasts at an acidic pH in the light. These results suggest that blue light induced a conformational change in GFP, and the resulting GFP in the vacuole was easily degraded by vacuolar papain-type cysteine proteinase(s) under the acidic pH. The light-dependent degradation accounts for the failure to observe GFP fluorescence in the vacuoles of plant organs. Our results show that stable GFP-fluoresced vacuoles are achieved by transferring the plants from the light into the dark before inspection with a fluorescent microscope. This might eliminate a large hurdle in studies of the vacuolar-targeting machinery and the organ- and stage-specific differentiation of endomembrane systems in plants.