大型真菌重金属污染生态学研究进展与展望

大型真菌是生物圈中重要的组成部分和生态资源,在自然界物质循环和维持生态平衡中发挥着非常重要的作用.本文从环境重金属污染对大型真菌的生态毒性效应、大型真菌对重金属的生物富集作用、大型真菌对重金属污染的生态适应机制、大型真菌对重金属污染的指示和生态修复作用等方面,较为全面地总结、评述了大型真菌重金属污染生态学的研究进展.随着重金属污染的加剧,加强研究大型真菌重金属污染生态学,对于大型真菌资源的合理利用和污染环境的生态修复具有重要的现实意义.     

根际圈在污染土壤修复中的作用与机理分析

根际圈以植物根系为中心聚集了大量的生命物质及其分泌物,构成了极为独特的“生态修复单元”。本文叙述了根在根际圈污染土壤修复中的生理生态作用,富集、固定重金属,吸收、降解有机污染物等功能;菌根真菌对根际圈内重金属的吸收、屏障及螯合作用,对有机污染物的降解作用;根际圈内细菌对重金属的吸附与固定,对有机污染物的降解作用以及根际圈真菌和细菌的联合修复作用等,同时对可能存在的机理进行了分析,认为根际圈对污染土壤的修复作用是植物修复的重要组成部分和主要理论基础之一,并指出利用重金属超富集植物修复重金属污染土壤具有广阔的应用前景;筛选对水溶性有机污染物高吸收富集及其根 发泌能力强的特异植物,同时接种利于有机污染物降解的专性或非专性真菌和细菌可能会成为有机污染土壤植物修复研究的重要方向之一。     

流沙湾海草床重金属富集特征

海草床是一种重要的海洋湿地生态系统,首次研究了流沙湾海草床重金属(铜、铅、镉、锌)的富集特征,并评价其潜在生态危害.研究表明:水体和沉积物环境中的重金属含量很低,潜在生态危害轻微,但是海草床大型底栖生物(绿藻、海草、双壳类和腹足类)对这4种重金属具有富集作用,其中对镉的富集最显著.绿藻对铜、铅和锌的富集效应明显大于海草,腹足类对铜、铅和锌的富集效应明显大于双壳类;而对镉的富集效应,情况正好相反.双壳类生物体内铅和镉含量普遍超一类标准,超标程度较高.     

食用菌生物修复重金属污染研究进展

生物修复是利用生物体及其衍生物对重金属进行吸收/吸附来处理环境中重金属污染的方法,具有成本低、来源广、无二次污染等特点.食用菌富集重金属是生物修复的一个重要研究方向,食用菌修复作用主要通过对重金属的吸收来降低其生态毒性,从而对重金属污染起到一定的修复作用.本文论述了食用菌对重金属Cu、Cd、Pb、Zn、As、Cr的富集作用,揭示了食用菌富集重金属的可能机理,并对采用食用菌富集重金属以治理环境污染的前景进行了展望.     

重金属污染评估及其生物健康效应

重金属污染是目前全球面临的最为严峻的环境问题之一,不仅引发了粮食安全危机,还直接危害着动物和人类健康.土壤线虫作为陆地环境中重金属污染的重要指示生物,不仅会对重金属的毒害产生复杂的防御机制,其肠道微生物还被证明可以协助宿主抵御重金属胁迫.本文系统梳理了国内外重金属的污染现状及其评估方法,以线虫为模型概述了重金属对土壤动物行为、生理、生化三个方面的影响,总结了动物对重金属暴露的应激响应,主要包括细胞壁和细胞膜的屏障作用、活性物质改变、金属硫蛋白表达以及非编码RNA调节等四个层面,提出了肠道微生物的组成和多样性作为指示重金属毒性的新方法,归纳了长期重金属暴露导致的生物适应性进化,包括重金属超积累基因、抗性基因、解毒基因的出现和富集等,进而量化环境胁迫引起的动物遗传变异在基因组水平上的响应,比如基因的抗性突变和抗性基因的协同作用.最后,本文对重金属生态毒理学的研究进行了展望,指出未来研究需着眼于当下的生态环境和人类健康,探索土壤动物肠道微生物的生态作用,深入探究重金属毒性发生发展以及生物解毒的潜在机制.     

土壤重金属污染评价方法

土壤中的重金属长期停留和积累在环境中,对生态环境和人体健康存在诸多现实和潜在风险,受到越来越多的关注.因此,评价土壤中的重金属污染程度对于环境和健康问题有着重要意义.评价土壤中重金属的污染程度需选用一种或几种正确的评价方式.本文综述了目前国内外常用于土壤中重金属评价的指数法、模型指数法和基于重金属形态分析、有效态含量和总量、人体健康风险以及GIS和地统计学的评价方法.其中,指数法主要包括内梅罗指数法、富集因子法、地累积指数法、潜在生态危害指数法;模型指数法则主要包括模糊数学模型、灰色聚类模型及层次分析法等.文章对各种评价方法进行了综述,并指出使用各种方法的优越性、局限性.     

硅藻重金属污染生态学研究进展

硅藻是水生生态系统健康的指示生物之一,对环境变化极为敏感,某些典型硅藻已应用于指示水体重金属污染.本文围绕地表水重金属污染,从毒性效应、生物吸附和累积、生态适应机制及生物指示与生态修复作用等方面,综述了硅藻重金属污染生态学研究进展,阐述重金属污染下硅藻的生长趋势和硅壳形态的变化,硅藻对重金属生物吸附和生物累积的差别,硅藻对重金属的表面络合和离子交换等生态适应机制,以及硅藻对水体重金属污染的指示作用和生态修复作用,为水生生态系统的重金属污染防治与预警技术提供科学依据.     

蚯蚓在重金属污染土壤生物修复中的应用潜力

综述了不同生态类型的蚯蚓的特性及其土壤生态功能;总结了其对土壤重金属富集和有效性的作用及影响重金属活化的机理,并指出目前相关的生物化学机理研究的不足及其未来研究方向.同时,文章针对蚯蚓在农业和环境领域的应用现状,提出其应用于重金属污染土壤的植物提取技术的可能性,在未来工作中应加强真实污染土壤室内模拟和田间试验研究,进一步探索筛选和繁育本地蚯蚓品种以及添加有机物等相关技术.     

强化植物修复重金属污染土壤的策略及其机制

重金属对生态环境、农业生产、人类健康等诸多方面造成重要危害。植物修复因其具有经济有效、绿色生态等优点,已经成为土壤重金属污染修复研究领域的热点。由于植物重金属毒害、修复耗时过长等因素致使植物修复技术受限于研究阶段而不能广泛应用于实践。采用科学合理的强化措施提高植物修复的效率可能是解决该矛盾的关键之一。讨论了根瘤菌、丛枝菌根真菌、溶磷微生物和内生真菌构建的微生物-植物共生系统在强化植物修复过程中的具体应用;概述了EDTA、EDDS等螯合剂在改变土壤中重金属可溶态,促进重金属从土壤向植株转运的重要作用;介绍了植物中编码金属转运蛋白、金属硫蛋白、植物螯合肽等与重金属转运和代谢相关的基因在植物修复领域的实际应用;归纳了上述强化策略主要机制为微生物促进植物生长、缓解重金属植物毒性以及提高了土壤中重金属生物利用度,从而促进重金属在富集植物中积累和植物生物量的增加;最后总结并展望了植物修复强化技术在今后研究的重点及存在的问题。综述植物修复技术采用的主要强化策略及其机制,旨在为利用植物修复技术治理土壤重金属污染提供重要参考。     

重金属不同积累型植物品种的根际生态效应分析

植物对重金属的吸收积累与其根际环境密切相关, 因此对于根际生态效应的研究有助于理解不同品种积累重金属差异的机理。从根系形态、根际土壤化学特性、根系分泌物及微生物特性等方面对根际生态效应和植物积累重金属的关系进行了综述, 旨在从根际方面诠释植物积累重金属差异的机理, 并为重金属积累典型品种的选育提供理论基础。     

两种大型真菌菌丝体对重金属的耐受和富集特性

用平板培养法检测大型真菌秀珍菇和猪肚菇菌丝体对重金属铬、铅和锰的耐受及富集特性。分别测定了3种重金属不同浓度处理下秀珍菇和猪肚菇的菌落直径、菌丝体干重和菌丝体中的重金属含量。结果表明:秀珍菇和猪肚菇菌丝体对Cr的耐受特性和耐受能力相当,二者的菌落直径和菌丝体干重均随Cr处理浓度的增加先升高后降低,生长抑制率为50%的Cr浓度都约为200 mg/L,对铬的最大耐受浓度都为500 mg/L。秀珍菇菌丝体对Pb敏感,100 mg/L的Pb即可极显著的抑制秀珍菇菌丝的生长,而猪肚菇则直到500 mg/L的Pb,菌丝体的生长都未受显著影响;二者生长抑制率为50%的Pb浓度分别为100 mg/L和700 mg/L,最大耐受浓度分别为1000 mg/L和2000 mg/L;因此,猪肚菇对Pb的耐受能力比秀珍菇强。秀珍菇不耐锰,而猪肚菇对锰表现出相对较高的耐受能力,生长抑制率为50%的Mn浓度约为1000 mg/L,最大耐受能力为6000 mg/L。秀珍菇菌丝体对Cr和Pb、猪肚菇菌丝体对Cr和Mn均没有达到超富集。但猪肚菇菌丝体中Pb的含量可达1125.56 mg/kg(干重),达到超富集水平,暗示猪肚菇可能是铅超富集大型真菌。     

Contaminated food and uptake of heavy metals by fish: a review and a proposal for further research

Summary 1. The uptake of heavy metals via the alimentary tract can be an important factor for the metal budget of fish. 2. Concepts such as biomagnification, bioaccumulation, biotransference, or concentration factors, convey little information about the real threat originating from heavy metals in an aquatic food chain. 3. In polluted aquatic ecosystems the transfer of metals through food chains can be high enough to bring about harmful concentrations in the tissues of fish. This relationship is called the food chain effect. 4. Two kinds of ecological factors influence the food chain effect: firstly, high levels of contamination of the food, and, secondly, the reduction of species diversity. When susceptible species are eliminated, metal-tolerant food organisms may become dominant. Their tolerance may be based either on their ability to accumulate excessive amounts of metals or to exclude heavy metals from the tissues. These two strategies represent feedback mechanisms which may enhance or weaken the food chain effect. 5. It is concluded that future investigations on transference of heavy metals to fish must take into more careful consideration the specific ecological situation of a given environment.     

Bioaccumulation of copper, lead and zinc by the bivalves Macomona liliana and Austrovenus stutchburyi

Aquatic organisms take up heavy metals from surrounding environments which accumulate in their body tissues. In the region of Auckland, New Zealand, the heavy metals, copper (Cu), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) are the primary sediment contaminants of concern. Previous investigations have revealed adverse effects of Cu and Zn, but not of Pb, on estuarine infauna and a higher sensitivity of the deposit-feeding bivalve Macomona liliana than the suspension-feeding bivalve Austrovenus stutchburyi to these metals. In order to further examine the bioavailability of Cu, Pb and/or Zn and their interactive effects, bioaccumulation of Cu, Pb and Zn was measured in M. liliana and A. stutchburyi after 10-day exposure to these metals in the laboratory. Both bivalves accumulated Pb and Zn, while bioaccumulation of Cu only occurred in A. stutchburyi in the presence of Zn. There was some evidence that the presence of Pb could increase bioaccumulation of Zn. Bioaccumulation was generally much higher in M. liliana than in A. stutchburyi, potentially suggesting their higher uptake rates of metals and thus explaining the higher sensitivity of M. liliana to these heavy metals. Bioaccumulation of Pb in the bivalves and its potential influences on the bioavailability of other metals indicated that, despite the lack of any evidence for acute toxicity of Pb in previous studies, it could still pose a potentially important environmental threat. Bioaccumulation of heavy metals found in the present study also highlights the needs for further investigations of potential chronic toxicity of these metals.     

铜锈环棱螺对沉积物中重金属的生物积累及其与重金属赋存形态的关系

以铜锈环棱螺（Bellamya aeruginosa）为测试生物,采用28 d沉积物生物积累试验研究铜锈环棱螺对污染河流沉积物中重金属的生物积累,并探讨其与重金属赋存形态的关系.结果表明：铜锈环棱螺肝胰脏对Cd、Pb、Cu、Cr、Zn和Mn均具有较强的积累作用.不同重金属的积累量存在较大差别,Zn的积累量最多,占重金属总积累量的84.32%±4.36%,其次为Cu,占7.67%±2.84%;Pb、Cr和Mn的比例相对较少,分别为3.62%±1.84%、2.22%±1.03%和1.33%±0.15%;Cd所占比例最少,为0.83%±0.53%.肝胰脏中重金属元素之间的相关性均不显著.肝胰脏金属污染指数与沉积物污染综合指数具有显著的正相关关系,铜锈环棱螺可以作为沉积物重金属污染的监测生物.不同沉积物Cd、Cr、Zn和Mn的生物-沉积物积累因子（BSAF）具有较大的差异,Cu和Pb的BSAF比较稳定.Cd的生物积累与沉积物中Cd的可交换的与酸可溶态及可氧化态显著相关;Pb的生物积累与Pb的可还原态显著相关;Cu的生物积累与Cu的可氧化态显著相关;Mn的生物积累与Mn的可交换的与酸可溶态和可还原态显著相关;Cr和Mn的生物积累与其不同形态和总量均不相关.BSAF不宜作为衡量铜锈环棱螺对沉积物中重金属生物积累能力的指标.     

鄱阳湖北段白鹭和苍鹭重金属富集特征比较

水鸟对重金属的富集水平及特征是了解湿地生态系统健康状况、水鸟生境安全的重要渠道。2016年通过非损伤取样方式采集了鄱阳湖北段白鹭Egretta garzetta和苍鹭Ardea cinerea各20个卵壳样品,并收集了2种鹭鸟觅食地的土壤样品9份,利用电感耦合等离子体质谱仪对卵壳和土样中铬(Cr)、铜(Cu)、镍(Ni)、锌(Zn)、砷(As)、铅(Pb)、镉(Cd)、汞(Hg)8种重金属的残留量进行了测量,分析了重金属在2种鹭鸟卵壳中的残留量,在此基础上分析了该区域2种鹭鸟对土壤重金属富集特征。研究结果表明,8种重金属中,白鹭和苍鹭卵壳重金属残留量均以Zn最高、Cd最低。苍鹭的Pb残留量极显著高于白鹭(P<0.01)。白鹭和苍鹭卵壳对Hg的生物富集系数最高,As的最低,而苍鹭对Pb的生物富集系数极显著高于白鹭(P<0.01)。     

Genetic engineering of Escherichia coli for enhanced uptake and bioaccumulation of mercury.

Synthetic phytochelatins (ECs) are a new class of metal-binding peptides with a repetitive metal-binding motif, (Glu-Cys)(n)Gly, which were shown to bind heavy metals more effectively than metallothioneins. However, the limited uptake across the cell membrane is often the rate-limiting factor for the intracellular bioaccumulation of heavy metals by genetically engineered organisms expressing these metal-binding peptides. In this paper, two potential solutions were investigated to overcome this uptake limitation either by coexpressing an Hg(2+) transport system with (Glu-Cys)(20)Gly (EC20) or by directly expressing EC20 on the cell surface. Both approaches were equally effective in increasing the bioaccumulation of Hg(2+). Since the available transport systems are presently limited to only a few heavy metals, our results suggest that bioaccumulation by bacterial sorbents with surface-expressed metal-binding peptides may be useful as a universal strategy for the cleanup of heavy metal contamination.     

Quantitative evaluation of heavy metals' pollution hazards in liquefaction residues of sewage sludge

Liquefaction residues (LR) are the main by-products of sewage sludge (SS) liquefaction. This study quantitatively evaluates the potential ecological risk and pollution degrees of heavy metals (Pb, Zn, Cu, Cd, Cr and Ni) in LR versus SS. The leaching rates (R1) of heavy metals in LR were much lower than those in SS, revealing that the mobility/leachability of heavy metals was well suppressed after liquefaction. Geo-accumulation index (Igeo) indicated that the liquefaction process significantly weakened the contamination degrees of heavy metals. Potential ecological risk index (RI) demonstrated that overall risks caused by heavy metals were obviously lowered from 1093.56 (very high risk) in SS to 4.72 and 1.51 (low risk) in LR1 and LR2, respectively. According to the risk assessment code (RAC), each tested heavy metal had no or low risk to the environments after liquefaction. In a word, the pollution hazards of heavy metals in LR were markedly mitigated.     

Ecological risk assessment of heavy metal contamination in mangrove habitats,using biochemical markers and pollution indices: A case study of Avicennia marina L. in the Rabigh lagoon,Red Sea

Contamination of mangrove ecosystems, including those of the Red Sea area, has caused serious concern globally. Spatial distribution of heavy metals and their bioaccumulation in one of the common mangrove plants of Saudi Arabia, Avicennia marina L., was evaluated in 8 stations at the Rabigh lagoon to assess the ecological risks due to heavy metal contamination. Among all the heavy metals, Fe concentration was recorded highest (8939.38 ± 312.63 mg/kg) at station S4. Contamination factor (CF) values for all heavy metals determined in this study were recorded in ascending order as Cu < Cr < Mn < Zn < Fe < Ni < Pb < Cd, with the pollution load index pattern recorded in descending order as S6 > S4 > S3 > S5 > S7 > S1 > S8 > S2. Bio-concentration factor (BCF) was <1 for all the heavy metals and there was a positive correlation between the antioxidants and lead (Pb), which can be a result of the ability of A. marina to exclude or detoxify this metal by its mechanism of exclusion or detoxification. A significant correlation existed between the heavy metals concentration in sediment and A. marina leaves at one combination or the other, except for Cu and Cd, which do not correlate with any other metal concentration. The information provided in the present study can be used in the monitoring and measurement of heavy metal pollution in marine ecosystems or other aquatic environments, to prevent several ecological risks to the mangrove ecosystem.