Salt marsh rhizosphere affects microbial biotransformation of the widespread halogenated contaminant tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA)

被引:38
作者
Ravit, B
Ehrenfeld, JG
Häggblom, MM
机构
[1] Rutgers State Univ, Cook Coll, Dept Environm Sci, Grad Program Environm Sci, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
[2] Rutgers State Univ, Cook Coll, Dept Ecol Evolut & Nat Resources, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
[3] Rutgers State Univ, Cook Coll, Dept Biochem & Microbiol, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
关键词
rhizosphere; sediment; microbial community; microbial diversity; PLFA; Spartina alterniflora; Phragmites australis; tetrabromobisphenol A; bisphenol A; reductive dehalogenation; estuarine contamination; salt marsh restoration;
D O I
10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.11.003
中图分类号
S15 [土壤学];
学科分类号
0903 ; 090301 ;
摘要
Estuarine sediments are the repository for a wide range of contaminants. Anthropogenic impacts and variations in the belowground biomass of salt marsh plants potentially select for different sediment microbial communities with different functional capabilities, including the ability to biotransform anthropogenic contaminants. There are large differences in both root morphology and the amount of fine root biomass of Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis; Spartina is the species commonly used to replace Phragmites in northeastern US salt marsh restoration projects. Our study compared the effect of these two macrophyte species on sediment microbial communities responsible for the biotransformation of the halogenated flame retardant tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA). Sediments were obtained from contaminated and uncontaminated salt marsh field sites in New Jersey. Anaerobic methanogenic sediment microcosms were established and incubated for up to 130 days. TBBPA was reductively dehalogenated resulting in the transient formation of two intermediates, identified as tribromobisphenol A and dibromobisphenol A, and the formation and accumulation of bisphenol A (BPA) as the end product. Spartina sediments from both sites were found to dehalogenate TBBPA more rapidly than the Phragmites or unvegetated sediments, resulting in greater production of BPA. Microbial community diversity as measured by in situ sediment phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) composition prior to TBBPA exposure, was found to be higher in the uncontaminated sediments; differences in microbial PLFA diversity were not seen in contaminated sediments associated with either the different plant species or unvegetated sediment. The results of this study demonstrate that these two plant species affected sediment microbial community function with respect to dehalogenation capabilities, even though the disturbed and undisturbed sediments varied in microbial community composition. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1049 / 1057
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