Author:
Yavari-Bafghi Maryam,Rezaei Somee Maryam,Amoozegar Mohammad Ali,Dastgheib Seyed Mohammad Mehdi,Shavandi Mahmoud
Abstract
Groundwater pollution is one of the major environmental concerns. The entrance of pollutants into the oligotrophic groundwater ecosystems alters native microbial community structure and metabolism. This study investigated the application of innovative Small Bioreactor Chambers and CaO2nanoparticles for phenol removal within continuous-flow sand-packed columns for 6 months. Scanning electron microscopy and confocal laser scanning microscopy analysis were conducted to indicate the impact of attached biofilm on sand surfaces in bioremediation columns. Then, the influence of each method on the microbial biodiversity of the column’s groundwater was investigated by next-generation sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. The results indicated that the simultaneous application of biostimulation and bioaugmentation completely eliminated phenol during the first 42 days. However, 80.2% of phenol remained in the natural bioremediation column at the end of the experiment. Microbial diversity was decreased by CaO2injection while order-level groups known for phenol degradation such asRhodobacteralesandXanthomonadalesdominated in biostimulation columns. Genome-resolved comparative analyses of oligotrophic groundwater prokaryotic communities revealed thatBurkholderiales,Micrococcales, andCytophagaleswere the dominant members of the pristine groundwater. Six-month exposure of groundwater to phenol shifted the microbial population towards increasing the heterotrophic members ofDesulfobacterales,Pseudomonadales, andXanthomonadaleswith the degradation potential of phenol and other hydrocarbons.
Subject
Microbiology (medical),Microbiology
Cited by
2 articles.
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