1 / 23

Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla

José Julio Ortega. Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. ASSESSING THE MICROBIAL AVAILABILITY OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS PRESENT IN MARINE SPILLS. OBJECTIVES.

cara
Download Presentation

Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. José Julio Ortega Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas • ASSESSING THE MICROBIAL AVAILABILITY OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS PRESENT IN MARINE SPILLS

  2. OBJECTIVES Proyect VEM 2004-08556: “Microbial availability and metabolism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons present in marine oil spills. Implications for their natural attenuation and bioremediation” Examine PAH bioavailability and metabolism in different scenarios relevant to marine oil spills: water column (dispersants), shoreline (bioremediation) and sediments (nat. attenuation) OBJ. 1 Microbial physiology and metabolism of PAH biodegradation in marine microorganisms OBJ. 2 Study of physicochemical processes involved in PAH bioavailability and their modification by biological factors and spill management strategies OBJ. 3 Bioavailability and metabolism of PAH in microcosms

  3. 1 Sorbed to organic matter and clay fractions Sorbed in micropores smaller than bacteria LOW BIOAVAILABILITY (slow kinetics, residual fractions) 2 Dissolved in non-aqueous phase liquids 3 Dissolved in macropores

  4. BIOSURFACTANT PRODUCTION

  5. CMC Effect of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 19SJ biosurfactants on surface tension: critical micelle concentration

  6. Growth and biosurfactant production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa 19SJ from solid phenanthrene (10 mg/ml) M. Garcia-Junco et al., Environ. Microbiol.2001, 3, 561-569

  7. Effect of biosurfactants from Pseudomonas aeruginosa 19SJ on partitioning of pyrene from a NAPL Ceqsolids Biosurf. Solids Ceq Part. rate (ng/mL/h) (µg/mL) (mg/mL) (ng/mL) (ng/mg) 0 0 0 1 1 0,5 1,6 11,6 0,7 27,4 18 85 547 27 650 - - - 16 40 0 10 100 0 100 M. Garcia-Junco et al., Environ. Sci. Technol.2003, 37, 2988-2996

  8. CHEMOTAXIS

  9. Capillary tube 1mL CHEMOTAXISCAPILLARY METHOD Chemoattractant or control slide coverslip Bacterial suspension

  10. Chemotaxis towards phenanthrene of Pseudomonasputida 10D J.J. Ortega-Calvo et al., FEMS Microbiol. Ecol.2003, 44, 373-381

  11. Environmental sample DESORPTION BIODEGRADATION TENAX SAMPLE SUSPENSION NaOH TRAP SAMPLE SUSPENSION - TENAX EXTRACTION - HPLC ANALYSIS - MC EXTRACTION - HPLC ANALYSIS (native PAH) - 14CO2 MEASUREMENTS (14C-PAH)

  12. Teflon-lined stoppers Syringe sampling A. 14CO2 production B. HPLC analysis Biometric flask 250 ml erlenmeyer flask Main body Teflon-lined stopper Lateral body 14CO2 40 g Sample 40 g sample + radiolabelled PAH Alkali trap BIOAVAILABILITY ASSAY

  13. DESORPTION OF PAHs WITH TENAX CREOSOTE-POLLUTED SOIL Fen Flu Flut Ant St / S0 = Frap * exp (-Krap * t) + Fslow * exp (-Kslow * t) Pyr Benz(a)pyr

  14. DESORPTION & BIODEGRADATION

  15. DESORPTION OF PAHs WITH TENAX BIOREMEDIATED SOIL Fen Ant Fluor Pyr St / S0 = Frap * exp (-Krap * t) + Fslow * exp (-Kslow * t) Benz(a)pyr Benz(a)ant

  16. BIOAVAILABILITY OF PAH IN BIOREMEDIATED SOIL (SOILREM E6068) (0.2 g/Kg PAH) Pir Ftno Fen

  17. Background PAH pollution in Gibraltar Area (Cádiz) (µg/kg 16 EPA PAH) 346 142 404 85 42 186 98 222 429 166 118 1250 111 55 124 59 372 1366 GIBRALTAR SAMPLING POINTS ROADS URBAN ZONES INDUSTRIAL ZONES

  18. Phenanthrene content in soils from Gibraltar Area *Wild, S.R. & Jones, K.C., Environ. Pollut.1995, 88, 91-108

  19. 14C native • Conditions: • 40 g soil amended with 11.8 µg/kg 14C-phen dissolved in distilled water Bioaccessibility of native phenanthrene to autochtonous microbial populations in soils with different % OM

  20. CONCLUSIONS 1. FAR FROM BEHAVING AS PASSIVE CATALISTS, MICROORGANISMS INHABITING PAH-POLLUTED SOILS AND SEDIMENTS CAN SOLVE A RANGE OF LOW-BIOAVAILABILITY SITUATIONS BY IMPROVING THEIR MODES OF POLLUTANT ACQUISITION (BIOSURFACTANTS, CHEMOTAXIS, ETC.) 2. HOWEVER, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE INVOLVING DESORPTION-RESISTANT COMPOUNDS, WHERE THE PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS FOR BIODEGRADATION ARE HARDLY MODIFIABLE BY PHYSIOLOGICAL MEANS

  21. Grupo “Biodegradación y Biorremediación” (PAI-RNM312) Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla C.S.I.C. Marisa Bueno Marta García-Junco* César Gómez* Mohammed Lahlou* Jose Luis Niqui Rosa Posada Patricia Velasco José Julio Ortega M. Grifoll (Univ. Barcelona) Hauke Harms (UFZ, Leipzig) Anatoly Marchenko (R. Center Toxicol., Rusia)

More Related