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Interaction of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) with anaerobic mixed bacterial cultures isolated from river sediment

Abstract

The degradation of flame retardant polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), including tetra-brominated diphenyl ether (BDE-47), penta-brominated diphenyl ether (BDE-99 and -100), and hexa-brominated diphenyl ether (BDE-153 and -154), by anaerobic bacterial mixed cultures isolated from river sediment was investigated. The effects of PBDEs on changes of anaerobic bacterial community in sediment culture were also studied. Sediments were collected from Er-Jen River and Nan-Kan River basins, which were both heavily polluted rivers in Taiwan, and bacteria from the sediment samples were enriched before the experiment was conducted. Into the anaerobic bacterial mixed cultures, 0.1 {mu}g/mL of PBDEs was added followed by incubation under 30 deg. C for 70 days. Residues of PBDE were determined by gas chromatography with electron capture detector (GC-ECD), and the changes of bacterial community were analyzed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Less than 20% of PBDEs were degraded after 70 days of incubation in all samples except for BDE-47 from the Nan-Kan River sediment. In that culture, BDE-47 was found to have notably degraded. In particular, after 42 days of incubation; BDE-47 was degraded, suddenly and sharply, to a negligible level on Day 70, and the result was confirmed by a repeated experiment. An interesting result was  More>>
Authors:
Yen, J H; Liao, W C; Chen, W C; [1]  Wang, Y.S., E-mail: yswang@ntu.edu.tw [1] 
  1. Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan (China)
Publication Date:
Jun 15, 2009
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Journal of Hazardous Materials; Journal Volume: 165; Journal Issue: 1-3; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; BACTERIA; ELECTRON-CAPTURE DETECTORS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCUBATION; INTERACTIONS; PHENYL ETHER; SEDIMENTS
OSTI ID:
22032997
Country of Origin:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0304-3894; CODEN: JHMAD9; Other: PII: S0304-3894(08)01504-5; TRN: NL09R9889121480
Availability:
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.10.007
Submitting Site:
NLN
Size:
page(s) 518-524
Announcement Date:
Feb 04, 2013

Citation Formats

Yen, J H, Liao, W C, Chen, W C, and Wang, Y.S., E-mail: yswang@ntu.edu.tw. Interaction of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) with anaerobic mixed bacterial cultures isolated from river sediment. Netherlands: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.1016/J.JHAZMAT.2008.10.007.
Yen, J H, Liao, W C, Chen, W C, & Wang, Y.S., E-mail: yswang@ntu.edu.tw. Interaction of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) with anaerobic mixed bacterial cultures isolated from river sediment. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JHAZMAT.2008.10.007
Yen, J H, Liao, W C, Chen, W C, and Wang, Y.S., E-mail: yswang@ntu.edu.tw. 2009. "Interaction of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) with anaerobic mixed bacterial cultures isolated from river sediment." Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JHAZMAT.2008.10.007.
@misc{etde_22032997,
title = {Interaction of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) with anaerobic mixed bacterial cultures isolated from river sediment}
author = {Yen, J H, Liao, W C, Chen, W C, and Wang, Y.S., E-mail: yswang@ntu.edu.tw}
abstractNote = {The degradation of flame retardant polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), including tetra-brominated diphenyl ether (BDE-47), penta-brominated diphenyl ether (BDE-99 and -100), and hexa-brominated diphenyl ether (BDE-153 and -154), by anaerobic bacterial mixed cultures isolated from river sediment was investigated. The effects of PBDEs on changes of anaerobic bacterial community in sediment culture were also studied. Sediments were collected from Er-Jen River and Nan-Kan River basins, which were both heavily polluted rivers in Taiwan, and bacteria from the sediment samples were enriched before the experiment was conducted. Into the anaerobic bacterial mixed cultures, 0.1 {mu}g/mL of PBDEs was added followed by incubation under 30 deg. C for 70 days. Residues of PBDE were determined by gas chromatography with electron capture detector (GC-ECD), and the changes of bacterial community were analyzed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Less than 20% of PBDEs were degraded after 70 days of incubation in all samples except for BDE-47 from the Nan-Kan River sediment. In that culture, BDE-47 was found to have notably degraded. In particular, after 42 days of incubation; BDE-47 was degraded, suddenly and sharply, to a negligible level on Day 70, and the result was confirmed by a repeated experiment. An interesting result was that although BDE-47 was degraded fast in the Nan-Kan River sediment, the bacterial communities did not shift significantly as we had speculated at Day 70. From UPGMA dendrograms, PBDEs changed the composition of bacterial communities, and the extents varied with the variety of PBDE congeners. By the amendment with BDE-153 or -154, bacterial communities would be changed immediately and irreversibly throughout the rest of the incubation period. No significant difference in degradation of PBDEs was observed between sediment bacteria from Er-Jen River and Nan-Kan River. However, the results verified the persistence of PBDEs in the environment.}
doi = {10.1016/J.JHAZMAT.2008.10.007}
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