藤黄固氮菌
固氮
化学
环境化学
氮气
固氮酶
有机化学
作者
Peng Ouyang,Jian Yang,Qinmei Zhong,Yue Yuan,Yanfeng Gao,Haifang Wang,Shengrong Yang
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133553
摘要
Vanadium dioxide (VO2) has been used in a variety of products due to its outstanding phase transition properties. However, as potential heavy metal contaminants, the environmental hazards and risks of VO2 should be systematically investigated. Biological nitrogen fixation is one of the most dominant processes in biogeochemical cycle, which is associated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. In this study, we reported the environmental bio-effects of VO2 micro/nanoparticles on the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii. VO2 at 10 and 30 mg/L caused severe hazards to A. vinelandii, such as cell apoptosis, oxidative damage, physical damage, genotoxicity, and the loss of nitrogen fixation activity. The up-regulated differentially expressed genes of A. vinelandii were related to stress response, and the down-regulated genes were mainly related to energy metabolism. Surprisingly, VO2 of 10 mg/L decreased the nif gene expression but elevated the vnf gene expression, which enhanced the ability of A. vinelandii to reduce acetylene in anaerobic environment. In addition, under tested conditions, VO2 nanoparticles exhibited insignificantly higher toxicity than VO2 microparticles. Vanadium dioxide (VO2) has been used in a variety of products due to its outstanding phase transition properties. However, as potential heavy metal contaminants, the environmental hazards and risks of VO2 should be systematically investigated. Of particular importance and interest is that VO2 might disturb the biological nitrogen fixation, one of the most dominant processes in biogeochemical cycle. Herein, we reported the severe toxicity of VO2 micro/nanoparticles to nitrogen- fixing bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii. VO2 micro/nanoparticles induced the loss of nitrogen fixation activity of A. vinelandii by down-regulating nif genes and energy metabolism related genes.
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