Airborne antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) can critically impact human health. We performed resistome profiling of 283 personal airborne exposure samples from 15 participants spanning 890 days and 66 locations. We found a greater diversity and abundance of airborne bacteria community and antibiotic resistomes in spring than in winter, and temperature contributed largely to the difference.
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November 2012
Adsorption of substrate is the main removal mechanisms of phosphorus in constructed wetland. It is easily impacted by various environmental factors existing in the wetland bed. The contents of substrate TP and the main inorganic P in different areas of both horizontal sub-surface flow constructed wetland with plant and one without plant were measured after treating wastewater five months.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEfflux of K+, Mg2+, Ca2+ ions from algal cells as signals of cell membrane permeability, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) as detection method of ions, the present research investigated effects of allelochemical eathyl-2-methyl acetoacetate (EMA) isolated from Phragmites communis on cell membrane permeability of Microcystis aeruginosa, Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Chlorella vulagaris. The results showed that, when the cells were boiled for 10 min and the membrane was destroyed absolutely, the K+ efflux of M. aeruginosa and C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn order to reveal the antialgal mechanisms of allelochemicals, effects of the allelochemical eathyl-2-methyl acetoacetate (EMA) on cell membrane lipid and ultrastructure of Chlorella pyrenoidosa, Microcystis aeruginosa and Chlorella vulagaris were studied in this paper. The lipid fatty acids of the algal membrane were isolated following the Bligh and Dye method and quantified by gas chromatograph/mass spectrometry. The ultrastructure of algal cells was observed with TEM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe hydrodynamic characteristics in the oxidation ditch have great effects on the distributions of the dissolved oxygen and the velocity gradient, and then make important effects on the removal efficiency and energy consumption. The single-ditch Passver oxidation ditch with the capacity of 500 m3/d was investigated. The measurement and computer simulation were carried out on the velocity gradient and degrees, 180 degrees, respectively, which lied on the corner of the downriver of the aerator.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffects of temperature, light density, nitrogen level and phosphorus level of medium to the content of two species Spirodela polyrrhiza and Lemna aequinoctialis were researched. The results showed that the content of nitrogen in two species kept constant when the concentration of nitrogen was higher than 3 mg x L(-1) and temperature higher than 25 degrees C. It decreased under lower concentrations of nitrogen and lower temperature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDuckweeds have an important potential in nutrient recovery from wastewater because of their rapid multiplication and high protein content in biomass. The growth rate of duckweed biomass has a direct relationship with nutrient removal and recovery. With laboratory experiments of batch culture and continuous culture, the growth curves of two duckweed species, Lemna aequinoctialis and Spirodela polyrrhiza, cultivated in different media were gotten and fitted by Logistic model.
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