Anaerobic biodegradation of weathered polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in contaminated sediments of Porto Marghera (Venice Lagoon, Italy)

Chemosphere

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-109

  Fava, Fabio ^a   Gentilucci, Silvia ^a   Zanaroli, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Methanogenic bacteria; PCBs; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Reductive dechlorination; Sediments; Sulfate reducing bacteria; Venice Lagoon

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; METHANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE LAGOONS;

MICROCOSMS;

CONTAMINATION;

AROCLOR 1242; AROCLOR 1254; METHANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM SULFATE; WATER; SULFATE;

BIODEGRADATION; COASTAL LAGOON; PCB; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ITALY; LAGOON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROCOSM; MONITORING; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEATHER; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; EURYARCHAEOTA; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA; VENICE LAGOON;

AEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EURYARCHAEOTA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ITALY; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SULFATES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0642375069     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00438-7     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Alder A.C., Häggblom M.M., Oppenheimer S., Young L.Y. Reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls in anaerobic sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 27:1993;530-538.
2. Bedard D.L., Quensen J.F. III Microbial reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls. Young L.Y., Cerniglia C.E. Microbial Transformation and Degradation of Toxic Organic Chemicals. 1995;127-216 Wiley-Liss Division, John Wiley and Sons, NY.
3. Bedard D.L., Van Dort H.M., DeWeerd K.A. Brominated biphenyl primes extensive microbial reductive dehalogenation of Aroclor 1260 in Housatonic river sediment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:1998;1786-1795.
4. Berkaw M., Sowers K.R., May H.D. Anaerobic ortho dechlorination of PCBs by estuarine sediments from Baltimore Harbor. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:1996;2534-2539.
5. Brown J.F. Jr., Wagner R.E. PCB movement, dechlorination and detoxification in the Acushnet estuarine. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 9:1990;1215-1233.
6. Di Domenico A.et al. Priority microcontaminants in sediment samples from the Venice Lagoon: a selection of concentration data and predominant analytical features. Organohalogen Compd. 39:1998;205-210.
7. Fava F., Ciccotosto F.V. Effects of Randomly Methylated-β- Cyclodextrins (RAMEB) on the bioavailability and aerobic biodegradation of polychlorinated biphenyls in three pristine soils spiked with a transformer oil. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 58:2002;393-399.
8. Fava F., Zanaroli G., Young L.Y. Microbial reductive dechlorination of pre-existing PCBs and spiked 2,3,4,5,6-pentachlorobiphenyl in anaerobic slurries of a contaminated sediment of Venice Lagoon (Italy). FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 44:2003;303-319.
9. Frignani M., Bellucci L.G., Carraro C., Raccanelli S. Polychlorinated biphenyls in sediments of the Venice Lagoon. Chemosphere. 43:2001;567-575.
10. Kim J., Rhee G.-Y. Reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls: interactions of dechlorinating microorganisms with methanogens and sulfate reducers. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 18:1999;2696-2702.
11. Kimbrough R.D. Polychlorinated biphenyls and human health: an update. Crit. Rev. Toxicol. 25:1995;133-163.
12. Lake J.L., Pruell R.J., Osterman F.A. An examination of dechlorination process and pathways in new Bedford Harbor sediments. Mar. Environ. Res. 33:1992;31-47.
13. Moret I., Piazza R., Benedetti M., Gambero A., Barbante C., Cescon P. Determination of polychlorobiphenyls in Venice Lagoon sediments. Chemosphere. 43:2001;559-565.
14. Øfjord G.D., Puhakka J.A., Ferguson J.F. Reductive dechlorination of Aroclor 1254 by marine sediment cultures. Environ. Sci. Technol. 28:1994;2286-2294.
15. Rhee G.-Y., Sokol R.C., Bethonery C.M., Bush B. A long-term study of anaerobic dechlorination of PCB congeners by sediment microorganisms: pathways and mass-balance. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 12:1993;1829-1834.
16. Shultz D.E., Petrick G., Duinker J.C. Complete characterisation of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in commercial Aroclor and Clophen mixtures by multidimensional gas chromatography-electron capture detection. Environ. Sci. Technol. 23:1989;852-859.
17. Skei J., Larsson P., Rosemberg R., Jonsson P., Olsson M., Broman D. Eutrophication and contaminants in aquatic ecosystems. Ambio. 29:2000;184-194.
18. Ward D.M., Wrinfey M.R. Interactions between methanogenic and sulfate-reducing bacteria in sediments. Adv. Microbiol. Ecol. 3:1985;141-175.
19. Wiegel J., Wu Q. Microbial reductive dehalogenation of polychlorinated biphenyls. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 32:2000;1-15.
20. Williams W.A. Microbial reductive dechlorination of trichlorobiphenyls in anaerobic sediment slurries. Environ. Sci. Technol. 28:1994;630-635.
21. Wu Q., Sowers K.R., May H.D. Microbial reductive dechlorination of Aroclor 1260 in anaerobic slurries of estuarine sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:1998;1052-1058.
22. Wu Q., Sowers K.R., May H.D. Establishment of a polychlorinated biphenyl-dechlorinating microbial consortium, specific for doubly flanked chlorines, in a defined, sediment-free medium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:2000;49-53.