Current understandings of toxicity, risks and regulations of engineered nanoparticles with respect to environmental microorganisms

Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Hegde, Krishnamoorthy ^a   Brar, Satinder Kaur ^a   Verma, Mausam ^a,b   Surampalli, Rao Y ^c  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b CO2 Solutions Inc ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicity; Engineered nanomaterials; Nanotoxicity; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; MICROORGANISMS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ECOTOXICITY; ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS; ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES; ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NANOTOXICITY; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; NANOPARTICLE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 84991675289     PISSN: 23656379     EISSN: 23656387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s41204-016-0005-4     Document Type: Review

References (95)

1. Anaya NM, Faghihzadeh F, Ganji 2, Bothun G, Oyanedel-Craver V (2016a) Comparative study between chemostat and batch reactors to quantify membrane permeability changes on bacteria exposed to silver nanoparticles. Sci Total Environ. 565:841–848. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.039
2. Anaya NM, Solomona F, Oyanedel-Craver V (2016) Effects of dysprosium oxide nanoparticles on Escherichia coli. Environ Sci NANO 3:67–73
3. Applerot G, Lipovsky A, Dror R, Perkas N, Nitzan Y, Lubart R, Gedanken A (2009) Enhanced antibacterial activity of nanocrystalline ZnO due to increased ROS-mediated cell injury. Adv Funct Mater 19:842–852
4. Arora S, Rajwade JM, Paknikar KM (2012) Nanotoxicology and in vitro studies: the need of the hour. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 258:151–165
5. Azam A, Ahmed AS, Oves M, Khan MS, Habib SS, Memic A (2012) Antimicrobial activity of metal oxide nanoparticles against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria: a comparative study. Int J Nanomedicine 7:6003–6009
6. 3) to Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, and Streptococcus aureus. Sci Total Environ 409:1603–1608
7. Beddow J, Stolpe B, Cole P, Lead J, Sapp M, Lyons B, Colbeck I, Whitby C (2014) Effects of engineered silver nanoparticles on the growth and activity of ecologically important microbes. Environ Microbiol Rep 6:448–458
8. Borm PJ, Robbins D, Haubold S et al (2006) The potential risks of nanomaterials: a review carried out for ECETOC. Part Fibre Toxicol. doi:10.1186/1743-8977-3-11
9. Brar SK, Verma M, Tyagi RD, Surampalli RY (2010) Engineered nanoparticles in wastewater and wastewater sludge—evidence and impacts. Waste Manag 30:504–520
10. Cherchi C, Chernenko T, Diem M, Gu AZ (2011) Impact of nano titanium dioxide exposure on cellular structure of anabaena variabilis and evidence of internalization. Environ Toxicol Chem 30:861–869
11. Choi O, Deng KK, Kim NJ, Ross L, Surampalli RY, Hu Z (2008) The inhibitory effects of silver nanoparticles, silver ions, and silver chloride colloids on microbial growth. Water Res 42:3066–3074
12. Chudasama B, Vala AK, Andhariya N, Mehta RV, Upadhyay RV (2010) Highly bacterial resistant silver nanoparticles: synthesis and antibacterial activities. J Nanopart Res 12:1677–1685
13. Chung H, Son Y, Yoon TK, Kim S, Kim W (2011) The effect of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on soil microbial activity. Ecotoxicol Environ Safety 74:569–575
14. Cledon M, Brar sk, Zhang TC (2015) Nano-ecotoxicology of natural and engineered nanomaterials for microorganisms. In: Brar SK, Zhang TC, Verma M, Surampalli RY, Tyagi RD (eds) Nanomaterials in the environment, 1st edn. American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, pp 439–467
15. Collins D, Luxton T, Kumar N, Shah S, Walker VK, Shah V (2012) Assessing the impact of copper and zinc oxide nanoparticles on soil: a field study. PLoS One. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042663
16. Dinesh R, Anandaraj M, Srinivasan V, Hamza S (2012) Engineered nanoparticles in the soil and their potential implications to microbial activity. Geoderma 173–174:19–27
17. Duvall MN, Wyatt AM (2011) Regulation of nanotechnology and nanomaterials at EPA and around the world: recent developments and context. http://www.bdlaw.com/assets/attachments/299.pdf. Accessed 12 April 2016
18. ECHA web resource. http://echa.europa.eu/regulations/nanomaterials. Accessed 12 April 2016
19. Eduok S, Martin B, Villa R, Nocker A, Jefferson B, Coulon F (2013) Evaluation of engineered nanoparticle toxic effect on wastewater microorganisms: current status and challenges. Ecotoxicol Environ Safety 95:1–9
20. Eisenberg D, Grieger K, Hristozov D, Bates M, Linkov I (2015) Risk assessment, life cycle assessment, and decision methods for nanomaterials. In: Brar SK, Zhang TC, Verma M, Surampalli RY, Tyagi RD (eds) Nanomaterials in the environment, 1st edn. American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, pp 382–419
21. El Badawy AM, Luxton TP, Silva RG, Scheckel KG, Suidan MT, Tolaymat TM (2010) Impact of environmental conditions (pH, ionic strength, and electrolyte type) on the surface charge and aggregation of silver nanoparticles suspensions. Environ Sci Technol 44:1260–1266
22. European Commission web resource. http://ec.europa.eu/research/industrial_technologies/policy_en.html. Accessed 12 April 2016
23. Faghihzadeh F, Anaya MN, Schifman LA, Oyanedel-Craver V (2016) Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to assess molecular-level changes in microorganisms exposed to nanoparticles. Nanotechnol Environ Eng. doi:10.1007/s41204-016-0001-8
24. FDA web resource. http://www.fda.gov/ScienceResearch/SpecialTopics/Nanotechnology/ucm301114.htm. Accessed 12 April 2016
25. Flores M, Colon N, Rivera O, Villalba N, Baez Y, Quispitupa D, Avalos J, Perales O (2004) A study of the growth curves of C. xerosis and E. coli bacteria in mediums containing cobalt ferrite nanoparticles. Mat Res Soc Symp Proc. doi:10.1557/PROC-820-O8.17
26. Frenk S, Ben-Moshe T, Dror I, Berkowitz B, Minz D (2013) Effect of metal oxide nanoparticles on microbial community structure and function in two different soil types. PLoS One. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084441
27. Gajewicz A, Rasulev B, Dinadayalane TC, Urbaszek P, Puzyn T, Leszczynska D, Leszczynski J (2012) Advancing risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials: application of computational approaches. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 64:1663–1693
28. Gao J, Wang Y, Hovsepyan A, Bonzongo JC (2011) Effects of engineered nanomaterials on microbial catalyzed biogeochemical processes in sediments. J Hazard Mater 186:940–945
29. 2 and ZnO nanoparticles on soil bacterial communities. Environ Sci Technol 45:1659–1664
30. Goodwin DG, Marsh KM, Sosa IB, Payne JB, Gorham JM, Bouwer EJ, Fairbrother DH (2015) Interactions of microorganisms with polymer nanocomposite surfaces containing oxidized carbon nanotubes. Environ Sci Technol 49:5484–5492
31. 2, ZnO, Ag, CNT, Fullerenes) for different regions. Environ Sci Technol 43:9216–9222
32. Green CJ, Ndegwa S (2011) Nanotechnology: a review of exposure, health risks and recent regulatory developments. National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health. http://www.ncceh.ca/sites/default/files/Nanotechnology_Review_Aug_2011.pdf. Accessed 11 May 2014
33. Guzmán E, Liggieri L, Santini E, Ferrari M, Ravera F (2012) Influence of silica nanoparticles on dilational rheology of DPPC–palmitic acid Langmuir monolayers. Soft Matter 8:3938–3948
34. Hang MN, Gunsolus IL, Wayland H, Melby ES et al (2016) Impact of nanoscale lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC) on the bacterium Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Chem Mater 28:1092–1100
35. Hegde K, Goswami R, Sarma SJ, Veeranki VD, Brar SK (2015b) Nano-ecotoxicology of natural and engineered nanomaterials for different ecosystems. In: Brar SK, Zhang TC, Verma M, Surampalli RY, Tyagi RD (eds) Nanomaterials in the environment, 1st edn. American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, pp 487–511
36. Hegde K, Goswami R, Sarma SJ, Veeranki VD, Brar SK, Surampalli RY (2015a) Environmental hazards and risks of nanomaterials. In: Brar SK, Zhang TC, Verma M, Surampalli RY, Tyagi RD (eds) Nanomaterials in the environment, 1st edn. American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, pp 357–382
37. 2 to bacteria Vibrio fischeri and crustaceans Daphnia magna and Thamnocephalus platyurus. Chemosphere 71:1308–1316
38. 2 nanoparticles and planktonic bacteria. Water Res 46:4687–4696
39. Holden PA, Schimel JP, Godwin HA (2014) Five reasons to use bacteria when assessing manufactured nanomaterial environmental hazards and fates. Curr Opin Biotechnol 27:73–78
40. Hyung H, Fortner JD, Hughes JB, Kim JH (2007) Natural organic matter stabilizes carbon nanotubes in the aqueous phase. Environ Sci Technol 41:179–184
41. Jafar G, Hamzeh G (2013) Ecotoxicity of nanomaterials in soil. Ann Biol Res 4:86–92
42. Jiang W, Mashayekhi H, Xing B (2009) Bacterial toxicity comparison between nano- and micro-scaled oxide particles. Environ Pollut 157:1619–1625
43. Jin X, Li M, Wang J, Marambio-Jones C, Peng F, Huang X, Damoiseaux R, Hoek EMV (2010) High-throughput screening of silver nanoparticle stability and bacterial inactivation in aquatic media: influence of specific ions. Environ Sci Technol 44:7321–7328
44. Kahru A, Dubourguier HC (2010) From ecotoxicology to nanoecotoxicology. Toxicology 269:105–119
45. Kang S, Pinault M, Pfefferle LD, Elimelech M (2007) Single-walled carbon nanotubes exhibit strong antimicrobial activity. Langmuir 23:8670–8673
46. Kiser MA, Ryu H, Jang H, Hristovski K, Westerhoff P (2010) Biosorption of nanoparticles to heterotrophic wastewater biomass. Water Res 44:4105–4114
47. Klaine SJ, Alvarez PJJ, Batley GE, Fernandes TF, Handy RD, Lyon DY, Mahendra S, McLaughlin MJ, Lead JR (2008) Nanomaterials in the environment: behavior, fate, bioavailability, and effects. Environ Toxicol Chem 27:1825–1851
48. Lee C, Kim JY, Lee WI, Nelson KL, Yoon J, Sedlak DL (2008) Bactericidal effect of zero-valent iron nanoparticles on Escherichia coli. Environ Sci Technol 42:4927–4933
49. Li M, Pokhrel S, Jin X, Maedler L, Damoiseaux R, Hoek EMV (2011) Stability, bioavailability, and bacterial toxicity of ZnO and iron-doped ZnO nanoparticles in aquatic media. Environ Sci Technol 45:755–761
50. Li Y, Zhang W, Niu J, Chen Y (2012) Mechanism of photogenerated reactive oxygen species and correlation with the antibacterial properties of engineered metal-oxide nanoparticles. ACS Nano 6:5164–5173
51. Liu L, Sun L, Zhong Z, Zhu J, Song H (2016) Effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on intestinal commensal bacteria. Nucl Sci Tech. doi:10.1007/s41365-016-0011-z
52. Liu Y, He L, Mustapha A, Li H, Hu ZQ, Lin M (2009) Antibacterial activities of zinc oxide nanoparticles against Escherichia coli O157:H7. J Appl Microbiol 107:1193–1201
53. Lok CN, Ho CM, Chen R, He QY, Yu WY, Sun HZ, Tam PKH, Chiu JF, Che CM (2006) Proteomic analysis of the mode of antibacterial action of silver nanoparticles. J Proteome Res 5:916–924
54. Luo Z, Chen Z, Qiu Z, Li Y, Laing GD, Liu A, Yan C (2015) Gold and silver nanoparticle effects on ammonia-oxidizing bacteria cultures under ammoxidation. Chemosphere 120:737–742
55. Lyon DY, Alvarez PJ (2008) Fullerene water suspension (nC60) exerts antibacterial effects via ROS-independent protein oxidation. Environ Sci Technol 42:8127–8132
56. Masrahi A, VandeVoort AR, Arai Y (2014) Effects of silver nanoparticle on soil-nitrification processes. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 66:504–513
57. Maurer-Jones MA, Gunsolus IL, Murphy CJ, Haynes CL (2013) Toxicity of engineered nanoparticles in the environment. Anal Biochem 85:3036–3049
58. Merceda T, Santosa S, Riveraa O, Villalbaa N, Baeza Y, Gaudiera J, Avalosa J, Peralesa O, Tomara MS, Parra-Palominoa A, Avalosa J (2006) Effect of zinc oxide nanocrystals in media containing E. coli and C. xerosis bacteria. MRS Proc. doi:10.1557/PROC-0900-O03-08
59. Morose G (2010) The 5 principles of “Design for Safer Nanotechnology”. J Clean Prod 18:285–289
60. Mukherjee A, Majumdar S, Servin AD, Pagano L, Dhankher OP, White JC (2016) Carbon nanomaterials in agriculture: a critical review. Front Plant Sci 7:172. doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.00172
61. NanoPortal. http://nanoportal.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=23410d1f-1. Accessed 12 April 2016
62. Navarro E, Baun A, Behra R, Hartmann NB, Filser J, Miao A, Quigg A, Santschi PH, Sigg L (2008) Environmental behavior and ecotoxicity of engineered nanoparticles to algae, plants, and fungi. Ecotoxicology 17:372–386
63. Navarro E, Piccapietra F, Wagner B, Marconi F, Kaegi R, Odzak N, Sigg L, Behra R (2008) Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles to Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Environ Sci Technol 42:8959–8964
64. OECD (2012) Important issues on risk assessment of manufactured nanomaterials. http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=env/jm/mono(2012)8&doclanguage=en. Accessed 11 May 2014
65. Park CM, Chu KH, Heo J, Her N, Jang M, Son A, Yoon Y (2016) Environmental behavior of engineered nanomaterials in porous media: a review. J Hazard Mater 309:133–150
66. Pelletier DA, Suresh AK, Holton GA, McKeown CK et al (2010) Effects of engineered cerium oxide nanoparticles on bacterial growth and viability. Appl Environ Microbiol 76:7981–7989
67. Petosa AR, Jaisi DP, Quevedo IR, Elimelech M, Tufenkji N (2010) Aggregation and deposition of engineered nanomaterials in aquatic environments: role of physicochemical interactions. Environ Sci Technol 44:6532–6549
68. Pokhrel LR, Silva T, Dubey B, El Badawy AM, Tolaymat TM, Scheuerman PR (2012) Rapid screening of aquatic toxicity of several metal-based nanoparticles using the MetPLATE™ bioassay. Sci Total Environ 426:414–422
69. Praetorius A, Arvidsson R, Molander S, Scheringer M (2013) Facing complexity through informed simplifications: a research agenda for aquatic exposure assessment of nanoparticles. Environ Sci Process Impact 15:161–168
70. Pulicharla R, Brar SK, Verma M, Surampalli RY, Zhang TC (2015) Behavior and fate of natural and engineered nanomaterials in soils. In: Brar SK, Zhang TC, Verma M, Surampalli RY, Tyagi RD (eds) Nanomaterials in the environment (1st edn). American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, pp 291–314
71. Rajkishore SK, Subramanian KS, Natarajan N, Gunasekaran K (2013) Nanotoxicity at various trophic levels: a review. Bioscan 8:975–982
72. Rana S, Kalaichelvan PT (2013) Ecotoxicity of nanoparticles. ISRN Toxicol. doi:10.1155/2013/574648
73. Rodrigues DF, Jaisi DP, Elimelech M (2013) Toxicity of functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes on soil microbial communities: implications for nutrient cycling in soil. Environ Sci Technol 47:625–633
74. Rousk J, Rousk K, Curling SF, Jones DL (2012) Comparative toxicity of nanoparticulate CuO and ZnO to soil bacterial communities. PLoS One. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034197
75. Savolainen K, Alenius H, Norppa H, Pylkkanen L, Tuomi T, Kasper G (2010) Risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials and nanotechnologies—a review. Toxicology 269:92–104
76. Scown TM, van Aerle R, Tyler CR (2010) Review: do engineered nanoparticles pose a significant threat to the aquatic environment? Crit Rev Toxicol 40:653–670
77. Simon-Deckers A, Loo S, Mayne-Lahermite M, HerlinBoime N, Menguy N, Reynaud C, Gouget B, Carriè re M (2009) Size-, composition- and shape-dependent toxicological impact of metal oxide nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes toward bacteria. Environ Sci Technol 43:8423–8429
78. Simonet BM, Valcárcel M (2009) Monitoring nanoparticles in the environment. Anal Bioanal Chem 393:17–21
79. Song JE, Phenrat T, Marinakos S, Xiao Y, Liu J, Wiesner MR, Tilton RD, Lowry GV (2011) Hydrophobic interactions increase attachment of gum arabic- and PVP-coated Ag nanoparticles to hydrophobic surfaces. Environ Sci Technol 45:5988–5995
80. Sotiriou GA, Pratsinis SE (2010) Antibacterial activity of nanosilver ions and particles. Environ Sci Technol 44:5649–5654
81. Suppi S, Kasemets K, Ivask A, Künnis-Beres K, Sihtmäe M, Kurvet I, Aruoja V, Kahru A (2015) A novel method for comparison of biocidal properties of nanomaterials to bacteria, yeasts and algae. J Hazard Mater 286:75–84
82. Tegou E, Magana M, Katsogridaki AE, Ioannidis A, Raptis V, Jordan S, Chatzipanagiotou S, Chatzandroulis S, Ornelas C, Tegos GP (2016) Terms of endearment: bacteria meet graphene nanosurfaces. Biomaterials 89:38–55
83. Throback IN, Johansson M, Rosenquist M, Pell M, Hansson M, Hallin S (2007) Silver (Ag+) reduces denitrification and induces enrichment of novel nirK genotypes in soil. FEMS Microbiol Lett 270:189–194
84. Tiede K, Hassell M, Breitbarth E, Chaudhry Q, Boxall ABA (2009) Considerations for environmental fate and ecotoxicity testing to support environmental risk assessments for engineered nanoparticles. J Chromatogr 1216:503–509
85. Tong Z, Bischoff M, Nies LF, Myer P, Applegate B, Turco RF (2012) Response of soil microorganisms to as-produced and functionalized single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). Environ Sci Technol 46:13471–13479
86. TSCA web resource. https://www.epa.gov/reviewing-new-chemicals-under-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca/control-nanoscale-materials-under. Accessed 12 April 2016
87. Van Hoecke K, De Schamphelaere KAC, Ramirez-Garcia S, Van der Meeren P, Smagghe G, Janssen CR (2011) Influence of alumina coating on characteristics and effects of SiO2 nanoparticles in algal growth inhibition assays at various pH and organic matter contents. Environ Int 37:1118–1125
88. 2 nanoparticles in aquatic ecotoxicity tests. Environ Sci Technol 43:4537–4546
89. Vertelov GK, Krutyakov YA, Efremenkova OV, Olenin AY, Lisichkin GV (2008) A versatile synthesis of highly bactericidal Myramistin (R) stabilized silver nanoparticles. Nanotechnology. doi:10.1088/0957-4484/19/35/355707
90. 2 nanoparticles enhance survival of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 under Ultraviolet Light (UV) exposure. Sci Total Environ 409:4635–4639
91. Yang Y, Mathieu JM, Chattopadhyay S, Mille JT, Wu T, Shibata T, Guo W, Alvarez PJ (2012) Defense mechanisms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 against quantum dots and their released heavy metals. ACS Nano 6:6091–6098
92. Yang Y, Quensen J, Mathieu J, Wang Q, Wang J, Li M, Tiedje JM, Alvarez PJ (2014) Pyrosequencing reveals higher impact of silver nanoparticles than Ag+ on the microbial community structure of activated sludge. Water Res 48:317–325
93. Yang Y, Wang J, Zhu H, Colvin VL, Alvarez PJ (2012) Relative susceptibility and transcriptional response of nitrogen cycling bacteria to quantum dots. Environ Sci Technol 46:3433–3441
94. Yang Y, Yu Z, Nosaka T, Doudrick K, Hristovski K, Herckes P, Westerhoff P (2015) Interaction of carbonaceous nanomaterials with wastewater biomass. Front Environ Sci Eng 9:823–831
95. Zou X, Zhang L, Wang Z, Luo Y (2016) Mechanisms of the antimicrobial activities of graphene materials. J Am Chem Soc 138:2064–2077