INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
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2022
·Vol. 23
·期 16
·9362
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IF 6.208
Chenzhi Zhang,Dashuang Wang,Lichao Dong,Kailin Li,Yifan Zhang,Pingan Yang,Shuang Yi,Xingjian Dai,Changqing Yin,Zhilan Du,Xinfang Zhang,Quan Zhou,Zhiyu Yi,Jinsong Rao,Yuxin Zhang
A neoteric round sieve diatomite (De) decorated with sea-urchin-like alpha-type iron trioxide (α-Fe2O3) synthetics was prepared by the hydrothermal method and further calcination. The results of the electromagnetic (EM) parameters of α-Fe2O3-decorated De (α-Fe2O3@D) showed that the minimum reflection loss (RLmin) of α-Fe2O3@D could reach −54.2 dB at 11.52 GHz and the matched absorber thickness was 3 mm. The frequency bandwidth corresponding to the microwave RL value below −20 dB was up to 8.24 GHz (9.76–18 GHz). This indicates that α-Fe2O3@D composite can be a lightweight and stable material; because of the low density of De (1.9–2.3 g/cm3), the density of α-Fe2O3@D composite material is lower than that of α-Fe2O3(5.18 g/cm3). We found that the combination of the magnetic loss of sea-urchin-like α-Fe2O3and the dielectric loss of De has the most dominant role in electromagnetic wave absorption and loss. We focused on comparing the absorbing properties before and after the formation of sea-urchin-like α-Fe2O3and explain in detail the effects of the structure and crystal shape of this novel composite on the absorbing properties.Keywords:diatomite;α-Fe2O3;microwave absorption
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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
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2022
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IF 10.753
Beibei Hao,Haoping Wu,Siyi Zhang,Bin He
Microplastics are considered as the emerging pollutants, which not only directly affect aquatic organisms, but also causes combined pollution by adsorbing other pollutants. Diuron, as one of the most widely used herbicides, is frequently monitored in the aquatic environment for its adverse effects on aquatic organisms. However, little is known about the combined toxicity of microplastics and diuron to aquatic organisms, especially diatoms. In this study, freshwater diatom ( Cyclotella meneghiniana ) and marine diatom ( Skeletonema costatum ) were selected to study the individual and combined toxicity of microplastics (polystyrene, 0.6– 1.0 μm) and diuron. Experimental concentrations of microplastics and diuron were set at 50 mg/L and 100 μg/L, respectively, which have been shown to significantly inhibit the growth of aquatic organisms. Results suggested that both single microplastics and single diuron significantly inhibited the growth of the two diatoms, while significant SOD and MDA increase were only found in single diuron exposure. For diatoms exposed to individual microplastics, the microplastic particles adsorbed inside Cyclotella sp. and those aggregated around Skeletonema sp. were the major factor inhibiting the growth of diatom, respectively. According to the independent action model, the combined toxicity for both diatoms were all antagonistic. The adsorption behavior of microplastics to diuron alleviated the intracellular damage to diatoms caused by diuron, and the oxidative stress induced by diuron mitigated the physical damage to diatoms caused by microplastics. Collectively, our findings suggest that the co-existence of microplastics and diuron may affect their respective toxicity to diatoms. The mechanism of this “cross-phenomenon” between microplastics and diuron and their combined toxicity to different aquatic organisms need to be further studied.
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环境科学
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水生毒理学
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生态学
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Environmental Technology & Innovation
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2024
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IF 6.7
Xiao-Huang Chen,Su-Huai Chang,Rui Jiang,Yong-Qiang Tian,Li-Ping Jia,Feng-Jiao Liu,Xu-Guang Huang
Cadmium (Cd), a prevalent pollutant in near-shore seawater ecosystems, poses a significant threat to marine biota. Zinc (Zn) and Cd can have interchangeable physiological effects in marine plankton, and both can influence the synthesis of siliceous walls. Consequently, the concentrations of zinc and silicon may jointly impact the toxicity of Cd. This study endeavors to elucidate the combined effect of silicon (Si) and zinc (Zn) on the growth and physiological responses of the marine diatom species Thalassiosira weissflogii when subjected to Cd-induced stress conditions (190.7 μg L −1 ). Our results reveal statistically improvements ( p <0.05) in biomass production, reductions ( p <0.05) in superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and extracellular secretion in T. weissflogii when high concentrations of Si (172 µmol L −1 ) and Zn (18.3 nmol L −1 ) were applied simultaneously. Additionally, examination of Cd bioconcentration factors (BCF) derived from Cd uptake kinetics and intracellular Cd content measurements underscores the ability of elevated Si and Zn concentrations to reduce intracellular Cd accumulation ( p <0.05). The ability of Si and Zn to mitigate Cd toxicity was further evidenced by increased cellular biosilica content and maintenance of cell morphology, suggesting a protective role in preserving structural integrity and growth. Our findings underscore the synergistic benefits of Si and Zn in enhancing the resilience of T. weissflogii to Cd stress, providing valuable insights into the potential use of nutrient amendments as a strategy for mitigating heavy metal contamination in marine environments.
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海洋生物学
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
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2013
·Vol. 21
·期 6
·4366-4375
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IF 2.618
Zhang Jianying,Ni Yanyan,Ding Tengda,Zhang Chunlong
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) affects arsenite [As(III)] toxicity by altering its sorption equilibrium at the cell wall interface. A better understanding of such mechanism is of great importance to assess As(III) ecotoxicity in aquatic systems. Batch experiments were conducted to study the effects of DOM on the regulation of As(III) sorption and toxicity in the diatom Navicula sp. The influence of humic acid (HA) on As(III) toxicity was assessed by measuring algal growth, chlorophyll a , and reactive oxygen species (ROS), whereas As(III) mobility across the cell wall was estimated by determining the concentration of intracellular, cell-wall-bound, and free As(III) ions in cell media. Results showed that the effects of HA on arsenite toxicity varied depending on various combinations of As(III)-HA concentrations. EC 50 had an approximate threefold increase from 8.32 (HA-free control) to 22.39 μM (at 20 mg L −1 HA) when Navicula sp. was exposed to 1.0–100.0 μM of As(III), compared to an overall low complexation ratio of HA-As(III) in a range of 0.91–6.00 %. The cell wall-bound and intracellular arsenic content decreased by 19.8 and 20.3 %, respectively, despite the lower arsenite complexation (2.10 ± 0.16 % of the total As). Meanwhile, intracellular ROS was decreased by 12.6 % in response to 10.0 μM As(III) and 10 mg L −1 HA vs. the HA-free control. The significant contrast indicated that complexation alone could not explain the HA-induced reduction in arsenite toxicity and other factors including HA–cell surface interactions may come into play. Isotherms describing adsorption of HA to the Navicula sp. cells combined with morphological data by scanning electron microscopy revealed a protective HA floccule coating on the cell walls. Additional Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic data suggested the involvement of carboxylic groups during the adsorption of both HA and As(III) on the Navicula sp. cell surface. Collective data from this study suggest that cell wall-bound HA can moderate As(III) toxicity through the formation of a protective floccule coating occupying As(III) sorption sites and decreased effective functional groups capable of binding As(III). Our findings imply that As(III) toxicity can be alleviated due to the increased hindrance to cellular internalization of As(III) in the presence of naturally abundant DOM in water.
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生态学
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高影响因子
MOLECULES
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2022
·Vol. 27
·期 3
·1055
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IF 4.927
Yifan Zhang,Rui Cai,Dashuang Wang,Kailin Li,Qing Sun,Yuntao Xiao,Hao Teng,Xiaohan Huang,Tao Sun,Zhaohui Liu,Kexin Yao,Yuxin Zhang,Pingan Yang
The porous and biomimetic cobalt silicate@diatomite (Co2SiO4@diatomite) was successfully synthesized by a two-step method, including the hydrothermal method and calcination to improve the electromagnetic wave absorption property. Different hydrothermal times were well-tuned for Co2SiO4@diatomite composites with different loadings of Co2SiO4. Interestingly, the Co2SiO4@diatomite composites (6 h, 25 wt%) had a smaller minimum reflection loss. Moreover, the minimum reflection loss (RLmin) could reach −12.03 dB at 16.64 GHz and the matched absorber thickness was 10 mm, while the effective absorption bandwidth (EAB, RL ≤ −10 dB) could be 1.92 GHz. In principle, such findings indicate that Co2SiO4@diatomite nanocomposites could be a promising candidate for high-efficiency microwave absorption capability.Keywords:diatomite;Co2SiO4;electromagnetic wave absorption;nanomaterial
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
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2017
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IF 5.099
Tengda Ding,Kunde Lin,Lianjun Bao,Mengting Yang,Juying Li,Bo Yang,Jay Gan
Triclosan is one of the most frequently detected emerging contaminants in aquatic environment. In this study, we investigated the biouptake, toxicity and biotransformation of triclosan in freshwater algae Cymbella sp. The influence of humic acid , as a representative of dissolved organic matter , was also explored. Results from this study showed that triclosan was toxic to Cymbella sp. with 72 h EC 50 of 324.9 μg L −1 . Humic acid significantly reduced the toxicity and accumulation of triclosan in Cymbella sp. SEM analysis showed that Cymbella sp. were enormously damaged under 1 mg L −1 triclosan exposure and repaired after the addition of 20 mg L −1 humic acid. Triclosan can be significantly taken up by Cymbella sp. The toxicity of triclosan is related to bioaccumulated triclosan as the algal cell numbers decreased when intracellular triclosan increased. A total of 11 metabolites were identified in diatom cells and degradation pathways are proposed. Hydroxylation, methylation , dechlorination , amino acids conjunction and glucuronidation contributed to the transformative reactions of triclosan in Cymbella sp., producing biologically active products (e.g., methyl triclosan) and conjugation products (e.g., glucuronide or oxaloacetic acid conjugated triclosan), which may be included in the detoxification mechanism of triclosan.
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毒理学
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
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2019
·Vol. 26
·期 25
·25445-25451
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IF 2.914
Yi Xianliang,Wang Jianfeng,Li Zhaochuan,Zhang Zherui,Chi Tongtong,Guo Miao,Li Wentao,Zhou Hao
The effect of polystyrene (PS) particles on the toxicity of triphenyltin (TPT) to the marine diatom Skeletonema costatum was investigated. The 0.1-μm PS particles attached to the cell walls of S. costatum but did not cause adverse effects on the growth of the diatom. The adsorption of TPT to PS particles was negligible in seawater systems, but the presence of 0.1-μm PS significantly reduced the bioavailable concentrations of TPT in f/2-Si medium, indicating a potential three-way interaction between TPT, PS particles, and components of f/2-Si medium. The adsorption of TPT to PS of smaller size (i.e., 0.1 μm) was stronger than that of PS of larger size (i.e., 5 μm), which was probably attributed to larger surface areas of smaller PS particles. The presence of PS could reduce the toxicity of TPT. IC 50 values of TPT increased from 0.56 to 0.85 and 0.71 μg/L at the presence of 20 mg/L 0.1-μm PS and 5-μm PS, respectively. The overall results of this study profiled the combined toxic effects of PS and TPT on marine phytoplankton species and highlighted the difference in adsorption of organic pollutants by microplastics in different ambient mediums.
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Journal of Oceanology and Limnology
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2023
·Vol. 41
·期 5
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IF 1.6
Liu Yan,Kociolek John Patrick,Kulikovskiy Maxim,Glushchenko Anton,Yu Pan,Wang Quanxi,Lu Xinxin,Fan Yawen
An interesting group of cymbelloid diatoms was collected from lakes in Yunnan Province, China, and observations on their valve morphology made using light and scanning electron microscopy. These cymbelloid species all have apical pore fields, slit-like areolae, and areolar occlusions, and they all lack of stigmata. In this paper we propose the new genus Qinia gen. nov. for these taxa and describe them as new: Q. lashii sp. nov., Q. aequalis sp. nov., and Q. daliensis sp. nov. The genus Qinia gen. nov. has lanceolate valves asymmetrical about their apical axes, raphe located in the middle of valve, distal raphe ends bent to the dorsal margin that bisects the apical pore fields (APFs), no stigmata, areolae with slit-like external openings and projections occluding the areolar openings internally. This genus resembles the genus Cymbella in the presence of APFs, but differs from Cymbella by a lack of stigmata, and by having external distal raphe ends that bisect the apical pore fields. Like Reimeria , the external distal raphe ends bisect the lobes of the APF, but Qinia species differ from Reimeria in that they have no stigmata and the distal raphe ends are deflected dorsally, not ventrally. Comparisons were made between Qinia and other cymbelloid genera whose members possess apical pore fields. Features that distinguish each species of the new genus are also discussed.
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植物分类学
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淡水生态学
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藻类生物学
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形态学
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系统发育研究
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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2020
·Vol. 17
·期 2
·429
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IF 2.849
Qintao Yang,Liang Gong,Lili Huang,Qinglin Xie,Yijian Zhong,Nanchun Chen
A novel chitosan (CS)-modified diatomite (Dt) was prepared by a simple mixture in the mass ratio to remove As(V) from aqueous solution in this research. The CS-modified Dt adsorbent was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) analysis. The parameters to influence the adsorption of As(V) ion were studied under such conditions as kinetics, adsorption isotherm, and pH effect. The results revealed that adsorption of As(V) was initially rapid and the equilibrium time was reached after 40 min. The optimal value of the pH was 5.0 for better adsorption. The equilibrium data were well fitted to the Langmuir isotherm compared to the Freundlich isotherm, and exhibited the highest capacity and removal efficiency of 94.3% under an initial As(V) concentration of 5 mg/L. The kinetic data were well described by the pseudo-second-order model. In addition, 0.1 M NaOH has the best desorption efficiency of As(V) adsorbed on CS-modified Dt, and the removal efficiency of As(V) was still higher than 90% when after six adsorption-desorption cycles. These results showed that the CS-modified Dt could be considered as a potential adsorbent for the removal of As(V) in aqueous solution.
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JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
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2024
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IF 1.5
Liu Nana,Xu Yunan,Zhan Chenghua,Li Yahe,Yuan Yijun
Uranium extraction from seawater is urgently required for the sustainable development of nuclear industry. Herein, the application potential of Thalassiosira pseudonana adsorbing U(VI) was examined. A 0.3 g L −1 adsorbent dose at an initial uranium concentration of 8 ppm, pH 5.0, and a contact time of 8 h achieved maximum U(VI) adsorption (23.75 mg g −1 ) at 298 K. The adsorption process was a chemisorption phenomenon, characterized by homogeneous monolayer adsorption. The adsorbents exhibited high hydrophilicity, with –OH and –COOH being the main functional groups for uranium adsorption. T. pseudonana had excellent regeneration performance and high sorption selectivity. The research denoted T. pseudonana is an effective and promising sorbent for extracting uranium from seawater.
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Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts
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2021
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IF 4.401
Xuehua Liu,Lijun Wang,Songcui Wu,Lu Zhou,Shan Gao,Xiujun Xie,Lepu Wang,Wenhui Gu,Guangce Wang
The formation of resting cells/spores in marine diatoms helps them to survive in environmental changes, whose sedimentation characteristics also drive enhanced carbon fluxes export to the deep ocean. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the transformation remains unclear. Based on the upregulation of ferritin during dormancy in microorganism and its' crucial role in coping with environmental stress, we constructed the ferritin overexpression and silence strains in model marine diatom, Phaeodactylum tricornutum (FTN-OE and FTN Si, respectively). The morphological transformation from fusiform to ovoid were observed among the FTN-OE strains but not the wide type and FTN-Si strains. These FTN-OE oval cells exhibited typical characteristics of resting cells and benthic adaptation, such as lower growth rates, low-light adaptation, silicified valves, the excretion of exopolymeric substances, upregulation of stress-resistant proteins and increased nitrate reserves. Furthermore, FTN-OE oval cells showed increased abscisic acid synthesis and signaling pathways in the transcriptome and proteome . And the abscisic acid signal was detected in FTN-OE oval cells exclusively (2.96 ng g −1 FW), but absent in the FTN Si, FTN-OE fusiform or WT cells. Overall, our results demonstrate that ferritin overexpression in marine diatom have a close relationship with morphological transformation from fusiform to ovoid morphotype , after which they enter a resting stage, which is accompanied by abscisic acid accumulation. This improves our understanding of the molecular processes in diatom resting cells/spores' formation and suggests that ferritin accumulation might improve the sequestration of photosynthetically fixed atmospheric CO 2 into the deep sea.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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2023
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Fengyuan Chen,Jie Ma,Zihan Zhong,Hongbin Liu,Aijun Miao,Xiaoshan Zhu,Ke Pan
Marine diatoms are currently facing increasing threats from microplastic (MP) pollution that is intertwined with the disturbed nutrient stoichiometry in seawater. The effects of nutrient imbalances such as silicon (Si) limitation on the interactions between diatoms and MPs remain poorly understood. In contrast to previous studies which mainly focused on MP toxicity, this study emphasizes how Si availability affects nano-scale interactions between pristine polystyrene MPs and diatom surfaces. Results showed that Si-starved cells were less tolerant to MP toxicity than the Si-enriched counterparts. Si limitation significantly changed the configuration and chemical composition of the perforated frustules, forming less negatively charged, more adhesive, and mechanically weaker cells. All of these changes facilitated the adsorption and hetero-aggregation between the diatom cells and MPs and compromised the diatoms’ resistance to MP attack. Our study provides novel insights into the effects of pristine MPs in the marine environment under the context of dynamic nutrient conditions.
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