Enhancement of the microbial community biomass and diversity during air sparging bioremediation of a soil highly contaminated with kerosene and BTEX
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In order to obtain insights in complexity shifts taking place in natural microbial communities under strong selective pressure, soils from a former air force base in the Czech Republic, highly contaminated with jet fuel and at different stages of a bioremediation air sparging treatment, were analyzed. By tracking phospholipid fatty acids and 16S rRNA genes, a detailed monitoring of the changes in quantities and composition of the microbial communities developed at different stages of the bioventing treatment progress was performed. Depending on the length of the air sparging treatment that led to a significant reduction in the contamination level, we observed a clear shift in the soil microbial community being dominated by Pseudomonads under the harsh conditions of high aromatic contamination to a status of low aromatic concentrations, increased biomass content, and a complex composition with diverse bacterial taxonomical branches.
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In situ aeration (air sparging) is an established method for bioremediation of contaminated groundwater where increased O2 concentrations stimulate growth of aerobic heterotrophs.
“This is similar to existing technologies for in situ aeration (i.e., air sparging), an established method for bioremediation of contaminated groundwater where increased O 2 concentrations stimulate growth of aerobic heterotrophs (e.g., [78,79]).”
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- Authors
- Kabelitz, N., Machackova, J., Imfeld, G., Brennerova, M., Pieper, D. H., Heipieper, H. J., & Junca, H.
- Affiliations
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (DE)
- Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ)
- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Heipieper, Hermann J.
- Venue
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Published
- 2009-03
- Volume
- 82
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 565-577
- ISSN
- 0175-7598 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-0614
- OpenAlex
- W2131476028
- Cited by
- 57
- References
- 68
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- FWCI
- 5.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- European Commission
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Keywords
- air sparging, bioventing, soil bioremediation, kerosene contamination, BTEX, jet fuel contamination, soil microbial communities, microbial diversity, phospholipid fatty acids, 16S rRNA gene, pseudomonads, aromatic hydrocarbon degradation
- MeSH terms
- Bacteria, Biodegradation, Environmental, Hydrocarbons, Aromatic, Kerosene, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Soil Microbiology, Soil Pollutants, Biomass, Biodiversity
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