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Sulfoquinovose (SQ), a sulfonated sugar produced on a gigaton scale each year, contributes to global sulfur cycling, yet the microbes and pathways mediating its turnover in the environment have been inferred largely from genomic potential rather than direct activity. Here, we coupled incubations of environmental samples with 13C-labeled SQ to DNA-stable isotope probing to identify active SQ carbon assimilators across estuary, mangrove, and lake ecosystems. In estuarine communities, Vibrio and Cognatishimia incorporated SQ-derived 13C; Novosphingobium dominated in the mangrove, and Agrobacterium in the lake. Pure-culture experiments, coupled with comparative proteomics and gene knockout validation, demonstrated that Vibrio strains degrade SQ via modified sulfoglycolytic Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas and Entner-Doudoroff pathways to produce the environmentally significant organosulfur 2,3-dihydroxypropanesulfonate. Comparative genomic analyses suggested that closely related genome representatives of Novosphingobium, Cognatishimia, and Agrobacterium encode the sulfolytic SQ monooxygenase pathway. A global survey of aquatic microbial genomes indicated that over 9% harbor SQ degradation clusters, supporting a widespread distribution of bacterial SQ catabolic potential in aquatic environments.
The dense non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) migration process was experimentally investigated in a laboratory-scale tank (150 cm width, 82.5 cm height, and 15 cm depth) to assess a site characterization on DNAPL contamination below a groundwater table. The heterogeneous ground of the tank model consisted of Toyoura sand (hydraulic conductivity, k = 1.5 x 10(-2) cm/s for void ratio, e = 0.62) and silica #7 sand (k = 2.3 x 10(-3) cm/s for e = 0.72). A series of experiments was carried out with or without lateral groundwater flow. Hydrofluoroether was used as a representative DNAPL. The main results obtained in this study are as follows: (1) the DNAPL plume does not invade into the less permeable soil layer with higher displacement pressure head; (2) the DNAPL plume migrates faster with lateral groundwater flow than without it; (3) lateral groundwater flow does not affect lateral DNAPL migration; rather, it promotes downward migration; and (4) pore DNAPL pressure without groundwater flow is higher than that with it. The above experimental results were compared with numerical analysis. The fundamental behaviors of DNAPL source migration observed experimentally are expected to be useful for assessing the characteristics of two-dimensional DNAPL migration in an aquifer.
This paper provides a model approach for understanding mercury cycling in aquatic systems. The information gained is then used for evaluating three remedial actions, namely, natural attenuation, dredging and capping. Onondaga Lake, NY was used as a model aquatic system. Mercury transport and speciation in both the water column and the benthic sediment were simulated by using a Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program. Model predictions for the water column generally agreed with the measured values reported in literature for Onondaga Lake. Sensitivity analyses of the model were conducted for determining the impact of transport mechanisms and speciation mechanisms. Advection, sorption and settling were important mechanisms of Hg transport in the water column. In the benthic sediment, settling of Hg from the water column was the most important input source of Hg. Reduction, methylation and demethylation were important mechanisms of Hg speciation in both the water column and the benthic sediment. Assuming that Hg loading is steady, natural attenuation showed no positive impact for remediation of Hg-contaminated aquatic systems as compared with dredging and capping.