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- Title
Biomonitoring and Assessment of Dumpsites Soil Using Phospholipid Fatty Acid Analysis (PLFA) Method—Evaluation of Possibilities and Limitations.
- Authors
Halász, Judit; Kotroczó, Zsolt; Szabó, Péter; Kocsis, Tamás
- Abstract
Dumped waste is not only a problem from an aesthetic point of view, but also has an environmental polluting effect, or can even pose a direct danger if the waste is dumped in illegal landfills in an uncontrolled manner with unknown composition. In the case of soil pollution, the assessment of the changing microbial state can be used as an indicator of initial changes, since waste as a pollutant impacts the diversity of the landfill's microbial community. The degree of change depends on the qualitative and quantitative composition of the pollutants, which can be measured through the microbial phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) pattern. The aim was a comprehensive assessment of the soil microbiological and toxicological hazards of various illegal landfill. Cluster-analysis of the average principal component revealed significant differences between the experimental sites. In comparison with the control site, the percentage of fatty acid biomarkers of Gram-positive bacteria was significantly higher in the contaminated areas, as well as the ratio of trans/cis isomerization in the case of 16:1ω7 and 18:1ω7 fatty acids. The inverse tendency was observed in the relative quantities of fatty acid biomarkers of Gram-negative bacteria compared to Actinomycetes, and in the fungal-bacterial ratio.
- Subjects
FATTY acid analysis; BIOLOGICAL monitoring; SOIL pollution; FATTY acids; GRAM-negative bacteria
- Publication
Chemosensors, 2022, Vol 10, Issue 10, p409
- ISSN
2227-9040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/chemosensors10100409