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- Title
Effect of g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> on biodiversity and structure of bacterial community in sediment of Xiangjiang River under tetracycline pressure.
- Authors
Hu, Xuemei; Peng, Kuan; Chen, Yijun; Chen, Xiaoyong; Liu, Shuguang; Zhao, Yunlin; Wu, Yaohui; Xu, Zhenggang
- Abstract
Photocatalysts have been widely prepared and used in wastewater treatment. Although the influence of photocatalyst application on survival and activity of organisms has been examined, its impact on composition and diversity of microbial community is not fully understood. In this study, the impact of photocatalyst g-C3N4 (Graphitic carbon nitride) on microbial communities in riverbed sediments polluted by antibiotic tetracycline (TC) was investigated. The sediment samples collected from the Xiangjiang River of China were exposed to different concentrations of TC, g-C3N4 and TC/g-C3N4 and the bacterial community were analyzed by Illumina sequencing. The results showed that the dominant bacterial phyla were Acidobacteriota, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteriota, and Chloroflexi in the study site. When compared to the control treatments, the application of TC, g-C3N4 and TC/g-C3N4 exhibited distinguishable effects on bacterial community structure in sediments. The presence of TC had greater influence on bacterial composition, while g-C3N4 and TC/g-C3N4 had less influence on bacteria. The diversity and richness of microorganisms in sediment increased under g-C3N4 application and reached the highest values when g-C3N4 was 75 mg/kg. The photocatalyst g-C3N4 restored bacterial community diversity affected by TC, reduced the TC residues in aquatic environment, and eliminated the side effects of TC application in sediments. Our study indicated that g-C3N4 was an environmentally friendly photocatalyst with lightly negative effects on microbial community in riverbed sediments, and could be used for effective remediation of TC-contaminated environments.
- Subjects
CHINA; BACTERIAL communities; RIVER sediments; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINES; MICROBIAL communities; BACTERIAL population; MICROBIAL diversity
- Publication
Ecotoxicology, 2022, Vol 31, Issue 3, p503
- ISSN
0963-9292
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10646-022-02525-7