Soo-Jin Park,Lya Lugon,Youngseob Kim,Alexia Baudic,Amandine Rosso,Jeroen Kuenen,Marya el Malki,Karine Sartelet
{"title":"Reconciling mass and number emissions through particle size: Implications for urban ultrafine particle modelling","authors":"Soo-Jin Park,Lya Lugon,Youngseob Kim,Alexia Baudic,Amandine Rosso,Jeroen Kuenen,Marya el Malki,Karine Sartelet","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.143879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.143879","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hazardous Materials","volume":"37 1","pages":"143879"},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149210049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shumeng Yang, Yuting Luo, Xiang Zou, Wei Zhang, Yinglong Su, Jingyang Luo, Feng Wang
{"title":"Thiamphenicol decouples acidogenesis from methanogenesis and redirects carbon flux toward volatile fatty acids in sludge anaerobic digestion","authors":"Shumeng Yang, Yuting Luo, Xiang Zou, Wei Zhang, Yinglong Su, Jingyang Luo, Feng Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.143930","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.143930","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Antibiotic residues in waste activated sludge (WAS) may disrupt anaerobic carbon conversion, yet how phenicol antibiotics redistribute carbon between acidogenesis and methanogenesis remains unclear. At 10<!--> <!-->mg/g TSS, methane production decreased by 63.2% while VFAs reached 131-fold the control. This functional decoupling was underpinned by microbial fates: hydrolytic-acidogenic bacteria were largely retained or enriched, whereas methanogenic archaea and syntrophic bacteria were severely depleted. Concurrently, bacteria–archaea ecological networks underwent reorganization, with positive correlations partially rebounding at moderate TAP exposure. The network collapsed at high TAP, with substantial loss of connector taxa mediating inter-module metabolite exchange. Metagenomic evidence further revealed a functional asymmetry: genes involved in substrate transport and amino acid metabolism were maintained or showed increased relative abundance, while methanogenic genes and AI-2-associated communication genes exhibited decreased relative abundance. PLS-PM revealed that TAP was positively associated with the acidogenic bacterial community (<em>β</em> = 0.960) but negatively with methanogenic potential (<em>β</em> = -0.998). Accordingly, the methane share dropped from 98.7% to 18.1%, while VFAs increased to 81.9% of the COD-equivalent product pool. This work advances the understanding of antibiotic-driven functional imbalance and carbon flux redirection in sludge anaerobic digestion, providing a mechanistic basis for managing antibiotic-laden sludge prior to energy recovery.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hazardous Materials","volume":"518 ","pages":"Article 143930"},"PeriodicalIF":10.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149204432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Precursor-dependent reconstruction of iron-carbon interface for high-efficiency removal of Cr(VI)","authors":"Jinna Gu, Xiaoguang Liu, Xiaohu Dai","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.143922","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.143922","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Using kitchen waste digestate as the feedstock, we assessed the impacts of precursor carbonization degree on modified chars’ characterization, compared their Cr(VI) removal behavior, and clarified the high-efficiency Cr(VI) removal mechanisms. K<sub>2</sub>FeO<sub>4</sub> promoted pore development, surface oxygen-containing group enrichment, and in-situ anchoring of iron species in torrefied chars and hydrochars, whereas it mainly introduced iron-based active sites in pyrolysis chars. K<sub>2</sub>FeO<sub>4</sub> modification effectively improved the Cr(VI) removal performance of the chars. The equilibrium adsorption capacity increased by 83.8-100.8% from 39.46-54.29<!--> <!-->mg·g<sup>-1</sup> to 79.24-100.20<!--> <!-->mg·g<sup>-1</sup>. Isotherm results suggested monolayer adsorption for torrified char and heterogeneous multilayer adsorption for modified pyrolysis char and hydrochar. The maximum adsorption capacity of modified torrified char increased from 90.91 to 96.91<!--> <!-->mg·g<sup>-1</sup>, whereas the Freundlich adsorption coefficient of modified pyrolysis char and hydrochar increased markedly by 467% and 39%, respectively. The thermodynamic driving force, heat‑absorbing property, and randomness at solid‑liquid interface of Cr(VI) removal were significantly promoted. Cr(VI) was removed by K<sub>2</sub>FeO<sub>4</sub>-modified chars via several mechanisms, including surface electrostatic accumulation, inner-layer complexation capture, reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III), and Fe/Cr co-precipitation. These findings lay a solid scientific foundation for optimizing the preparation and usage of the K<sub>2</sub>FeO<sub>4</sub> modified chars for Cr(VI) removal.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hazardous Materials","volume":"518 ","pages":"Article 143922"},"PeriodicalIF":10.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149204379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dual-Functional Bacillus cereus X1 Drives Hydrocarbon Biodegradation and Carbon Sequestration via glnQ-Mediated Metabolic Rewiring","authors":"Jiayu Song, Hui Lin, Qinghong Wang, Linxuan Zhang, Anming Xu, Ziyi Peng, Yakui Chen, Yaohui Bai, Xingchun Li, Wenzhong Tang, Hong Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.143924","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.143924","url":null,"abstract":"<div><ul><li><span>•</span><span><div><em>Bacillus cereus</em> X1 couples hydrocarbon degradation with CO<sub>2</sub> fixation.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div><em>glnQ</em> is a conserved hotspot linking carbon and nitrogen metabolic rewiring.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div><em>glnQ</em> overexpression upregulates Calvin cycle and central carbon metabolism.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>Enhanced <em>glnQ</em> boosts TPH removal (1.47×) and carbon assimilation in oily residues.</div></span></li></ul></div><div><div>Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination poses dual environmental challenges: direct ecosystem pollution and indirect exacerbation of greenhouse gas emissions via microbial mineralization, while natural carbon fixation pathways (e.g., the RuBisCO-mediated Calvin cycle) are insufficient at offsetting CO₂ release due to RuBisCO’s inherent catalytic limitations. To address this, we engineered a dual-functional <em>Bacillus cereus</em> X1 strain capable of coupled hydrocarbon degradation and enhanced CO₂ fixation through optimization of a <em>glnQ</em>-centered metabolic network. Starting from oil-contaminated sludge, 40 carbon-fixing strains were isolated, with <em>B. cereus</em> X1 as the top performer, exhibiting the highest RuBisCO level (74.4 ± 2.8 U/g) together with confirmed n-alkane-degrading activity. Using Atmospheric Room-Temperature Plasma (ARTP) mutagenesis, we generated mutant derivatives (X1-Mut13/29) displaying a 1.29-1.34-fold elevation in RuBisCO level to the wild type that was stably inherited over ten serial passages. Whole-genome resequencing identified a shared nonsynonymous variant in <em>glnQ</em> (c.836<!--> <!-->C>T; p.Ala279Val), encoding the ATP-binding subunit of a glutamine ABC transporter. Expression of the mutant <em>glnQ</em><sup>A279V</sup> allele in wild-type X1 generated X1-<em>glnQ</em>, which exhibited 2.13 times the RuBisCO level of the empty-vector control and the lowest mean residual TPH concentration among the inoculated treatments in oily-residue microcosms (690 ± 62.23<!--> <!-->mg<!--> <!-->kg<sup>-1</sup> dry residue). Transcriptomics profiling revealed that <em>glnQ</em> overexpression upregulated key enzymes of the Calvin cycle (e.g., <em>fbaA</em>, <em>glpX</em>, <em>tktA</em>), glycolysis (<em>gapA</em>, <em>pgk</em>), and tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, thereby enhancing NADPH/ATP supply to support carbon fixation particularly for RuBP regeneration. Mechanistically, <em>glnQ</em> overexpression influenced cellular C/N status, redirecting glutamine-derived α-ketoglutarate to replenish TCA cycle intermediates and fuel anaplerotic CO₂ assimilation. Collectively, this study establishes a novel “degrade-and-sequester” biocatalyst that enables synergistic pollution remediation and carbon fixation, providing a blueprint for engineering microbial carbon loops in oil-contaminated ecosystems.</div></div><div>Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination poses dual en","PeriodicalId":361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hazardous Materials","volume":"518 ","pages":"Article 143924"},"PeriodicalIF":10.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149204433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
José Aparecido de Sousa Bernardino Leite, Júlia Firme Freitas, Patrícia Vieira de Araújo, Douglas Felipe de Lima Silva, Lucymara Fassarella Agnez Lima
{"title":"Functional complementarity in a heavy oil-degrading consortium through cross-feeding, detoxification, pH stability, and transcriptional relief","authors":"José Aparecido de Sousa Bernardino Leite, Júlia Firme Freitas, Patrícia Vieira de Araújo, Douglas Felipe de Lima Silva, Lucymara Fassarella Agnez Lima","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.143918","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.143918","url":null,"abstract":"<div><ul><li><span>•</span><span><div>Genomic and <em>in vitro</em> screening enabled the rational design of bacterial consortia.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>BMC degraded 77% of 16° API heavy oil in 15 days, outperforming monocultures.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>Biological pH buffering prevented acidification, preserving degradation activity.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>Cross-feeding detoxified aromatic intermediates, driving transcriptional relief.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>Metabolic division of labor in alkane and aromatic pathways drives mineralization.</div></span></li></ul></div><div><div>Heavy oil bioremediation is challenged by hydrocarbon recalcitrance and toxicity, requiring synergistic microbial consortia. This study formulated a tripartite biodegradation microbial consortium (BMC) comprising <em>Micrococcus luteus</em> BD1, <em>Acinetobacter baumannii</em> subsp<em>. oleum ficedula</em> BD54, and <em>Ochrobactrum oleinvorans</em> BD61, guided by genomic screening and Flux Balance Analysis (FBA). In microcosms, the BMC achieved 77% degradation of heavy oil (16° API) in 15 days, significantly outperforming monocultures. Initially, all strains attack aliphatic fractions, with BD1 operating via monooxygenases and <em>adh</em>, while BD54 and BD61 secrete biosurfactants (80% emulsification). In late stages, as BD54 and BD61 shift to complex aromatic cleavage (<em>benD</em> and <em>pcaH</em>), BD1 transitions into a detoxifying \"metabolic sink\" supporting pH stability. FBA and Flux Variability Analysis (FVA) provided a testable hypothesis of proton-associated metabolism<em>. In vitro</em> assays validated that the consortium maintains neutral pH, mitigates toxic phenol accumulation, and displays bidirectional exudate cross-feeding. This detoxification prevents enzyme inhibition and triggers systemic transcriptional relief, as evidenced by RT-qPCR and total oil and grease (TOG) analysis. Social coordination is supported by quorum sensing networks (LuxI/LuxR and RiPP-like). Integrating <em>in silico</em> modeling with <em>in vitro</em> validation reveals functional complementarity through cross-feeding, detoxification, pH buffering, and bioavailability enhancement, sustaining continuous heavy oil mineralization.</div></div><div>Heavy oil bioremediation is challenged by hydrocarbon recalcitrance and toxicity, requiring synergistic microbial consortia. This study formulated a tripartite biodegradation microbial consortium (BMC) comprising <em>Micrococcus luteus</em> BD1, <em>Acinetobacter baumannii</em> subsp<em>. oleum ficedula</em> BD54, and <em>Ochrobactrum oleinvorans</em> BD61, guided by genomic screening and Flux Balance Analysis (FBA). In microcosms, the BMC achieved 77% degradation of heavy oil (16° API) in 15 days, significantly outperforming monocultures. Initially, all strains attack aliphatic fractions, with BD1 operating via monooxygenases and <em>adh</em>, w","PeriodicalId":361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hazardous Materials","volume":"518 ","pages":"Article 143918"},"PeriodicalIF":10.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149204381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xuyan Quan,Xiaoyu Han,Baixin Ye,Quanying Shao,Chunmiao Bo
{"title":"Molecularly imprinted polymer/boronic acid carbon dots/bismuth vanadate-cofunctionalized Janus particles for the integrated function of adsorption-degradation-detection of tetracycline","authors":"Xuyan Quan,Xiaoyu Han,Baixin Ye,Quanying Shao,Chunmiao Bo","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.143828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.143828","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hazardous Materials","volume":"13 1","pages":"143828"},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149088378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}