Variation of Microbial Communities in Aquatic Sediments under Long-Term Exposure to Decabromodiphenyl Ether and UVA Irradiation

Yi-Tang Chang, Hsi-Ling Chou, Hui Li and Stephen Boyd
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Yi-Tang Chang: Department of Microbiology, Soochow University, Shilin District, Taipei 11102, Taiwan
Hsi-Ling Chou: Department of Microbiology, Soochow University, Shilin District, Taipei 11102, Taiwan
Hui Li: Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Stephen Boyd: Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 14, 1-14

Abstract: Abiotic components create different types of environmental stress on bacterial communities in aquatic ecosystems. In this study, the long-term exposure to various abiotic factors, namely a high-dose of the toxic chemical decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209), continuous UVA irradiation, and different types of sediment, were evaluated in order to assess their influence on the bacterial community. The dominant bacterial community in a single stress situation, i.e., exposure to BDE-209 include members of Comamonadaceae , members of Xanthomonadaceae , a Pseudomonas sp. and a Hydrogenophaga sp. Such bacteria are capable of biodegrading polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). When multiple environmental stresses were present, Acidobacteria bacterium and a Terrimonas sp. were predominant, which equipped the population with multiple physiological characteristics that made it capable of both PBDE biodegradation and resistance to UVA irradiation. Methloversatilis sp. and Flavisolibacter sp. were identified as representative genera in this population that were radioresistant. In addition to the above, sediment heterogeneity is also able to alter bacterial community diversity. In total, seventeen species of bacteria were identified in the microcosms containing more clay particles and higher levels of soil organic matter (SOM). This means that these communities are more diverse than in microcosms that contained more sand particles and a lower SOM, which were found to have only twelve identifiable bacterial species. This is the first report to evaluate how changes in bacterial communities in aquatic sediment are affected by the presence of multiple variable environmental factors at the same time.

Keywords: decabromodiphenyl ether; UVA irradiation; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; sediment heterogeneity; soil organic matter (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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