氮污染对两株芽孢杆菌诱导碳酸钙矿化率及矿化产物晶型组成的影响

Effects of Nitrogen Pollution on the Mineralization Rate and Product Polymorph Composition of Calcium Carbonate Induced by Two Bacillaceae Strains

  • 摘要: 微生物诱导碳酸钙沉淀(MICP)是生物驱动碳封存的关键过程,在全球碳循环调节中具有重要意义。然而,随着全球活性氮背景值持续升高,人为氮污染对MICP过程的干扰机制尚不明确。硝酸盐和尿素是自然环境中最具代表性的无机氮与有机氮形态。短小芽孢杆菌(Bacillus pumilus)以出色的环境抗逆性著称,巨大芽孢杆菌(Priestia megaterium)则具有高矿化效能。本研究以上述两种细菌为对象,通过硝酸盐与尿素梯度浓度培养实验,结合碳酸酐酶活性测定、X射线衍射和扫描电镜矿物学表征,评估了不同氮源输入对菌体生长、矿化率及矿化产物晶型组成的影响。结果表明:①硝酸盐和尿素添加均抑制菌体生长与碳酸酐酶活性,且硝酸盐抑制效应随浓度升高而增强;②两菌株呈现明显的氮源代谢偏好:B. pumilus中尿素添加组平均矿化率(63.52%)高于硝酸盐组(52.81%),而P. megaterium反之(70.82% vs 77.63%);同时,P. megaterium中硝酸盐组平均矿化率(77.63%)高于B. pumilus (52.81%),而B. pumilus在尿素添加下0 ~ 72 h的矿化率(51.37% ~ 70.15%)优于P. megaterium (28.97% ~ 43.75%);③氮输入加速了B. pumilus体系中亚稳态球霰石向方解石转化,而P. megaterium体系以方解石为优势相,晶型组成较为稳定。本研究揭示了氮污染干扰微生物碳酸盐矿化的生理与矿物学机制,为氮沉降背景下的生态风险评估及氮污染水体生物修复提供了理论依据。

     

    Abstract: Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) is a key process in biologically driven carbon sequestration and plays a significant role in regulating the global carbon cycle. However, as global reactive nitrogen background levels continue to rise, the mechanisms by which anthropogenic nitrogen pollution interferes with MICP remain poorly understood. Nitrate and urea represent the most representative forms of inorganic and organic nitrogen in natural environments, respectively. Bacillus pumilus is renowned for its exceptional environmental stress tolerance, while Priestia megaterium is characterized by high mineralization efficiency. With these two bacteria as model organisms, this study conducted gradient concentration cultivation experiments with nitrate and urea, combined with carbonic anhydrase activity assays, X-ray diffraction, and scanning electron microscopy mineralogical characterization, to evaluate the effects of different nitrogen source inputs on bacterial growth, mineralization rate, and crystal polymorph of mineralization products. The results indicate that: (1) both nitrate and urea addition inhibited bacterial growth and carbonic anhydrase activity, with the inhibitory effect of nitrate intensifying with increasing concentration; (2) The two strains exhibited distinct nitrogen-source metabolic preferences: in B. pumilus, the mean mineralization rate under urea addition (63.52%) was higher than that under the nitrate treatment (52.81%), whereas the opposite pattern was observed in P. megaterium (70.82% vs. 77.63%). Meanwhile, the mean mineralization rate under the nitrate treatment was higher in P. megaterium (77.63%) than in B. pumilus (52.81%), while B. pumilus outperformed P. megaterium in mineralization rate under urea addition over the 0 – 72 h period (51.37% – 70.15% vs. 28.97% – 43.75%); ③ nitrogen input accelerated the transformation of metastable vaterite to calcite in the B. pumilus system, while the P. megaterium system maintained calcite as the dominant phase with relatively consistent crystal polymorph composition. This study elucidates the physiological and mineralogical mechanisms by which nitrogen pollution disrupts microbial carbonate mineralization, providing a theoretical basis for ecological risk assessment under nitrogen deposition scenarios and for the bioremediation of nitrogen-polluted water bodies.

     

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