PMID- 25800986 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151228 LR - 20181202 IS - 1090-2414 (Electronic) IS - 0147-6513 (Linking) VI - 116 DP - 2015 Jun TI - The influence of multiwalled carbon nanotubes on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) bioavailability and toxicity to soil microbial communities in alfalfa rhizosphere. PG - 143-9 LID - S0147-6513(15)00095-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.03.005 [doi] AB - Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) may affect bioavailability and toxicity of organic contaminants due to their adsorption properties. Recent studies have observed the influence of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) on the fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other organic contaminants. Greenhouse studies (49 d) were conducted with alfalfa plants in two different soil types. Four treatment conditions (0, 25, 50, or 100 mg/kg MWNTs+100 mg/kg PAHs mixture-pyrene and phenanthrene) were tested in order to determine their effects on soil microbial community composition and PAH residues. Microbial community structure in the two highest treatments (50 mg/kg and 100 mg/kg MWNTs) showed a dramatic shift in the presence of MWNTs in sandy loam soil (1% organic matter) in comparison to the control (0 mg/kg MWNTs). Many microbial fatty acid methyl ester (FAMEs) markers (i15:0, 16:1omega5c, 10Me17:0, 10Me16:0) were missing in the control soil. However, there was a lower abundance of these FAMEs in the 25 mg/kg MWNT treatment (except 10Me17:0) and a higher presence of these FAMEs in the 50 mg/kg and 100 mg/kg MWNT treatments compared to control. In contrast, microbial community composition was not influenced by the MWNT treatments in sandy clay loam soil (5.9% organic matter). However, pyrene degradation in sandy clay loam soil significantly increased by 21% in the highest MWNT treatment group (100 mg/kg) and 9.34% in 50 mg/kg MWNT treatment. Under the conditions tested in this study, MWNTs significantly impacted the soil microbial community distribution and PAH degradation and effects were dependent on soil types, specifically organic matter content. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Shrestha, Babina AU - Shrestha B AD - Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States; Pegasus Technical Services Inc., Cincinnati, OH, United States. Electronic address: shrestha.babina@epa.gov. FAU - Anderson, Todd A AU - Anderson TA AD - Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States. FAU - Acosta-Martinez, Veronica AU - Acosta-Martinez V AD - USDA-ARS, Cropping Systems Research Laboratory, Lubbock, TX, United States. FAU - Payton, Paxton AU - Payton P AD - USDA-ARS, Cropping Systems Research Laboratory, Lubbock, TX, United States. FAU - Canas-Carrell, Jaclyn E AU - Canas-Carrell JE AD - Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20150321 PL - Netherlands TA - Ecotoxicol Environ Saf JT - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety JID - 7805381 RN - 0 (Fatty Acids) RN - 0 (Nanotubes, Carbon) RN - 0 (Phenanthrenes) RN - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons) RN - 0 (Pyrenes) RN - 0 (Soil Pollutants) RN - 448J8E5BST (phenanthrene) RN - 9E0T7WFW93 (pyrene) SB - IM MH - Biological Availability MH - Fatty Acids/analysis MH - Medicago sativa/metabolism MH - Nanotubes, Carbon/chemistry/*toxicity MH - Phenanthrenes/analysis MH - Plants/metabolism MH - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/analysis/*pharmacokinetics/toxicity MH - Pyrenes/analysis MH - *Rhizosphere MH - *Soil Microbiology MH - Soil Pollutants/*toxicity OTO - NOTNLM OT - Carbon nanotubes OT - Microbial toxicity OT - Nanomaterials OT - Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons EDAT- 2015/03/25 06:00 MHDA- 2015/12/29 06:00 CRDT- 2015/03/25 06:00 PHST- 2014/06/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/03/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/03/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/03/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/03/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/12/29 06:00 [medline] AID - S0147-6513(15)00095-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.03.005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2015 Jun;116:143-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.03.005. Epub 2015 Mar 21.