PMID- 36084739 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221013 LR - 20221013 IS - 1873-6424 (Electronic) IS - 0269-7491 (Linking) VI - 313 DP - 2022 Nov 15 TI - Functional bacterial consortium responses to biochar and implications for BDE-47 transformation: Performance, metabolism, community assembly and microbial interaction. PG - 120120 LID - S0269-7491(22)01334-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120120 [doi] AB - The influence of biochar on the biodegradation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) has been extensively studied. However, the underlying mechanisms behind the response of functional microbial consortia to biochar remain poorly understood. Herein, we systematically explored the effect of biochar on 2,2',4,4'-tetrabrominated ether (BDE-47) biodegradation, and investigated the interaction and assembly mechanism of the functional bacterial consortium QY2. The results revealed that the biodegradation efficiency of QY2 for BDE-47 increased from 53.85% to 94.11% after the addition of biochar. Fluorescence excitation-emission matrix and electrochemical analysis showed that biochar-attached biofilms were rich in redox-active extracellular polymeric substances (EPS, 3.03-fold higher than free cell), whose strong interaction with biochar facilitated the electron transfer of the biofilm, thus enhancing the debromination degradation of BDE-47. Meanwhile, the assembly model and molecular ecological networks analysis indicated that bacterial community assembly in biofilms was more driven by deterministic processes (environmental selection >75.00%) upon biochar stimulation and exhibited closer interspecific cooperative interactions, leading to higher biodiversity and broader habitat niche breadth for QY2 in response to BDE-47 disturbance. Potential degraders (Methylobacterium, Sphingomonas, Microbacterium) and electrochemical bacteria (Ochrobactrum) were selectively enriched, whose role as keystone bacteria may be participated in biofilm formation and redox-active EPS secretion (r > 0.5, P < 0.05). These findings deepen the understanding of the mechanisms by which biochar promotes microbial degradation of PBDEs and provided a theoretical basis for better regulation of functional bacterial communities during environmental remediation. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Guo, Zhanyu AU - Guo Z AD - School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China. FAU - Zhou, Heyang AU - Zhou H AD - School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China. FAU - Yin, Hua AU - Yin H AD - School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education on Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, Guangzhou, 510006, China. Electronic address: huayin@scut.edu.cn. FAU - Wei, Xipeng AU - Wei X AD - Institute of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China. FAU - Dang, Zhi AU - Dang Z AD - School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education on Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, Guangzhou, 510006, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220906 PL - England TA - Environ Pollut JT - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) JID - 8804476 RN - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers) RN - 0 (biochar) RN - 0N97R5X10X (2,2',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether) RN - 16291-96-6 (Charcoal) SB - IM MH - Bacteria/metabolism MH - Biodegradation, Environmental MH - Charcoal MH - *Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/metabolism MH - Microbial Interactions MH - *Persistent Organic Pollutants OTO - NOTNLM OT - Assembly process OT - Biochar OT - Biodegradation OT - Extracellular polymeric substances OT - Interaction network OT - Polybrominated diphenyl ethers COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2022/09/10 06:00 MHDA- 2022/10/14 06:00 CRDT- 2022/09/09 19:24 PHST- 2022/05/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/08/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/09/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/09/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/10/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/09/09 19:24 [entrez] AID - S0269-7491(22)01334-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120120 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Pollut. 2022 Nov 15;313:120120. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120120. Epub 2022 Sep 6.