Effect of soil saturation on redox potential and microbial activity

1983 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-197
Author(s):  
M.A.R. Farooqi ◽  
C.J. de Mooy
Keyword(s):  
Redox Potential ◽  
Microbial Activity ◽  
Soil Saturation

scholarly journals Detecting Redox Potentials Using Porous Boron Nitride/ATP-DNA Aptamer/Methylene Blue Biosensor to Monitor Microbial Activities

Micromachines ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Kai Guo ◽  
Zirui Song ◽  
Gaoxing Wang ◽  
Chengchun Tang
Keyword(s):  
Methylene Blue ◽  
Microbial Community ◽  
Boron Nitride ◽  
Redox Potential ◽  
Microbial Activity ◽  
Potential Change ◽  
Dna Aptamer ◽  
Redox Potentials ◽  
Microplate Reader

Microbial activity has gained attention because of its impact on the environment and the quality of people’s lives. Most of today’s methods, which include genome sequencing and electrochemistry, are costly and difficult to manage. Our group proposed a method using the redox potential change to detect microbial activity, which is rooted in the concept that metabolic activity can change the redox potential of a microbial community. The redox potential change was captured by a biosensor consisting of porous boron nitride, ATP-DNA aptamer, and methylene blue as the fluorophore. This assembly can switch on or off when there is a redox potential change, and this change leads to a fluorescence change that can be examined using a multipurpose microplate reader. The results show that this biosensor can detect microbial community changes when its composition is changed or toxic metals are ingested.

Modeling Studies on Microbial Effects on Groundwater Chemistry

2006 ◽  
Vol 985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshikatsu Tochigi ◽  
Hideki Yoshikawa ◽  
Mikazu Yui
Keyword(s):  
Redox Potential ◽  
Microbial Activity ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
Groundwater Chemistry ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Numerical Code ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Geochemical Parameters ◽  
Microbial Effects

AbstractThe overall goal of this project is to develop a model to predict microbial effects on the performance of a high-level radioactive waste (HLW) repository. As a first step, the effects of microbes on groundwater chemistry have been evaluated with the numerical code 'MINT', using data collected from the borehole HDB-6 in the Horonobe underground research laboratory (URL) in Japan. The MINT code models biochemistry and geochemical equilibrium, with consideration of transport of solute and microbial activity. The MINT code simulates the activities of 6 major groups of microbes, classified by their metabolism as 'aerobic', 'denitrifying', 'manganese reducing', 'iron reducing', 'sulfate reducing' and 'methanogenic'. The specific activity of each of these groups will depend on the redox potential (Eh) of the groundwater.Sensitivity analyses were performed to investigate the consequences of changes in groundwater composition on the effects of microbial activity. This indicates that the activities of Sulfate Reducing Bacteria (SRB) and methanogens are relatively high. The concentration of dissolved methane produced by such microbial activity is seen to be influenced by sulfate concentration. Based on the observed data from Horonobe URL, the concentration in oxygen is relatively high and the activity of denitrifying bacteria is the highest of the major 6 groups of microbes. This can, however, be attributable to chemical / microbial contamination of the groundwater during sampling. The modeling results indicate that the concentration of dissolved oxygen and nitrate ion should be quickly reduced by microbial metabolism, reducing the redox potential to a level low enough for active methanogenesis to commence. Such assessment can be important to evaluate the reliability of sampling and measurement techniques for sensitive geochemical parameters in general - and microbiology in particular.

In vitrostudy on the effect of doxycycline on the microbial activity of soil determined by redox-potential measuring system

2014 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katalin Szakmár ◽  
Olivér Reichart ◽  
István Szatmári ◽  
Orsolya Erdősi ◽  
Zsuzsanna Szili ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Redox Potential ◽  
Microbial Activity ◽  
Measuring System

Understanding the interdependent cycles of soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus during soil saturation events 

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Lieberman ◽  
Christian von Sperber ◽  
Maia Rothman ◽  
Cynthia Kallenbach
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Microbial Biomass ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Microbial Activity ◽  
Soil C ◽  
Flood Duration ◽  
Soil Saturation ◽  
Flood Period ◽  
Soluble C

<p>With climate change, much of the world will experience devastating shifts in weather patterns like increased flooding, intensifying periods of soil saturation. Soil carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) cycles are sensitive to changes in soil saturation, where exchange between the mineral-bound and the soluble bioavailable pools can occur with increases in moisture content. With soil saturation, C, N, and P may be mobilized either through greater diffusion or reduced conditions that cause desorption of mineral-bound C, N and P into their respective soluble pools. De-sorption, resorption and diffusion dynamics of C, N, and P may or may not reflect the stoichiometry of the mineral bound pool. Changes in bioavailable soluble C, N and P that could occur with soil saturation and drying may cause unknown consequences for microbial biomass C:N:P. With increases in soil moisture, simultaneous changes in both substrate stoichiometry and microbial growth may occur that impact microbial biomass stoichiometry.  Such changes in microbial stoichiometry and microbial retention of C, N, and P may affect the post-flood fate of soluble C, N, and P. Understanding how releases in mineral bound C, N and P alter the bioavailable C:N:P and how this in turn impacts microbial activity and accumulation of these substrates can inform predictions of retention or losses of C, N and P following soil saturation events.</p><p>To determine if mineral-bound, soluble and microbial biomass stoichiometry is maintained or altered during and after soil saturation events, we used a laboratory incubation approach with manipulated soil saturation and duration. Soil incubations were maintained at three water-holding capacity (WHC) levels: 20% (control), 50%, (moderate) and 100% (severe). We maintained the moderate and severe water-logging treatments for  0.5 h, 24 h, 1 week, followed by air-drying to 20% WHC to examine the influence of flood duration. To understand the exchanges of C, N and P between different pools during flooding, we compared changes in soluble and mineral bound soil C, N and P and impacts on microbial C, N, and P exo-cellular enzymes, and microbial biomass C:N:P. Preliminary results indicate that greater soil moisture content increases soluble P and that the 24 hour flood period captures shifts in the mineral bound P pool that do not remain for the longer flood period (1 week). Enzyme activity similarly reflects an increase in microbial activity in the soil held at 50% and 100% moisture content for 24 hours. We also discuss how soil moisture levels and flood duration impact soluble and mineral bound C relative to P, and how microbial biomass C:N:P tracks these fractions. By exploring the combined response of mineral-bound and soluble C, N, and P to variation in soil saturation, we can better understand how different flood scenarios will impact soil C, N and P retention.</p>

Redox potential of the small intestine lumer in a model of experimental hemorrhage in rats

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A195-A195
Author(s):  
J PAULA ◽  
E SPINEDI ◽  
A DUBIN ◽  
D BUSTOS ◽  
J DAVOLOS
Keyword(s):  
Small Intestine ◽  
Redox Potential

Comparison of two methods of measuring the depth of the redox potential discontinuity in intertidal mudflat sediments

2013 ◽  
Vol 487 ◽  
pp. 7-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
TG Gerwing ◽  
AMA Gerwing ◽  
D Drolet ◽  
DJ Hamilton ◽  
MA Barbeau
Keyword(s):  
Redox Potential ◽  
Intertidal Mudflat ◽  
Mudflat Sediments

Effects of Meat Meal on Steer Performance and Rumen Microbial Activity

1958 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 391-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. A. Dyer ◽  
D. W. Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Activity ◽  
Meat Meal
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