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A triple-component electron donor mixture (lactate-butyrate-H2) significantly enhanced anaerobic bioremediation of chlorinated ethenes. This strategy optimizes microbial community structure and boosts reductive dechlorination rates for effective groundwater cleanup.

Keywords:

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Area of Science:

Environmental Microbiology
Bioremediation Science
Environmental Chemistry

Background:

Chlorinated ethenes are widespread groundwater contaminants.
Anaerobic bioremediation by dehalogenating microbes is efficient but poorly understood regarding electron donor effects.
Mechanisms linking electron donor composition to microbial community structure and dechlorination rates require elucidation.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how different electron donor compositions influence the dehalogenating microbial community structure.
To determine the impact of electron donor mixtures on the rate of reductive dechlorination.
To elucidate the metabolic mechanisms underlying substrate-driven community assembly and dehalogenator activity.

Main Methods:

Utilized single-, double-, and triple-component substrate mixtures as electron donors.
Systematically analyzed microbial community structure and dechlorination rates under varying substrate conditions.
Investigated interspecies interactions and metabolic network formation within the microbial communities.

Main Results:

The lactate-butyrate-H2 triple-component mixture yielded the highest dechlorination rate (97.5 ± 0.87 μmol Cl-/L/day).
This rate surpassed optimal single (lactate) and double (lactate-butyrate) component groups by 56.4% and 29.3%, respectively.
The triple-component group enriched specific bacteria (Sporomusa, Syntrophomonas) forming a synergistic metabolic network, enhancing electron flux for dechlorination.

Conclusions:

Electron donor substrate composition critically shapes microbial community assembly and dehalogenator activity.
A synergistic metabolic network, facilitated by a lactate-butyrate-H2 mixture, maximizes electron flux for efficient reductive dechlorination.
This study provides a nutrient substrate strategy for optimizing the bioremediation of chlorinated ethene-contaminated groundwater.