老化口罩微塑料对大肠杆菌的有毒影响以及细胞外聚合物质的动态变化
Angrui Jiang1, Wuxuan Pei1, Rui Zhang1
1College of Urban Construction, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211800, China; Yangtze River Innovation Center for Ecological Civilization, Nanjing, 211800, China.
The Science of the total environment
|July 20, 2023
概括
一次性医疗口罩中的老化微塑料显著抑制大肠杆菌的生长,并改变其细胞功能. 这项研究强调了口罩废弃物对微生物生命的环境影响.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
背景情况:
- 在Covid-19期间广泛使用的一次性医疗口罩,有助于微塑料污染.
- 错误的处置导致了面具衍生微塑料对环境的污染.
- 面具微塑料由于环境气候变化而经历物理和化学变化.
研究的目的:
- 为了描述老化的口罩微塑料.
- 研究老化口罩微塑料对大肠杆菌 (大肠杆菌) 的毒性影响.
- 阐明毒性机制和细菌的自我保护反应.
主要方法:
- 微塑料在老化前后的物理和化学特性.
- 评估面具微塑料对大肠杆菌生长抑制的作用.
- 测量大肠杆菌ATPase活性,含量和反应性氧物种产生的变化.
- 分析释放的外聚合物物质 (EPS) 的化学成分.
主要成果:
- 来自融化 (MB) 过层的老化微塑料显示了对大肠杆菌生长的最显著抑制 (36小时后19.2%).
- 面具微塑料抑制了大肠杆菌的ATPase活性,并诱导了显著的EPS释放.
- 观察到EPS化学成分的变化.
- 陈旧的面具微塑料对大肠杆菌表现出有毒作用.
结论:
- 老化口罩微塑料对微生物生命构成威胁,影响大肠杆菌的生长和细胞完整性.
- 这项研究提出了掩盖微塑料毒性和大肠杆菌防御的机制.
- 这些发现为了解口罩污染的生态风险提供了基础.
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