Enzymatic activity in an airfield soil polluted with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Baran, S.; Bielińska, Jolanta E; Oleszczuk, Patryk

doi:10.1016/s0016-7061(03)00205-2

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“…The content of C FA indicated a significantly negative correlation with about 70% of 14 PAHs, while the content of C HS and the activity of acid phosphatase showed a significantly negative BaA benzo(a)anthracene, BbF benzo(b)fluoranthene, BkF benzo(k)fluoranthene, BaP benzo(a)pyrene, DahA dibenzo(a,h)anthracene, Ind indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene Phen/Ant ratio < 10-pyrogenic source of PAHs; Fluo/Pyr ratio > 1.0-petrogenic source of PAHs correlation with the 50% of the determined PAHs. These results confirm findings on sensitivity of dehydrogenase and phosphatase to soil pollution with PAHs (Baran et al 2004;Wyszkowska et al 2006;Wyszkowska and Wyszkowski 2010). Obtained results show that the activity of dehydrogenase and protease may be a valuable indicator of soil degradation by contaminants, such as PAH compounds (Bielińska et al 2012).…”

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“…The observed reduction in the enzymatic activity in the urban soil was associated with increased anthropogenic pressure, expressed by an increase of PAH content in the soil (Table 4). Other studies have also demonstrated that the presence of PAHs inhibits the biosynthesis of numerous enzymes in the soil by microorganisms (Baran et al 2004;Wyszkowska et al 2006;Wyszkowska and Wyszkowski 2010). Over the consecutive years during the study, the clear trend of decreasing activity of dehydrogenases, phosphatases, and proteases in the urban and suburban soils was observed.…”

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“…Soil enzyme activities have been suggested as suitable, early and sensitive indicators of soil quality (Baran et al 2004;Yang et al 2009;Futa et al 2016). They are a measure of the soil microbial activity, and therefore, they are strictly related to the nutrient cycles and transformations.…”

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Mutual relations between PAHs derived from atmospheric deposition, enzymatic activity, and humic substances in soils of differently urbanized areas

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Purpose The aim of this study was to determine the mutual relations between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) originated from atmospheric emissions and enzymatic activity and humic substances in soils at differently urbanized area, on an example of the Lublin city, east Poland. Materials and methods The chosen areas represented three differently urbanized environments: old tenement houses and modern residential blocks, mixture of different building and rural landscape, and typical rural environment with smallholding farms, respectively. On each of the urban, suburban, and rural areas, one representative plot was chosen on fallow lands classified as luvisol derived from loess. The soil samples were collected from the top 25 cm layer. The following properties were determined: pH, organic carbon, total nitrogen, humic and fulvic acids, PAHs content (14 PAHs from US EPA list), and the activities of the following enzymes: dehydrogenases, acid phosphatase, alkane phosphatase, protease, and urease. Results and discussion Higher contents of organic C and total N were found in the rural soil samples. The share of humic acid was similar in all soils investigated, ranging from 19.38 to 25.27%, while fulvic acid values differ significantly between urban and rural areas. The urban soils indicated much lower share of fulvic acids (9.78-10.99%) than those of rural (29.02-29.32%). Consequently, the values of the C HA :C FA ratio of the urban soil were approximately two times higher than those of the rural soil. The results showed that both the rate of humification and the activity of dehydrogenases, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, and proteases in the soils increased in the following sequence: urban < suburban < rural. Conclusions The results showed that an increase of PAHs in the urbanized areas affect other soil properties. The phenanthrene/ anthracene and fluoranthene/pyrene ratios pointed to coal combustion as the principal source of PAHs in the investigated soils. The PAH content in the urbanized area inhibit humification processes in the soil and the activity of dehydrogenases, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, and proteases.

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“…The 16 PAHs content had a significantly negative correlation with the activity of most of the studied soil enzymes: dehydrogenases, acid phosphatase and alkaline phosphatase ( Table 7). The data presented by numerous authors (Maliszewska-Kordybach and Smreczak 1997, Baran et al 2004, Wyszkowska et al 2006, Bielińska et al 2014, Lipińska et al 2014) confirm particularly high sensitivity of dehydrogenases and phosphatases to soil contamination with PAHs. Their activity may be used as an indicator of soil pollution with these xenobiotics (Bielińska et al 2014).…”

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Enzymatic Activity and Content of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Soils under Low-Stack Emission in Lublin

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Bielińska

Ligęza

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Abstract. Soils from the Lublin area exposed to low-stack emission from home heating and transport were investigated. Changes in soil enzymatic activity and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) content were analysed. Soil samples were collected in July and November 2016 and January 2017. Results of the study show that enzymatic activity and PAHs content depended on types of buildings, study period (intensification of pollutant emission from household heating), traffic volume and atmospheric air movement. Low enzymatic activities and high PAHs content in the soils were observed in the autumn-winter period in the areas with dense single-family housing and located in the vicinity of streets with intense road traffic.

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“…The presence of petroleum products in the environment is a major problem as it leads to the gradual degradation of soil in many regions worldwide (Baran et al 2004, Lebrero et al 2012, and occasionally to the permanent destruction of the soil, the loss of its fertility, and the disappearance of vegetation cover (Kucharski and Jastrzębska 2006). Within one year, from 0.10-0.25% of the used petroleum products enter into the environment, which accounts for nearly 9 million Mg (Garcia-Lor et al 2012).…”

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Response of Avena sativa, microorganisms and enzymes to contamination of soil with diesel oil

Wyszkowska¹,

Borowik²,

Kucharski³

2015

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The scale of the impact of petroleum products on the natural environment is still difficult to determine. This is why it was decided to conduct tests, under the conditions of a pot experiment, for the effects of diesel oil (0, 4, and 8 mL/kg dry matter of soil) on the yield of oat, content of macroelements, as well as the microbiological, biochemical, physicochemical and chemical properties of the soil. The study results showed that diesel oil had an adverse effect on the growth and development of oat, and contents of nitrogen, sodium, calcium and magnesium in the above-ground parts of oat. Diesel oil increased the concentration of the following substances in the soil: naphthalene, phenanthrene, anthracene, benz[a]anthracene, chrysene, benzo[a]fluoranthene, benzo[a]pyrene and benzo[ghi]perylene, organic carbon, total nitrogen, and available potassium, while it decreased the concentration of available phosphorus and magnesium in the soil. Changes in the physicochemical properties of the soil had an unfavourable effect on the microbiological and biochemical properties. As regards the 7 tested enzymes, the most sensitive to diesel oil was catalase, and the least sensitive ones were ß-glucosidase and dehydrogenases. As for 12 various tested microorganisms, bacteria of the Azotobacter genus exhibited the highest resistance, while copiotrophic bacteria the lowest.

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Enzymatic activity in an airfield soil polluted with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Cited by 167 publications

References 39 publications

Mutual relations between PAHs derived from atmospheric deposition, enzymatic activity, and humic substances in soils of differently urbanized areas

Mutual relations between PAHs derived from atmospheric deposition, enzymatic activity, and humic substances in soils of differently urbanized areas

Enzymatic Activity and Content of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Soils under Low-Stack Emission in Lublin

Response of Avena sativa, microorganisms and enzymes to contamination of soil with diesel oil

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