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Response of microbial communities to nutrient removal in coastal sediment by using ecological concrete

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Ecological concrete (eco-concrete) is a kind of environment-friendly material with porous characteristics. In this study, the eco-concrete was used to remove the total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), and total organic carbon (TOC) in marine coastal sediment. The bacterial communities in sediment and on eco-concrete surface were also investigated by using high-throughput sequencing and quantitative PCR of 16S rRNA gene. We found that the mean removal efficiencies of TN, TP, and TOC in treatment group were 8.3%, 8.4%, and 12.3% after 28 days. The bacterial community composition in the treatment group was significantly different from that in the control group on day 28. In addition, the bacterial community composition on eco-concrete surface was slightly different from that in sediment, and the copy numbers of 16S rRNA gene were higher on eco-concrete surface than in sediment. The types of eco-concrete aggregates (gravel, pebble, and zeolite) also had effects on the bacterial community composition and 16S rRNA gene copy numbers. Furthermore, we found the abundant genus Sulfurovum increased significantly on eco-concrete surface in the treatment group after 28 days. Bacteria belonging to this genus were found having denitrification ability and were commonly detected in bioreactors for nitrate removal. Overall, our study expands the application scopes of eco-concrete and suggests that the bacterial communities in eco-concrete can potentially enhance the removal efficiency of nutrients in coastal sediment.

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The raw sequence data in this study have been deposited in the Genome Sequence Archive (National Genomics Data Center, China National Center forBioinformation / Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) (https://ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/gsa/) with the accession number CRA010233.

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This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31971469), the Qishan Scholar Program of Fuzhou University (GXRC-20061), the Science and Technology Program of Quanzhou, China (2022N042), and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFE0124700).

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  1. School of Advanced Manufacturing, Fuzhou University, Jinjiang, 362200, China

    Meiling Zhang, Lemian Liu, Yisong Guo & Jianfeng Chen

  2. Marine Engineering Research and Development Center of Jinjiang Science and Education Park, Fuzhou University, Jinjiang, 362200, China

    Meiling Zhang, Jiannan Ji, Lemian Liu, Yisong Guo & Jianfeng Chen

  3. Institute of Natural Products and Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China

    Meiling Zhang, Jiannan Ji, Lemian Liu, Yisong Guo & Jianfeng Chen

  4. College of Biological Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China

    Jiannan Ji, Lemian Liu, Yisong Guo & Jianfeng Chen

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Liu L and Chen J conceived the idea and designed the experiments; Zhang M and Liu L wrote the paper; Ji J and Guo Y performed the experiments. Liu LM, Zhang M, and Ji J analyzed the data. All the authors revised the manuscript and approved the final edition.

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Zhang, M., Ji, J., Liu, L. et al. Response of microbial communities to nutrient removal in coastal sediment by using ecological concrete. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 70817–70826 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-27386-3

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