Arsenic release from microbial reduction of scorodite in the presence of electron shuttle in flooded soil

Scorodite (FeAsO_(4)·H_(2)O) is a common arsenic-bearing (As-bearing) iron mineral in nearsurface environments that could immobilize or store As in a bound state.In flooded soils,microbe induced Fe(Ⅲ) or As(Ⅴ) reduction can increase the mobility and bioavailability of As.Additionally,humic substances can act as electron shuttles to promote this process.The dynamics of As release and diversity of putative As(Ⅴ)-reducing bacteria during scorodite reduction have yet to be investigated in detail in flooded soils.Here,the microbial reductive dissolution of scorodite was conducted in an flooded soil in the presence of anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate (AQDS).Anaeromyxobacter,Dechloromonas,Geothrix,Geobacter,Ideonella,and Zoogloea were found to be the dominant indigenous bacteria during Fe(Ⅲ) and As(Ⅴ) reduction.AQDS increased the relative abundance of dominant species,but did not change the diversity and microbial community of the systems with scorodite.Among these bacteria,Geobacter exhibited the greatest increase and was the dominant Fe(Ⅲ)-and As(Ⅴ)-reducing bacteria during the incubation with AQDS and scorodite.AQDS promoted both Fe(Ⅲ) and As(Ⅴ) reduction,and over 80%of released As(Ⅴ) was microbially transformed to As(Ⅲ).The increases in the abundance of arrA gene and putative arrA sequences of Geobacter were higher with AQDS than without AQDS.As a result,the addition of AQDS promoted microbial Fe(Ⅲ) and As(Ⅴ) release and reduction from As-bearing iron minerals into the environment.These results contribute to exploration of the transformation of As from As-bearing iron minerals under anaerobic conditions,thus providing insights into the bioremediation of As-contaminated soil.

RhIr@MoS2 nanohybrids based disposable microsensor for the point-of-care testing of NADH in real human serum

Dihydronicotinamide adenine dinucleotide(NADH)is an important enzyme in all living cells,which is found to be abnormally expressed in cancer cells.Since it is redox-active,an electrochemical detection method would be suitable for monitoring its concentration in biological fluids.Here we present a strategy for specific determination of NADH in real human serum by using RhIr@MoS2 nanohybrids based microsensor.To implement the protocol,RhIr nanocrysrals are in-situ grown onto MoS2 interlayers forming a nanohybrid structure(RhIr@MoS2).After being locally deposited on an electrochemical microsensor,it could be used for the analysis of NADH.The developed RhIr@MoS2 nanohybrids based microsensor possesses the ability for analyzing NADH at the applied potential of 0.07 V(much lower than most reported values).The detection limit is evaluated as low as 1 nmol/L even in bovine serum albumin(BSA)media.In addition,the sampling analysis of human serum from cancer patients and health controls shows that the microsensor displays good diagnostic sensitivity and specificity,illustrating that this developed detection technique is a relatively accurate method for measuring NADH in biological fluids.The proposed electrochemical microsensor assay also owns the benefits of convenience,disposable and easy processing,which make it a great possibility for future point-of-care cancer diagnosis.