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生物电对小球藻-土壤菌群共生体系CO2捕获的影响

Effects of bioelectricity on CO2 capture by the symbiosis between microalgae and soil bacteria

  • 摘要: 农业CO2排放源具有分散性、移动性和低浓度等特点。为考察农业生产场景中广泛存在的微藻和细菌等对CO2的捕获效果,并据此发展就地取材的分布式原位生物固碳方法,该研究利用小球藻和土壤菌群构建了藻菌共生体系,分析了其对1% 体积浓度 CO2的捕获和转化能力。通过布置电极和外电路实现菌群生物电输出,对比了生物电刺激下,藻菌共生体系固碳能力和菌群结构差异。结果表明,藻菌共生体系在生物电作用下,CO2去除率由52%提升至81%。菌群消耗可溶性有机碳使小球藻将CO2更多转化为可溶性无机碳和生物质。生物电则通过加速菌群可溶性有机碳消耗,调节溶液pH值和溶解氧含量优化藻菌生长环境,进一步促进CO2转化。光照时,藻菌共生体系可在1000 Ω外电阻两端产生200 mV稳态电压,并可实现仅依靠光能驱动。16s rRNA结果显示相比于纯土壤菌群,藻菌共生体系以固氮弧菌属Azoarcus取代明串珠菌属Leuconostoc为主要特征。生物电刺激会重塑该共生体系,拉乌尔菌属Raoultella将重现并取代理研菌属RikenellaTyzzerella。该研究表明,通过电化学构建的藻菌共生体系既可以捕获低浓度CO2,也可以通过调节pH值改良土壤结构、重塑土壤菌群组成。

     

    Abstract: Carbon sequestration can be expected to mitigate climate warming in sustainable agriculture. The soil structure can also be improved to reduce the application of fertilizers in the global carbon trading market. Agricultural CO2 emissions sources are characterized by high dispersion and mobility with low concentration. It is highly required to develop a series of suitable CO2 capture approaches in modern agriculture. Correspondingly, the coexistence of microalgae and flora has been commonly used in agricultural scenes, such as aquaculture farms, biogas digesters, composting, and irrigation systems. If this symbiotic system can be developed to consume CO2 emissions, great potential can be gained in agricultural carbon sequestration. This study aims to explore the effects of bioelectricity on CO2 capture by the symbiotic system between the chlorella and soil bacteria. A series of tests were then constructed to analyze the CO2 capture and conversion of the symbiotic system under 1% v/v CO2 emission. Furthermore, the bioelectricity generated by the bacteria was then collected by electrodes and external circuits. A comparison was finally made on the variations of CO2 sequestration and bacterial distributions after the stimulation of bioelectricity. The results indicate that the symbiotic system shared the highest efficiencies of CO2 removal, whether the external circuit was closed or not. By contrast, the CO2 removal efficiencies of the pure soil bacteria were the lowest, compared with the chlorella and symbiotic systems. The CO2 removal efficiency increased from 52% by chlorella to 81% by the symbiotic system with the bioelectricity. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) that was consumed by the bacteria also enabled the chlorella to convert more CO2 into dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and biomass. Among them, the concentrations of DIC and the biomass of the bioelectric-treated symbiotic system reached 1.4 mmol/L and 2.7 g/L, respectively, after seven days. The CO2 was in situ reproduced in the symbiotic system via the metabolism of bacteria. The random collision between the microalgae and the bacteria cells effectively shortened the mass transfer distance from the CO2 molecules to the chlorella cells, thus improving the mass transfer efficiency of CO2. There was a great increase in the local CO2 concentration of the medium. Some chlorella cells were then avoided to suffer the CO2 concentrating mechanism (CCM). More energy was also saved for the rest enzymatic reactions to promote their growth. The bioelectric generation and transmission were accelerated to adjust the pH and dissolved oxygen content of the medium after the consumption of DOC. Therefore, the growth environment of the microbes was optimized to further promote the CO2 conversion. The output voltage of the symbiotic system fluctuated with the light-dark period. A 200mV output voltage was achieved over a 1000 Ω external resistance in the illumination period. The maximum power density also increased by 46% from the dark to the light. Moreover, the symbiotic system was powered only by light energy with a limited carbon source supply entirely from 1% v/v CO2 inlet. Compared with the pure soil microbial community, the chlorella was invaded to form a symbiotic system and then replaced the Leuconostoc with the Azoarcus. Simultaneously, the proportion of Citrobacter and Raoultella plummeted, whereas, the Rikenella, Tyzzerella, and Trichococcus increased significantly, leading to an overall enhanced diversity. The dominant bacterial composition remained almost unchanged in the microalgae-bacteria symbiotic system under the bioelectric stimulation. However, the Raoultella also re-emerged and then replaced Rikenella and Tyzzerella. In addition, the main components of Citrobacter, Alcaligenes, and Bacteroides reshaped the microbial community in the symbiotic system. KEGG (Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes) metabolic pathway indicated that the microbial community was primarily formed the synergistic interactions with the microalgae. The soluble organic substances were also decomposed during microalgae photosynthesis and proteins in algae cell debris. This finding can provide a strong reference for in-situ CO2 capture in agriculture.

     

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