Collaborative Research: Linking microplastic decomposition rates in soils to their microbe-mineral associations using carbon stable isotopes and microspectroscopy

合作研究:利用碳稳定同位素和显微光谱学将土壤中的微塑料分解率与其微生物矿物关联联系起来

基本信息

  • 批准号:
    2246647
  • 负责人:
  • 金额:
    $ 13.11万
  • 依托单位:
  • 依托单位国家:
    美国
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
  • 财政年份:
    2023
  • 资助国家:
    美国
  • 起止时间:
    2023-07-01 至 2026-06-30
  • 项目状态:
    未结题

项目摘要

Plastics use has skyrocketed globally since the mid-1950s due to a combination of their utility and low price. A large fraction is for single-use applications. Consequently, more than 25 million metric tons of plastic are annually discarded into terrestrial environments. Bio-based plastics produced from readily renewable carbon sources (i.e., corn) are increasingly being used as substitutes for legacy plastics sourced from fossil fuels. Bio-based plastics are advantageous because their carbon is converted from atmospheric CO2 instead of petroleum. Furthermore, some of these plastics are designed to biodegrade in bioactive environments. All plastics are broken down in the environment by chemical and physical processes into smaller microplastics (less than 5 mm in size) that may become accessible to microorganisms and utilized for their life function or survival. The fate of microplastic residues depends on their degradation in the environment. This research tracks the degradation of microplastic particles of polylactic acid (PLA, a bio-based plastic) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET, a petroleum-based plastic) in soils, where their slow decomposition can lead to plastic accumulation. The research exploits unique carbon isotopic ‘tags’ naturally inherent or artificially introduced to plastics to quantify decomposition with imaging and microbial community analysis to identify how degradation is occurring. The main goal of the work is to monitor the transferal of the isotopic tags to microbial biomass, and eventually, the carbon dioxide and/or methane gas microbes produce or “exhale”. The research is important because it will expand society’s limited understanding of how plastics impact soil health and function, and natural earth processes (i.e., carbon cycling) given plastics’ potential to alter the natural emission of climate warming gases like carbon dioxide and methane in soil systems. Bringing the science of microplastics to a diverse community is a priority of the research team. The project involves and supports secondary, undergraduate, and graduate level students that will be co-mentored by a multidisciplinary faculty team. Students will be involved in research objectives and trained in communicating science to the public. Importantly, students will gain experience across three increasingly related fields for solving the plastic pollution crisis: geochemistry, analytical chemistry, and polymer/green chemistry.Microplastic decomposition occurs through synergistic abiotic weathering of the plastic and key enzymatic and/or microbial interactions. Due to their acclimation to anthropogenic waste, it is hypothesized that the soil microbiome will assimilate and mineralize microplastics, and that natural soil processes like physical mixing and chemical hydrolysis will promote the integration of soil plastics within aggregates and affect the overall assimilation and mineralization of soil organic carbon and plastics by the soil microbiome. The hypotheses will be tested in controlled soil microcosms by utilizing naturally abundant and isotopically labeled (synthesized) polymers that are experimentally degraded and exposed to soils and their native microbiome. Isotopic labels offer an approach to identify assimilation and/or mineralization since they will separate these and other competing processes and/or those that may be impractical to measure in a short period. The incorporation of the plastics’ isotope label will be monitored via phospholipid fatty acid biomarkers and final mineralization gases (i.e., carbon dioxide and methane) using isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Spectroscopy based approaches (i.e., synchrotron-based scanning transmission X-ray microscopy and near-edge X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy) will account for the plastics’ reactivity and association with soil aggregates. The combination of stable isotopic, spectral, and isotopic mass balance approaches will establish a fundamental understanding of plastic decomposition, and include a modeling of their assimilation and mineralization, transformation to lower weight products, and final conversion to carbon dioxide and methane in soils. This research will further basic science understanding of physical, chemical, and biological processes in soils and address a topic of great current practical interest in environmental geochemistry.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.
自20世纪50年代中期以来,由于其实用性和低价格的结合,塑料的使用在全球范围内飙升。很大一部分是一次性应用。因此,每年有超过2500万公吨的塑料被丢弃到陆地环境中。由容易再生的碳源生产的生物基塑料(即,玉米)越来越多地被用作化石燃料制成的传统塑料的替代品。生物基塑料是有利的,因为它们的碳是从大气中的二氧化碳而不是石油转化而来的。此外,这些塑料中的一些被设计为在生物活性环境中生物降解。所有塑料在环境中通过化学和物理过程被分解成较小的微塑料(尺寸小于5毫米),微生物可能会接触到这些微塑料,并利用它们的生命功能或生存。微塑料残留物的命运取决于它们在环境中的降解。这项研究跟踪了聚乳酸(PLA,一种生物基塑料)和聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯(PET,一种石油基塑料)微塑料颗粒在土壤中的降解,它们的缓慢分解可能导致塑料积累。该研究利用塑料天然固有或人工引入的独特碳同位素“标签”,通过成像和微生物群落分析来量化分解,以确定降解是如何发生的。这项工作的主要目标是监测同位素标记向微生物生物量的转移,以及最终监测微生物产生或“呼出”的二氧化碳和/或甲烷气体。这项研究很重要,因为它将扩大社会对塑料如何影响土壤健康和功能以及自然地球过程(即,碳循环),因为塑料有可能改变土壤系统中二氧化碳和甲烷等气候变暖气体的自然排放。将微塑料科学带到多元化的社区是研究团队的优先事项。该项目涉及并支持中学,本科和研究生水平的学生,将由多学科教师团队共同指导。学生将参与研究目标,并接受向公众传播科学的培训。重要的是,学生将获得三个日益相关的领域解决塑料污染危机的经验:地球化学,分析化学和聚合物/绿色化学。微塑料分解通过塑料的协同非生物风化和关键的酶和/或微生物相互作用发生。由于它们对人为废物的适应,假设土壤微生物组将同化和矿化微塑料,而物理混合和化学水解等自然土壤过程将促进土壤塑料在团聚体中的整合,并影响土壤微生物组对土壤有机碳和塑料的整体同化和矿化。这些假设将在受控的土壤微观世界中进行测试,方法是利用天然丰富的同位素标记(合成)聚合物,这些聚合物经过实验降解并暴露于土壤及其原生微生物组。同位素标记提供了一种识别同化和/或矿化的方法,因为它们将这些过程与其他竞争过程和/或那些在短时间内无法测量的过程分开。将通过磷脂脂肪酸生物标志物和最终矿化气体(即,二氧化碳和甲烷)。基于光谱的方法(即,基于同步加速器的扫描透射X射线显微镜和近边缘X射线吸收精细结构光谱学)将解释塑料的反应性和与土壤团聚体的关联。稳定同位素,光谱和同位素质量平衡方法的结合将建立塑料分解的基本理解,并包括其同化和矿化,转化为较低重量的产品,并最终转化为二氧化碳和甲烷在土壤中的建模。该研究将进一步加深对土壤中物理、化学和生物过程的基础科学理解,并解决当前环境地球化学中具有重大实际意义的主题。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命,并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估,被认为值得支持。

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Richard Gross其他文献

Sophorolipid treatment decreases LPS induced inflammatory responses and NO production in macrophages
  • DOI:
    10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.06.103
  • 发表时间:
    2007-09-01
  • 期刊:
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  • 作者:
    Sophia L. Fu;Cathy Mueller;Yin-Yao Lin;Domenico Viterbo;Joelle Pierre;Vishal Shah;Richard Gross;Robert Schulze;Michael Zenilman;Martin Bluth
  • 通讯作者:
    Martin Bluth
Developing and Proving a Framework for Reaction Time Experiments in VR to Objectively Measure Social Interaction with Virtual Agents
开发和验证 VR 反应时间实验框架,以客观测量与虚拟代理的社交互动
A Graphic Approach for Prediction of Arterial Oxygen Tension at Different Concentrations of Inspired Oxygen
  • DOI:
    10.1378/chest.79.3.311
  • 发表时间:
    1981-03-01
  • 期刊:
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  • 作者:
    Richard Gross;Robert H. Israel
  • 通讯作者:
    Robert H. Israel
Visual scanning training with stroke patients
  • DOI:
    10.1016/s0005-7894(84)80015-5
  • 发表时间:
    1984-03-01
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
  • 作者:
    Jeffrey S. Webster;Stanton Jones;Paul Blanton;Richard Gross;G.F. Beissel;John D. Wofford
  • 通讯作者:
    John D. Wofford
Understanding Grief: An Introduction
了解悲伤:简介
  • DOI:
    10.4324/9781315727936
  • 发表时间:
    2015
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    0
  • 作者:
    Richard Gross
  • 通讯作者:
    Richard Gross

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{{ truncateString('Richard Gross', 18)}}的其他基金

NSF Convergence Accelerator Track M: Nature Inspired Bio-manufactured Terminal Hydroxylated Fatty Acid Copolyesters
NSF 融合加速器轨道 M:受自然启发的生物制造末端羟基化脂肪酸共聚酯
  • 批准号:
    2344366
  • 财政年份:
    2024
  • 资助金额:
    $ 13.11万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
PFI-TT: Naturally Derived Safe Adjuvant-Active Pesticide Formulations to Protect Crops from Fungal Diseases
PFI-TT:天然衍生的安全助剂活性农药制剂,可保护农作物免受真菌病害
  • 批准号:
    2141034
  • 财政年份:
    2022
  • 资助金额:
    $ 13.11万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
SusChEM: Collaborative proposal: Engineering increased activity of cutinase toward poly(ethyleneterephthalate) for recycling of plastic
SusChEM:合作提案:通过工程设计提高聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯的角质酶活性,以回收塑料
  • 批准号:
    1930594
  • 财政年份:
    2019
  • 资助金额:
    $ 13.11万
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    Standard Grant
Functional Glycopolymer Tissue Engineering Scaffolds from a Natural Glycolipid with Chondrogenic and Anti-inflammatory Properties
来自具有软骨形成和抗炎特性的天然糖脂的功能性糖聚合物组织工程支架
  • 批准号:
    1508422
  • 财政年份:
    2015
  • 资助金额:
    $ 13.11万
  • 项目类别:
    Continuing Grant
I-Corps: Commercialization of immobilized enzymes, processes and services
I-Corps:固定化酶、工艺和服务的商业化
  • 批准号:
    1445740
  • 财政年份:
    2014
  • 资助金额:
    $ 13.11万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
PFI: Next Generation Bioplastic Nanocomposites
PFI:下一代生物塑料纳米复合材料
  • 批准号:
    1414557
  • 财政年份:
    2013
  • 资助金额:
    $ 13.11万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
Engineering of Aspergillus oryzae cutinase to improve its stability and activity on synthetic polyester substrates
米曲霉角质酶工程提高其在合成聚酯底物上的稳定性和活性
  • 批准号:
    1414309
  • 财政年份:
    2013
  • 资助金额:
    $ 13.11万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
Engineering of Aspergillus oryzae cutinase to improve its stability and activity on synthetic polyester substrates
米曲霉角质酶工程提高其在合成聚酯底物上的稳定性和活性
  • 批准号:
    1067415
  • 财政年份:
    2011
  • 资助金额:
    $ 13.11万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
PFI: Next Generation Bioplastic Nanocomposites
PFI:下一代生物塑料纳米复合材料
  • 批准号:
    1114990
  • 财政年份:
    2011
  • 资助金额:
    $ 13.11万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
Synthesis of Biosurfactants and Evaluation of Their Interfacial Properties
生物表面活性剂的合成及其界面性能评价
  • 批准号:
    0729418
  • 财政年份:
    2007
  • 资助金额:
    $ 13.11万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant

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