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Your Environment. Your Health.

Project Publications: University of Iowa: Mitigating Airborne PCB Emissions from Sediments with Black Carbon Materials and PCB-Degrading Biofilms

Superfund Research Program

Mitigating Airborne PCB Emissions from Sediments with Black Carbon Materials and PCB-Degrading Biofilms

Project Leader: Timothy E. Mattes
Co-Investigators: Jerald L. Schnoor, Andres Martinez, Gregory LeFevre
Grant Number: P42ES013661
Funding Period: 2020-2025
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Publications

2024

  • Dong Q, LeFevre G, Mattes TE. 2024. Black carbon impacts on Paraburkholderia xenovorans strain LB400 cell enrichment and activity: Implications toward lower-chlorinated polychlorinated biphenyls biodegradation potential. Environ Sci Technol 58(8):3895-3907. doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c09183 PMID:38356175 PMCID:10902836

2023

  • Bako CM, Martinez A, Marek RF, Hornbuckle KC, Schnoor JL, Mattes TE. 2023. Lab-scale biodegradation assay using passive samplers to determine microorganisms' ability to reduce polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) volatilization from contaminated sediment. MethodsX 10:102039. doi:10.1016/j.mex.2023.102039 PMID:36798837 PMCID:PMC9926300
  • Dang H, Ewald JM, Mattes TE. 2023. Genome-resolved metagenomics and metatranscriptomics reveal insights into the ecology and metabolism of anaerobic microbial communities in PCB-contaminated sediments. Environ Sci Technol 57(43):16386-16398. doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c05439 PMID:37856784 PMCID:PMC10621002
  • Nagorzanski MR, Qian J, Martinez A, Cwiertny DM. 2023. Electrospun nanofiber mats as sorbents for polar emerging organic contaminants: demonstrating tailorable material performance for uptake of neonicotinoid insecticides from water. J Hazard Mater Adv 9:100219. doi:10.1016/j.hazadv.2022.100219 PMID:37006725 PMCID:PMC1006322

2022

  • Bako CM, Martinez A, Ewald JM, Hua J, Ramotowski DJ, Dong Q, Schnoor JL, Mattes TE. 2022. Aerobic bioaugmentation to decrease polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) emissions from contaminated sediments to air. Environ Sci Technol 56(20):14338-14349. doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c01043 PMID:36178372 PMCID:PMC9583607
  • Ewald JM, Schnoor JL, Mattes TE. 2022. Combined read- and assembly-based metagenomics to reconstruct a Dehalococcoides mccartyi genome from PCB-contaminated sediments and evaluate functional differences among organohalide-respiring consortia in the presence of different halogenated contaminants. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 98(7):doi:10.1093/femsec/fiac067 PMID:35665806
  • Ewald JM, Schnoor JL, Mattes TE. 2022. Metagenomes, metagenome-assembled genomes, and metatranscriptomes from polychlorinated biphenyl-contaminated sediment microcosms. Microbiol Resour Ann 4:doi:10.1128/mra.01126-21 PMID:35766865

2021

  • Bako CM, Mattes TE, Marek RF, Hornbuckle KC, Schnoor JL. 2021. Biodegradation of PCB congeners by Paraburkholderia xenovorans LB400 in presence and absence of sediment during lab bioreactor experiments. Environ Pollut 271:116364. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116364 PMID:33412450 PMCID:PMC818316
  • Bako CM, Mattes TE, Marek RF, Hornbuckle KC, Schnoor JL. 2021. Dataset describing biodegradation of individual polychlorinated biphenyl congeners (PCBs) by Paraburkholderia xenovorans LB400 in presence and absence of sediment slurry. Data Brief 35:106821. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2021.106821 PMID:33604434 PMCID:PMC7873373
  • Chen W, Hou X, Liu Y, Hu X, Liu J, Schnoor JL, Jiang G. 2021. Medium- and short-chain chlorinated paraffins in mature maize plants and corresponding agricultural soils. Environ Sci Technol 55:4669-4678. doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c05111 PMID:33754697
  • Hou X, Wei L, Tang Y, Kong W, Liu J, Schnoor JL, Jiang G. 2021. Two typical glycosylated metabolites of Tetrabromobisphenol A formed in plants: Excretion and deglycosylation in plant root zones. Environ Sci Technol Lett 8(4):313-319. doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00084 PMID:34805424 PMCID:PMC8603600
  • Li Y, Bako CM, Saktrakulkla P, Lehmler H, Hornbuckle KC, Schnoor JL. 2021. Interconversion between methoxylated, hydroxylated and sulfated metabolites of PCB 3 in whole poplar plants. Sci Total Environ 785:147341. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147341 PMID:33933776 PMCID:PMC8610232
  • Mattes TE, Ewald JM, Liang Y, Martinez A, Awad AM, Hornbuckle KC, Schnoor JL. 2021. Microbial communities in polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated wastewater lagoon sediments: PCB congener, quantitative PCR, and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing datasets. Data Brief 39:107546. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2021.107546 PMID:34820490 PMCID:PMC8601980
  • Mattes TE, Ingalls AE, Burke S, Morris RM. 2021. Metabolic flexibility of SUP05 under low DO growth condition. Environ Microbiol 23:2823-2833. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15226 PMID:32893469 PMCID:PMC7936001
  • Zhang Q, Kong W, Wei L, Hou X, Ma Q, Liu Y, Luo Y, Liao C, Liu J, Schnoor JL, Jiang G. 2021. Compartmentalization and excretion of 2,4,6-tribromophenol sulfation and glycosylation conjugates in rice plants. Environ Sci Technol 55:2980-2990. doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c07184 PMID:33544574

2020

  • Chen W, Yu M, Zhang Q, Hou X, Kong W, Wei L, Mao X, Liu J, Schnoor JL, Jiang G. 2020. Metabolism of SCCPs and MCCPs in suspension rice cells based on paired mass distance (PMD) analysis. Environ Sci Technol 54:9990-9999. doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c01830 PMID:32600037
  • Qian J, Martinez A, Marek RF, Nagorzanski MR, Zhi H, Furlong ET, Kolpin DW, LeFevre G, Cwiertny DM. 2020. Polymeric nanofiber-carbon nanotube composite mats as fast-equilibrium passive samplers for polar organic contaminants. Environ Sci Technol 54:6703-6712. doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c00609 PMID:32343558 PMCID:PMC7665838
  • Zhang Q, Kong W, Wei L, Wang Y, Luo Y, Wang P, Liu J, Schnoor JL, Jiang G. 2020. Uptake, phytovolatilization, and interconversion of 2,4-dibromophenol and 2,4-dibromoanisole in rice plants. Environ Int 142:105888. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2020.105888 PMID:32593840 PMCID:PMC7670850
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