The Effect of Naphthalene on Oxygen Consumption and Hemoglobin Concentration in Chironomus Attenuatus and on Oxygen Consumption and Life Cycle of Tanytarsus Dissimilis

Darville, Roy G.; Wilhm, Jerry

doi:10.1897/1552-8618(1984)3[135:teonoo]2.0.co;2

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“…Of 11 studies reviewed in table 4.7 of JOHNSON eta/. (1993), only one used Chironomidae: DARVILLE and WlLHM (1984) reported effects of naphthalene on 02 consumption rates of Ch. attenuatus and Tanytarsus dissimi/is.…”

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Freshwater biomonitoring and Chironomidae

Rosenberg

1992

Netherlands Journal of Aquatic Ecology

116

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The use of Chironomidae in the biomonitoring of fresh waters is reviewed. Examples are given for levels of organization from organism to ecosystem, and a separate consideration is devoted to toxicity studies. Morphological deformities and life-history responses of Chironomidae to contaminants are common organism-level indicators. At the species-assemblage level, the classic lake trophic classification scheme, its contemporary derivatives, and paleolimnological approaches have been used extensively. Chironomidae also are essential components of quantitative and qualitative (rapid assessment) community approaches to biomonitoring. Examples of chironomids as components of ecosystem-level studies are rare, but even the few studies done show their value for this purpose. In toxicity testing, Chironomidae frequently are used in single species acute, single species chronic, and multispecies tests for a variety of stressors; Chironomidae could be used profitably in any expansion of toxicity testing involving macroinvertebrates. The review indicated that more emphasis on Chironomidae is required in studies of biochemical and physiological indicators of contaminants (organism level), and on Chironomidae as sentinel organisms (population level). Extensive use of Chironomidae in biomonitoring of fresh waters is consistent with the abundance and taxa richness of this group in natural habitats.

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Freshwater biomonitoring and Chironomidae

Rosenberg

1992

Netherlands Journal of Aquatic Ecology

116

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“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) occur as natural constituents and combustion products of fossil fuels (24,39) and are widespread environmental contaminants (21,26,27). There is toxicological concern about the presence, persistence, and disposition of PAHs in the environment; some low-molecular-weight PAHs are acutely toxic (12,44), most higher-molecular-weight PAHs are genotoxic (38), and there is a potential for their bioaccumulation into food chains (34,37). Chronic exposure to PAHs has been associated with cancerous diseases in aquatic animals (36) and enhanced mutagenicity of sediments (41).…”

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Microbial metabolism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: isolation and characterization of a pyrene-degrading bacterium

Heitkamp

Franklin

Cerniglia

1988

Appl Environ Microbiol

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Microbiological analyses of sediments located near a point source for petrogenic chemicals resulted in the isolation of a pyrene-mineralizing bacterium. This isolate was identified as a Mycobacterium sp. on the basis of its cellular and colony morphology, gram-positive and strong acid-fast reactions, diagnostic biochemical tests, 66.6% G+C content of the DNA, and high-molecular-weight mycolic acids (C58 to C64). The mycobacterium mineralized pyrene when grown in a mineral salts medium supplemented with nutrients but was unable to utilize pyrene as a sole source of carbon and energy. The mycobacterium grew well at 24 and 30°C and minimally at 35°C. No growth was observed at 5 or 42°C. The mycobacterium grew well at salt concentrations up to 4%. Pyrene-induced Mycobacterium cultures mineralized 5% of the pyrene after 6 h and reached a maximum of 48% mineralization within 72 h. Treatment of induced and noninduced cultures with chloramphenicol showed that pyrene-degrading enzymes were inducible in this Mycobacterium sp. This bacterium could also mineralize other polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and alkyl-and nitro-substituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons including naphthalene, phenanthrene, fluoranthene, 3-methylcholanthrene, 1-nitropyrene, and 6-nitrochrysene. This is the first report of a bacterium able to extensively mineralize pyrene and other polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons containing four aromatic rings.

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“…Naphthalene, a dicyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, and its methylated derivatives are considered some of the most acutely toxic compounds in the water-soluble fraction of petroleum (1). Exposure to naphthalene has caused a decrease in hemoglobin concentration and inhibited oxygen consumption in various experimental organisms (15,46).…”

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Naphthalene biodegradation in environmental microcosms: estimates of degradation rates and characterization of metabolites

Heitkamp¹,

Freeman²,

Cerniglia³

1987

Appl Environ Microbiol

105

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Naphthalene biodegradation was investigated in microcosms containing sediment and water collected from three ecosystems which varied in past exposure to anthropogenic and petrogenic chemicals. Mineralization half-lives for naphthalene in microcosms ranged from 2.4 weeks in sediment chronically exposed to petroleum hydrocarbons to 4.4 weeks in sediment from a pristine environment. Microbiological analysis of sediments indicated that hydrocarbon-utilizing microbial populations also varied among ecosystems and were 5 to 12 times greater in sediment after chronic petrogenic chemical exposure than in sediment from an uncontaminated ecosystem. Sediment from an ecosystem exposed to agricultural chemicals had a mineralization half-life of 3.2 weeks for naphthalene and showed about a 30-fold increase in heterotrophic bacterial populations in comparison to uncontaminated sediments, but only a 2to 3-fold increase in hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria. Analysis of organic solvent-extractable residues from the microcosms by high-pressure liquid chromatography detected polar metabolites which accounted for 1 to 3% of the total radioactivity. Purification of these residues by thin-layer chromatography and further analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry indicated that cis-1,2-dihydroxy-1,2-dihydronaphthalene, 1-naphthol, salicylic acid, and catechol were metabolites of naphthalene. These results provide useful estimates for the rates of naphthalene mineralization in different natural ecosystems and on the degradative pathway for microbial metabolism of naphthalene in freshwater and estuarine environments.

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The Effect of Naphthalene on Oxygen Consumption and Hemoglobin Concentration in Chironomus Attenuatus and on Oxygen Consumption and Life Cycle of Tanytarsus Dissimilis

Cited by 7 publications

References 9 publications

Freshwater biomonitoring and Chironomidae

Freshwater biomonitoring and Chironomidae

Microbial metabolism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: isolation and characterization of a pyrene-degrading bacterium

Naphthalene biodegradation in environmental microcosms: estimates of degradation rates and characterization of metabolites

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