• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.219-230
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• 2021

BACKGROUND: Biochar is a solid material converted from agricultural biomass such as crop residues and pruning branch through pyrolysis under limited oxygen supply. Biochar consists of non-degradable carbon (C) double bonds and aromatic ring that are not readily broken down by microbial degradation in the soils. Due to the recalcitrancy of C in biochar, biochar application to the soils is of help in enhancing soil carbon sequestration in arable lands that might be a strategy of agricultural sector to mitigate climate change. METHODS AND RESULTS: Data were collected from studies on the effect of biochar application on soil C content conducted in East Asian countries including China, Japan and Korea under different experimental conditions (incubation, column, pot, and field). The magnitude of soil C storage was positively correlated (p < 0.001) with biochar application rate under field conditions, reflecting accumulation of recalcitrant black C in the biochar. However, The changes in soil C contents per C input from biochar (% per t/ha) were 6.80 in field condition, and 12.58 in laboratory condition. The magnitude of increment of soil C was lower in field than in laboratory conditions due to potential loss of C through weathering of biochar under field conditions. Biochar production condition also affected soil C increment; more C increment was found with biochar produced at a high temperature (over 450℃). CONCLUSION: This review suggests that biochar application is a potential measures of C sequestration in agricultural soils. However, as the increment of soil C biochar was affected by biochar types, further studies are necessary to find better biochar types for enhanced soil C storage.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2000년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.89-91
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• 2000

Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds are highly carcinogenic chemicals and common groundwater contaminants that are observed to persist in soils. The adherence and slow release of PAHs in soil is an obstacle to remediation and complicates the assessment of cleanup standards and risks. Biological degradation of PAHs in soil has been an area of active research because biological treatment may be less costly than conventional pumping technologies or excavation and thermal treatment. Biological degradation also offers the advantage to transform PAHs into non-toxic products such as biomass and carbon dioxide. Ample evidence exists for aerobic biodegradation of PAHs and many bacteria capable of degrading PAHs have been isolated and characterized. However, the microbial degradation of PAHs in sediments is impaired due to the anaerobic conditions that result from the typically high oxygen demand of the organic material present in the soil, the low solubility of oxygen in water, and the slow mass transfer of oxygen from overlying water to the soil environment. For these reasons, anaerobic microbial degradation technologies could help alleviate sediment PAH contamination and offer significant advantages for cost-efficient in-situ treatment. But very little is known about the potential for anaerobic degradation of PAHs in field soils. The objectives of this research were to assess: (1) the potential for biodegradation of PAH in field aged soils under denitrification conditions, (2) to assess the potential for biodegradation of naphthalene in soil microcosms under denitrifying conditions, and (3) to assess for the existence of microorganisms in field sediments capable of degrading naphthalene via denitrification. Two kinds of soils were used in this research: Harbor Point sediment (HPS-2) and Milwaukee Harbor sediment (MHS). Results presented in this seminar indicate possible degradation of PAHs in soil under denitrifying conditions. During the two months of anaerobic degradation, total PAH removal was modest probably due to both the low availability of the PAHs and competition with other more easily degradable sources of carbon in the sediments. For both Harbor Point sediment (HPS-2) and Milwaukee Harbor sediment (MHS), PAH reduction was confined to 3- and 4-ring PAHs. Comparing PAH reductions during two months of aerobic and anaerobic biotreatment of MHS, it was found that extent of PAHreduction for anaerobic treatment was compatible with that for aerobic treatment. Interestingly, removal of PAHs from sediment particle classes (by size and density) followed similar trends for aerobic and anaerobic treatment of MHS. The majority of the PAHs removed during biotreatment came from the clay/silt fraction. In an earlier study it was shown that PAHs associated with the clay/silt fraction in MHS were more available than PAHs associated with coal-derived fraction. Therefore, although total PAH reductions were small, the removal of PAHs from the more easily available sediment fraction (clay/silt) may result in a significant environmental benefit owing to a reduction in total PAH bioavailability. By using naphthalene as a model PAH compound, biodegradation of naphthalene under denitrifying condition was assessed in microcosms containing MHS. Naphthalene spiked into MHS was degraded below detection limit within 20 days with the accompanying reduction of nitrate. With repeated addition of naphthalene and nitrate, naphthalene degradation under nitrate reducing conditions was stable over one month. Nitrite, one of the intermediates of denitrification was detected during the incubation. Also the denitrification activity of the enrichment culture from MHS slurries was verified by monitoring the production of nitrogen gas in solid fluorescence denitrification medium. Microorganisms capable of degrading naphthalene via denitrification were isolated from this enrichment culture.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제17권9호통권89호
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• pp.1284-1289
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• 2007

정수처리 공정에서 생물활성탄 (BAC) 공정은 미생물의 유기물 제거능을 극대화시킨 일종의 생물여과 공정이다 BAC 공정은 유기물과 미생물 재성장능을 효과적으로 제거한다. BAC 공정은 그 수계에 존재하는 미생물들이 활성탄에 부착 ${\cdot}$ 서식하며 수중의 천연유기물질을 기질로 이용하기 때문에 그 수계에 서식하는 미생물 종들에 매우 의존적이다. 본 연구는 낙동강 하류의 배리취수장 원수를 사용하여 생물활성탄에 의한 pilot-plant 공정을 운전하면서 SAC 공정에서의 활성탄 재질별로 배양작 (평판배양법) 및 비배양적 방법 (FISH)을 이용하여 SAC 부착세균의 군집구조 특성을 조사하였다. 실험결과 석탄계 재질의 부착세균 HPC 및 생산력이 각각 $1.20{\times}l0^7{\sim}56.2{\times}l0^7$ CFU/g, $1.2{\sim}3.7\;mg-C/m^3{\cdot}h$ 의 범위를 보여 세균 생체량과 DOC 제거율은 석탄계 재질이 가장 높은 것으로 나타났다. 배양적 방법으로 활성탄 재질별 부착세균을 동정한 결과 Pseudomonas 속이 우접하였고, 그 다음으로 Flavobacterium 속, Alcaligenes 속, Acinetobacter 속, Sphingomonas 속 등의 순으로 동정되었다. 또한, Pseudomonas 속 중 석탄계와 야자계 BAC에서는 Pseudomonas vesicularis, 목탄계 BAC에서는 Pseudomonas cepacia가 우점종으로 분포하였다. 비배양적 방법인 FISH 법을 이용한 세균 군집구조 조사결과 활성탄 재질별로 ${\alpha}$군집 27.0 ${\sim}$ 43.0%, ${\gamma}$ 군집 11.3 ${\sim}$ 28.6%, ${\beta}$ 군집 7.1 ${\sim}$ 22.0% 비율로 나타나 유기물 제거효율은 주로 ${\alpha}$ 군집에 의해 조절되어짐을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.479-499
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• 2019

본 연구는 제주지역 무 주산지에서 재배 방법(유기 vs. 관행)과 토양 종류(화산회토 vs. 비화산회토)에 따른 토양의 화학적 특성, 미생물 활성 그리고 미생물 군집 조성을 분석하고 요인간 연관성을 구명하기 위하여 수행하였다. 전반적으로 유기와 관행의 재배 방식에 따른 토양 화학성은 처리간 뚜렷한 경향을 보이지는 않았으나 토양 미생물체량, 효소 활성, 종 풍부도와 다양성 그리고 미생물 군집 분포 등은 유의한 차이를 보였다. 반면에 토양 종류에 따른 화학성과 미생물 군집 분포 등 미생물학적 특성은 뚜렷한 차이를 보였다. 특히 유기재배 토양에서 관행 대비 토양의 세균, 방선균 및 사상균 그리고 미생물체량이 증가하였으며, Org-NA 토양에서 탈수소효소 활성, 종 풍부도(Chao 1) 그리고 종 다양성(Phyrogenetic diversity) 지수가 가장 높았다. 무 재배 토양에 분포하고 있는 주요 세균 문은 Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Chloroflexi, Firmicutes 그리고 Actinobacteria 등 5종이었으며 재배 방법 및 토양 종류에 관계없이 Proteobacteria 문이 화산회토에서 25.9%, 비화산회토에서 21.9~24.9%로 가장 높은 분포를 보였다. 그리고 대체로 화산회토와 비화산회토 토양 종류별로 유사한 군집 조성을 보였으며, 화산회토에서는 재배 방법별 주요 문의 군집 조성은 큰 차이가 없었으나 비화산회토에서는 차이를 보였다. 특히, Firmicutes는 Org-NA 토양에서 21.0%, Acidobacteria는 Con-A에서 21.6%로 가장 높은 분포를 보였는데 대체로 화산회토와 관행재배 토양에서 높은 경향을 보였다. 또한 재배 방법 및 토양 종류별 미생물 군집을 대표하는 바이오마커를 찾기 위하여 LEfSe 분석을 실시한 결과, Firmicutes 문의 분포가 비화산회토와 유기재배 토양에서 유의하게 증가하였다. 그리고 토양 화학성 중에서 총유기탄소 함량, 유효인산 그리고 치환성칼륨 함량은 Firmicutes 등 주요 세균 문과 유의한 상관관계를 보였다.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.426-435
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• 1995

탄소순환에서 섬모충류에 의한 직접적인 박테리아 섭식의 중요성을 알아보기 위하 여 만경 동진강 염하구에서 1993년 10월부터 1995년 3월까지 4회에 걸쳐 섬모충류의 수도(abundance)와 생물량 그리고 40um 이하의 작은 섬모충류의 박테리아 섭식률을 조 사하였다. 40 um이하의 작은 크기 섬모충류 수도는 전체 섬모충류 수도의 평균49.5%이 상을 차지하였다. 이러한 작은 크기 섬모충류의 박테리아 섭식률은 시간당 18.0106.3 nl cell/SUP -1/로 박테리아의 수도가 증가할수록 여과율은 감소하는 반면, 섭식률은 증가하는 경향을 보여 박테리아의 농도가 섭식률에 영향을 미치는 것으로 보인다. 섬 모충류의 섭식이 박테리아 생산력중 차지하는 비율은 0.1-12.2%로 박테리아 수도가 증 가함에 따라 박테리아 생산력중 섬모충류에 섭식되는 비가 지수적으로 증가하는 경향 ($r^2$=0.62,p$\leq$0.001)을 보였다. 즉, 섬모충류의 섭식이 박테리아에 미치는 영향을 전 형적인 연안에서는 작으나 박테리아의 농도가 높은 부영양화 지역에서는 더 클 것으로 추측된다. 탄소순환에서 작은 섬모충류가 박테리아를 섭식하여 얻는 탄소량은 섬모충 류가 최대생산력 을 나타낼 때 필요탄소량의 평균3.1%에 불과하여 미소순환고리에서 섬모충류는 박테리아의 직접적인 섭식자보다는 최종적인 섭식자로서의 역할이 큰 것으 로 생각된다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.23-32
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• 2010

정체수역에서는 자연적 흐름의 차단으로 인해 자정능력이 떨어지며, 영양염류의 축적으로 인해 부영양화와 같은 문제점이 발생한다. 또한 비점오염물질의 유입은 정체수역 내 난분해성 물질을 증가시킨다. 본 연구에서는 정체수역의 수질개선을 위해 무산소조, 호기1조, 호기2조로 구성된 장치형 상향류 활성탄 생물막 반응기를 도입하여 정체수의 연속적 순환에 따른 오염물질 농도의 변화를 모니터링 하였다. 정체수역을 모사하기 위하여 $2m^3$의 저장탱크에 유원지의 호소수를 저장하였으며, 수질개선을 위한 최적 유입 유량을 산출하기 위하여 HRT가 6 hr, 4 hr, 2 hr 가 되도록 호소수의 유입 유량을 변화시켰다. 이 가운데 HRT 4 hr에서 SS, $BOD_5$, $COD_{Mn}$, $COD_{Cr}$, TN, TP의 제거 효율이 각각 69.8, 83.0, 91.3, 74.1, 74.7, 88.9%로 가장 좋은 수질 개선 효과를 얻을 수 있었다. 이에 HRT를 4 hr로 고정하고 골프장 연못수를 운전했을 때 SS, $BOD_5$, $COD_{Mn}$, $COD_{Cr}$ TN, TP의 제거 효율이 각각 78.5, 78.0, 80.2, 74.9, 55.6, 97.5% 달성되었다. 각 조건에서의 미생물 군집 변화를 PCR-DGGE를 사용하여 분석 결과, 유입수를 골프장 연못수로 교체함에 따라 미생물 군집에 변화가 나타났다. 또한 FISH에 의해 유입 유량 변화에 따른 질산화 미생물량의 변화를 관찰한 결과, HRT 4 hr의 조건에서 질산화 미생물이 가장 우점화됨을 알 수 있었다. 미생물량 및 INT-DHA를 이용한 미생물 활성도 실험 결과, HRT를 낮게 유지하였을 때에도 감소되지 않았다. 따라서 상향류 활성탄 생물막 공정을 정체 수역의 효과적인 수질 개선에 충분히 적용할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.185-191
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• 2012

This study was performed to screen fallow crops during winter period for improvement of soil quality and utilizing as mulching material in watermelon cropping system during winter period. Five fallow crops, mainly, hairy vetch, barley, rye, oat and wheat, were sown in early November. They were mowed for covering the soil surface instead of polyethylene (PE) film before watermelon planting in early April the following year. The highest absorbed nutrients and dry matter yield were found in rye. Bulk density in plots with fallow crop was lower than control plot. There was observed no significant differences among the fallow crops. However, porosity was the lowest in control plot. Soil EC reduced to 12%, 13%, 14%, 16% and 22%, respectively, by cultivation of hairy vetch, oat, wheat, barley and rye. Microbial biomass carbon and dehydrogenase activities were higher in soil treated with gramineous crops, such as barley, rye and oat. The growth of watermelon was more affected by regeneration of fallow crop than the occurrence of weed, especially in plots treated with rye or oat. Also, the fruit damage by aphid was found severe in these treatment plots. The fruit yield in plots treated with hairy vetch and barley was increased 5.7% and 2.6%, respectively, compared to that of PE films. The present experiment findings implied that these fallow crops had significant beneficial effects on improvement of soil qualities and could be utilized for mulching materials in watermelon cropping system.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.397-402
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• 2009

In Korea, salt stress is one of the major problems limiting crop production and eco-environmental quality in greenhouse soil. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of organic residues (Chinese milk vetch, maize stalk, rice straw, and rye straw) for reducing salt activity in greenhouse soil. Organic residues was incorporated with salt-accumulated soil (EC, 3.0 dS $m^{-1}$) at the rate of 5% (wt $wt^{-1}$) and the changes of electrical conductivity (EC) was determined weekly for 8 weeks under incubation condition at $30^{\circ}C$. The EC, microbial biomass carbon (MBC), and water soluble ions in soil was strongly affected by C/N ratio of organic residues. After 8 weeks incubation, the concentration of water soluble $NO_3{^-},\;Ca^{2+}$, and $Mg^{2+}$ was significantly decreased in organic residues having high C/N ratio (maize stalk, rice straw, and rye straw) incorporated soil compared to organic residues having lower C/N ratio (Chinese milk vetch) incorporated soil. The EC value in Chinese milk vetch incorporated soil was higher than control treatment. In contrast, maize stalk, rice straw, and rye straw amended soil was highly decreased the EC value compared to control and Chinese milk vetch applied soil after 4 weeks incubation. Our results indicated that incorporation of organic residues having high C/N ratio (>30) could reduce salt activity resulting from reducing concentration of water soluble ions.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.712-719
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• 2016

Understanding N mineralization dynamics in soil is essential for efficient nutrient management. An anaerobic incubation experiment was conducted to examine N mineralization potential and N mineralization rate of the organic amendments with different C:N ratio in paddy soil. Inorganic N in the soil sample was measured periodically under three temperature conditions ($20^{\circ}C$, $25^{\circ}C$, $30^{\circ}C$) for 90 days. N mineralization was accelerated as the temperature rises by approximately $10%^{\circ}C^{-1}$ in average. Negative correlation ($R^2=0.707$) was observed between soil inorganic N and C:N ratio, while total organic carbon extract ($R^2=0.947$) and microbial biomass C ($R^2=0.824$) in the soil were positively related to C:N ratio. Single exponential model was applied for quantitative evaluation of N mineralization process. Model parameter for N mineralization rate, k, increased in proportion to temperature. N mineralization potential, $N_p$, was very different depending on C:N ratio of organic input. $N_p$ value decreased as C:N ratio increased, ranged from $74.3mg\;kg^{-1}$ in a low C:N ratio (12.0 in hairy vetch) to $15.1mg\;kg^{-1}$ in a high C:N ratio (78.2 in rice straw). This result indicated that the amount of inorganic N available for crop uptake can be predicted by temperature and C:N ratio of organic amendment. Consequently, it is suggested that the amount of organic fertilizer application in paddy soil would be determined based on temperature observations and C:N ratio, which represent the decomposition characteristics of organic amendments.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권10호
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• pp.1292-1298
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• 2022

Soil autotrophic bacterial communities play a significant role in the soil carbon (C) cycle in paddy fields, but little is known about how rhizosphere soil microorganisms respond to different long-term (35 years) fertilization practices under double rice cropping ecosystems in southern China. Here, we investigated the variation characteristics of rhizosphere soil RubisCO gene cbbL in the double rice ecosystems of in southern China where such fertilization practices are used. For this experiment we set up the following fertilizer regime: without any fertilizer input as a control (CK), inorganic fertilizer (MF), straw returning (RF), and organic and inorganic fertilizer (OM). We found that abundances of cbbL, 16S rRNA genes and RubisCO activity in rhizosphere soil with OM, RF and MF treatments were significantly higher than that of CK treatment. The abundances of cbbL and 16S rRNA genes in rhizosphere soil with OM treatment were 5.46 and 3.64 times higher than that of CK treatment, respectively. Rhizosphere soil RubisCO activity with OM and RF treatments increased by 50.56 and 45.22%, compared to CK treatment. Shannon and Chao1 indices for rhizosphere soil cbbL libraries with RF and OM treatments increased by 44.28, 28.56, 29.60, and 23.13% compared to CK treatment. Rhizosphere soil cbbL sequences with MF, RF and OM treatments mainly belonged to Variovorax paradoxus, uncultured proteobacterium, Ralstonia pickettii, Thermononospora curvata, and Azoarcus sp.KH33C. Meanwhile, cbbL-carrying bacterial composition was obviously influenced by soil bulk density, rhizosphere soil dissolved organic C, soil organic C, and microbial biomass C contents. Fertilizer practices were the principal factor influencing rhizosphere soil cbbL-carrying bacterial communities. These results showed that rhizosphere soil autotrophic bacterial communities were significantly changed under conditions of different long-term fertilization practices Therefore, increasing rhizosphere soil autotrophic bacteria community with crop residue and organic manure practices was found to be beneficial for management of double rice ecosystems in southern China.