Chlorine isotope fractionation during microbial reduction of perchlorate

Perchlorate contamination of surface water and groundwater is an emerging public health problem that has adversely affected the drinking water supplies of millions of people in the western United States. Microbial reduction has shown promise as a cost-effective means for in situ bioremediation of perchlorate-contaminated water. Measurements of stable isotope ratios of light elements (H, C, N, O, S, Cl) can often be used to distinguish biodegradation of organic and inorganic molecules from abiotic loss mechanisms such as adsorption, dispersion, or volatilization because of the relatively large kinetic isotope effects accompanying biodegradation. We quantified chlorine isotope fractionation during perchlorate biodegradation by a common perchlorate-reducing bacterium, Dechlorosoma suillum, initially isolated from a perchlorate-contaminated groundwater source in southern California. The values of the chlorine isotopic fractionation factor alpha derived from two microcosm experiments were alpha = 0.9834 +/- 0.0001 (R2 = 0.9999) and alpha = 0.9871 +/- 0.0008 (R2 = 0.9832). These alpha values indicate that the rate of the 35ClO4 reduction is approximately 1.3-1.7% faster than that of the 37ClO4 reduction. This relatively large kinetic isotope effect indicates that chlorine isotope analysis provides a sensitive technique by which to document in situ bioremediation of perchlorate in groundwater.     

天然色素,着色性与功能性俱佳

食用色素与食品密不可分,它能够赋予食品诱人的色泽,为消费者带来强烈的购买欲。食用色素从来源上可分为天然色素和合成色素两大类。顾名思义,天然色素是指来源于天然植物的根、茎、花、叶、果实以及动物和微生物的一类色素的总称;合成色素是指通过人工合成方法制成的有机色素,主要以煤焦油中分离出的苯胺染料为原料制成。在很长一段时间内,     

Temporal trends in the isotope signature of air-borne sulfur in Central Europe

In various parts of the Northern hemisphere air-borne S exhibits a seasonality, with isotopically light (i.e., 32S-rich) sulfur predominating in the warm summer months. Such seasonality has been reported from the United States, Canada, Japan, and China. Elevated biological emissions of isotopically light S in summer, a temperature-dependent isotope fractionation accompanying the oxidation of SO2, and heavy rains in winter bringing 34S-rich marine S have been suggested as the controlling mechanisms. In the atmosphere of Central Europe, one of the most severely polluted regions of the world, we have found an opposite seasonal trend: Isotopically light SO2-S predominates in the cold winter months, whereas isotopically heavy SO2-S is typical of the summer. The low delta34S values of air-borne SO2 in winter are influenced by low-delta34S emissions from local coal-burning power plants. The coal contains isotopically light S (mean delta34S of 1.6/1000). Higher demand for electricity during the heating season leads to higher anthropogenic S emission rates in winter. On a yearly basis, atmospheric sulfate S in Central Europe is isotopically heavier than atmospheric SO2-S by 4/1000. Atmospheric oxidation of SO2 is accompanied by an isotope fractionation resulting in 34S-enriched sulfate. In addition to the seasonality in air-borne delta34S(SO2), we report also an interannual trend of 1/1000 yr(-1) toward isotopically light sulfate S in atmospheric deposition. This interannual trend cannot be explained by a change in pollution sources accompanying the present massive environmental cleanup. To investigate the role of biological S emissions from the soil of heavily polluted ecosystems, we conducted a series of laboratory experiments using repacked soil columns and 34S-enriched precipitation under summer and winter temperatures. These experiments indicate that, under summer temperatures, the 34S-labeled precipitation is largely captured by the upper organic-rich soil horizons, a high proportion (53-74%) of S input is revolatilized, and the biologically reemitted S is isotopically light. Under winter temperatures more precipitation S is leached to the bottom of the soil columns. Our experiments have shown that biological emissions in Central Europe can be sizable. Yet, they cannot be singled out in the overall SO2 isotope pattern in the atmosphere. The main reason is continuous, variable (0-4/1000), open-system depletion in 34S in the residual SO2 during the isotopically selective SO2-to-SO4(2-) conversion.     

同位素稀释离子色谱-串联质谱法同时测定食品中的氯酸盐和高氯酸盐

目的建立一种同位素稀释离子色谱-串联质谱法测定食品中氯酸盐和高氯酸盐含量的分析方法。方法一般试样经0.2%乙酸水溶液提取,含乳样品加入乙酸锌溶液和亚铁氰化钾溶液进行沉淀,C_(18)-SPE小柱净化,离子色谱-串联质谱法测定,内标法定量。结果高氯酸盐在0.015~10μg/L浓度范围内有良好的线性关系,相关系数r0.999,检出限为0.5μg/kg,定量限为1.5μg/kg,加标回收率为80.0~101%,相对标准偏差(relative standard deviation,RSD)小于6.0%,氯酸盐在0.05~20μg/L浓度范围内有良好的线性关系,相关系数r0.999,检出限为1.5μg/kg,定量限为5.0μg/kg,加标回收率在80.0%~97.1%,相对标准偏差(relative standard deviation,RSD)小于6.0%。结论该方法简便、可靠、稳定,可用于各类食品中高氯酸盐和氯酸盐含量的快速测定与确认。     

Determination of perchlorate in infant formula by isotope dilution ion chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry

A sensitive and selective isotope dilution ion chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (ID IC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for the determination of perchlorate in infant formula. The perchlorate was extracted from infant formula by using 20 ml of methanol and 5 ml of 1% acetic acid. All samples were spiked with (18)O(4) isotope-labelled perchlorate internal standard prior to extraction. After purification on a graphitised carbon solid-phase extraction column, the extracts were injected into an ion chromatography system equipped with an Ionpac AS20 column for separation of perchlorate from other anions. The presence of perchlorate in samples was quantified by isotope dilution mass spectrometry. Analysis of both perchlorate and its isotope-labelled internal standard was carried out on a Waters Quattro Ultima triple quadrupole mass spectrometer operating in a multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) negative ionisation mode. The method was validated for linearity and range, accuracy, precision, sensitivity, and matrix effects. The limit of quantification (LOQ) was 0.4 μg l(-1) for liquid infant formula and 0.95 μg kg(-1) for powdered infant formula. The recovery ranged from 94% to 110% with an average of 98%. This method was used to analyse 39 infant formula, and perchlorate concentrations ranging from 相似文献   

Natural isotope fractionation in the discrimination of sugar origins

More than 500 carbohydrate samples have been characterised by hydrogen, carbon and oxygen isotopic parameters measured on ethanol and water resulting from controlled fermentation. Different chemical states of the carbohydrate pool have been considered: polysaccharides from cereals, tubers and leguminosae (maize, sorghum, rice, wheat, barley, potato, bean), glucose, fructose and sucrose from fruits (pineapple, citrus, apple, soft fruits), sucrose from sugar plants (beet, cane). The overall carbon-13 content of ethanol and the deuterium and oxygen-18 contents of water before fermentation were determined by mass spectrometry of isotope ratios whereas the investigation of site-specific natural isotope fractionation by deuterium NMR has provided access to the deuterium contents in the methyl (I) and methylene (II) sites of ethanol. The results have been analysed in the multidimensional space of these isotopic variables. Hierarchical clustering, principal component and discriminant analyses have been performed. Among fruits, for example, the pineapple group exhibits a 100% discrimination with respect to the apple and citrus groups which are themselves well distinguished. A still higher discrimination is reached between the three groups, citrus, cane and beet, and the addition of 10% exogenous cane or beet sucrose to citrus juice is unambiguously detected.     

Rate of oxygen isotope exchange between selenate and water

The rate of oxygen isotope exchange between selenate and water was investigated at conditions of 10 to 80 °C and pH -0.6 to 4.4. Oxygen isotope exchange proceeds as a first-order reaction, and the exchange rate is strongly affected by reaction temperature and pH, with increased rates of isotope exchange at higher temperature and lower pH. Selenate speciation (HSeO(4)(-) vs SeO(4)(2-)) also has a significant effect on the rate of isotope exchange. The half-life for isotope exchange at example natural conditions (25 °C and pH 7) is estimated to be significantly in excess of 10(6) years. The very slow rate of oxygen isotope exchange between selenate and water under most environmental conditions demonstrates that selenate-δ(18)O signatures produced by biogeochemical processes will be preserved and hence that it will be possible to use the value of selenate-δ(18)O to investigate the biogeochemical behavior of selenate, in an analogous fashion to the use of sulfate-δ(18)O to study the biogeochemical behavior of sulfate.     

同位素稀释-超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法测定茶叶中的高氯酸盐

目的建立茶叶中高氯酸盐的超高效液相色谱-串联质谱测定方法。方法茶叶中高氯酸盐用0.2%乙酸提取,经石墨炭黑柱净化,优选Synergi~(TM)MAX-RP柱(4.6 mm×250 mm,4μm)为分析柱,以超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法测定,内标法定量。结果高氯酸盐在0.25~50.0μg/L范围内线性良好,回归方程y=1.569x+0.0268,相关系数r~2=0.999 6。加标浓度为0.05~0.50 mg/kg时,回收率95.6%~120.0%,相对标准偏差(RSD)1.9%~17.5%。检出限为2.5μg/kg。结论本方法前处理简单、准确、灵敏度高,适用于茶叶中高氯酸盐的测定。     

Identifying sources of nitrogen to Hanalei Bay, Kauai, utilizing the nitrogen isotope signature of macroalgae

Sewage effluent, storm runoff, discharge from polluted rivers, and inputs of groundwater have all been suggested as potential sources of land derived nutrients into Hanalei Bay, Kauai. We determined the nitrogen isotopic signatures (delta(15)N) of different nitrate sources to Hanalei Bay along with the isotopic signature recorded by 11 species of macroalgal collected in the Bay. The macroalgae integrate the isotopic signatures of the nitrate sources over time, thus these data along with the nitrate to dissolved inorganic phosphate molar ratios (N:P) of the macroalgae were used to determine the major nitrate source to the bay ecosystem and which of the macro-nutrients is limiting algae growth, respectively. Relatively low delta(15)N values (average -0.5% per hundred) were observed in all algae collected throughout the Bay; implicating fertilizer, rather than domestic sewage, as an important external source of nitrogen to the coastal water around Hanalei. The N:P ratio in the algae compared to the ratio in the Bay waters imply that the Hanalei Bay coastal ecosystem is nitrogen limited and thus, increased nitrogen input may potentially impact this coastal ecosystem and specifically the coral reefs in the Bay. Identifying the major source of nutrient loading to the Bay is important for risk assessment and potential remediation plans.     

drupa 2004展示印刷的前景

被誉为全球印刷业界“奥林匹克”盛会的drupa 2004国际印刷媒体、出版和纸品加工展览会将于今年5月6日在德国杜塞尔多夫展览中心拉开帷幕。据有关方面预计,届时我国印刷及设备器材行业将有5000余人前往参观。即使是没有机会亲临现场的业内人士,也无疑会对这一盛会给予极大的关注。为了使国内印刷业同仁能够在展会开幕前就对本届drupa展会有更好的了解,本刊于本期推出了“drupa观展指南”专题。本专题由二部分组成,前一部分是10篇国外印刷界专家撰写的文章,从各不同角度介绍和分析了当前印刷业各相关技术的发展趋势,也提示参观者在展会上看什么,怎么看?本专题的后一部分是国内外的一些知名参展商将在展会上推出的热点产品;穿插在专题当中的还有与本届展览相关的各种信息,可供参观人员参考。愿本专题能为即将赴德参观drupa2004的人士以及虽然不能亲临展会现场但密切关注drupa2004的本刊广大读者提供有益的帮助。这即是本刊编辑这一专题的初衷。     

稳定氢氧同位素鉴别非还原（NFC）橙汁真实性应用初探

利用稳定同位素比值质谱仪（IRMS）测定橙汁水中δD和δ^18O,结果表明非还原（NFC）橙汁水中δD和δ^18O要明显高于地下水;橙汁蒸发浓缩后会富集D和^18O,但加水还原后产品水中δD和δ^18O均低于原橙汁,且产品水中δD和δ^18O与加水量呈负相关性关系,可用于鉴别还原（FC）橙汁和非还原（NFC）橙汁。     

酿造食醋中碳、氧同位素比值的测定及应用研究

以酿造食醋为研究对象,建立元素分析/连续流-稳定同位素比质谱法（EA/GasBench Ⅱ-IRMS）测定食醋总碳、水中氧同位素比值（δ13C和δ18O）的方法。通过优化稀释倍数与进样体积,得到δ13C值测定最佳条件为食醋稀释2倍,进样体积1.0 μL;通过优化平衡时间和样品体积,得到δ18O值测定时平衡时间为24 h,样品体积为500 μL。结果表明,在最佳条件下,食品样品碳同位素比测定值标准偏差（SD）值均＜0.30‰,氧的同位素比测定值的SD值均＜0.10‰,表明该测定方法的稳定性较好。山西食醋总碳δ13C值分布在-23.26‰～-20.80‰,水中氧的δ18O值在-5.66‰～-4.49‰;镇江食醋总碳δ13C值在-25.93‰～-20.70‰,水中氧的δ18O值在-8.35‰～-5.61‰;结合碳氧同位素比值分析,可以将山西老陈醋、镇江香醋和镇江陈醋区分开（P＜0.01）。     

Stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope composition of waters from mine tailings in different climatic environments

The stable isotope composition of waters (delta2H, delta18O) can be used as a natural tracer of hydrologic processes in systems affected by acid mine drainage. We investigated the delta2H and delta18O values of pore waters from four oxidizing sulfidic mine tailings impoundments in different climatic regions of Chile (Piuquenes at La Andina with Alpine climate, Cauquenes and Carén at El Teniente with Mediterranean climate, and Talabre at the Chuquicamata deposit with hyperarid climate). No clear relationship was found between altitude and isotopic composition. The observed displacement of the tailings pore waters from the local meteoric water line toward higher delta18O values (by approximately +2 per thousand delta18O relative to delta2H) is partly due to water-rock interaction processes, including hydration and O-isotope exchange with sulfates and Fe(III) oxyhydroxides produced by pyrite oxidation. In most tailings, from the saturated zone toward the surface, isotopically different zones can be distinguished. Zone I is characterized by an upward depletion of 2H and 18O in the pore waters from the saturated zone and the lowermost vadose zone, due to ascending diffused isotopically light water triggered by the constant loss of water vapor by evaporation at the surface. In zone II, the capillary flow of a mix of vapor and liquid water causes an evaporative isotopic enrichment in 2H and 18O. At the top of the tailings in dry climate a zone III between the capillary zone and the surface contains isotopically light diffused and atmospheric water vapor. In temperate climates, the upper part of the profile is affected by recent rainfall and zone III may not differ isotopically from zone II.     

基于稳定氢氧同位素技术的花生油掺假检测技术研究

建立了高温裂解/元素分析-稳定同位素比值质谱联用技术（TC/EA-IRMS）测定油脂稳定氢氧同位素比值（δ2H和δ18O）的方法,并根据氢氧同位素特征开展花生油掺假检测技术研究。对28个花生样品、5个大豆样品和6个油菜籽样品榨油后测定δ2H值和δ18O值,结果发现三种油的δ2H值分布范围分别为-231.50‰~-213.69‰、-183.11‰~-169.53‰和-192.17‰~-175.82‰;δ18O值分布范围为14.06‰~16.77‰、19.77‰~20.98‰和24.31‰~27.45‰;其中花生油的δ2H值与大豆油和菜籽油存在显著性差异（p＜0.01）,模拟实验表明根据氢氧同位素特征可检测花生油中掺入大豆油或菜籽油。通过对氢氧同位素比值的二维分布对比,可以更为全面的评价和鉴别花生油的掺杂掺假情况,为花生油的掺假鉴别提供了研究基础和技术支持。     

Tracing the geographic origin of poultry meat and dried beef with oxygen and strontium isotope ratios

Two promising isotope ratios, the δ¹⁸O of the water fraction, as extracted by azeotropic distillation, and the ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr of the ash fraction were tested for their applicability to determine the geographic origin. In two sampling phases, in total 78 fresh poultry breast meat and 72 dried beef samples, independent from each other and originating from different countries, were analysed. The δ¹⁸O was measured with isotope ratio mass spectrometry and the isotope abundance ratio of ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr with a multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. With δ¹⁸O it was possible to distinguish (p < 0.001) poultry and dried beef samples according to their country of origin. The beef data suggests that the procedure of processing is of only low additional influence on δ¹⁸O and, if so, it seems to reduce the initial between-country differences. The ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio did not give sufficient indications for differentiation by geographic origin in either poultry meat or dried beef in the smaller, first phase, data set and was therefore not further tested.     

Strontium and oxygen isotope fingerprinting of green coffee beans and its potential to proof authenticity of coffee

Multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) and Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS) were applied to combine strontium and oxygen isotope abundance ratios of green coffees from 20 geographical origins in order to evaluate the suitability of these parameters as indicators of geographical origin, which is an important parameter of coffee quality. Results show that both isotopic systems of green coffee beans show a relation to environmental factors that influence processes occurring during the growth of the coffee bean. The final results allowed discrimination of local provenances investigated in this study by principal component analysis (PCA) and exhibit the potential to proof authenticity of world coffees. A good discrimination was obtained especially for coffee of South America region and coffees originating from islands.     

Origin of oxygen in sulfate during pyrite oxidation with water and dissolved oxygen: an in situ horizontal attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy isotope study

FeS2 (pyrite) is known to react with water and dissolved molecular oxygen to form sulfate and iron oxyhydroxides. This process plays a large role in the environmentally damaging phenomenon known as acid mine drainage. An outstanding scientific issue has been whether the oxygen in the sulfate and oxyhydroxide product was derived from water and/or dissolved oxygen. By monitoring the reaction in situ with horizontal attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy, it was found that when using 18O isotopically substituted water, the majority of the infrared absorbance due to sulfate product red-shifted approximately 70 cm(-1) relative to the absorbance of sulfate using H(2)16O as a reactant. Bands corresponding to the iron oxyhydroxide product did not shift. These results indicate water as the primary source of oxygen in the sulfate product, while the oxygen atoms in the iron oxyhydroxide product are obtained from dissolved molecular oxygen.     

Comparative assessments of benzene, toluene, and xylene natural attenuation by quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis of a catabolic gene, signature metabolites, and compound-specific isotope analysis

A controlled-release study conducted at Vandenberg Air Force Base involved the injection of anaerobic groundwater amended with benzene, toluene, and o-xylene (BToX; 1-3 mg/L each) in two parallel lanes: lane A injectate contained no ethanol, whereas lane B injectate contained approximately 500 mg/L ethanol. As reported previously by Mackay and co-workers, ethanol led to slower BToX disappearance in lane B. Here, we report on assessments of BToX natural attenuation by three independent and specific monitoring approaches: signature metabolites diagnostic of anaerobic TX metabolism (benzysuccinates), compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA), and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) analysis of a catabolic gene involved in anaerobic TX degradation (bssA). In combination, the three monitoring methods provided strong evidence of in situ TX biodegradation in both lanes A and B; however, no single method provided strong evidence for TX biodegradation in both lanes. Benzylsuccinates were detected almost exclusively in lane B, where slower TX degradation and higher residual TX concentrations led to higher metabolite concentrations. In contrast, CSIA provided evidence of TX biodegradation almost exclusively in lane A, as greater degradation rates led to more pronounced isotopic enrichment. qPCR analyses of bssA were more complex. Evidence of increases in bssA copy number (up to 200-fold) after the release started was stronger in lane A, but higher absolute bssA copy number (and bacterial abundance, based on 16S rRNA genes) was observed in lane B, where bacteria genetically capable of anaerobic TX degradation may have been growing primarily on ethanol or its metabolites rather than TX.