Effects of 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium nitrate on the microbes in brown soil

摘要

The toxicity of ionic liquids(ILs) on soil organisms has aroused wide attention due to their high-solubility. The present investigation focused on the toxicity of 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium nitrate([C_8mim]NO_3) on the microbial populations(bacteria, fungi, and actinomycetes), soil enzyme(urease, dehydrogenase, acid phosphatase, and β-glucosidase)activities, microbial community diversity using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism(T-RFLP), and abundance of the ammonia monooxygenase(amoA) genes of ammonia-oxidizing archaea(AOA) and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria(AOB) using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction(q-PCR) in brown soil at each trial with doses of 0, 1.0, 5.0,and 10.0 mg/kg on days 10, 20, 30, and 40. The contents of [C_8mim]NO_3 in soil were measured using high performance liquid chromatography with recoveries of 84.3% to 85.2%, and changed less than 10% during the experimental period. A significant decrease was observed from the bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes populations at 10.0 mg/kg, at which the urease activity was inhibited and the β-glucosidase activity was stimulated on days 20, 30, and 40. In addition, [C_8mim]NO_3 inhibited the dehydrogenase activity at 10 mg/kg on days 30 and 40 and the acid phosphatase activity on day 20. The diversity of the soil microbial community and the gene abundance of AOA-and AOB-amo A were also inhibited. Furthermore, the present investigation provided more scientific information for the toxicity evaluation of ILs in soil.