Patterns of benthic bacterial diversity in coastal areas contaminated by heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

GM Quero, D Cassin, M Botter, L Perini… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Prokaryotes in coastal sediments are fundamental players in the ecosystem functioning and
regulate processes relevant in the global biogeochemical cycles. Nevertheless, knowledge …

Recovery of Bacillus thuringiensis from Marine Sediments of Japan

M Maeda, E Mizuki, Y Nakamura, T Hatano… - Current microbiology, 2000 - Springer
Marine sediments from a Japanese bay were examined for the occurrence of Bacillus
thuringiensis. Of 1313 colonies belonging to the Bacillus cereus/B. thuringiensis group, 22 …

Using benthic macroinvertebrates as bioindicators to evaluate the impact of anthropogenic stressors on water quality and sediment properties of a West African lagoon

TA Adesakin, EI Erhomosele, OF Ogunrinola… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
This study aimed to investigate the impact of anthropogenic stressors (landfilling, navigation
for transport of goods, cooling in fossil fuel, urbanization, industrial expansion, agriculture …

Microbiome dynamics of a polychlorobiphenyl (PCB) historically contaminated marine sediment under conditions promoting reductive dechlorination

B Matturro, C Ubaldi, S Rossetti - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The toxicity of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) can be efficiently reduced in contaminated
marine sediments through the reductive dechlorination (RD) process lead by anaerobic …

Culturable heterotrophic bacteria in seawater and Mytilus galloprovincialis from a Mediterranean area (Northern Ionian Sea – Italy)

RA Cavallo, MI Acquaviva, L Stabili - Environmental monitoring and …, 2009 - Springer
Abstract Although Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Ionian Sea, Italy) is one of the most important
Mytilus galloprovincialis farming areas, data concerning the natural bacterial microbiota of …

The composition of cultivable bacteria, bacterial pollution, and environmental variables of the coastal areas: An example from the Southeastern Black Sea, Turkey

S Kalkan, G Altuğ - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020 - Springer
The composition and metabolic properties of cultivable heterotrophic aerobic bacteria, the
levels of indicator bacteria, and physicochemical parameters were investigated in the …

Biofilm formation by Pseudoalteromonas ruthenica and its removal by chlorine

P Saravanan, YV Nancharaiah, VP Venugopalan… - Biofouling, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
The distribution of a recently described marine bacterium, SBT 033 GenBank Accession No.
AY723742), Pseudoalteromonas ruthenica, at the seawater intake point, outfall and mixing …

Recent evolution of the physical–chemical characteristics of a Site of National Interest—the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Ionian Sea)—and changes over the last 20 years

M Kralj, C De Vittor, C Comici, F Relitti… - … Science and Pollution …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Mar Piccolo of Taranto, classified as a 'Site of National Interest'(SIN), is a semi-
enclosed basin divided into two inlets with lagoon features and sea influences, seriously …

Multimodal analysis of south-eastern Black Sea sediment bacterial population diversity

S Kalkan - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
This study focused on marine sediments from the Black Sea, mainly due to bacterial diversity-
induced public health/biotechnology application value. Sediment samples were gathered …

Effect of abattoir waste water on physico-chemical characteristics of soil and sediment in Southern Nigeria

DN Ogbonna, TJK Ideriah - Journal of Scientific …, 2014 - article.researchpromo.com
Aim: The study was carried out to evaluate the biophysical properties of samples
contaminated by abattoir wastes. The study aims to determine the physico-chemical …