Behavior Assessment of Moderately Halophilic Bacteria in Brines Highly Enriched with Heavy Metals: Sfax solar saltern (Tunisia), A Case Study

References

• Ahmady AS, Jafari N. 2012. Evaluation of parameters effective in nickel uptake by Pseudomonas and Bacillus. Biol J Microorganism. 1:47–56.
   Google Scholar
• Amdouni R. 2000. Chemical study of free brine in solar salt works of Sfax saline (E.S of Tunisia). 8th World Salt Symposium Netherlands p. 501–506.
   Google Scholar
• Amoozegar MA, Fatemi AZ, Heidari HRK, Razavi MR. 2007. Production of an extracellular alkaline metalloprotease from a newly isolated, moderately halophile, Salinivibrio sp. strain AF-2004. Microbiol Res. 162:369–377.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Amoozegar MA, Ghazanfari N, Didari M. 2012. Lead and cadmium bioremoval by Halomonas sp., an exopolysaccharide-producing halophilic bacterium. Progress Biol Sci. 2:1–11.
   Google Scholar
• Azri C, Maalej A, Tlili A, Medhioub K. 2002. Caractérisation du niveau de pollution atmosphérique dans la ville de Sfax (Tunisie): influence des sources et des facteurs météorologiques. Tech Sci Méth 1:78–92.
   Google Scholar
• Azri C, Maalej A, Medhioub K, Rosset R. 2007. Evolution of atmospheric pollutants in the city of Sfax (Tunisia) (October 1996–June 1997). Atmosfera. 20:223–246.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Azri C, Abida H, Medhioub K. 2009. Geochemical behavior of the Tunisian background aerosols in sirocco wind circulations. Adv Atmos Sci. 26(3):390–402.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Azri C, Abida H, Medhioub K. 2010. Geochemical behaviour of the aerosol sampled in a suburban zone of Sfax City (Tunisia). IJEP. 41(1/2):51–69.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baati H, Guermazi S, Amdouni R, Gharsallah N, Sghir A, Ammar E. 2008. Prokaryotic diversity of a Tunisian multipond solar saltern. Extremophiles. 12(4):505–517.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baati H, Guermazi S, Gharsallah N, Sghir A, Ammar E. 2010a. Novel prokaryotic diversity in sediments of Tunisian multipond solar saltern. Res Microbiol. 161(7):573–582.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baati H, Amdouni R, Gharsallah N, Sghir A, Ammar E. 2010b. Isolation and characterization of moderately halophilic bacteria from Tunisian Solar saltern. Curr Microbiol. 60(3):157–161.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baati H, Guermazi S, Gharsallah N, Sghir A, Ammar E. 2010. Molecular community analysis of magnesium-rich bittern brine recovered from a Tunisian solar saltern. Can J Microbiol. 56(1):44–51.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baati H, Amdouni R, Azri C, Gharsallah N, Ammar E. 2012. Brines modelling progress: a management tool for Tunisian multipond solar salterns, based on physical, chemical and microbial parameters. Geomicrobiol J. 29(2):139–150.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baati H, Bahloul M, Amdouni R, Azri C. 2020a. Metal contamination and resistance of superficial sediment’s prokaryotic flora in extreme environments: case of Sfax solar saltern (Tunisia). Geomicrobiol J. 37(4):345–354.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baati H, Siala M, Azri C, Ammar E, Dunlap C, Trigui M. 2020b. Resistance of a Halobacterium salinarum isolate from a solar saltern to cadmium, lead, nickel, zinc, and copper. Anton Leeuw. 113:1699–1711.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bahloul M, Chabbi I, Dammak R, Amdouni R, Medhioub K, Azri C. 2015a. Geochemical behaviour of PM10 aerosol constituents under the influence of succeeding anticyclonic/cyclonic situations: case of Sfax City, southern Tunisia. Environ Monit Assess. 187(12):1–17.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bahloul M, Chabbi I, Sdiri A, Amdouni R, Medhioub K, Azri C. 2015b. Spatio temporal variation of particulate fallout instances in Sfax City, Southern Tunisia: influence of sources and meteorology. Adv Meteorol. 2015(11):471396.
   Google Scholar
• Bahloul M, Baati H, Amdouni R, Azri C. 2018. Assessment of heavy metals contamination and their potential toxicity in the surface sediments of Sfax solar saltern, Tunisia. Environ Earth Sci. 77(1):27–49.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bearman G. 1998. An introduction in the Chemistry of THE SEA. New Jersey: Prentice-hall.
   Google Scholar
• Berney M, Weilenmann HU, Ihssen J, Bassin C, Egli T. 2006. Specific growth rate determines the sensitivity of Escherichia coli to thermal, UVA, and solar disinfection. Appl Environ Microbiol. 72(4):2586–2593.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bini E. 2010. Archaeal transformation of metals in the environment. FEMS Microbiol Eco. 73:1–16.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Boujelben I, Martinez-Garcia M, Pelt JV, Maalej S. 2014. Diversity of cultivable halophilic Archaea and Bacteria from superficial hypersaline sediments of Tunisian solar salterns. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 106(4):675–692.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bruins MR, Kapil S, Oehme FW. 2000. Microbial resistance to metals in the environment. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 45(3):198–207.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Caton TM, Witte LR, Ngyuen HD, Buchheim JA, Buchheim MA, Schneegurt MA. 2004. Halotolerant aerobic heterotrophic Bacteria from the Great Salt plains of Oklahoma. Microb Ecol. 48(4):449–462.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cerón RM, Cerón JG, Córdova AV, Zavala J, Mauriel M. 2005. Chemical composition of precipitation at coastal and marine sampling sites in Mexico. Global Nest J. 7:212–221.
   Google Scholar
• Choudhury R, Srivastava S. 2001. Zinc resistance mechanisms in Bacteria. Curr Sci. 81:768–775.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Debarati H, Pardita D, Arpita M, Malini B. 2016. Isolation and characterization of halophilic Bacteria from Sundarban Soil. Int J Life Sci Scienti Res. 2:442–450.
   Google Scholar
• Delgado-Garcia M, Valdivia-Urdiales B, Aguilar-Gonzale CN, Contreras-Esquivel JC, Rodriguez-Herrera R. 2012. Halophilic hydrolases as a new tool for the biotechnological industries. J Sci Food Agric. 92(13):2575–2580.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Deng Y, Xu G, Sui LV. 2015. Isolation and characterization of halophilic Bacteria and Archaea from salt ponds in Hangu Saltworks, Tianjin, China. Chin J Ocean Limnol. 33(4):862–868.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• El Zrelli R, Rabaoui L, Ben Alaya M, Daghbouj N, Castet S, Besson P, Michel S, Bejaoui N, Courjault-Radé P. 2018. Seawater quality assessment and identification of pollution sources along the central coastal area of Gabes Gulf (SE Tunisia): evidence of industrial impact and implications for marine environment protection. Mar Pollut Bull. 127:445–452.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Filatov N, Pozdnyakov D, Johannessen O, Pettersson L, Bodylev L. 2005. White Sea: Its Marine Environment and Ecosystem Dynamics Influenced by Global Change. UK: Springer and Praxis Publishing.
   Google Scholar
• Hawari AH, Mulligan CN. 2006. Biosorption of lead(II), cadmium(II), copper(II) and nickel(II) by anaerobic granular biomass. Bioresour Technol. 97(4):692–700.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hiam LE. 1979. Total organic carbon measurements for industrial water and wastewater. Am Lab. 11:53–60.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Huo YY, Li ZY, Cheng H, Wang CS, Xu XW. 2014. High quality draft genome sequence of the heavy metal resistant bacterium Halomonas zincidurans type strain B6T. Stand Genomic Sci. 9:30.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Khodabakhsh F, Nazeri S, Amoozegar MA, Khodakaramian G. 2011. Isolation of a moderately halophilic bacterium resistant to some toxic metals from Aran and Bidgol Salt Lake and its phylogenetic characterization by 16S rDNA gene. J Kashan Univ Med Sci. 15:53–60.
   Google Scholar
• Liu S, Lou S, Kuang C, Huang W, Chen W, Zhang J, Zhong G. 2011. Water quality assessment by pollution-index method in the coastal waters of Hebei Province in western Bohai Sea, China. Mar Pollut Bull. 62(10):2220–2229.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Liu X, Li G, Liu Z, Guo W, Gao N. 2010. Water pollution characteristics and assessment of lower reaches in Haihe River basin. Procedia Environ Sci. 2:199–206.
   Google Scholar
• Lyulko I, Ambalova T, Vasiljeva T. 2001. To integrated water quality assessment in Latvia. In: MTM (Monitoring Tailor-Made) III, Proceedings of International Workshop on Information for Sustainable Water Management, Netherlands, p. 449–452.
   Google Scholar
• Mani K, Salgaonkar BB, Braganca JM. 2012. Culturable halophilic Archaea at the initial and crystallization stages of salt production in a natural solar saltern of Goa. India. Aquat Biosyst. 8(1):15–22.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Mellado E, Ventosa A. 2003. Biotechnological potential of moderately and extremely halophilic microorganisms. In: Microorganisms For Health Care, Food and Enzyme Production; Barredo JL, editor. Kerala, India: Research Signpost, p. 233–256.
   Google Scholar
• Moreno ML, Piubeli F, Bonfa MRL, Garcia MT, Durrant LR, Mellado E. 2012. Analysis and characterization of cultivable extremophilic hydrolytic bacterial community in heavy-metal-contaminated soils from the Atacama Desert and their biotechnological potentials. J Appl Microbiol. 113(3):550–559.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nieto JJ, Fernandez-Castillo R, Marquez MC, Ventosa A, Quesada E, Ruiz-Berraquero F. 1989. Survey of metal tolerance in moderately halophilic eubacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol. 55(9):2385–2390.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nishri A, Ben-Yaakov S. 1990. Solubility of oxygen in the Dead Sea brine. Hydrobiologia. 197(1):99–104.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Oren A, Gurevich P, Azachi M, Henis Y. 1992. Microbial degradation of pollutants at high salt concentration. Biodegradation. 3(2–3):387–398.
   Google Scholar
• Rajendran P, Muthukrishnan J, Gunasekaran P. 2003. Microbes in heavy metal remediation. Indian J Exp Biol. 41(9):935–944.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Reimann C, De Caritat P. 2005. Distinguishing between natural and anthropogenic sources for elements in the environment: regional geochemical surveys versus enrichment factors. Sci Total Environ. 337(1–3):91–107.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rodriguez-Valera F, Ventosa A, Juez G, Imhoff JF. 1985. Variation of environmental features and microbial populations with salt concentrations in a multi-pond saltern. Microb Ecol. 11(2):107–115.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rothenstein D, Baier J, Schreiber TD, Barucha V, Bill J. 2012. Influence of zinc on the calcium carbonate biomineralization of Halomonas halophila. Aquat Biosyst. 8(1):31.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Sanchez-Porro C, Martin S, Mellado E, Ventosa A. 2003. Diversity of moderately halophilic Bacteria producing extracellular hydrolytic enzymes. J Appl Microbiol. 94(2):295–300.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shankar H, Prasad AS. 1998. Zinc and immune function: the biological basis of altered resistance to infection. Am J Cli Nutr. 68:447–463.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sherwood JR, Stagnitti F, Kokkinn MJ, Williams WD. 1992. A standard table for predicting equilibrium dissolved oxygen concentrations in salt lakes dominated by sodium chloride. Int J Salt Lake Res. 1(1):1–6.
   Google Scholar
• Sowmya M, Rejula MP, Rejith PG, Mohan M, Karuppiah M, Hatha AAM. 2014. Heavy metal tolerant halophilic bacteria from Vembanad Lake as possible source for bioremediation of lead and cadmium. J Environ Biol. 35:655–660.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sowmya M, Hatha MAA. 2017. Cadmium and lead tolerance mechanisms in bacteria and the role of halotolerant and moderately halophilic Bacteria in their remediation. Handbook of Metal-Microbe Interactions and Bioremediation, pp. 557–573.
   Google Scholar
• Tanzadeh J, Maede S. 2017. Isolation and identification of halotolerant microorganisms resistant to heavy metals in the city of Qom. Iran. Lebanese Sci J. 18:180–185.
   Google Scholar
• Tanzadeh J, Shad M. 2017. Bioremediation of some heavy metals in polluted waters (A case study of Lake hoze Soltan Salt, Qom, Iran). J Curr Chem Pharma Sci. 7:1–9.
   Google Scholar
• Trevors JT, Oddie KM, Belliveau BH. 1985. Metal resistance in Bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 32(1):39–54.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Trigui H, Masmoudi S, Brochier-Armanet C, Maalej S, Dukan S. 2011. Survival of extremely and moderately halophilic isolates of Tunisian solar salterns after UV-B or oxidative stress. Can J Microbiol. 57(11):923–933.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ventosa A, Nieto JJ, Oren A. 1998. Biology of moderately halophilic aerobic Bacteria. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 62(2):504–544.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ventosa A. 2006. Unusual micro-organisms from unusual habitats: hypersaline environments. SGM Symposium. 66:223–253.
   Google Scholar
• Zhang N, He Y, Cao J, Ho K, Shen Z. 2012. Long-term trends in thechemical composition of precipitation at Lijiang, southeast Tibetanplateau, southwestern China. Atmos Res. 106:50–60.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhuang MZ, Yang HB, Wang J, Huang S, Cao C, Zhang XM. 2006. Characterization of chemical species in aerosols in Xiamen. Xiamen Sci. 3:42–44.
   Google Scholar