Antimicrobial-resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from the Lebanese environment   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

Harakeh S  Yassine H  El-Fadel M 《Marine environmental research》2006,62(3):181-193

The aim of this study was to isolate and molecularly characterize Streptococcus pneumoniae in samples collected from the aquatic environment in Lebanon. For this purpose, 57 samples of ground waters, sea water, sediments and crabs were collected. Biochemical tests as well as PCR were used for further identification and molecular characterization of 46 suspected isolates using specific primers for the lytA-gene and protein 2B-gene. The confirmed isolates were evaluated for their antimicrobial resistance, using the minimum inhibitory concentration method. Crab samples exhibited a high contamination level of an average count of 8.2 x 10(4)CFU/g. In water samples, the highest contamination was recorded near a coastal landfill with a bacterial count of 1.8 x 10(3)CFU/ml whereas the lowest bacterial counts (non detectable) were observed in ground water samples. Twenty out of the 46 suspected isolates came from sea water, and 17 out of those were characterized by PCR as S. pneumoniae. Testing the antimicrobial resistance of the 20 isolates to various antimicrobials showed that all sea water isolates were resistant to vancomycin, gentamicin, and oxacillin (100%), whereas 62.5% were resistant to clindamycin, and only 25% were erythromycin resistant. Resistance rates were higher in the case of fresh water samples, with 57% resistance to erythromycin, and 100% resistance to vancomycin, gentamicin, clindamycin and oxacillin. Alternatively, all tested crab isolates were susceptible to erythromycin. However, they showed a high resistance of 80% against vancomycin, gentamicin, clindamycin and 100% against oxacillin.  相似文献   

Occurrence of the First Toxic Microcystis Bloom in a Recent Moroccan Reservoir     

H. Ait Hammou  D. Latour  S. Samoudi  K. Mouhri  M. Douma  J. Robin  M. Loudiki 《Water Resources》2018,45(3):409-417

In order to understand initial conditions that promote the first occurrence of a Microcystis aeruginosa bloom and to evaluate its toxic potential, we studied spatio-temporal dynamics of phytoplankton, including Microcystis, microcystins concentrations, the relative proportion of potentially microcystin producing cells and physicochemical parameters in the recently setup Moroccan reservoir “Yaacoub Al Mansour.” High summer temperatures, thermal stability, hydrological stability of the water column and the decrease of nutrient contributions seem to be the major environmental factors responsible of this first bloom occurrence. Despite the low cellular abundance, high microcystins concentrations, associated with low percentage of toxic strains, were measured. Thus, microcystins analysis and associated management of the reservoir are necessary from the beginning of the setup and can help managers to find the better environmental strategy against early cyanobacteria proliferations.  相似文献   

The introduction of Sargassum muticum modifies epifaunal patterns in a Moroccan seagrass meadow          下载免费PDF全文

Zahira Belattmania  Abdellatif Chaouti  Abdeltif Reani  Aschwin H. Engelen  Margarida Machado  Ester A. Serrão  Brahim Sabour 《Marine Ecology》2018,39(3)

Marine macrophytes sustain valuable epiphytic biodiversity. Nonindigenous macroalgae may induce changes in composition and structure of epifaunal assemblages and therefore support different assemblages from those associated with native species. In this study, differences in faunal community structure between the introduced fucoid Sargassum muticum and the native seagrass Cymodocea nodosa were tested over a year on an intertidal shallow sandy bottom at the southern introduction front, the El Jadida coastline (NW Morocco). Epifaunal community structure consistently differed between macrophytes through seasons, with more species‐rich assemblages associated with S. muticum than C. nodosa despite comparable abundances. The significantly greater epifauna diversity on S. muticum may be related to its structural complexity. However, the species contributing most to differences in assemblages between both macrophytes, such as Steromphala umbilicalis and S. pennanti, were found on both habitats with temporally varying abundances. Some species‐specific affinities were detected (Stenosoma cf. acuminatum, Elasmopus vachoni, Chauvetia brunnea). Nitrogen, dissolved oxygen, suspended matter and temperature were identified as the best explanatory variables contributing to the observed macroepifaunal patterns. This study provides evidence that S. muticum acts as a favourable and additional habitat for epifaunal species and supports a more diverse epifaunal assemblage in this Moroccan seagrass meadow.  相似文献   

Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Two Types of Truck Bumper Produced in the Algerian Auto Industry     

KEBBOUCHE Zahia  TAIRI Abdelaziz  SAFI Brahim 《资源与生态学报(英文版)》2020,11(4):378-387

Currently, the reduction of weight in automotive is a very important topic to reduce the air pollution. In this context, the purpose of the present paper is to analyze a real case study through a comparison of the environmental impacts between a conventional steel bumper and a polyester prototype. In the first part of this work, a door-to-door life-cycle assessment methodology was used throughout the study of the component manufacturing phase. The SimaPro 7.1 software is used to evaluate the impacts of both bumpers on the environment and health. The second part is devoted to dust analysis from the polyester workshop. The obtained results have allowed us to show the company that its choice of steel substitution by the polyester is advantageous for certain impacts including the impact of climate change, but unfortunately there may be, given the working conditions of the polyester workshop, a transfer of impact, since we will end up with a risk of health (irritations, cancers) for the workers. LCA has proven to be a very useful tool for validating a redesigned automotive component from an environmental point of view; from this case study, several recommendations were made for the company to design environmentally friendly components, and ecodesign should be introduced into the company’s procedures.  相似文献   

Hydrologic and geologic factors controlling groundwater geochemistry in the Turonian aquifer (southern Tunisia)   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Kamel Abid  Kamel Zouari  Marek Dulinski  Najiba Chkir  Brahim Abidi 《Hydrogeology Journal》2011,19(2):415-427

Water in the fissured limestone and dolomite of the Turonian aquifer of Tunisia has been investigated using geochemical (major ions) and isotopic (δ¹⁸O, δ²H, ¹⁴C) data. To carry out a characterization of aquifer behaviour, 48 representative samples were collected at the end of the humid season. The evolution of chemical composition of groundwater from recharge areas to discharge areas is characterized by increasing sodium, chloride and sulphate contents as a result of leaching of evaporite rock. In the study, three distinct chemical trends in groundwater were identified. The major reactions responsible for the chemical evolution of groundwater in the investigated area fall into three categories: (1) calcite precipitation, (2) gypsum and halite dissolution, and (3) ion exchange. The stable isotope composition of water samples indicates large-scale interaction between the Continental Intercalaire and the Turonian aquifer and the presence of a young local component which probably enters the system via faults and/or fractures.  相似文献   

Silicifications pédogénétiques dans les dépôts hamadiens du piémont de Boudenib (Maroc)     

Médard Thiry  Mohamed Ben Brahim 《Geodinamica Acta》2013,26(4):237-251

Résumé

— Le système de piémont atlasique du Sud marocain, d’âge tertiaire, est constitué dans le secteur de Boudenib de deux unités distinctes. La llamada de Boudenib forme l’unité inférieure et se caractérise par d’importants encroûtements carbonatés, riches en dolomite et attapulgite. L’unité supérieure de la llamada du Cuir marque une reprise de l’érosion et le dépôt de matériaux relativement peu altérés.

Des silicifications affectent les différents faciès de l’unité inférieure, ainsi que les grès crétacés sous-jacents, et jalonnent une surface d’érosion intra-fonnationnelle. Ces silicifications sont précoces, puisque remaniées dans les dépôts ultérieurs. Les illuviations d’opale et les accumulations gramdaires intercalées entre les concrétionnements successifs de silice attestent d’environnements pédologiques. La silicification plus forte vers la partie supérieure des coupes, ainsi que l’association fréquente des faciés silicifiés avec des niveaux hioturhés et altérés sont également à rapporter à des dispositions pédologiques. Ce sont des silcréles pédogénétiques.

L’étude micrographique montre que la silicification procède par épigénie des argiles et des carbonates, ainsi que par des cristallisations dans les vides. C’est à partir des vides existants (fentes, bioturbations et porosité intergranulaire) que se développe la silicification, montrant ainsi le rôle primordial des circulations. En particulier, l’épigénie des carbonates par la silice semble limitée par la diffusion de la silice à partir des vides, où le renouvellement des solutions est assuré. Les séquences de cristallisation des différentes formes de silice (allant de l’opale vers les quartz automorphes) peuvent être interprétées en terme d’évolution du milieu au cours de la silicification. Au fur et à mesure que des dépôts de silice se font sur les parois des vides, les solutions nourricières sont isolées de la roche encaissante, elles se chargent alors moins en cations étrangers, et la cristallisation de plus grands cristaux peut intervenir.

Les silicifications se développent pendant une période de stabilité tectonique et s’installent dans un paysage de glacis et sous des climats chauds à saisons alternées. Leur reconnaissance à l’échelle régionale peut constituer un repère lithostratigraphique précieux.  相似文献   

Silicifications de nappe dans les formations carbonatées tertiaires du piedmont atlasique (Hamada du Guir,Maroc)     

Médard Thiry  Mohamed Ben Brahim 《Geodinamica Acta》2013,26(1):12-29

Résumé

Les formations tertiaires du système de piedmonts atlasiques du Sud marocain montrent de nombreuses silicifications qui affectent les différents faciès de la série : les grès calcaires, les conglomérats, les calcaires lacustres, aussi bien que les faciès plus argileux. Les accidents siliceux sont de tailles et de faciès variés, allant d’échardes millimétriques à des masses pluri-décimétriques. Dans les faciès argileux (torba), ce sont des plaquettes et des tubules de silice translucide. Dans les calcaires, ce sont surtout des faciès silexoïdes, à morphologies variées et à contours irréguliers. Dans les grès calcaires, ce sont des silicifications scoriacées, quelquefois disposées suivant un réseau de conduits anastomosés,

La pétrographie révèle que les dépôts de silice dans les vides forment une part importante des silicifications. Les silicifications translucides des faciès argileux sont entièrement formées de concrétions de calcédoine. Dans les grès calcaires, les silicifications résultent de la cimentation des grains de quartz détritiques par des dépôts de silice fibreuse et d’opale, après dissolution du ciment calcaire primaire. Dans les calcaires, certaines silicifications correspondent à la cimentation de micro-brèches karstiques par des quartz géodiques; même les plages qui apparaissent très homogènes, formées de quartz microcristallin, révèlent une porosité primaire importante. Il y a alternance de phases de dépôt de silice et de dissolution de la matrice calcaire. A côté de ces dépôts dans les vides existent aussi des épigénies, c’est à dire le remplacement de la matrice calcaire avec préservation des structures, sans formation de vides. Néanmoins, ces épigénies sont limitées à la bordure de vides à dépôts de silice.

Les silicifications sont dues à des processus diagénétiques tardifs. L’essentiel de la silice est constitué par des dépôts dans des vides ce qui permet de faire des hypothèses sur la nature des solutions nourricières. La régularité des dépôts tout autour des vides indique un milieu saturé, au sein d’une nappe. En raison de la solubilité relativement faible de la silice dans les eaux superficielles, des débits importants sont nécessaires pour renouveler constamment la silice précipitée des solutions. Ceci conduit à envisager des climats relativement humides à l’époque de la silicification, ainsi que l’existence de reliefs et de paysages incisés pour générer les écoulements de nappe suffisants.  相似文献   

Response of Nereis diversicolor (Polychaeta, Nereidae) populations to reduced wastewater discharge in the polluted estuary of Oued Souss, Bay of Agadir, Morocco   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

A. Ait Alla  P. Gillet  B. Deutsch  A. Moukrim  H. Bergayou 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2006,70(4):633

Field investigations on the population dynamics of Nereis diversicolor were carried out from January 2002 to December 2003 in the estuary of Oued Souss (southwestern Morocco) to determine the changes caused by setting up of a domestic and industrial wastewater purification plant (M'zar) before and after by the end of wastewater discharges in November 2002 on the structure of the ecosystem. Samples of N. diversicolor were collected monthly in the intertidal zone at low tide before (during 2002) and after (during 2003) the end of wastewater discharges.Separation of cohorts using the Algorithm EM method (McLachlan, G.J., Krishnan, T., 1997. The EM algorithm and extensions. Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics. Wiley, New York, 274 pp.) allowed determination of the growth rate (mm day⁻¹) by cohort and the annual production. The data showed significant differences between populations of Nereis diversicolor before and after the end of wastewater discharges. During the wastewater discharge period (2002), the population had a mean annual density of 1992 ind m⁻², a mean annual biomass of 75.52 g DW m⁻² and an annual secondary production of 141.3 g DW m⁻² with a P/B ratio of 1.87. After the end of discharges (2003), density, biomass and secondary production decreased significantly. The annual averages for these parameters were 740 ind m⁻², 14.16 g DW m⁻² and 23.83 g DW m⁻², respectively, with a P/B ratio of 1.68.The important decrease observed in density, biomass and secondary production of Nereis diversicolor may be attributed (a) to the environmental changes observed after the end of wastewater discharges in the estuary of Oued Souss, namely the increase of salinity and the decrease of organic matter content, and (b) to the migration of this species towards other areas.  相似文献   

Seismic risk and damage prediction: case of the buildings in Constantine city (Algeria)     

Mehdi Boukri  Mohammed Naboussi Farsi  Ahmed Mebarki  Mohamed Belazougui  Omar Amellal  Brahim Mezazigh  Nabila Guessoum  Hamid Bourenane  Azzedine Benhamouche 《Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering》2014,12(6):2683-2704

Located at the North-Eastern part of Algeria (Tellian Atlas), Constantine has crucial administrative, economic, scientific and cultural importance. It has continuously experienced significant urban evolutions during the different periods of its history. The city is located in an active seismic region within Algeria and has been struck in the past by several moderate and strong earthquakes. The strongest earthquake recorded since the beginning of instrumental seismology took place on October 27, 1985 with a magnitude M \(_\mathrm{S}=\) 5.9. Constantine presents a high seismic risk, because of its dense housing and high population density (2,374 inhabitants/km \(^{2})\) . This requires a risk assessment in order to take preventive measures and reduce the losses in case of potential major earthquake. For this purpose, a scenario based approach is considered. The building damage assessment methodology adopted for the Algerian context is adapted from HAZUS approach. In the present case, the effective Algerian seismic code response spectrum (RPA 99/2003) is considered as a seismic hazard model. The prediction of the expected damages is performed for a set of almost 29,000 buildings.  相似文献   

Oxidative stress, genotoxicity and histopathology biomarker responses in mullet (Mugil cephalus) and sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) liver from Bizerte Lagoon (Tunisia)     

Ben Ameur W  de Lapuente J  El Megdiche Y  Barhoumi B  Trabelsi S  Camps L  Serret J  Ramos-López D  Gonzalez-Linares J  Driss MR  Borràs M 《Marine pollution bulletin》2012,64(2):241-251

The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of environmental contaminants on oxidative stress, genotoxic and histopathologic biomarkers in liver of mullet (Mugil cephalus) and sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) collected from a polluted coastal lagoon (Bizerte Lagoon) in comparison to a reference site (the Mediterranean Sea). Antioxidant enzyme activities were lower in fish from the polluted site compared with fish from the reference site, suggesting deficiency of the antioxidant system to compensate for oxidative stress. DNA damage was higher in both fish species from the contaminated site indicating genotoxic effects. The liver histopathological analysis revealed alterations in fish from Bizerte Lagoon. Hepatocytes from both fish species featured extensive lipid-type vacuolation and membrane disruption. Results suggest that the selected biomarkers in both fish species are useful for the assessment of pollution impacts in coastal environments influenced by multiple pollution sources.  相似文献