@article{fdi:010072805,
  title = {{I}nfluence of {B}izerte city wastewater treatment plant ({WWTP}) on abundance and antibioresistance of culturable heterotrophic and fecal indicator bacteria of {B}izerte {L}agoon ({T}unisia)},
  author = {{S}ouissi, {M}. and {L}aabidi, {R}. and {A}issa, {P}. and {P}ringault, {O}livier and {B}en {S}aid, {O}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he waste water treatment plant ({WWTP}) of the city of {B}izerte concentrates different types of chemical and biological pollutants in the {B}izerte lagoon ({T}unisia). {C}onsidering four upstream and downstream {WWTP} discharge stations, seventy nine, culturable bacterial strains were isolated and identified from water and sediment as fecal coliforms, fecal streptococci, pathogenic staphylococci and non-enterobacteriacea. {F}ecal coliforms were most abundant (2.5 10(5) bacteria/mg) in sediment of {WWTP} discharge. {L}euconostoc spp (23.1%) and {C}hryseomonasluteola (23.1%) were the most prevalent culturable fecal indicator bacteria ({FIB}) isolated at the upstream discharge stations. {H}owever, {S}taphylococcus xylosus (13.9%) was the most prevalent culturable {FIB} isolated at the {WWTP} discharge stations. {M}oreover, high antibioticresistance phenotypes were present in all sampling stations, but especially in {WWTP} discharge station in both water and sediment. {R}esistance levels in water and sediment, respectively were amoxicillin (58.8%; 34.8%), penicillin (50%; 31.6%), oxacillin (60%; 33.3%), cefotaxim (55.2%; 39.1%), ceftazidim (66.7%; 50%), gentamycin (42.9%; 38.9%), tobramycin (50%; 25%), vancomycin (33.3; 71.4%), amikacin (66.7%; 0%) and ciprofloxacin (100%; 100%). {I}nterestingly, beta-lactam antibiotic resistant {FIB} were mostly isolated from water as well as from sediments of upstream and {WWTP} discharge station. {C}anonical correspondence analysis {CCA} correlating antibiotic resistance profile with the abiotic data showed that, in water column, culturable bacterial strains isolated in upstream {WWTP} discharge stations were interestingly correlated with the resistance to amikacin, oxacillin, cefotaxim, ciprofloxacin and gentamycin, however, in sediment, they were correlated with the resistance to amoxicillin, oxacillin, cefotaxim and vancomycin. {S}erious beta-lactams and aminoglycosides acquired resistance appeared mainly in fecal strepto-cocci and pathogen staphylococci groups.},
  keywords = {{C}ulturable fecal indicator bacteria ; {B}iodiversity ; {A}ntibiotic resistance ; {A}cquired resistance ; beta-{I}actams ; {WWTP} ; {TUNISIE} ; {BIZERTE} ; {MEDITERRANEE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}cotoxicology and {E}nvironmental {S}afety},
  volume = {148},
  numero = {},
  pages = {201--210},
  ISSN = {0147-6513},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.10.002},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010072805},
}