Ostovar, Afshin and Dobaradaran, Sina and Noroozi Karbasdehi, Vahid and Nabipour, Iraj and Arfaeinia, Hossein and Vazirizadeh, amir and Mirahmadi, Roghayeh and Keshtkar, Mozhgan and Faraji Ghasemi, Fatemeh and Khalifei, Farzaneh (2017) Indicator bacteria community in seawater and coastal sediment: the Persian Gulf as a case. Journal of environmental health science & engineering, 6 (15). ISSN 2013243713
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Abstract
Background: The aim of present work was to assess the concentration levels as well as vertical distribution of indicator bacteria including total coliform, fecal coliform, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Heterotrophic Plate Count (HPC) in the marine environment (seawater and coastal sediments) and evaluate the correlation between indicator bacteria and some physicochemical parameters of surface sediments as well as seawaters. Methods: A total number of 48 seawater and sediment samples were taken from 8 stations (each site 6 times with an interval time of 2 weeks) between June and September 2014. Seawater and sediment samples were collected from 30 cm under the surface samples and different sediment depths (0, 4, 7, 10, 15, and 20 cm) respectively, along the Persian Gulf in Bushehr coastal areas. Results: Based on the results, the average numbers of bacterial indicators including total coliform, fecal coliform, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa as well as HPC in seawater samples were 1238.13, 150.87, 8.22 MPN/100 ml and 1742.91 CFU/ ml, respectively, and in sediment samples at different depths (from 0-20 cm) varied between 25 × 103 to 51.67 × 103 , 5. 63 × 103 to 12.46 × 103 , 17.33 to 65 MPN/100 ml, 36 × 103 to 147.5 × 103 CFU/ml, respectively. There were no statistically significant relationships between the indicator organism concentration levels with temperature as well as pH value of seawater. A reverse correlation was found between the level of indicator bacteria and salinity of seawater samples. Also results revealed that the sediment texture influenced abundance of indicators bacteria in sediments. As the concentration levels of indicators bacteria were higher in muddy sediments compare with sandy ones. Conclusion: Result conducted Bushehr coastal sediments constitute a reservoir of indicator bacteria, therefore, whole of the indicators determined were distinguished to be present in higher levels in sediments than in the overlying seawater. It was concluded that the concentration levels of microbial indicators decreased with depth in sediments. Except total coliform, the numbers of other bacteria including fecal coliform, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and HPC bacteria significantly declined in the depth between 10 and 15 cm. Keywords: Bushehr coastal, Indicator bacteria, Persian Gulf, Sediment texture
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | WA Public Health |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicin > Department of Social Medicine |
| Depositing User: | محسن زارعی |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jul 2018 02:16 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jul 2018 02:16 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bpums.ac.ir/id/eprint/6436 |
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