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Chemical elements in sediments and in bivalve mollusks from estuarine regions in the south of Bahia State, northeast Brazil

Braz. j. biol; 83 (), 2023
Abstract Estuaries receive daily inputs of chemical elements which can impact the quality of water and sediment, as well as the health of biota. In addition to the sediment, bivalve mollusks have been used in the chemical monitoring of these systems. This study investigated the presence and contents of A...

Biological control of incrusting organisms and sediments in Chilean oyster cultures

Braz. j. biol; 82 (), 2022
The oyster culture has the incrusting organism as problem for production, in this context, it evaluated as biological control against incrusting organism and sediments the introduction of gastropod Tegula atra (Lesson, 1830) in Chilean oysters (Triostrea chilensis Phillippi, 1844) cultures in conditions ...

Impact of treated sewage on meiobenthic nematodes: a case study from the Tunisian Refining Industries Company

Braz. j. biol; 82 (), 2022
The organization of the roots, ganglia and the peripheral distribution of the cranial nerves of the fully formed embryos of Oreochromis niloticus are examined in the transverse serial sections. These nerves carry fibers, which were also analyzed. The results of this study demonstrated that the glossophar...

Spatio-temporal sublittoral macrobenthic distribution and dominant species in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Braz. j. biol; 81 (3), 2021
Abstract Soft-bottom macrobenthic invertebrates are sensitive to natural or anthropogenic changes in aquatic ecosystems. The distribution patterns of sublittoral macrobenthic species in Guanabara Bay were studied from 2005 to 2007. Samples were collected at ten stations during six surveys throughout the ...

Changes in freshwater sediment microbial populations during fermentation of crude glycerol

Electron J Biotechnol; 49 (), 2021
BACKGROUND: This work studied how the exposure to an unusual substrate forced a change in microbial populations during anaerobic fermentation of crude glycerol, a by-product of biodiesel production, with freshwater sediment used as an inoculum. RESULTS: The microbial associations almost completely (99.9%...

A methodological proposal for the analysis of Cladocera (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) subfossils from sediments of temporary aquatic ecosystems

Braz. j. biol; 80 (1), 2020
Abstract The main objective of the present study was to promote some adaptations to the standard methodology used in the analysis of Cladocera subfossils. The samples used in this study were collected at Lagoa dos Coutos, a temporary lake located on an outcrop with iron-rich duricrust in the Serra do Ga...

Produção de L-asparaginase pela levedura Leucosporidium muscorum CRM 1648 isolada de sedimento marinho coletado na Península Antártica

L-asparaginase (L-ASNase) é uma enzima com propriedades interessantes para a indústria médica, farmacêutica e de alimentos, que tem recebido atenção especial, inclusive no Brasil, por fazer parte do protocolo de tratamento de distúrbios linfoproliferativos, como a leucemia linfoblástica aguda (LL...

Composition of bacterial community in enrichment cultures of shale by-products from Irati Formation, Brazil

Braz. j. microbiol; 49 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT We examined microbial communities from enriched fine and retorted shale particles using sequencing of V4 variable region of 16S rRNA. High number of microbial genera was found in both enriched shale by-products that were dominate by Actinobacteria, Firmicutes and Proteobacteria, showing differen...

Diversity of culturable moderately halophilic bacteria producing extracellular hydrolytic enzymes from marine sediments

Biosci. j. (Online); 34 (6), 2018
A total of 114 moderately halophilic bacteria were isolated from marine sediment environments. The isolates are belonged to 23 species based on the 16S rRNA sequence analysis. 63, 52, 47, 57, 74, 15 and 4 isolates are able to produce protease, amylase, lipase, pectinase, pulluanase, xylanase, ce...