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| Dato | Valore |
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| Title | Evaluation of groundwater pollution through microbiological techniques: the case of S. Pancrazio Salentino tuff quarry |
| Abstract | Groundwater pollution can be a serious problem for human health, especially if the water is used for drinking purposes. The pollution depends on human activities (agricultural and industrial) which are often uncontrolled on natural resources. In the present study we report some results about a preliminary investigation on a tuff quarry that has been used for ten years as a landfill of pharmaceutical waste (residues of antibiotic production). It is located close to the San Pancrazio Salentino town, in the south of Apulia Region (Italy). The study was performed in order to assess an "eco-diagnosis" of the tuff quarry. In particular, here we report the main results regarding the analyses of microbial communities of water samples collected both from the internal (the polluted site) and external quarry wells (control site) in order to compare the different sites. The structure and functioning of the bacterial community was studied by evaluating the bacterial abundance (by DAPI counts), the cell viability (Live/Dead method) and the Microbial Community Composition by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH). The overall results showed that the groundwater quality state was quite low on the basis of the abundance, viability and diversity values. |
| Source | MESAEP, Mediterranean Scientific Association of Environmental Protection, Bari (Italia), 7-11/10/2009 |
| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Contributo in atti di convegno |
| Authors | Barra Caracciolo A; Ancona V; Grenni P; Bruno DE; Falconi F; Uricchio VF |
| Text | 181444 2009 Evaluation of groundwater pollution through microbiological techniques the case of S. Pancrazio Salentino tuff quarry Barra Caracciolo A; Ancona V; Grenni P; Bruno DE; Falconi F; Uricchio VF IRSA CNR Groundwater pollution can be a serious problem for human health, especially if the water is used for drinking purposes. The pollution depends on human activities agricultural and industrial which are often uncontrolled on natural resources. In the present study we report some results about a preliminary investigation on a tuff quarry that has been used for ten years as a landfill of pharmaceutical waste residues of antibiotic production . It is located close to the San Pancrazio Salentino town, in the south of Apulia Region Italy . The study was performed in order to assess an eco diagnosis of the tuff quarry. In particular, here we report the main results regarding the analyses of microbial communities of water samples collected both from the internal the polluted site and external quarry wells control site in order to compare the different sites. The structure and functioning of the bacterial community was studied by evaluating the bacterial abundance by DAPI counts , the cell viability Live/Dead method and the Microbial Community Composition by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization FISH . The overall results showed that the groundwater quality state was quite low on the basis of the abundance, viability and diversity values. SENSI N.; BERGHEIM W. 978 3 936175 12 7 MESAEP, Mediterranean Scientific Association of Environmental Protection Bari Italia 7 11/10/2009 Internazionale Contributo Abstract pubblicato BarraCaraccioloMESAEP.pdf Contributo in atti di convegno valeria.ancona ANCONA VALERIA vitofelice.uricchio URICCHIO VITO FELICE anna.barracaracciolo BARRA CARACCIOLO ANNA francesca.falconi FALCONI FRANCESCA paola.grenni GRENNI PAOLA TA.P04.005.011 Vulnerabilita degli ecosistemi delle acque sotterranee e attenuazione naturale degli inquinanti nel suolo e nel sottosuolo |