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The occurrence of heavy metals in Qarun Lake and their influence on microbial biodiversity

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Abstract

Qarun Lake represents an important part of Egyptian history; it is surrounded by many wild and urban environments. In this study, water samples were collected from ten different regions, during different seasons in (2020, and 2021). The water samples were analyzed for their physical properties and the concentrations of the possible heavy metals. One Actinobacteria isolate was identified as Streptomyces noursei based on the partial sequencing of 16S rDNA and, six fungal isolates were fully identified as Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus versicolor, Aspergillus terreus, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Fusarium oxysporum based on the partial sequencing of 18S rDNA. Fortunately, S. noursei showed antifungal efficacy against three of the tested fungal isolates, with the inhibition zones (18, 16, and 19 mm) against A. niger, A. Fumigatus, and F. oxysporum respectively. Different heavy metals were detected in stations 7, 8, 9, and 10. The highest values of Pb, Cu, Zn, Ni, Cd, and Cr were 35.3, 12.5, 56.6, 12.5, 3.21, and 21.5 respectively. The total viable count of fungi (TVFC) varied between 0.7x102 CFU/mL at site 7 and 5.5x102 CFU/mL at site 1. We can conclude that Qarun Lake contains pathogenic fungi as well as actinomycetes with high antifungal activity and that these microorganisms are closely related to the distribution of heavy metals in Qarun Lake water.

DOI

10.21608/ajar.2023.196798.1117

Keywords

Qarun Lake, Microbial biodiversity, Actinobacteria, Heavy metals, antifungal activity

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Shoayb

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Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

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mohamedshoayb01@gmail.com

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cairo

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First Name

Hamdy

Last Name

Soliman

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G

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

mohamed_shoayb@azhar.edu.eg

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cairo

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First Name

tarek

Last Name

abdelghany

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

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drtabdelghany.201@azhar.edu.eg

City

cairo

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-

First Name

amer

Last Name

abdelaziz

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M

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

amermorsy@azhar.edu.eg

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cairo

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-

Volume

48

Article Issue

2

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46166

Issue Date

2023-12-01

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2023-02-28

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2023-12-01

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1

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15

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1110-1563

Online ISSN

2786-0051

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929

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Al-Azhar Journal of Agricultural Research

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https://ajar.journals.ekb.eg/

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The occurrence of heavy metals in Qarun Lake and their influence on microbial biodiversity

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24 Dec 2024