The implementation of natural parks in cities is a current and controversial theme. Therefore, in Lake Buritis, which is a leisure area for the population of the city of Goiatuba, Goiás, Brazil, the quality of the water was analyzed, carrying out quantitative tests of the water samples at six different points between the source and the outlet of the lake that flows into the stream, Chico À Toa. Physical–chemical tests (turbidity, pH, alkalinity, electrical conductivity, color, nitrate and hardness parameters), microbiological tests for species identification, analysis of the antimicrobial susceptibility profile, metals analysis and Allium cepa test, were performed. The total coliforms number in water samples was higher than the maximum value established by Brazilian legislation, demonstrating high fecal contamination during the spring in samples from an artesian well. The bacterial diversity found was large and there were many pathogenic bacteria. The A. cepa test demonstrated a cytotoxic potential for water from the source and outlet of Buritis Lake. Statistical tests were applied to verify existing correlations between parameters. Among the analyzed data, the highest correlation was between the color and turbidity parameters and the grouping between the metals (lead, iron, cadmium and magnesium).

O artigo trata da análise da pertinência dos espaços verdes dentro dos centros urbanos. A metodologia utilizada para a elaboração foi o estudo de caso, tendo como objetivo a demonstração da ocorrência de impactos ambientais dentro de um espaço verde, sendo realizado o estudo no Lago dos Buritis, localizado no município de Goiatuba, no estado de Goiás. Os resultados apontam que o Lago dos Buritis tem sofrido consequências danosas ao ecossistema, derivadas da ação antrópica, revelando a necessidade de ações que revertam tal situação, antes que seja tarde.

The genus Chromobacterium spp. are gram-negative bacilli, which may or may not have characteristic purple pigmentation, and are mainly isolated from soil, water and infected patients. The main representative species of this genus is C. violaceum, responsible for a high mortality rate among those infected. The aim of this study was to genetically characterize and broadly compare phenotypic characteristics between the genus Chromobacterium species described in the literatureand bacterial isolates. This study is an experimental research, in which sequencing and phenotypic tests of bacterial isolates were carried out for comparison with species of the genus Chromobacterium. Two strains were identified, CRJL01 and CRJL02 that have characteristics of Chromobacterium spp species. These isolates showed high resistance to antibiotics, tolerance and resistance to metals, biochemical and physiological versatility of the CRJL01 and CRJL02 strains. In the sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene, the CRJL01 strain showed similarity with the C. piscinae strain. The CRJL02 strain showed similarity with the C. subtsugae strain. This work is the first report in 40 years of Chromobacterium spp. in the Brazilian Midwest – Goiás, in water samples. This isolated genus has a wide applicability for the pharmaceutical, food and cosmetic industries, due to the production of its purple/violet pigment known as violacein, and its bioprospecting is of great importance. Thus, this study is a kick-off for exploring your produced pigment.

We report the draft genome sequences of four Chromobacterium strains. This report includes the draft genome sequences of four environmental strains, isolated from surface waters in Brazil.