Study of microorganisms coming into the port of Vladivostok with ballast water of ships

Бузолева, Л. С.; Letyagina, A. V.; Zvyagincev, A. U.; Kashin, I. A.

doi:10.1134/s207511171202004x

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“…The species Bordetella avium, B. hinzii and B. trematum found in our genetic analysis of ship ballast water can cause respiratory diseases in poultry and mammals, including humans [SHAH et al 2013]. Another significant but also naturally common in environment group found in our ballast water samples were Gram-positive bacteria of the genus Clostridium, which presence was also demonstrated in ballast waters from Chinese and Japanese seas [BUZOLEVA et al 2012]. This genus includes a form of an important indicator of the sanitary status of natural waters (presence of Clostridium perfringens indicates long-established faecal water pollution) as some Clostridium species are known as pathogenic microorganisms.…”

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Journal of Water and Land Development

2022

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Ballast water is a significant vector for the transport and introduction of aquatic organisms, microorganisms and chemical pollutants which impacts on ecosystems worldwide. In the study, ballast water from short-and longrange vessels with treatment systems was microbiologically evaluated in spring (April 20 th ) and summer (July 19 th ) and compared with waters of the main Police Seaport in the Odra River Estuary, southern Baltic Sea. All collected samples were evaluated for their physicochemical properties by standard methods. The number of individual groups of microorganisms was determined using the indirect culture method, according to the technique of inoculation of serial dilutions of samples of the examined waters. The results showed differences in the microorganisms in analysed samples. The phylogenetic analysis of bacteria recorded from the ballast water of short-range ships in spring showed the presence of six species of the genus Bordetella, while in summer four species of the genus Clostridium. In the ballast water of long-range ships, proteolytic bacteria pre-dominated in spring and halophilic bacteria in summer. In the summer period, eight species of bacteria were recorded, of which six belonged to the genus Clostridium. The ballast water treatment processes used on ships influence the composition of bacterial communities through selective recolonisation of water, which may transform bacterial functions as an important element of the marine food web. On the other hand, the presence of pathogenic bacterial species in the tested samples indicates improvement necessity of ballast water treatment systems used on vessels.

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“…This type of bacteria was also demonstrated by BURKHOLDER et al [2007] who analysed ballast water from nine ports on the U.S. West Coast and four ports on the U.S. East Coast. The Pseudomonas microbiota in ballast water has also been recorded in 34 ports worldwide [SOLEIMANI et al 2017a] and in a study in Japan and China [BUZOLEVA et al 2012].…”

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Journal of Water and Land Development

2022

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“…Several researchers (National Research Council, 1992;Epstein et al, 1993;McCarthy and Khambaty, 1994) and the Pan American Health Organization (Anderson, 1991) concluded that the 1991 cholera epidemic in South America, which resulted in over one million cases of cholera and 10,000 deaths (Tauxe et al, 1995), likely arrived from Asia in ballast water, though others have questioned this pathway (Martinez-Urtaza et al, 2008;Lam et al, 2010). At least 38 species of pathogenic bacteria and a high incidence of antibiotic resistance have been detected in ballast tanks (Dobbs and Rogerson, 2005;Altug et al, 2012;Buzoleva et al, 2012;Dobbs et al, 2013).…”

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Failure of the public health testing program for ballast water treatment systems

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Dobbs

2015

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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Molecular detection of E. coli and Vibrio cholerae in ballast water of commercial ships: a primary study along the Persian Gulf

Soleimani

Taherkhani

Dobaradaran

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J Environ Health Sci Engineer

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Purpose Ballast water is one of the most important ways for the transfer of aquatic organisms such as Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Vibrio cholerae. The aim of this study was to investigate Mdh gene of E. coli and the OmpW gene of Vibrio cholerae bacteria by PCR technique in the ballast water of commercial ships entering Bushehr port along the Persian Gulf. Methods In this study, 34 samples of ballast water entered Bushehr port were studied by using culture and PCR methods to determine Mdh gene of E. coli and OmpW gene of Vibrio cholerae. Genomic DNA of bacterial strains was extracted and PCR was performed by using specific primers of E. coli and Vibrio cholerae. ResultsThe specific Mdh gene of E. coli was detected in 4 ballast water samples and the positive samples were analyzed by antisera methods for E. coli O157:H7. Results of antisera showed that there were 3 positive samples of O157:H7 serotype. The results of the PCR technique showed that the OmpW gene of Vibrio cholerae was negative for all positive culture samples. Conclusions Further studies are highly recommended to monitor other aquatic organisms in ballast water to protect the marine environment.

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Study of microorganisms coming into the port of Vladivostok with ballast water of ships

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Journal of Water and Land Development

Journal of Water and Land Development

Failure of the public health testing program for ballast water treatment systems

Molecular detection of E. coli and Vibrio cholerae in ballast water of commercial ships: a primary study along the Persian Gulf

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