title: Bacterial ecology of abattoir wastewater treated by an anaerobic digestor.
abstract: Wastewater from an anaerobic treatment plant at a slaughterhouse was analysed to determine the bacterial biodiversity present. Molecular analysis of the anaerobic sludge obtained from the treatment plant showed significant diversity, as 27 different phyla were identified. Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Thermotogae, Euryarchaeota (methanogens), and msbl6 (candidate division) were the dominant phyla of the anaerobic treatment plant and represented 21.7%, 18.5%, 11.5%, 9.4%, 8.9%, and 8.8% of the total bacteria identified, respectively. The dominant bacteria isolated were Clostridium, Bacteroides, Desulfobulbus, Desulfomicrobium, Desulfovibrio and Desulfotomaculum. Our results revealed the presence of new species, genera and families of microorganisms. The most interesting strains were characterised. Three new bacteria involved in anaerobic digestion of abattoir wastewater were published.
authors.affiliation: Université de Carthage, Laboratoire d'Ecologie et de Technologie Microbienne, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie (INSAT), 2 Boulevard de la terre, B.P. 676, 1080 Tunis, Tunisia; Aix-Marseille Université, Université du Sud Toulon-Var, CNRS/INSU, IRD, MOI, UM 110, 13288 Marseille cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jabari
authors.affiliation: Université de Carthage, Laboratoire d'Ecologie et de Technologie Microbienne, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie (INSAT), 2 Boulevard de la terre, B.P. 676, 1080 Tunis, Tunisia; Université Tunis El Manar, Institut Supérieur des Sciences Biologiques Appliquées de Tunis (ISSBAT) 9, avenue Zouhaïer Essafi, 1006 Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Hana
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gannoun
authors.affiliation: Université de Carthage, Laboratoire d'Ecologie et de Technologie Microbienne, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie (INSAT), 2 Boulevard de la terre, B.P. 676, 1080 Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Eltaief
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Khelifi
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, Université du Sud Toulon-Var, CNRS/INSU, IRD, MOI, UM 110, 13288 Marseille cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Luc
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cayol
authors.affiliation: INRA U050, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement, Avenue des Étangs, F-11100 Narbonne, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Jacques
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Godon
authors.affiliation: Université de Carthage, Laboratoire d'Ecologie et de Technologie Microbienne, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie (INSAT), 2 Boulevard de la terre, B.P. 676, 1080 Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Moktar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamdi
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, Université du Sud Toulon-Var, CNRS/INSU, IRD, MOI, UM 110, 13288 Marseille cedex 9, France. Electronic address: marie-laure.fardeau@univ-amu.fr.
authors.forename: Marie-Laure
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fardeau
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D058448:Biota; D062065:Wastewater / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D062065:Wastewater
keywords: Bacterial culture; Bacterial ecology; Biodiversity; PCR; SSCP