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Evaluation of an eventual ecotoxicity induced by textile effluents using a battery of biotests

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Textile industry is considered as one of the important factors of the economic growth in Tunisia. However, this prominent role has certainly some drawbacks mainly represented by the huge amounts of textile wastewaters generated that become a real menace to nature. Many previous studies showed the purifying potential of some activated sludge and bacteria (Pseudomonas putida) to decolourize textile effluents. However, in many cases, decolourization of wastewaters is not necessary associated with detoxification, generating a real risk for the ecosystem in general. We evaluated in this work the induced toxicity of a textile effluent before and after its treatment with activated sludge followed by P. putida, using a battery of biotests. This study proved the detoxifying power of the activated sludge according to most of ecotoxicity tests. The treatment with P. putida did not improve the quality of the effluent; on the contrary, it could increase its toxicity. Daphnia magna and Raphidocelis subcapitata appear to be the most sensitive organisms in assessing eventual toxicity caused by this kind of wastewaters.

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the ‘Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur, de la Recherche Scientifique et des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication’ and ‘la société industrielle de textile’ (SITEX). Special thanks goes to Dr. Pietro Giansanti and Arpa Piemonte, Dipartimento di Torino, Laboratorio di Ecotossicologia e Mutagenesi, via Sabaudia, 164-10095 Grugliasco (TO), for allowing us to use the synthetic index for ecotoxicological risk assessment.

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  1. Unité de substances Naturelles Bioactives et Biotechnologie, UR12ES12, Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir, Université de Monastir, Rue Avicenne, 5000, Monastir, Tunisia

    Ahmed Bedoui, Kamel Ghedira & Leila Chekir Ghedira

  2. Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, viale Mattioli 25, 10125, Turin, Italy

    Valeria Tigini & Giovanna Cristina Varese

  3. Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, Université de Monastir, Rue Avicenne, 5000, Monastir, Tunisia

    Leila Chekir Ghedira

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Table 5 Culture media for R. subcapitata, L. minor and D. magna
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Bedoui, A., Tigini, V., Ghedira, K. et al. Evaluation of an eventual ecotoxicity induced by textile effluents using a battery of biotests. Environ Sci Pollut Res 22, 16700–16708 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-4862-3

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