Siham Akmoussi-Toumi

Dr. Siham Akmoussi-Toumi


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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 September 2018 in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
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SASiham Akmoussi-Toumi
Siham Akmoussi-Toumi
SKSouad Khemili-Talbi
Souad Khemili-Talbi
IFImen Ferioune
Imen Ferioune
SKSalima Kebbouche-Gana
Salima Kebbouche-Gana

1 January 2019 in Current Research in Bioinformatics
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SASiham Akmoussi-Toumi
Siham Akmoussi-Toumi
KSKhemili-Talbi Souad
Khemili-Talbi Souad
KSKebbouche-Gana Salima
Kebbouche-Gana Salima
LNLenchi-Izouine Nesrine
Lenchi-Izouine Nesrine
KAKhelfaoui Mohamed Amine
Khelfaoui Mohamed Amine
NANajjari Afef
Najjari Afef
At the limits of life, hyper-saline aquatic ecosystems; Chott and Sebkha are a model of choice of extreme environments, housing a halophilic microflora that had to adapt to these conditions. In Algeria, these ecosystems are poorly studied. However, our study was carried out on the waters of Chott Tinsilt and Sebkha El Malah. The study of this microflora revealed the presence of a significant morphological, physiological and metabolic diversity. The molecular study allowed us to access to a phylogenetic affiliation including an Archean Species (ATS1) and 7 bacterial species (A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B4, B5). The results showed that these isolates were related to the genera Haloferax (for the strain ATS1) and Halomonas (strains A1, A2 and A4), Staphylococcus (strain A3), Salinivibrio (strain B1), Planococcus (strain B4) and Halobacillus (strain B5). Most isolates produced hydrolases at high salt concentrations. The Production yields obtained are very promising for applications in the biotechnology and industrial microbiology.