Yeasts and filamentous fungi in bottled mineral water and tap water from municipal supplies

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Yamaguchi, Mirian Ueda ^a   Rampazzo, Rita De Cássia Pontello ^b   Yamada Ogatta, Sueli Fumie ^b   Nakamura, Celso Vataru ^a   Ueda Nakamura, Tânia ^a   Dias Filho, Benedito Prado ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bottled mineral water; Candida; Filamentous fungi; Indicator bacteria; Tap water

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; FUNGI;

EID: 33947268651     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132007000100001     Document Type: Article

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