Occurrence of filamentous fungi and yeasts in three different drinking water sources

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3813-3819

  Pereira, V J ^a,b   Basilio M C ^a,b   Fernandes, D ^a,b   Domingues, M ^a,b   Paiva, J M ^c   Benoliel, M J ^c   Crespo, M T ^a,b   San Romao M V ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL E TECNOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c Empresa Portuguesa das Aguas Livres SA   (Portugal)

^d Estacao Vitivinicola Nacional   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Filamentous fungi; Identification; Occurrence; Water sources; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); METABOLITES; MORPHOLOGY; SPRINGS (WATER); SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; YEAST;

BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PROCESS; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; OCCURRENCE; PHYSICO - CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SECONDARY METABOLITES; WATER SOURCE;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DRINKING WATER; FUNGUS; GROUNDWATER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MICROBIOLOGY; SAMPLING; SPRING WATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; YEAST;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT GM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; YEAST;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI;

EID: 67749127714     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.05.024     Document Type: Article

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