Assessment of the presence and dynamics of fungi in drinking water sources using cultural and molecular methods

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4850-4859

  Pereira, V J ^a,b   Fernandes, D ^a   Carvalho, G ^a,c   Benoliel, M J ^d   San Romao M V ^a,b,e   Barreto Crespo, M T ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL E TECNOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto   (Portugal)

^d Empresa Portuguesa das Aguas Livres SA   (Portugal)

^e Estacao Vitivinicola Nacional   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Culture media; DGGE; Drinking water sources; Fungi; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGI; GROUNDWATER; MICROFILTRATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER FILTRATION;

CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE-BASED METHODS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); DGGE; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACERS; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; POPULATION STRUCTURES;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ROSE BENGAL; SURFACE WATER;

AGAR; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING WATER; ELECTROKINESIS; FILTRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY; YEAST;

ACREMONIUM; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA EXTRACTION; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; HANSENIASPORA; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOTORULA; SCOPULARIOPSIS; STACHYBOTRYS; TRICHODERMA; WATER SUPPLY; YEAST;

FUNGI;

EID: 77957322147     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.07.018     Document Type: Article

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