[Isolation and characterization of injured coliforms from the drinking water distribution network of La Plata, Argentina].

Autor: Basualdo JA; Cátedra de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 60 y 120, 1900 La Plata, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. jabasua@atlas.med.unlp.edu.ar, Córdoba MA, De Luca MM, Roccia IL, Pezzani BC, Vay C, Ageron E, Grimont PA
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj: Revista Argentina de microbiologia [Rev Argent Microbiol] 2001 Jan-Mar; Vol. 33 (1), pp. 9-14.
Abstrakt: We screened the La Plata drinking water distribution network for fecal and total coliform bacterial indicator by purification procedures, cultivating 66 membrane-filtered samples from the two networks on m-T7 agar. Subterranean and river-derived water yielded 13 and 18 confirmed gram-negative bacillus isolates, with 54% and 72% representing total coliforms, respectively. Those from the former source were Klebsiella oxytoca, Enterobacter agglomerans, and Enterobacter aerogenes and from the latter Klebsiella oxytoca, Enterobacter agglomerans, and Enterobacter cloacae, genomic group 3. Since 58% of the samples were positive using m-T7 medium it is suggested that the inclusion in standard quality control protocols should be implemented.
Databáze: MEDLINE