Isolation and identification of some fungi frome Al-Sader Water Treatment Plant,Baghdad,Iraq | ||
| Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 23, Issue 5, July 2012, Pages 1-12 | ||
| Author | ||
| Bushra K. Shaker | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Total colony forming units (cfu) of fungi in all stages of water treatment in Al-Sader Water Treatment Plant (AWTP) in Baghdad, Iraq was determined using bacterial membrane filter paper over a period of six months. Filamentous fungi and yeasts in raw water were 41.27 and 8.69 cfu / 100 ml respectively. These numbers were dropped to 4.88 and 1.36 cfu / 100 ml respectively in tap water reaching houses. The dominant isolated filamentous fungi in raw water were Aspergillus (A. niger, A. flavus , A. fumigatus) 34.40% , Penicillium spp. 28.34% and Cladosporium spp. 16.54% , yeasts were Cryptococcus curvatus 33.94% , Candida ( albicans , C. glabrata , C. parapsilosis) 32.56% , Rhodotorula mucilaginosa 21.05% and Sacccharomyces cerevisiae 11.96%. Relatively low fungal contamination in this new built plant might due to the distant raw water supply and careful periodically done sanitation measures. | ||
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