Characterization of Fungal Biofilms within a Municipal Water Distribution System

AUTOR(ES)

Doggett, M. Steven

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Biofilms of a municipal water distribution system were characterized to assess the occurrence of fungi within surface matrixes. Densities of filamentous fungi ranged from 4.0 to 25.2 CFU cm−2, whereas yeast densities ranged from 0 to 8.9 CFU cm−2. Observations by scanning electron microscopy further suggested that spores, not hyphae or vegetative cells, comprised the primary source of viable propagules.

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