Characterization of Fungal Biofilms within a Municipal Water Distribution System
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 66 (3) , 1249-1251
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.66.3.1249-1251.2000
Abstract
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.Keywords
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