ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Qualitative and Quantitative Changes of Potentially Pathogenic Fungi in a Hydrophyte Wastewater Treatment Plant
A. Biedunkiewicz1, T. Ozimek2
 
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1Chair of Mycology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Oczapowskiego 1A, 10-957 Olsztyn, Poland
2Department of Hydrobiology, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2, 02-097 Warszawa, Poland
 
 
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2009;18(2):161-166
 
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Undertaken studies on diversity and prevalence of yeast-like fungi aimed at presenting the role of a hydrophyte treatment plant in cleaning municipal wastewater from potentially pathogenic fungi. One hundred and six isolates of fungi were obtained. The highest diversity of species was found in the sedimentation tank and in I and II reed beds. The dominating species were: Trichosporon beigelii, Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, Candida dubliniensis, Candida krusei, Candida utilis and Candida lipolytica – isolated also from hospitalized patients. The number of fungal cells decreased progressively from uncountable in the sedimentation tank to 2,060 cfu/dm3 in the polishing pond. Reduction of the number and changes in species composition of yeasts like fungi take place in the hydrophyte treatment plants.
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