Diversity of fungi in bottled water in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Autores
Ameen, Fuad; Albejad, Alhanouf; Gashgari, Rukaia; Murialdo, Silvia Elena; Al-Sabri, A.
Año de publicación
2017
Idioma
inglés
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versión publicada
Descripción
The occurrence of fungi in drinking water systems has received increased attention over recent decades and fungi are now generally accepted as drinking water system contaminants. However, fungal contamination of bottled water has received little attention. Forty unopened bottled water samples, of different trademarks, were collected from various localities in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia and analyzed for fungal contamination: 1) immediately after opening the bottles; and 2) after closing and storing them for 180 and 365 days. The fungal species were identified under a compound microscope followed by molecular sequencing. At least one fungal species were found in 58% of the bottles. In total, 18 fungal species belonging to 11 fungal genera were identified. Rhizopus nigricans and seven different species of Aspergillus were found to frequently contaminate the bottled water samples. Penicillium sp. were found in one sample. The 180 days storage of opened and reclosed bottles did not substantially affect the abundance of fungi or the species found. Some of the fungi identified may be pathogenic and the contamination of fungi in bottled water should be considered during the processing of water.
Materia
Bioquímica y Biología Molecular
Bottled water
Contamination
Drinking water
Water
Fungi
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Diversity of fungi in bottled water in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
title Diversity of fungi in bottled water in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
spellingShingle Diversity of fungi in bottled water in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ameen, Fuad
Bioquímica y Biología Molecular
Bottled water
Contamination
Drinking water
Water
Fungi
title_short Diversity of fungi in bottled water in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
title_full Diversity of fungi in bottled water in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Diversity of fungi in bottled water in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Diversity of fungi in bottled water in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
title_sort Diversity of fungi in bottled water in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ameen, Fuad
Albejad, Alhanouf
Gashgari, Rukaia
Murialdo, Silvia Elena
Al-Sabri, A.
author Ameen, Fuad
author_facet Ameen, Fuad
Albejad, Alhanouf
Gashgari, Rukaia
Murialdo, Silvia Elena
Al-Sabri, A.
author_role author
author2 Albejad, Alhanouf
Gashgari, Rukaia
Murialdo, Silvia Elena
Al-Sabri, A.
author2_role author
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Bioquímica y Biología Molecular
Bottled water
Contamination
Drinking water
Water
Fungi
topic Bioquímica y Biología Molecular
Bottled water
Contamination
Drinking water
Water
Fungi
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The occurrence of fungi in drinking water systems has received increased attention over recent decades and fungi are now generally accepted as drinking water system contaminants. However, fungal contamination of bottled water has received little attention. Forty unopened bottled water samples, of different trademarks, were collected from various localities in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia and analyzed for fungal contamination: 1) immediately after opening the bottles; and 2) after closing and storing them for 180 and 365 days. The fungal species were identified under a compound microscope followed by molecular sequencing. At least one fungal species were found in 58% of the bottles. In total, 18 fungal species belonging to 11 fungal genera were identified. Rhizopus nigricans and seven different species of Aspergillus were found to frequently contaminate the bottled water samples. Penicillium sp. were found in one sample. The 180 days storage of opened and reclosed bottles did not substantially affect the abundance of fungi or the species found. Some of the fungi identified may be pathogenic and the contamination of fungi in bottled water should be considered during the processing of water.
description The occurrence of fungi in drinking water systems has received increased attention over recent decades and fungi are now generally accepted as drinking water system contaminants. However, fungal contamination of bottled water has received little attention. Forty unopened bottled water samples, of different trademarks, were collected from various localities in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia and analyzed for fungal contamination: 1) immediately after opening the bottles; and 2) after closing and storing them for 180 and 365 days. The fungal species were identified under a compound microscope followed by molecular sequencing. At least one fungal species were found in 58% of the bottles. In total, 18 fungal species belonging to 11 fungal genera were identified. Rhizopus nigricans and seven different species of Aspergillus were found to frequently contaminate the bottled water samples. Penicillium sp. were found in one sample. The 180 days storage of opened and reclosed bottles did not substantially affect the abundance of fungi or the species found. Some of the fungi identified may be pathogenic and the contamination of fungi in bottled water should be considered during the processing of water.
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