Species diversity of yeast-like fungi in some eutrophic lakes in Olsztyn

Biedunkiewicz, Anna; Dynowska, Maria; Ejdys, Elżbieta; Sucharzewska, Ewa

doi:10.5586/am.2013.008

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“…Microfungi that have been reported in water for many years , yet are equally important to human health as bacteria, are discounted in routine microbiological diagnostics. Studies by Biedunkiewicz et al conducted in lake pools in Szczecin and its surroundings, in Olsztyn and in an urban water main in Olsztyn confirm the necessity to use fungi as indicators, not only of water purity, but also as bioindicators of potential sanitary and epidemiological hazards . It is undisputed that yeast‐like fungi found in recreational waters may be harmful to human health .…”

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“…Therefore, since the 1970s, C. albicans has been used as a good indicator of municipal water contamination in monitoring studies in the USA and Canada . However, despite almost 40 years of experience in using C. albicans for water quality evaluation and a number of studies carried out in Poland since the 1980s on bioindicative properties of this species, no calculable effects have been determined.…”

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Microfungi Potentially Pathogenic for Humans Reported in Surface Waters Utilized for Recreation

Biedunkiewicz

Góralska

2016

CLEAN Soil Air Water

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Fungal infections are commonly reported among outdoor bathers. Recreational water reservoirs are an important element of the mycosis epidemiological chain in the biosphere because they can be a source of fungi from municipal wastes, of asymptomatic carriers or bathers carrying mycoses. Yeast-like fungi and moulds were isolated from samples of four surface water baths and five swimming pools in 2011-2012. Membrane filters and standard laboratory-based protocols were used to identify the isolated fungi. In total, 51 saprotrophic and potentially pathogenic species classified in the biosafety level-2 group were found. In one of the eutrophic lakes, a positive correlation was observed between the frequency of trading and the presence of coliform yeasts, while in the second, a correlation was found between the number of species of fungi and the presence of faecal streptococci. In swimming pool waters, the key factors that determined higher numbers of fungi were increased temperature, followed by low concentrations of chlorine ions. Together with the bacteriological and physicochemical analysis, constant mycological monitoring of recreational water (lake pools and swimming pools) should be a standard inspection element to reduce sanitary and epidemiologic risks to people using these water reservoirs for recreational purposes.

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Microfungi Potentially Pathogenic for Humans Reported in Surface Waters Utilized for Recreation

Biedunkiewicz

Góralska

2016

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“…Aureobasidium also called yeasts-like fungi or black yeasts due to they able to change color become blackish which formerly it was white, cream, light pink, or light brown colony (Chi et al, 2009). Actually, they occur in usual or extreme condition such presence in absolute anaerobes substrate (Biedunkiewicz et al, 2013). Also Babic et al (2016) reported that yeast and yeast-like can be found in house hold appliances.…”

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Taxonomic Approach for Species Diversity of Yeasts and Yeasts-like Fungi through D1/D2 Region of Large Subunit Ribosomal DNA Sequences

Sumerta

Kanti

2018

J Bio Bio Edu

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The identification of yeasts or yeasts-like fungi and verify their diversity are principal aspect for bioindustry and ecosystem sustainability. Taxonomic approach provides identification tool to ensure the taxonomic position of yeasts and yeasts-like fungi which definitely set to utilization concerns. The aim of this study is to understanding the taxonomic position of yeasts and yeasts-like fungi from the distinctive of its sequences relationship. Yeasts and yeasts-like fungi strains were isolated through various culture dependent methods from natural resources samples of Karimun Besar Island, Province of Riau Islands, Indonesia. The identification process was performed through amplifying the accurate DNA-based in D1/D2 region of large subunit (26S) ribosomal DNA. As the result, a total of 85 isolates of yeasts and yeasts-like fungi were obtained with 16 closest related taxa through phylogenetic tree construction. Ascomycetous was the predominating group representing 91% of the total isolates sequences followed by Basidiomycetous (8%) and Zygomycetous (1%). The black yeasts (yeasts-like) known as Aureobasidium melanogenum was predominant species with represent to 54% of total isolates and present in particular habitat. Taxonomically, there are six isolates are represent to be novel taxa candidates which pretend to enhance genetic resources of yeasts and yeasts-like fungi especially from Indonesia. In addition, this information provides specific technique to reach specific yeasts or yeasts-like fungi species in nature by managing the sample collection and culture methods.

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“…In recent years, it has been observed that both developmental forms are detected in samples from different ecosystems. Furthermore, their presence in healthy individuals -asymptomatic carriers and in diseased persons (Cierech et al, 2012) cannot be excluded, which may result in their occurrence in waters used for recreational purposes Biedunkiewicz et al, 2013;. When assessing the purity of waters for their bathing suitability, the presence of fungi poses a significant epidemiological risk.…”

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“…The presence of fungi, especially yeast-like, in different types of water is welldocumented Biedunkiewicz, 2011;Biedunkiewicz and Schulz, 2012;Biedunkiewicz et al, 2013). Many authors have evaluated diverse aspects of purity in freshwater (Wurzbacher et al, 2010), seawater (Vogel et al, 2007), surface waters (Parveen et al, 2011) and across the whole water profile (Bis et al, 2013;Shearer et al, 2007), in outdoor Vogel et al, 2007) and indoor baths (Rasti et al, 2012), in drinking water (Biedunkiewicz and Schulz, 2012) and even in municipal fountains (Biedunkiewicz, 2009).…”

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Ecophysiology of Selected Candida Species Isolated From Different Types of Utility Water Under Laboratory Conditions

Biedunkiewicz¹

2015

Appl Ecol Env Res

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Abstract. The ability of four microfungi species from the potential pathogens group (Candida albicans, C. guilliermondii, C. krusei and C. tropicalis) to proliferate utility water was examined under controlled laboratory conditions and the enzymatic activity of these microfungi was tested. The experiment found that all microfungi retained their capacity for growth under controlled laboratory conditions. The enzymatic activity of the investigated species was at a high level before multiplication and was reduced by approximately 5% after controlled multiplication under laboratory conditions. All microfungi formed blastospores and pseudomycelium and their arrangement was characteristic for each species. Studies have shown that water can also be a "habitat" for microfungi as numerous fungal species may find favorable trophic and growth conditions in water, which directly affect the rate of metabolic processes.

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Species diversity of yeast-like fungi in some eutrophic lakes in Olsztyn

Cited by 11 publications

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Microfungi Potentially Pathogenic for Humans Reported in Surface Waters Utilized for Recreation

Microfungi Potentially Pathogenic for Humans Reported in Surface Waters Utilized for Recreation

Taxonomic Approach for Species Diversity of Yeasts and Yeasts-like Fungi through D1/D2 Region of Large Subunit Ribosomal DNA Sequences

Ecophysiology of Selected Candida Species Isolated From Different Types of Utility Water Under Laboratory Conditions

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