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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ABSTRACT
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.