Isolation and identification of Pseudomonas sp. and Aeromonas sp. In public swimming pool waters of Bogotá - Colombia

Estupiñán-Torres, Sandra Mónica; Ávila de Navia, Sara Lilia; López Orozco, Yeny Lorena; Martínez Méndez Sandra, Liliana; Miranda Marín, Yeimy Yaritza; Ortegón Puentes, Andrea del Pilar

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Abstract

ESTUPINAN-TORRES, Sandra Mónica et al. Isolation and identification of Pseudomonas sp. and Aeromonas sp. In public swimming pool waters of Bogotá - Colombia. Nova [online]. 2017, vol.15, n.27, pp.25-29. ISSN 1794-2470.

Objective.

To determine the quality of the water of public swimming pools of Bogota by means of the count of Pseudomonas sp. and Aeromonas sp.

Method.

It took 48 water samples from eight public pools, for 3 months, was performed by membrane filtration method for the enumeration of these two bacterial genera.

Results.

The results show that 100% of the tested pools present counts of Pseudomonas sp. above that provided for in the Resolution 1618 and 63% of the pools had counts of Aeromonas sp.

Keywords : Water quality; swimming pools; Pseudomonas; Aeromonas.

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