Qualidade e diversidade microbiana da água obtida pelo sistema de purificação instalado no prédio dos Laboratórios de Qualidade e Segurança de Alimentos

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Alves, Roberta Barbosa Teodoro
• Orientador(a): Andrade, Nélio José de
• Banca de defesa: Bernardes, Patrícia Campos , Pires, Ana Clarissa dos Santos
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Viçosa
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Mestrado em Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos
• Departamento: Ciência de Alimentos; Tecnologia de Alimentos; Engenharia de Alimentos
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Microbiologia; Água - Qualidade; Água - Purificação; Biologia molecular; Termodinâmica; Água - Microbiologia
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Microbiology; Water - Quality; Water - Purification; Molecular biology; Thermodynamics; Water - Microbiology
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::CIENCIA E TECNOLOGIA DE ALIMENTOS::CIENCIA DE ALIMENTOS
• Link de acesso: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/2938

Purified water exert a fundamental role in routine clinical practice and in many applications requiring high purity. Thus, an assessment of the quality of the water distributed by water purification system installed in the Laboratory of Quality and Food Safety of the Department of Food Technology at UFV was performed. The first part of the paper deals with physical-chemical and microbiological quality of drinking water that feeds the purification system and the quality of water produced and distributed at points of use. The installation and operating conditions and performance of the water purification system were evaluated. The evaluation of drinking water supply purification system have revealed a good quality for both the physical and chemical specifications (alkalinity 20,3 mg·L-1 CaCO3, conductivity 62,7 &#956;S·cm-1, chlorine 0,84 mg·L-1, pH 6,17, temperature 25 °C, Langelier Saturation Index -3,76, hardness 20 mg·L-1 CaCO3 and silica 15,2 mg·L-1 SiO2) and microbiological (1,24 log10 UFC·mL-1). The purified water produced by the system always in accordance with the specifications established by the equipment manufacturer. Purified water distributed showed the physicochemical requirements within the allowed, but the levels of heterotrophic bacteria counts were higher than allowed (> 2 log10 UFC·mL-1), which may compromise some analytical results performed in laboratories. It was found, although cleaning of drinking water reservoir and the reservoir of purified water should be performed every 6 months, once the results of this procedure showed a significant reduction (p <0.05) in the count of heterotrophic bacteria. In addition, the system shall provide the maintenance and replacement of filter elements and equipment accessories. The second part of the study aimed to identify the bacterial isolates using molecular techniques. With the sequencing of the ribosomal 16S rDNA species identified in drinking water were Aneurinibacillus aneurinilyticus, Enterococcus faecium, Escherichia fergusonii and Enterobacter cloacae subsp. Dissolvens. Purified water the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus species were found; Staphylococcus warneri and distributed water Enterococcus faecium and Enterobacter cloacae subsp. Dissolvens. The surface of the isolates identified were subjected to measurement of contact angle, in order to realize the theoretical prediction of membership depending on the hydrophobicity of the micro-organisms and the surface of the Loop distribution. The species studied were considered and the surface hydrophilic. Adherence was not thermodynamically favorable (&#916;G adhesion> 0) between the surface and all identified species. The species studied were considered and the surface hydrophilic. Adherence was not thermodynamically favorable (&#916;G membership > 0) between the surface and all identified species. The results of thermodynamic prediction were consistent with heterotrophic bacteria counts the surface of polypropylene (loop distribution) which reached values of approximately 5 log10 CFU· cm-2 indicating that it is characterized as biofilms.