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Fungi Contamination of Drinking Water

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Drinking water sources contain different kinds of biological pollutants, such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and fungi. Recently, researchers have reported the presence of fungi in drinking water (Goncalves et al. 2006a; Pereira et al. 2010), and have observed that these fungi affect the taste and odor of the water. A wide variety of fungi species have been isolated from drinking water. Some of these species are known to be strongly allergenic (e.g., causing skin irritation), or may cause infections in immune-suppressed individuals (e.g., those suffering from AIDS, cancer, asthma or other respiratory diseases, or recovering from organ transplants) (Hageskal et al. 2009; Green et al. 2003).

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The authors thank Professor Arshad Ali from California University, USA for providing help with the language. The authors are also grateful to the financial support from National High-tech R&D (863) Program of China (2012AA062607), National Natural Science Foundation of China (51278482) and CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program (KZCX2-YW-T08).

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  2. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Sciences and Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Coast and Wetland Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China

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Al-Gabr, H.M., Zheng, T., Yu, X. (2014). Fungi Contamination of Drinking Water. In: Whitacre, D. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 228. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 228. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01619-1_6

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