Avaliação da qualidade microbiológica de águas minerais consumidas na região metropolitana de Recife, Estado de Pernambuco - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v32i1.3837

Marcelo Iran Souza Coelho; Emiko Shinozaki Mendes; Maria Cláudia Soares Cruz; Sueli Santos Bezerra; Roseli Pimentel Pinheiro e Silva

doi:10.4025/actascihealthsci.v32i1.3837

Evaluation of the microbiological quality of mineral water consumed in the metropolitan region of Recife, Pernambuco State - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v32i1.3837

Authors

Marcelo Iran Souza Coelho IFET-PE Author
Emiko Shinozaki Mendes UFRPE Author
Maria Cláudia Soares Cruz IFET-PE Author
Sueli Santos Bezerra IFET-PE Author
Roseli Pimentel Pinheiro e Silva UFRPE Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v32i1.3837

Keywords:

mineral water, microbiology, coliforms, Pseudomonas, Aeromonas

Abstract

Mineral water sold in 20 L bottles in the metropolitan area of Recife, Pernambuco State were microbiologically analyzed between June 2002 and May 2003. The ten selected brands of mineral water were evaluated with regard to heterotrophic bacteria, coliforms, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Aeromonas spp. Data were statistically analyzed using Generalized Linear Models (GLM). Mineral waters showed contamination by the following: E. coli, P. aeruginosa, A. hydrophila and A. caviae. It was concluded that of all ten tested brands, at least one sample of each brand was improper for consumption, for not meeting the parameters established by legislation in at least two tests; the Most Probable Number (MPN) for Pseudomonas spp. and P. aeruginosa was influenced by seasonality and the count of heterotrophic bacteria; the Most Probable Number (MPN) of coliform and thermotolerants and research of Aeromonas spp. suffered no significant influence of seasonality.

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Author Biography

Marcelo Iran Souza Coelho, IFET-PE

Professor das disciplinas de Microbiologia, embalagens para alimentos, matéria prima de progem vagetal e tecnologia de leite do curso de Tecnólogo em alimentos do CEFET-Petrolina/PE.

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Published

2009-12-07

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Clinical Analysis

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Coelho, M. I. S., Mendes, E. S., Cruz, M. C. S., Bezerra, S. S., & Silva, R. P. P. e. (2009). Evaluation of the microbiological quality of mineral water consumed in the metropolitan region of Recife, Pernambuco State - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v32i1.3837. Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 32(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v32i1.3837