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Free living amoebae isolation in irrigation waters and soils of an insular arid agroecosystem.
| dc.contributor.author | Díaz Peña, Francisco Javier | |
| dc.contributor.author | Reyes Battle, María | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rodríguez Expósito, Rubén | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sifaoui, Inés | |
| dc.contributor.author | Riezo Liendo, Aitor | |
| dc.contributor.author | Piñero, José E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lorenzo Morales, Jacob | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-01T21:05:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-02-01T21:05:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.date.issued | The use of freshwater in agricultural systems represents a high percentage of total water consumption worldwide. Therefore, alternative sources of water for irrigation will need to be developed, particularly in arid and semi-arid areas, in order to meet the growing demand for food in the future. The use of recycled wastewater (RWW), brackish water (BW) or desalinated brackish water (DBW) are among the different non-conventional water resources proposed. However, it is necessary to evaluate the health risks for humans and animals associated with the microbiological load of these waters. Protozoa such as free-living amoebae (FLA) are considered an emerging group of opportunistic pathogens capable to cause several diseases in humans (e.g. cutaneous and ocular infections, lung, bone or adrenal gland conditions or fatal encephalitis). In the present study we evaluate FLA presence in three different irrigation water qualities (RWW, BWand DBW) and its survival in irrigated agricultural soils of an extremely arid insular ecosystem (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain). Samples were cultured on 2% Non-Nutrient Agar (NNA) plates covered with a thin layer of heat killed E. coli and checked daily for the presence of FLA. According to the prevalence of FLA, Vermamoeba vermiformis (53,8%), Acanthamoeba spp. (30,8%), Vahlkampfia avara (7,7%) and Naegleria australiensis (7,7%) were detected in the analysed water samples, while Acanthamoeba (83,3%), Cercozoa spp. (8,3%) and Vahlkampfia orchilla (8,3%) were isolated in irrigated soils. Only Acanthamoeba strains were isolated in no irrigated soils used as control, evidencing the capability of these protozoa to resist environmental harsh conditions. Additionally, all analysed water sources and the irrigated soils presented growth of several pathogenic bacteria. Therefore, the coexistence in water and soils of pathogenic bacteria and FLA, can mean an increased risk of infection in agroecosystems. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/35946 | |
| dc.description | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141833 | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Science of The Total Environment Volume 753, 2021 | |
| dc.rights | Licencia Creative Commons (Reconocimiento-No comercial-Sin obras derivadas 4.0 Internacional) | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es_ES | |
| dc.title | Free living amoebae isolation in irrigation waters and soils of an insular arid agroecosystem. | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141833 | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Free living amoebae | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Irrigation water quality | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Arid agricultural soils | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Microbiological load | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Fuerteventura Island |
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