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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2006, p. 7916-7918, Vol. 72, No. 12
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01903-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Giardia Cysts and Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Membrane-Filtered Municipal Wastewater Used for Irrigation{triangledown}

A. Lonigro,1 A. Pollice,2 R. Spinelli,3 F. Berrilli,4 D. Di Cave,4,5 C. D'Orazi,5 P. Cavallo,3 and O. Brandonisio3*

Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Vegetali, University of Bari, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy,1 CNR IRSA, Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque, Viale De Blasio 5, 70123 Bari, Italy,2 Dipartimento di Clinica Medica, Immunologia e Malattie Infettive, University of Bari, Policlinico, 70124 Bari, Italy,3 Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Biologia Cellulare, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy,4 Dipartimento di Medicina di Laboratorio—PTV, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy5

Received 9 August 2006/ Accepted 9 October 2006

A wastewater tertiary treatment system based on membrane ultrafiltration and fed with secondary-treated municipal wastewater was evaluated for its Giardia cyst and Cryptosporidium oocyst removal efficiency. Giardia duodenalis (assemblages A and B) and Cryptosporidium parvum were identified in feed water but were found in filtered water only during occasional failure of the filtration system.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Sezione Microbiologia, University of Bari, Policlinico, Piazza G. Cesare, 70124 Bari, Italy. Phone: 39 080 5478491. Fax: 39 080 5478496. E-mail: brandonisio{at}midim.uniba.it.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 20 October 2006.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2006, p. 7916-7918, Vol. 72, No. 12
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01903-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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