ESTUDO DE MICROORGANISMOS PATÓXENOS NA FONTE TERMAL DO TINTEIRO EN OURENSE STUDY OF MICROBIAL PATHOGENS IN THE HOT SPRING OF TINTEIRO AT OURENSE ESTUDIO DE MICROORGANISMOS PATÓGENOS EN LA FUENTE TERMAL DE O TINTEIRO EN OURENSE

Abstract

A microbiological analysis has been done in 6 samples got in two places situated in the hot spring of Tinteiro (Ourense, Spain) and 4 places in the surroundings of this spring, to evaluate bacterial contamination, because water is a food of public consumption and must be potable. In the tested samples have been analized the presence of human pathogens such as faecalis coliforms, sulfite reductor Clostridium, Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus, Enterococcus, Vibrio and Salmonella, prohibited by the Spanish Legislation.