Identification of Microorganisms Isolated from Jet Fuel Systems
AUTOR(ES)
Edmonds, Paul
RESUMO
Seventy-two samples from jet aircraft fuel systems were examined for microbial contamination. Ten contaminated samples yielded 43 microorganisms which were classified into nine genera of bacteria and three genera of fungi. The predominant types, comprising about 37% of the isolated cultures, were identified as Bacillus spp. The remaining cultures were distributed among 11 genera, each of which represented 2 to 9% of the total isolates. Four cultures could not be assigned to a genus on the basis of the diagnostic criteria used. Only five isolates, in the genera Pseudomonas and Hormodendrum (Cladosporium), grew abundantly in a mineral salts solution with JP-4 fuel as the sole source of carbon. The presence of fuel utilizers in a fuel system may be a better index to potential problems that have been correlated with microbial contamination than the presence of aerobic sporeforming bacilli.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=546914Documentos Relacionados
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