20.500.12556/RUL-131081 Fungal contaminants in drinking water regulation? a tale of ecology, exposure, purification and clinical relevance Microbiological drinking water safety is traditionally monitored mainly by bacterial parameters that indicate faecal contamination. These parameters correlate with gastro-intestinal illness, despite the fact that viral agents, resulting from faecal contamination, are usually the cause. This leaves behind microbes that can cause illness other than gastro-intestinal and several emerging pathogens, disregarding non-endemic microbial contaminants and those with recent pathogenic activity reported. This white paper focuses on one group of contaminants known to cause allergies, opportunistic infections and intoxications: Fungi. It presents a review on their occurrence, ecology and physiology. Additionally, factors contributing to their presence in water distribution systems, as well as their effect on water quality are discussed. Presence of opportunistic and pathogenic fungi in drinking water can pose a health risk to consumers due to daily contact with water, via several exposure points, such as drinking and showering. The clinical relevance and influence on human health of the most common fungal contaminants in drinking water is discussed. Our goal with this paper is to place fungal contaminants on the roadmap of evidence based and emerging threats for drinking water quality safety regulations. drinking water fungi fungal contaminants Aspergillus in water Candida moulds molds mycotoxins behaviour mapping true false true Angleški jezik Ni določen Članek v reviji 2021-09-22 11:37:14 2021-09-22 11:37:15 2022-09-10 04:09:49 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2017 0 0 44 str. iss. 6, art. 636 Vol. 14 2017 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 579 1661-7827 10.3390/ijerph14060636 4349775 RAZ_Novak_Babic_Monika_2017.pdf RAZ_Novak_Babic_Monika_2017.pdf 1 A40B96DFCA54936CD86DB2997ED2E1F2 d5d889809c38494ce1cafa8172bfdddba25457d46ae5ddccfe54d5fefbd68152 e83fcbd1-1b88-11ec-a523-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=148330 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/6/636 0 e1a744e6-1b88-11ec-a523-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=148329 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0