Estudio microbiológico de las Aguas Termales de Guapante ubicado en la parroquia de San Andrés perteneciente al cantón Santiago de Píllaro- Tungurahua.

Abstract

Tourist attractins in Ecuador are the hot springs, it is visited by close to them or foreign visitors who know of its existence population, these waters for their high mineral composition and temperatura, and it believed to have therapeutic effects human health. The objective of this study was to determine and compare, by a method of analysis, the presence of native and non-native organism in hot spring Guapante Píllaro Canton, Tungurahua province. Wáter samples were collected in sterile containers, for bacterial growth Petrifilm rapid method for seeding planting method was used to purify exhaustion colony and get a pure strain, concluding with bacterial identification was used by biochemical test. Resulting in a count of microorganisms in wáter hole > to 365UFC/cm2, while pool was 4,5UFC/cm2, that is at stope start remedying pollution in pool with the use of chlorine. The microorganisms identified are of indigenous origin such as Bacillus subtilis, Enterobacter Cloacae, Citrobacter amalonaticus and Alcaligenes Faecalis and other allochthonous origin such as Escherichia coli, Leminorella grimontii, Afipia clevelandensis, Rahnella aquatilis and Staphylococcus aureus which are considered pathogenic disease-causing bacteria. Concluding that although there are potencially pathogenic bacteria very low concentration in this resort, so must implement a wáter teatment system to ensure quality, ensuring health of visitors and make more samples to know if the system is going to be worked implement.