{"id":1894,"date":"2018-01-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/sudamerica\/news\/gwp-uruguay-apoya-curso-biofilms-microbial-ecology-of-drinking-water-systems-experimental-and-bioinformatic-approaches\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:46:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:46:29","slug":"gwp-uruguay-apoya-curso-biofilms-microbial-ecology-of-drinking-water-systems-experimental-and-bioinformatic-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/sudamerica\/news\/gwp-uruguay-apoya-curso-biofilms-microbial-ecology-of-drinking-water-systems-experimental-and-bioinformatic-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"GWP URUGUAY apoya Curso \u201cBiofilms: Microbial Ecology of Drinking Water Systems, experimental and bioinformatic approaches\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fueron invitados cursantes de posgrado de Qu\u00edmica, Biolog\u00eda y Biotecnolog\u00eda, profesionales de empresas farmac\u00e9uticas, instituciones estatales a nivel nacional y departamental del gobierno en la tem\u00e1tica, a fin de promover un nutrido intercambio. El objetivo consisti\u00f3 en brindar a los asistentes una rese\u00f1a actualizada sobre el estado del arte de la investigaci\u00f3n actual en el campo de los biofilms, en particular aquellos que se forman en los sistemas de distribuci\u00f3n de agua potable (SDAP). Se abarcaron aspectos tanto te\u00f3ricos como pr\u00e1cticos, desde un punto de vista biol\u00f3gico y tecnol\u00f3gico y se intercambi\u00f3 muy fluidamente sobre los recientes avances del \u00e1rea de investigaci\u00f3n tanto a nivel de conocimiento como a nivel de la metodolog\u00eda utilizada.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Los Biofilms y la calidad de agua (P\u00eda Cerdeiras, Facultad de Qu\u00edmica)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;La seguridad y la calidad del agua potable pueden verse comprometidas por pat\u00f3genos que pueden sobrevivir dentro de los biofilms adheridos a las tuber\u00edas. Se sabe, que un 50% de las cepas de Salmonella ssp. son capaces de formar biofilms. Al mismo tiempo, se ha observado que concentraciones sub\u00f3ptimas de antibi\u00f3ticos inducen la formaci\u00f3n de biofilms en Staphylococcus aureus. Tambi\u00e9n, los biofilms desempe\u00f1an un papel central en la aparici\u00f3n de color inadecuado en el agua y en cambios en su sabor y olor( siendo estas las principales causas de quejas de los clientes). Participan en la corrosi\u00f3n, favoreciendo la formaci\u00f3n de incrustaciones en las tuber\u00edas, llegando a incluso a su bloqueo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Los SDAP sustentan una comunidad microbiana diversa formando biofilms unidos a las paredes de las tuber\u00edas. Si las condiciones hidr\u00e1ulicas de la red de distribuci\u00f3n superan las fuerzas adhesivas del biofilm, estos pueden desprenderse de las paredes de la tuber\u00eda siendo potencialmente capaces de impactar en el rendimiento del sistema en cuanto a una disminusi\u00f3n en su caudal, a la calidad final y la seguridad del agua suministrada. Diferentes par\u00e1metros dentro de los SDAP pueden influir en la forma en que el material y los biofilms se acumulan en las paredes de las tuber\u00edas. Por ejemplo, las caracter\u00edsticas de las mismas (p. ej., material, rugosidad, etc.) pueden afectar la composici\u00f3n y morfolog\u00eda del biofilm, y las condiciones hidrodin\u00e1micas a su vez pueden afectar la fuerza de fijaci\u00f3n a las tuber\u00edas, a su vez, las caracter\u00edsticas fisicoqu\u00edmicas del agua de la fuente y el tipo de microorganismos que la habitan influenciar\u00e1n la flora del biofilm. Sin embargo, existen conocimientos limitados sobre la din\u00e1mica de los biofilms en los SDAP reales pues estos sistemas son dif\u00edciles y costosos de acceder, restringi\u00e9ndose la mayor\u00eda de los estudios de diversidad microbiana en estos ecosistemas a muestras de grifos y medidores de agua y \/ o biofilms desarrollados durante un tiempo limitado en sistemas artificiales. Teniendo en cuenta que los biofilms degradan la calidad y seguridad del agua a trav\u00e9s del potencial hospedaje de microorganismos indeseables, la investigaci\u00f3n realista e in situ sobre la formaci\u00f3n de biofilm en los SDAP es esencial para entender los factores que influyen en su desarrollo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GWP Uruguay promovi\u00f3 un curso de 10 d\u00edas organizado por la Facultad de Qu\u00edmica de la Universidad de la Rep\u00fablica dictado por la Prof. Invitada Isabel Doutorelo, reconocida experta del Instituto Sheffield de Inglaterra, con el apoyo de GWP Uruguay, Pedeciba y la 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