Microbiological analysis of water and air quality in the areas of Vela de Coro, Colina municipality and Guaranao, Carirubana municipality, Falcon state

Abstract

The analysis of air and water quality  from the point of view of microbiology is a series of procedures that allows the diagnosis of the presence of possible pathogens that represent a risk for the populations near the study areas. The problem begins when their concentrations exceed the normal parameters due to the generation of the most suitable conditions for their development, such as adequate humidity and temperature (Cáceres, 1990). The main objectives of this project are to determine the presence of microorganisms in air and water in the area of La Vela Colina Municipality and Guaranao Carirubana Municipality of Falcon State and to establish the environmental quality of air and water in the Guaranao area. For the collection of water and air samples, 5 and 3 stations were taken respectively at random, in order to determine the different types of microorganisms present in the sampled
areas. Later, the pertinent cultures were carried out to be able to study the morphology of the present microorganisms which can be evidenced that the study of the quality of the water of Guaranao in the stations 2 and 3 gave positive to the presence of fecal coliforms. While in zone 1 (Guaranao’s source) I show negative results, the Gram stains of the bacterial strains allowed to differentiate between Gram (+) and Gram (-) coconuts, in which the estimated populations gave result that the microbial concentrations in the air exceed the normal ranges deriving in very contaminated air.