The occurrence of yeasts in the artificial recreational lake Rudava, located in the middle of the Záhorie Lowland, was studied. Twelve different yeast species were identified from sixty water samples, including Candida krusei, C. tropicalis, C. guilliermondii, Geotrichum candidum, Rhodotorula glutinis, Rh. rubra, Hansenula anomala, Aureobasidium pullulans, Cryptococcus albidus var. aerius and Saccharomycopsis fibuligera. Their likely sources include swimmers, sewage, decomposed wood and plants, or animal feed. Some species are potentially pathogenic to humans or animals.
Kocková-Kratochvílová A., Sláviková E., Kovačovská R., Tomanová E. (1989): Yeasts and yeast-like organisms in the fresh-water lake Rudava. – Česká Mykologie 43(4): 227–234.
