Research Article
Identifying Bacteria with Public Health Significance from Farmed Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), Zambia
Table 2
Occurrence of the number of bacteria isolated from fish verses water per farm.
| | Bacteria genera | Occurrence n (%) | Overall (n = 153) | | Farm A (n = 60) | Farm B (n = 51) | Farm C (n = 42) | | Fish | Water | Fish | Water | Fish | Water |
| | Acinetobacter | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2.0) | | Aequorivita | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.3) | | Aerococcus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (1.3) | | Aeromonas | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 (12.4) | | Bacillus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 (2.0) | | Bordetella | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2.0) | | Carnobacterium | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 (9.8) | | Citrobacter | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 (3.3) | | Clostridium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (2.0) | | Corynebacterium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1.3) | | Dermatophilus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1.3) | | Enterococcus | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2.0) | | Escherichia coli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.7) | | Flavobacterium | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 (3.90 | | Klebsiella | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (6.5) | | Lactococcus | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 (5.2) | | Lactococcus/Streptococcus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.7) | | Listeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.7) | | Micrococcus | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 (6.5) | | Planococcus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 (1.3) | | Proteus | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.3) | | Pseudomonas | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 (5.9) | | Rhodococcus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.3) | | Shewanella | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 (1.3) | | Staphylococcus | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 26 (17.0) | | Streptococcus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.7) | | Vagococcus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.7) | | Unidentified bacteria | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 (5.9) |
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The tables show the number of isolated bacteria from fish verses water per farm.
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