Identifying Bacteria with Public Health Significance from Farmed Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), Zambia

Table 4

Occurrence of the different bacteria genera on farms A, B, and C.

Bacteria genera	Occurrence n (%)			Overall (n = 153)
	Farm A (n = 60)	Farm B (n = 51)	Farm C (n = 42)
Acinetobacter	2 (3.3)	1 (2.0)	0 (0.00)	3 (2.0)
Aequorivita	2 (3.3)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	2 (1.3)
Aerococcus	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	2 (4.8)	2 (1.3)
Aeromonas	18 (30)	1 (2.0)	0 (0.00)	19 (12.4)
Bacillus	1 (1.7)	1 (2.0)	1 (2.4)	3 (2.0)
Bordetella	0 (0.00)	3 (5.9)	0 (0.00)	3 (2.0)
Carnobacterium	3 (5.0)	7 (13.7)	5 (11.9)	15 (9.8)
Citrobacter	4 (6.7)	0 (0.00)	1 (2.4)	5 (3.3)
Clostridium	2 (3.3)	0 (0.00)	1 (2.4)	3 (2.0)
Corynebacterium	0 (0.00)	1 (2.0)	1 (2.4)	2 (1.3)
Dermatophilus	0 (0.00)	1 (2.0)	1 (2.4)	2 (1.3)
Enterococcus	1 (1.7)	2 (3.9)	0 (0.00)	3 (2.0)
Escherichia coli	1 (1.7)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	1 (0.7)
Flavobacterium	3 (5.0)	2 (3.9)	1 (2.4)	6 (3.90
Klebsiella	10 (16.7)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	10 (6.5)
Lactococcus	0 (0.00)	3 (5.9)	5 (11.9)	8 (5.2)
Lactococcus/Streptococcus	0 (0.00)	1 (2.0)	0 (0.00)	1 (0.7)
Listeria	1 (1.7)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	1 (0.7)
Micrococcus	0 (0.00)	7 (13.7)	3 (7.1)	10 (6.5)
Planococcus	0 (0.00)	1 (2.0)	1 (2.4)	2 (1.3)
Proteus	2 (3.3)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	2 (1.3)
Pseudomonas	0 (0.00)	8 (15.7)	1 (2.4)	9 (5.9)
Rhodococcus	1 (1.7)	1 (2.0)	0 (0.00)	2 (1.3)
Shewanella	0 (0.00)	1 (2.0)	1 (2.4)	2 (1.3)
Staphylococcus	9 (15.0)	4 (7.8)	13 (31.0)	26 (17.0)
Streptococcus	0 (0.00)	1 (2.0)	0 (0.00)	1 (0.7)
Vagococcus	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	1 (2.4)	1 (0.7)
Unidentified bacteria	0 (0.00)	5 (9.8)	4 (9.5)	9 (5.9)

The table shows occurrence of the different bacteria genera isolated from the three farms.