High Prevalence of Pseudomonas Species in Soil Samples from Ternate Island-Indonesia
2009; Asian Network for Scientific Information; Volume: 12; Issue: 14 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3923/pjbs.2009.1036.1040
ISSN1812-5735
AutoresNoura, K M Salih, N H Jusuf, Aidil Abdul Hamid, Wan Mohtar Wan Yusoff,
Tópico(s)Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
ResumoIn the present study, Ten soil samples were examined and the pH of the soil was recorded. For bacterial isolation, a sterile nutrient and blood agars were used. Gram stain and biochemical tests were done for identification. A total of 384 genus were isolated, 314 (81.8%) were identified as Pseudomonas species of which 245 (78.0%) were Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 42 (13.4%) were Pseudomonas fluorescens, 13 (4.2%) were Pseudomonas mallei, 10 (3.1%) were Pseudomonas putida and 4 (1.3%) were Pseudomonas syringe and are regarded as pathogenic and harmful to man, animal and plants. This study shows that Pseudomonas aeruginosa had a high adaptation capability to grow in soil samples from Ternate, Indonesia. The rest of the bacterial isolates (18.2%) were identified as follows: 24 samples (6.2%) were Micrococcus, 23 samples (6.0%) were E. coli, 12 samples (3.1%) were Pasteurella and 11 samples (2.9%) were Staphylococcus. Pencillium was also isolated.
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