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**Antibiogram of Bacterial Flora of Tilapia zilli from Creeks Around Port Harcourt, Nigeria**

D.N. Ogbonna, T.G. Sokari and G.E. Amaku

The gills and intestines of Tilapia zilli collected from 4 different creeks around Port Harcourt, Nigeria were examined over a 7 month period for their bacterial flora. A total of 208 Pseudomonas sp., 129 Aeromonas sp., 90 Klebsiella sp. and 50 Escherichia coli were isolated and tested for their susceptibility to 10 commonly used antibiotics. Tests on 517 of the isolates showed that all of the Pseudomonas sp. were resistant to at least one of the antibiotics. The microflora of the fishes could only have been derived from their environment, i.e., water. The antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the isolates in the present study was compared with the susceptibility pattern of isolates from previous studies.

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D.N. Ogbonna, T.G. Sokari and G.E. Amaku, 2008. Antibiogram of Bacterial Flora of Tilapia zilli from Creeks Around Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 1: 27-33.

DOI: 10.3923/jest.2008.27.33

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jest.2008.27.33

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T.G. Sokari

G.E. Amaku

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**Antibiogram of Bacterial Flora of Tilapia zilli from Creeks Around Port Harcourt, Nigeria**

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