Trends in Applied Sciences Research1819-35792151-7908Science International10.3923/tasr.2014.517.521AtiribomR.Y. KolndadachaO.D. 9201499Hadejia reservoir is a floodplain complex in northeastern Nigeria. This area has long been noted for its importance in fish production. It is also important to both year round native birds and European water birds that travel over the Sahara desert to this wetland to spend their winters. Quantitative and qualitative profile of bacteria in the reservoir was carried out. Quantitative analysis of bacteria in the water revealed that the water Contained Total Heterotrophic Count (THC) of 3.1x103 to 3.5x106 CFU mL-1 and Total Coliform Count (TCC) ranging from 1.4x102 to 1.4x103 CFU mL-1. Bacteria load in the fish intestines are 3.5x103 and 3.1x104 CFU g-1 for total coliform and total heterotrophic count, respectively. Fish gills has less count (2.1x102 and 3.4x103 CFU g-1 for TCC and THC, respectively) than the fish intestines. Bacteria species such as Aeromonas hydrophila, Vibrio cholera, Shigella species were isolated from the water samples. Escherichia coli, Salmonella sp. and Shigella sp. were isolated from the fish samples. So, the present study aims to assess the bacteriological profile of water and fish samples from Hadejia reservoir.]]>Agarwal, S.K.,2005pp: 276-314pp: 276-314Greenberg, A.,198516th Edn.,Pages: 1268Pages: 1268Cheesbrough, M.,2006pp: 143-147pp: 143-147USAID,20082008Jones, T.G.,1979pp: 56-61pp: 56-61Apun, K., A.M. Yusof and K. Jugang,19999285292Lejeune, J.T., T.E. Besser, D.H. Rice and D.D. Hancock,2001Escherichia coli O157.]]>32316320Mitchel, R.,19722nd Edn.,pp: 207-241pp: 207-241Okaeme, A.N., F.S. Ogbondeminu and C.T. Madu,1991Fingerlings of Clarias anguillaris L. in a hatchery complex in Nigeria.]]>64554UNEP.,19911991