Research Article
Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Bacteria Isolated from Marine and Freshwater Fish in Tanzania
Table 2
Occurrence of different bacteria on retail fish from Dar es Salaam.
| | Bacterial species | Prevalence (%) | | Red snapper (n = 24) | Shrimps (n = 20) | Nile perch (n = 24) | Nile tilapia (n = 24) | Overall (n = 92) |
| | Citrobacter spp. | 1 (4) | 2 (10) | 1 (4) | 0 | 4 (4) | | E. coli | 10 (40) | 9 (45) | 6 (26) | 12 (48) | 36 (39) | | Klebsiella spp. | 9 (36) | 7 (35) | 4 (17) | 6 (24) | 26 (28) | | Pseudomonas spp. | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | | Salmonella spp. | 3 (12) | 2 (10) | 6 (26) | 4 (24) | 15 (16) | | Shigella spp. | 1 (4) | 0 | 2 (9) | 0 | 3 (3) | | Staphylococcus spp. | 0 | 0 | 4 (17) | 3 (12) | 7 (8) |
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Values in parentheses indicate the % incidence. |
