Microbiological and Physicochemical Characterization of Irrigation Water in Market Gardening in Korhogo

Table 1

Average loads of microorganisms according to sampling locations.

Location	Microorganism loads (log10ufc/100 mL)
	TC	E. coli	FE	MAG	SRC	Moulds	Yeasts
Shallows	4.35 ± 0.45	3.31 ± 0.71	2.89 ± 0.04	5.98 ± 0.22	3.63 ± 0.68	1.8 ± 0.27	1.95 ± 0.06
Dam	3.7 ± 0.36	2.44 ± 0.75	2.44 ± 0.71	5.34 ± 0.07	3.61 ± 0.61	1.81 ± 0.44	1.98 ± 0.37
Well	3.64 ± 0.28	2.5 ± 0.41	2.9 ± 0.09	4.95 ± 0.29	2.07 ± 1.4	2.08 ± 0.24	1.5 ± 1

TC, total coliforms; FE, fecal enterococci; MAG, mesophilic aerobic germs; SRC, sulphite-reducing clostridia.