Table 2.
Distribution of different species of bacteria isolates in the different beach zones.
| Bacteria | Beach zones | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intertidal zone sand | Subtidal zone sand | Supratidal zone sand | Point source | |
| Aerococcus viridans | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Acinetobacter spp. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aeromonas spp. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Shewanella profunda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rheinheimera soli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Staphylococcus spp. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bacillus spp. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Exiguobacterium aurantiacum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 12 (34.3%) | 9 (25.7%) | 8 (22.9%) | 6 (17.1%) |