Table 1.
Bacterial isolates from faecal droppings of geckos collected from different sources.
| Bacterial isolates | Number of gecko samples from different sources positive for bacteria (number of samples tested) | Chi-test statistics | Total number of isolates of bacteria | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offices n = 60 | HHH n = 88 |
IFS n = 18 |
HGM n = 28 |
Total positive (%) N = 194 | |||
| Citrobacter diversus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 (2.6%) | 0.657 | 9 |
| C. freundii | 6 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 33 (17.0%) | 0.005 | 66 |
| C. amalonaticus | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 (3.1%) | 0.059 | 11 |
| Edwardsiella tarda | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 (1.5%) | 0.296 | 4 |
| Ed. hoshiniae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.5%) | 0.523 | 1 |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 (1.5%) | 0.005 | 3 |
| Ent. aerogenese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (0.5%) | 0.114 | 1 |
| Ent. agglomerans | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 (5.7%) | 0.039 | 13 |
| Ent. amnigenus BG-I | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 (3.1%) | 0.143 | 6 |
| Ent. amnigenus BG-II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.0) | 0.211 | 3 |
| Ent. cancerogenus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.5%) | 0.020 | 1 |
| Ent. gregoviae | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 (6.2%) | 6.3 × 10−9 | 18 |
| Ent. sakazaki | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.5%) | 0.750 | 1 |
| Erwinia ananas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.0%) | 0.487 | 2 |
| Escherichia blattae | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 (2.6%) | 0.001 | 6 |
| E. coli | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 39 (20.1%) | 8.1 × 10−7 | 56 |
| E. fergusonii | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1.5%) | 0.299 | 3 |
| Hafnea alvei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (0.5%) | 0.114 | 1 |
| Klebsiella oxytoca | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 (1.0%) | 0.459 | 2 |
| K. pneumoniae | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 27 (13.9%) | 3.4 × 10−4 | 41 |
| Leclercia adecarboxylata | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.5%) | 0.020 | 1 |
| Leminorella ghirmonti | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.0%) | 0.867 | 2 |
| Listonella damsele | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1.0%) | 0.168 | 3 |
| Pragia fontium | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 (3.1%) | 0.059 | 6 |
| Proteus penneri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.0%) | 0.867 | 2 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 (1.5%) | 0.006 | 3 |
| Raoultella terrigena | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1.5%) | 0.793 | 4 |
| Salmonella indica | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 (6.2%) | 0.032 | 36 |
| Salmonella salamae | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.0%) | 0.487 | 7 |
| Salmonella houtenae | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (1.5%) | 0.173 | 4 |
| Serratia entamophila | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.0%) | 0.523 | 3 |
| Serratia fonticola | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.5%) | 0.750 | 4 |
| Serratia marcescens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.5%) | 0.523 | 2 |
| Xenorhabdus luminescens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.5%) | 0.523 | 1 |
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| Total | 44 | 70 | 18 | 28 | 160 | 0.003 | 326 |
HHH: human households; IFS: integrated farm units; HGM: hostel, guest house, and mess/canteen; BG: biogroup; NT: not tested.
Note: Chi-square test was done to test the null hypothesis that sources from which gecko droppings were sampled had no effect on isolation rate of the bacteria.