Table 3.
Bacteria | Boreholes | Dams | Hand-dug wells | Streams | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | (%) | |||||
Acinetobacter spp. | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5.5 |
Bacillus spp. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 |
Citrobacter freundii | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.8 |
Enterobacter spp. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10.0 |
Enterococcus spp. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 |
Escherichia coli | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 20.9 |
Klebsiella spp. | 1 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 21.8 |
Proteus vulgaris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.8 |
Providencia spp. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.8 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4.5 |
Salmonella spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14.5 |
Staphylococcus epidermidis | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5.5 |
Streptococcus agalactiae | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.7 |
Vibrio spp. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6.4 |
Total | 9 (8.2)∗ | 37 (33.6) | 22 (20.0) | 42 (38.2) | 110 | 100.0 |
∗Number in parentheses represents the percent of the total isolates obtained.