Research Article
Bacteriological and Physicochemical Studies on Tigris River Near the Water Purification Stations within Baghdad Province
Table 2
Number and types of bacterial species isolated from different water sources.
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Bacterial species | Number and types of bacterial species isolated from |
M-Z test* |
C.S. | Drinking water of Al-shula houses | Water of stations | Water of Tigris River |
| E. coli | 8 | 10 | 30 | 0.885 | NS | Serratia plymuthica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.995 | NS | Klebsiella ornithiolytica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.749 | NS | Klebsiella pneumonia | 9 | 4 | 14 | 6.856 | S | Klebsiella terrigena | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 7 | 16 | 30 | 1.169 | NS | Pseudomonas fluorescens | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.207 | NS | Citrobacter freundii | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3.243 | NS | Pseudomonas paucimobilis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.824 | NS | Sphingomonas paucimobilis | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.815 | NS | Pantoea spp. | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.666 | NS | Rahnella aquatilis | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.625 | NS | Enterobacter sakazakii | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5.309 | NS | Enterobacter cloacae | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.378 | NS | Enterobacter aerugena | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Proteus mirabilis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.742 | NS | Aeromonas hydrophila | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.625 | NS | Vibrio cholera | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.251 | NS | Vibrio fluvials | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.251 | NS | Serratia ficaria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.824 | NS | Salmonella orizonae | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.909 | NS |
| Total | 30 | 46 | 103 | 8.851** | S |
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*Chi-Square test with 2 d.f. () = 5.991 & () = 9.210.
**Kruskal Wallis test recorded (Sig. at , i.e., Sig. at ).
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