Table 5 Number (percentage) of bacteria isolated from fish sampled from four different sites (S1-S4) of Lakes Hawassa, Langanoo and Ziway

A. sobria

1(1.4)

-

-

1(1.4)

-

-

-

-

-

-

1(1.3)

-

3(1.4)

0.001^*

C. freundii

2(2.9)

-

-

-

-

-

1(1.7)

-

-

-

-

-

3(1.4)

0.001^*

C. koseri

2(2.9)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1(1.3)

-

-

-

3(1.4)

0.001^*

E. tarda

3(4.3)

-

-

2(2.9)

-

2(3.3)

-

-

-

2(2.5)

1(1.3)

10(4.8)

0.096

E. aerogenes

-

-

-

1(1.4)

-

-

1(1.6)

-

1(1.3)

1(1.3)

-

1(1.3)

5(2.4)

0.206

E. cloacae

1(1.4)

-

1(1.4)

-

-

-

-

-

1(1.3)

1(1.3)

1(1.2)

-

5(2.4)

0.003^*

E. coli

2(2.9)

1(1.4)

-

2(2.9)

1(1.7)

-

-

1(1.7)

2(2.5)

-

1(1.3)

2(2.5)

12(5.7)

0.016^*

K. pneumoniae

-

1(1.4)

-

1(1.4)

-

-

-

-

1(1.3)

-

1(1.3)

4(1.9)

0.153

P. shigelloides

-

-

-

1(1.4)

-

1(1.7)

-

-

2(2.5)

-

-

3(1.4)

0.287

P. aeroginosa

1(1.4)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2(2.5)

-

4(1.9)

0.003^*

S. paratyphi

2(2.9)

1(1.4)

-

-

-

-

1(1.7)

-

2(2.5)

-

1(1.3)

-

7(3.3)

0.364

S. typhi

-

1(1.4)

-

1(1.4)

1(1.7)

1(1.7)

1(1.7)

1(1.3)

1(1.3)

-

-

7(3.3)

0.068

S. dysenteriae

1(1.4)

-

-

1(1.4)

-

1(1.7)

-

-

1(1.3)

-

2(2.5)

-

6(2.9)

0.413

S. flexneri

-

1(1.4)

-

2(2.9)

-

1(1.7)

-

-

-

-

2(2.5)

-

6(2.9)

0.158

V. parahemo

-

-

-

1(1.4)

-

-

-

-

-

-

2(2.5)

1(1.3)

4(1.9)

0.007^*

Total

15(21.4)

5(7.1)

1(1.4)

13(18.6)

2(3.3)

6(10)

3(5)

2(3.3)

12(15)

3(3.8)

15(18.8)

5(6.3)

82(39.1)