Fish Microbiological Analysis and Identification of Bacterial Germs

Authors

  • Adel Banana Author
  • Rgaia Abulgam Author
  • Abdalbast Azarougy Author
  • Ali Esswaie Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59992/IJSR.2025.v4n4p15

Keywords:

Sewage Water, Fish Contamination, Bacterial Identification

Abstract

The occurrence of microbiological contamination in marine environments is a potential consequence of the discharge of sewage from human or animal sources into coastal water. The contamination of marine environments by microorganisms represents a significant global concern, given the adverse impact of such contamination on aquatic life, particularly fish.

Leaping Mullet samples were collected from Zuwara around  the port  of Zuwara,  results showed that  the Colonies are rosé cream-colored colonies Gram-negative, Shigella spp 3*102 cfu/g. Samples collected from the marine environnement in Sabratha Sea surrounded by sewage water where Kocuria Varians Yersinia Pseudotuberculosis isolated from Leaping Mullet, Pagellus erythrinus and   Sphyraena barracuda 3*103, 5*103  and 8.*103 cfu/g, respectively.

Conclusion was identifying the microbiological contamination on the marine environment of the Sabratha and Zuwara Sea.

Author Biographies

  • Adel Banana

    Environmental Engineering Department, Sabratha Faculty of Engineering, 
    Sabratha University, Libya

  • Rgaia Abulgam

    Environmental Engineering Department, Sabratha Faculty of Engineering, 
    Sabratha University, Libya

  • Abdalbast Azarougy

    Environmental Engineering Department, Sabratha Faculty of Engineering, 
    Sabratha University, Libya

  • Ali Esswaie

    Higher Institute of Marine Science Technologies, Sabratha, Libya

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2025-04-15

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Fish Microbiological Analysis and Identification of Bacterial Germs. (2025). The International Journal for Scientific Research, 4(4). https://doi.org/10.59992/IJSR.2025.v4n4p15