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Beware! Our home is Wonderland of Pathogenic Bacteria

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Biotechnology, MIET, Meerut, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., Volume 3, Issue (8), Pages 69-76, August,10 (2014)

Abstract

The number of bacteria isolates from living rooms in 55 (bacterial growth was observed in 39 plates out of 40 plates only 1 plate were devoid of bacteria) in rural areas and 41 (bacterial growth was observed in 37 plates out of 40 plates 3 plate are devoid of bacteria) in urban areas was recorded. The present investigation clearly indicates that the living rooms of rural areas are more contaminated (with the major fractions of 4 genera such as Proteus spp., Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Klebsiella spp.) in comparison to urban areas (3 genera: Acinetobacter spp., Klebsiella spp. and Proteus spp.). All in all, the rural living rooms are more contaminated with pathogenic virulent bacteria as compare to urban living rooms. On the other hand, we can say that our home is wonderland of phatogenic bacteria share with our habitat. The results of this study will help the awareness of residing populations in rural and urban areas to make an educated decisions and precautions in developing a proper routine of cleaning regime in their households/kitchens. The data of this research might contribute to designing and manipulating sanitation guidelines/ cleaning that will help to implement best sanitation and hygienic conditions in within households/kitchens and further opportunities in research may be conducting in the area of food born diseases.

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