PHYTOANTIBACTERIAL EXTRACTS AGAINST WATER BORNE PATHOGENIC BACTERIA

Abstract

Isolation of pathogenic bacteria from different sources of water and studying the effect of some plant extracts on the water borne pathogenic bacteria . A trial to study the synergistic effect of some medicinal plant extracts with antibiotic drugs against water borne microorganisms with the lowest concentration of antibiotic. The results obtained in this study can be summarized as follows: 1- Sixty water borne pathogenic bacteria isolates were obtained from 9 water samples from a total of 24 samples collected from 6 different sources namely Tap water (5 samples), Storage water (5samples) , Bottled water (5 samples), Underground water (2 samples), Renal dialysis water (5 samples) and Nile water (2 samples) which were collected from four governorates ( Cairo, Giza, Sharqia and Qalyubia).The Nile water was recorded as the highest level of contaminate being 45.7% (Shubra El-Mazalat area in Qalyubia governorate and El-Warraq area in Giza governorate ) followed by two samples of Tap water being 28.6% (Embaba in Giza and Belbeis in Sharqia) then 2 samples for Storage water (2 hospitals in Giza and Cairo) and Underground water being 11.42% (2 houses of Ain Shams