Survey of pathogenic bacteria in freshwater crab (potamon mesopotamicum)‎ collected from Tigris, Basrah

الملخص EN

The present study was carried out to determine the presence of pathogenic bacteria in freshwater crab (Potamon mesopotamicum) in Tigris at North of Qurna, as well as their antibiotic resistance.

A total of 21 bacterial isolates consisting three bacterial species were isolated from freshwater crab, P.

aeroginosa, E.

coli, A.

hydrophila kanamycin was found to be effective against all the bacterial isolated whilst the highest percentage of antibiotic resistance was shown beyond to Lincomycin (76.4%) followed by ampicilin(66.14%), Erythromycin(57.3%).