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dc.contributor.authorAditi, Faria Y.
dc.contributor.authorRahman, Shafkat Shamim
dc.contributor.authorHossain, Md Manjur
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-11T06:57:12Z
dc.date.available2018-02-11T06:57:12Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-01
dc.identifier.citationAditi, F. Y., Rahman, S. S., & Hossain, M. M. (2017). A study on the microbiological status of mineral drinking water. Open Microbiology Journal, 11, 31-44. 10.2174/1874285801711010031en_US
dc.identifier.issn18742858
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10361/9435
dc.descriptionThis article was published in the Open Microbiology Journal [ © 2017 Shakya et al. ] and the definite version is available at :http://doi.org/10.2174/1874285801711010031. The Journal's website is at: https://benthamopen.com/ABSTRACT/TOMICROJ-11-31en_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Water-borne diseases constitute a major health burden in Bangladesh. The objective of this study was to assess the overall quality of mineral water samples that obtained from different shops of Dhaka city. Material and Methods: To achieve the above-mentioned objective, methods of heterotrophic plate count (HPC) and total coliform count (TCC) were applied. Moreover, isolated colony from mineral water samples were characterized by using biochemical and antimicrobial susceptibility tests. Results: Different water samples showed different HPC ranged from 1.0×10 to 8.00×102. Antimicrobial sensitivity test of some selected bacteria viz S. intermedius, S. aureus, S. felis and S. Saccharolyticus were performed. It was observed that Staphylococcus spp. isolates were susceptible to erythromycin, tetracycline, norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin. Furthermore, a few Staphylococcus spp. isolates were intermediate resistant to penicillin and oxacillin. However, most of the Staphylococcus spp. isolates were resistant to cefixime. Conclusion: The results indicate that mineral water serves as a reservoir of various bacteria and that people in Dhaka city, who are the consumers of these water, might get diseases. This study emphasizes the need for elaborated microbiological examinations of mineral drinking water commonly used in Dhaka city.en_US
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dc.publisher© 2017 Bentham Science Publishers B.V.en_US
dc.relation.urihttps://benthamopen.com/ABSTRACT/TOMICROJ-11-31
dc.subjectHeterotrophic plate count (HPC)en_US
dc.subjectMineral wateren_US
dc.subjectPathogensen_US
dc.subjectStaphylococcusen_US
dc.titleA study on the microbiological status of mineral drinking wateren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, BRAC University
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.2174/1874285801711010031


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