Isolation of bacteria from fish

This study carried out to isolation of bacteria from fish.(100) rectal swab from fish were collected from different area of local markets in Baghdad city ( 28 ) sample fromI lisha (1 )sample from B arbus xanthopterus ,( 1 ) sample from Barbus grypus , (24 )sample from cyprinu carpio ,(25) sample from liza abu,( 4 )sample from aspius varax ,( 7 )sample from barbus luteus ,( 2) sample from barbus sherpeyi ,( 1) sample from carraius auratus ,(2 )sample from mugil cephitus ,( 5) sample from hypophthilminthys molitrix . samples culturing on different media upon cultural , morphological and biochemical examination. The result revealed that isolation rate was (49%) for Staphylococcus aureus , (49%)for Streptococcus group D,(39%) for Salmonella spp ,(27%)for Proteus spp (15%) for Pseudomonas spp, (15% ) for Escherichia coli ,(15%) Aeromonas spp,(26%) Vibrio parahaemolyticus, (3%) Plesiomonas shigelloides , ( 3%) Citrobacter , (12%) Edwardsiella and (4%) Nocardia.