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Table 3 The median (IQR) of concentration of bacterial fauna in mosquito breeding habitats in Cape Coast

From: Larval ecology of Anopheles coluzzii in Cape Coast, Ghana: water quality, nature of habitat and implication for larval control

Type of breeding habitata

Median (IQR) of total viable count (×103 cfu/ml)

Bacterial speciesb

Anopheles-positive breeding habitats (N = 21)

49 (36.5–59)

Enterobacter cloacae, Proteus mirabilis, Streptococcus faecalis, Shigella sp., Klebsiella oxytoca, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Clostridium sp., Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter aerogenes, Salmonella sp.

Culex only habitats (N = 27)

42 (22–8)

Citrobacter spp., Shigella spp, Streptococcus faecalis, Proteus mirabilis, Klebsiella oxytoca, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Clostridium sp., Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter aerogenes, Salmonella sp.

  1. aBacteria fauna was assessed in these breeding habitats during the dry season (January–March 2014)
  2. bFive species: Escherichia coli, Clostridium species, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter aerogenes, Salmonella species were present in all individual habitats