S.No Microbial isolate Pomecia palludosa Ergeria
radiata
  1   Staphylococcus aureus   7 (26)   3 (17)
2 Streptococcus pneumonia 6 (23) 1 (6)
3 Streptococcus pyrogens 4 (15) 0 (0)
4 Serratia marcessens 3 (12) 2 (11)
5 Micrococcus 1 (4) 0 (0)
6 Escherichia coli 3 (12) 4 (22)
7 Staphylococcus epidermidis 2 (8) 0 (0)
  8   Bacillus spp   0 (0)  
2 (11)
9 Vibro spp 0 (0) 6 (33)
  Total   26 (100)   18 (100)
Values are presented as frequency and percentages (in parenthesis) Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumonia have higher frequency than other isolates. Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumonia, S. pyrogens and E. coli have been implicated in pathogenicity.
Table 2: Frequency of microbial isolates (bacteria) in fresh Pomecia palludosa.