Table 3: Bacteria isolated from bottled water at different heterotrophic bacterial count (CFU/ml).
| Bacteria Genera |
Number of Samples with HPC, HPC/ml (%) |
| <100 |
100-500 |
500-1000 |
>1000 |
Total |
| Escherichia coli |
0 (0.0) |
3 (0.8) |
2 (0.5) |
13 (3.2) |
18 (4.5) |
|
Staphylococcus spp. |
3 (0.8) |
6 (1.5) |
3 (0.8) |
26 (6.5) |
38 (9.5) |
|
Stenotrophomonas spp. |
0 (0.0) |
2 (0.5) |
2 (0.5) |
54 (13.5) |
58 (14.5) |
|
Corynebacterium spp. |
1 (0.2) |
6 (1.5) |
7 (1.8) |
60 (15.0) |
74 (18.5) |
|
Flavobacterium spp. |
1 (0.2) |
9 (2.3) |
5 (1.3) |
72 (18.0) |
87 (21.8) |
|
Enterobacter spp. |
4 (1.0) |
10 (2.5) |
7 (1.8) |
89 (22.2) |
110 (27.5) |
|
Micrococcus spp. |
2 (0.5) |
18 (4.5) |
11 (2.8) |
92 (23.0) |
123 (30.8) |
|
Pseudomonas spp. |
5 (1.2) |
25 (6.2) |
13 (3.2) |
95 (23.9) |
138 (34.5) |
|
Acinetobacter spp. |
3 (0.8) |
23 (5.8) |
12 (3.0) |
115 (28.8) |
153 (38.2) |
|
Bacillus spp. |
4 (1.0) |
34 (8.5) |
21 (5.2) |
188 (47.1) |
247 (61.8) |