Diversity of Bacteria in Seawater at Sea Turtle Conservation Center, Sriracha District, Chonburi Province

Abstract

In this study, numbers and genus of total bacteria were investigated monthly in seawater at a Sea Turtle Conservation Center, Sriracha District, Chonburi Province, Thailand, used for marine turtle culture for 5 months. Numbers of totalbacteria in seawater ranged from 5.00 ± 1.73 ´ 104 to 1.52 ± 0.09 ´ 106 CFU/ml. Bacteria found in this study were identified as Azotobacter sp., Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus sp., Brevibacillus laterosporus, Cytophaga sp., Erysipelothrix sp., Escherichia coli, Flavobacterium sp., Kocuria kristinae, Kocuria varians, Listeria sp., Micrococcus sp., Moraxella sp., Serratia sp., Staphylococcus lentus, Staphylococcus lugdunensis, Staphylococcus sp., Vibrio sp. and unidentified species. Numbers of total bacteria found in October were not significantly different (P > 0.05), compared to those in January, but significantly different (P < 0.05), compared to those in November, December and February

Keywords

• seawater
• marine turtle
• total bacteria