Physicochemical and microbiological studies of River Nile water in Sohag governorate | ||
| Journal of Environmental Studies | ||
| Article 8, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2013, Pages 47-61 PDF (505.36 K) | ||
| Document Type: High quality original papers | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesj.2013.190293 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ahmed M. Hassanein1; Khalid A. Abdel-Rahim* 2; Sabry M. Younis3; Mohamed Ismael4; Heikal A. Abdel- Azeiz5 | ||
| 1Central Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Sohag University, POX 82524, Sohag, Egypt. | ||
| 2Botany and Microbiology department, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. 2455, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. | ||
| 3Microbiology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt. | ||
| 4Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt. | ||
| 5National Lab for water, Ministry of Health and Population, Sohag, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Water quality assessment of River Nile has been studied in the Upper Egypt region between April 2011 and March 2012 to identify the relationship between the physicochemical parameters and microbiological characteristics. Thirty six water samples were collected during hot and cold seasons along the area extending from Tima to Dar-Elsalam cities, Sohag governorate, Egypt. Results indicated that the physicochemical parameters in all samples increased significantly in the hot season than cold season. In addition, the bacteriological assessment for water samples indicated that most of locations were polluted with faecal coliform and pathogenic bacteria which were identified as Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Shigella spp. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Physicochemical parameters; microbial diversity; correlations coefficient; River Nile water | ||
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