STUDIES ON STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS FROM TILAPIA NILOTICA IN UPPER EGYPT

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SUMMARY A total of 30 living Tilapia nilotica were bacteriologically examined. The obtained results revealed the presence of 9 isolates which were in their morphological cultural and biochemical behaviour closely related to Staphylococcus epidermidis. These isolates were detected from gills, kidney, liver and intestine.
Ten types of antibiotics were used for determination the sensitiv ity of these isolates to the antibiotics and chemotheraputic agents