Use The Crustacean Cyclocypria As Bioclaner For Bacteria Escherichia Coli & Staphylococcus Aurous In Contaminated Water.

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I. M.A. Al- Salman
K.A. Abu baker

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   In this study the Individuals of Ostracoda crustacean Cyclocypria were used as bioclaner of two species of bacteria namely Escherichia coli & Staphylococcus aurous, these bacteria have been introduced to an artificial aquatic environment with known number from pure cultures. The aim was to check the predation efficiency and ecological role of Cyclocypria as biological cleaners.      The results showed that the predation rate was between 6 106 ×  and 7× 10 6 colony/ ml/ 3 days/ 10 crustacean in the first three days. This rate increased remarkably in the 9th, 12th & 15th day from the beginning of the experiment and it was 10 × 10 6 and 15 × 10 6 respectively.      The final predation percentage was 99.48% for E. coli and 99.35% for S .aurous. This indicates the important role that Cyclocypria plays to control both bacterial species, which indicates the possibility using in the biological pollution control for these types of bacteria.     The results show that Cyclocypria is efficient biocleaner, and the relation between consumption and predation rate depends on several environmental and biological factors such as density of organisms, size of media and species protection. There was a feedback system between the prey and predator.

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Use The Crustacean Cyclocypria As Bioclaner For Bacteria Escherichia Coli & Staphylococcus Aurous In Contaminated Water. (2017). Ibn AL-Haitham Journal For Pure and Applied Sciences, 25(1). https://jih.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/j/article/view/662
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Use The Crustacean Cyclocypria As Bioclaner For Bacteria Escherichia Coli & Staphylococcus Aurous In Contaminated Water. (2017). Ibn AL-Haitham Journal For Pure and Applied Sciences, 25(1). https://jih.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/j/article/view/662