2. Aquatic
Microbiology
Asar Khan
(M.Sc Zoology)
AWKUM Buner

3. 
Study of microorganisms and their communities in
water environment.

4. 
the study of microorganisms in potable or
drinking water.
 No
pathogens
 No chemicals
 No taste
 No odor
 No color
 No harm to human health

5. (1) Marine Ecosystem

plants and animals interact with the chemical
and physical features of the environment.
 aquatic
areas of life, They can be oceans, ponds
, marshes, lagoons, or any area with water that
supports life.

6. (2) Fresh Water Ecosystem

factors, including temperature , light
penetration, and vegetation.

Only 3% of the world's

99% of this is either frozen in glaciers and
pack ice or is buried in aquifers.

The remainder is found in lakes, ponds, rivers,
and streams.

7. wide and includes the habitats like
 Planktons

live in water column
 incapable of swimming
 crucial source of food to
large aquatic organisms, such as fish and whales.


Benthos
community of organisms which live on, in,
or near the seabed
 also used in freshwater biology
 food sources for the benthos are algae
 Organisms such as sea stars, oysters,clams,
sea cucumbers, brittle stars


8. 



Microbial mats
a multi-layered sheet of microorganisms,
mainly bacteria and archaea.
Temp from –40°C to 120°C
industrial uses for water treatment
and for cleaning up pollution.
 Biofilm
group of microorganisms in which
cells stick to each other on a surface.
 5 stages of development


Initial attachment:

Irreversible attachment:

Maturation I:

Maturation II:

Dispersion:

9. 
lakes, rivers , streams, seas , rain, snow &
Groundwater.

11.  Bacteria
 Virus
 Protozoa
 Helmiths
 Spirochete
 Rickettsia
 Algae

12.  Enteritis,




Campylobacter
Cholera
Salmonella
Shigella
 Enteric


diarrhea, and dysentery
- Cholera
- E. coli 0157:H
fever
Typhoid
Paratyphoid
 Paralysis

Botulism
 Eye,

ear, and skin infections
Miscellaneous bacteria
 Urinary

E. coli
tract infections
- Others

13.  Enteritis,


Rotavirus
Norwalk
 Flu


like (liver damage)
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis E
 Paralysis

diarrhea, and dysentery
Polio

14.  Giardia
•
Giardiasis
(beaver fever , inf GIT)
 Cryptosporidium
•
Cryptosporidia
(short term intestine inf)
 Amoeba
•
Amoebiasis, or Amebiasis
(GIT infection)

15.  Round
worm
•
Trichinosis
•
heartworm disease
 Tape
•
Cysticercosis
 Hook
•
worm
Anemia
 Whip
•
worm
worm
trichuriasis

16.  Algae
Mycrocystis
 Dinoflaggelates

o Fungi

Blastomycosis
 Water-related
Malaria
 Schistosomiasis
 Yellow fever
 Dengue fever

diseases

17. 
removing undesirable chemicals, biological
contaminants, suspended solids and gases from
contaminated water.

23. THANK YOU