Bacterial Community In Drinking Water Of Karachi Does Not Spread Disease: Study

The first metagenomic study report on characterization of bacterial communities in drinking water supply system of Karachi has revealed that bacterial communities found in the drinking water being supplied to the citizens of Karachi, majority of these bacteria were causing no disease

KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd May, 2018 ) :The first metagenomic study report on characterization of bacterial communities in drinking water supply system of Karachi has revealed that bacterial communities found in the drinking water being supplied to the citizens of Karachi, majority of these bacteria were causing no disease.

The study is published in an international research journal recently which has been prepared by Prof. Dr. Kamran Azim and Faizan Saleem of Bio Sciences department, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi, said a statement on Wednesday.

It is mentioned here that for this study water samples were collected from various areas of the city including Kinjher Lake and Hub Dam water supply system. For the preparation of this report on drinking water bacterial community the study was conducted through latest technology called Next Generation DNA Sequencing which provided very useful information.

During this study the researchers reached the conclusion that majority of bacterial community found in drinking water supplies to the citizens are not harmful for spreading any disease. According the report the bacterial community which is available in Karachi's drinking water are known as Pseudomonas, Legiionella, Neisseria, Acinetobacter, Bosea and Microcystisgenera.

It is very interesting to note that such study has been conducted in very few cities of the world with the use of Next Generation DNA Sequencing technology. Dr. Atif Mustufa of NED Engineering and Technology University and research scholars of Karachi University also assisted for the preparation of this study report.