To study the prevalence and drug resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from drinking water sources of Morbe Dam, Navi Mumbai

A pathogen's multiple drug resistance (MDR) is becoming a common issue and it is seen in many species, which makes organisms immune to antibiotics. MDR affects not only hospitals but they are becoming common in environmental stress also, so it can easily affect humans and animals which is very dangerous for living welfare. While chlorination reduces microorganisms in drinking water, they can survive the process of treatment and reach the delivery system. In addition, the antibiotic resistance has been recorded before in microorganisms. [1] [2] [3]. The risk associated with microbe pathogenicity is increased through its ability to resist antibiotic treatment. In waste water treatment facilities, the use of biological procedures may cause a selective rise in bacteria resistant to antibiotics, increasing the prevalence of multi-drug-resistant species.[4] Considering the very fact that the general community's public health could also be associated with the standard of treated waste water supplied which public health are often at order of protecting drinking water from contaminants, the current project aims to separate Pseudomonas bacteria from the surface water at Morbe Dam. Mumbai Navi. Another objective was the use of their antibiotic resistance profiles to characterise the isolates.