Identification of bacteria which possible transmitted by Musca domestica [Diptera: Muscidae] in the region of Ahvaz, SW Iran

The house-fly, Musca domestica L., not only is a nuisance pest, but also acts as an important mechanical vector for lots of pathogenic microorganism agents, including: bacteria, protozoa, worms, fungi and viruses amongst humans and animals. The aim of this study was to isolate and identification bacteria that are pick up by house-fly over the human and animal premises. In this study totally 230 houseflies were collected to isolate their bacteria, from the central slaughter house and a zoo in Ahvaz SW Iran. The most common isolated bacteria were Escherichia coli with 230 cases [36.5%]. The results of the current study confirm that flies are much more than a nuisance and that they pose potentially serious health risks. Consequently, the population of houseflies has to be controlled

Isolation Of fungi from housefly [Musca Domestica] in Ahwaz, Iran

The objective of this study was isolation of fungi on external surface of houseflies collected from Ahwaz, Iran. The fungal spores of the external surface of 275 house-flies [Musca domestica] were collected from Ahwaz, Iran. The flies were captured and rinsed in a solution of 1% sodium hypochlorite for three minutes and twice in sterile distilled water for 1min. The group of ten flies was transferred to a 0.85% saline solution. 0.1ml of this solution was transferred to Sabouraud's dextrose agar [SDA]. The plates were kept at room temperature to allow appearance of the fungal colonies. In this study 1295 fungal colonies were identified. The main fungi isolated were species of Aspergillus, Penicillium, Yeasts, Cladosporium and Fusarium. Also, 2 dermatophytes were recovered including Microsporum gypseum and Trichophyton mentagrophytes. Our study demonstrated that house-fly is a carrier for fungal spores