Prashant Singh¹, Ajad Patel¹, Ranjan Singh¹*, Vijay Kumar Shukla², Soni Tiwari¹, Prabhash Kumar Pandey³, Laxmi Kant Pandey⁴, Femina Sobin⁵, Neeraj Khare⁶, Abhishek Vashishtha⁷, Ashutosh Kumar¹ and Ashutosh Tripathi¹

¹Department of Microbiology, Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India
²Department of Biochemistry, Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India
³Centre for Advance Research, Faculty of Medicine, King Georges Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁴Department of Biotechnology, St. Aloysius College (Autonomous), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
⁵Department of Microbiology, St. Aloysius College (Autonomous), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
⁶Nims Institute of Allied Medical Science and Technology, Nims University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
⁷Department of Microbiology, Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Jaisalmer Road, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

*Corresponding Author: Ranjan Singh, Department of Microbiology, Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Received: February 03, 2025; Published: February 21, 2025

Abstract

Flowers are the good mood refreshment and main parts of the decoration, used for various religious and cultural activities in all over the world. In the Indian state, Uttar Pradesh, the city Ayodhya is globally famous for the temple of Hindu god Lord Rama and that’s why flowers play various roles in the events of religious and cultural activities. Due to its regular use, flowers should be away from microbial contamination. The flowers were collected from the main garden of Avadh University (Latitude 26°45'11.8"N, Longitude 82°08'32.7"E), Ayodhya from January to March 2024. Objective of this research was to isolation and enumeration of the pathogenic bacteria from the flowers that may harm humans, animals and environment. The results revealed that flowers contain harmful

Keywords: Decoration; Religious; Flower; Harm; Pathogenic Bacteria; Bacterial Contamination

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Citation

Citation: Ranjan Singh.,et al. “Isolation and Enumeration of Bacteria from Fresh Flowers of The Religious City of Ayodhya in the State of Uttar Pradesh in India".Acta Scientific Microbiology 8.3 (2025): 52-57.

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