The Risk of Disease Transmission from Bat's Bacteria to Humans and other Animals Fajri Siti Rabiatul1,*, Primawati Sri Nopita1, Hadi Islamul2, Tresnani Galuh2 1Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Education Mathematics and Natural Sciences IKIP Mataram Jl. Pemuda59A Mataram 83125 Lombok Indonesia 2Department of Biology Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Mataram, Jl. Majapahit No.62 Mataram Lombok 83125 Indonesia *Corresponding author: Siti Rabiatul Fajri Email: sitirabiatulfajri@ikipmataram.ac.id
Online published on 2 February, 2019. Abstract Bats are suspected as vectors of some diseases. Bat area roaming large enough and has a complex social structure makes the bat more interesting and unique to discuss the risk of disease transmission to humans and to other animals, especially from bacteria that exist in bats. The study was conducted from March 2017 to March 2018. The research sites in the southern region of Lombok Island consist of Selong Belanak, Semeti, Areguling, Kuta and Tanjung Ringgit. Bats were collected using mistnet Bacterial data collection comes from examination of the mouth, nose, feces, and bowel bats. The identifcation of bacterial based on colony morphology observation. The results show that there are 14 species of bacteria isolated from 4 species of bats. Species of bacteria are Providencia stuartii, Aeromonas caviae, Citrobacter freundii, Eschericia coli, Serratia ribidaca, Klebsiella oxytoca, Acinotobacter calcoaceticus, Alcaligenes xylosoxidans, Neisseria siccca, Staphylococcus aureus, Providensia penneri, Proteus vulgaris, Citrobacter freundii, and Citrobacter aerogenes. Top Keywords Bats, Disease, Bacteria, Humans, Animals. Top |