Microbial Assessment of Tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) Sold at Some Central Markets in Ghana

Table 2

Total distribution of bacteria isolates in fresh and spoilt tomatoes.

	Grade of Tomatoes
Isolates	Fresh tomatoes	Spoilt tomatoes	Total ()
Bacillus species	2	0	2 (3.0)
Citrobacter species	0	5	5 (7.6)
Citrobacter koseri	0	2	2 (3.0)
Enterobacter species	7	9	16 (24.2)
Enterobacter cloacae	1	2	3 (4.5)
Klebsiella species	10	13	23 (34.8)
Klebsiella oxytoca	1	7	8 (12.1)(
Klebsiella pneumoniae	0	1	1 (1.5)
Proteus mirabilis	0	2	2 (3.0)
P. aeruginosa	0	2	2 (3.0)
Shigella species	0	2	2 (3.0)
Total	21 (31.8)	45 (68.2)	66 (100)