Research Article

Detection and Profiling of Antibiotic Resistance among Culturable Bacterial Isolates in Vended Food and Soil Samples

Table 4

Antibiosis effect of antibiotic-resistant bacteria isolated from vended food and soil on laboratory strains of bacteria.

Isolate NumberProbable identityLocationSampleE. coli ATCC 35218S. aureus ATCC 1026K. pneumoniae ATCC 35218

KC430Pseudomonas spp.KangaruChips0.00 ± 0.00b0.00 ± 0.00b14.33 ± 0.33a
KC67P. aeruginosaKangaruChips0.00 ± 0.00b0.00 ± 0.00b10.00 ± 0.00b
KF395Yersinia spp.KangaruFish0.00 ± 0.00b0.00 ± 0.00b9.67 ± 0.33b
KFR217Klebsiella spp.KangaruFruit0.00 ± 0.00b0.00 ± 0.00b7.00 ± 0.00c
KFR38B. pacificusKangaruFruit0.00 ± 0.00b8.33 ± 2.33b13.67 ± 0.33a
KMP337C. freundiiKangaruMeat pie0.00 ± 0.00b16.33 ± 0.88a0.00 ± 0.00d
KS260E. coliKangaruSoil7.00 ± 0.00a0.00 ± 0.00b9.00 ± 0.00bc
KSM63S. sonneiKangaruSamosa0.00 ± 0.00b0.00 ± 0.00b10.33 ± 1.33b
KVS271Pseudomonas spp.KangaruVegetable salad0.00 ± 0.00b0.00 ± 0.00b7.00 ± 0.00c
TS380Salmonella spp.TownSoil0.00 ± 0.00b0.00 ± 0.00b11.00 ± 0.58b
TS572B. subtilisTownSoil0.00 ± 0.00b0.00 ± 0.00b14.00 ± 0.58a

value0.0010.0010.001
CV0.0076.769.03
LSD0.003.802.54

Mean with SE for antibiosis activity of the isolates, where the means with the same letters are not significantly different as indicated by Tukey’s HSD test ().