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

Table 5

Risk groups of antibiotic-resistant bacteria isolated from vended foods and soil in Embu Town and Kangaru Market.

Isolate no.	Location	Sample	Identity	% similarity	Resistant to antibiotics (n)	Resistance genes detected by PCR	Riskgroup
KFR42	Kangaru	Fruit	B. amyloliquefaciens	99.44	6	—	1
KFR38	Kangaru	Fruit	B. pacificus	99.1	6	StrB	1
KS65	Kangaru	Soil	P. benzoelyticum	99.57	3	—	1
KC75	Kangaru	Chips	B. wiedmannii	99.51	3	—	2
KF101	Kangaru	Fish	B. velezensis	97.86	4	—	1
KVS120	Kangaru	Vegetable salad	B. subtilis	97.94	8	—	1
KFR222	Kangaru	Fruit	B. mobilis	99.83	5	^BlaTEM	2
KF463	Kangaru	Fish	B. anthracis	99.43	7	StrB, ^BlaTEM	1
TFR329	Town	Fruit	B. proteolyticus	97.18	7	Str B, Dfr A	1
KS109	Kangaru	Soil	L. parviboronicapiens	90.83	7	Amp	1
KS104	Kangaru	Soil	V. phasianinus	99.31	3	—	1
KMP95	Kangaru	African sausage	S. marcescens	95.39	6	Dfr A, FloR	3
KS606	Kangaru	Soil	B. anthracis	100	5	Tet A	3
TS572	Town	Soil	B. subtilis	97.51	5	Str B, ^BlaTEM, FloR	1

– ,resistance gene not detected.