Research Article
Chemical Composition and Microbial Contaminants of Poha Beer: A Local Nonalcoholic Beverage in the Bolgatanga Municipality, Ghana
Table 3
Identification of microbial contaminants.
| Media | Observation | Identification |
| Indole | Pink ring surface layer; indole positive | Escherichia coli | Citrate | Bright-blue | Enterobacter sp. | Triple sugar iron agar (TSI) | Acid: positive; lactose: positive; gas: present; colour turned yellow | Enterobacter sp. | Mueller | Resistant to penicillin and cephalosporin | Bacillus cereus | Hinton agar | Susceptible to clindamycin, erythromycin, gentamicin, and vancomycin | Bacillus cereus |
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