Chemical Composition and Microbial Contaminants of Poha Beer: A Local Nonalcoholic Beverage in the Bolgatanga Municipality, Ghana

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Media</td><td class="align_center">Observation</td><td class="align_center">Identification</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Indole</td><td class="align_center">Pink ring surface layer; indole positive</td><td class="align_center"><i>Escherichia coli</i></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Citrate</td><td class="align_center">Bright-blue</td><td class="align_center"><i>Enterobacter</i> sp.</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Triple sugar iron agar (TSI)</td><td class="align_center">Acid: positive; lactose: positive; gas: present; colour turned yellow</td><td class="align_center"><i>Enterobacter</i> sp.</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Mueller</td><td class="align_center">Resistant to penicillin and cephalosporin</td><td class="align_center"><i>Bacillus cereus</i></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Hinton agar</td><td class="align_center">Susceptible to clindamycin, erythromycin, gentamicin, and vancomycin</td><td class="align_center"><i>Bacillus cereus</i></td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Identification of microbial contaminants.</div>

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Table 3: Chemical Composition and Microbial Contaminants of Poha Beer: A Local Nonalcoholic Beverage in the Bolgatanga Municipality, Ghana 