Research Article
Microbial Quality of Sliced Pawpaw (Carica papaya) and Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Sold on Some Streets of Accra Metropolis, Ghana
Table 4
Frequency of isolates from packaged watermelon and pawpaw at various locations.
| | Isolated obtained | Packaged watermelon | Packaged pawpaw | | ATS | AB | UNM | SH | KB | ATS | Ab | UNM | SH | KB | Total (%) |
| | Citrobacter koseri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 (3.0) | | Citrobacter sp. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 26 (20.0) | | Enterobacter sp. | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 44 (33.3) | | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 (6.8) | | Klebsiella sp. | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 (15.9) | | Proteus vulgaris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.52) | | Pseudomonas sp. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 (2.3) | | Staphylococcus aureus | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 (11.4) | | Staphylococcus epidermidis | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 (6.1) | | Total (%) | 3 (4.0) | 20 (30.0) | 11 (16.0) | 3 (4.0) | 30 (45.0) | 6 (9.0) | 11 (17.0) | 19 (29.0) | 8 (12.0) | 21 (31.0) | 132 |
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ATS: Accra Team Station; AB: Agbogbloshie; UNM: University of Ghana Night Market; SH: Shiashi; KB: Korle-Bu.
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