Occurrence of Pharmaceutical Residues and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Water and Sediments from Major Reservoirs (Owabi and Barekese Dams) in Ghana

Table 5

Colony morphology, cellular characteristics of isolates, and bacteria identified from water and sediment samples from Barekese and Owabi reservoirs.

Isolates	Colony morphology					Cellular characteristics		Microorganism
	Colour	Shape	Margin	Elevation	Opacity	Gram reaction	Shape
OW1	Cream	Circular	Undulate	Umbonate		Negative	Rod	Klebsiella sp.
OW2	Grey	Irregular	Entire	Convex	Opaque	Positive	Rod	Corynebacterium sp.
OW3	Grey	Irregular	Undulate	Flat	Opaque	Positive	Rod	Bacillus sp.
OW4		Circular	Entire	Raised	Translucent	Negative	Rod	Pseudomonas sp.
OW5	Grey	Circular	Entire	Flat	Translucent	Positive	Rod	Listeria sp.
OS1	Grey	Irregular	Undulate	Flat	Opaque	Positive	Rod	Bacillus sp.
OS2	Unpigmented	Circular	Mucoid	Raised	Opaque	Negative	Rod	Acinetobacter sp.
OS3	Cream	Irregular	Undulate	Flat	Translucent	Positive	Rod	Clostridium sp.
OS4	Grey	Irregular	Undulate	Flat	Opaque	Positive	Rod	Bacillus sp.
OS5	Grey	Circular	Entire	Raised	Translucent	Negative	Rod	Enterobacter sp.
OS6		Circular	Entire	Raised	Translucent	Negative	Rod	Pseudomonas sp.
OS7	Grey	Irregular	Undulate	Flat	Opaque	Positive	Rod	Bacillus sp.
OS8	Cream	Circular	Undulate	Umbonate	Opaque	Negative	Rod	Klebsiella sp.
OS9	Grey	Irregular	Undulate	Flat	Opaque	Positive	Rod	Bacillus sp.
OS10	Grey	Circular	Entire	Flat	Translucent	Positive	Rod	Listeria sp.
OS11		Circular	Entire	Raised	Translucent	Negative	Rod	Pseudomonas sp.
OS12	Cream	Irregular	Undulate	Flat	Translucent	Positive	Rod	Clostridium sp.
OS13	Grey	Irregular	Entire	Convex	Opaque	Positive	Rod	Corynebacterium
BW1	Grey	Circular	Entire	Raised	Translucent	Negative	Rod	Enterobacter
BW2	Unpigmented	Circular	Mucoid	Raised	Opaque	Negative	Rod	Acinetobacter sp.
BW3	Grey	Irregular	Undulate	Flat	Opaque	Positive	Rod	Bacillus sp.
BW4		Circular	Undulate	Umbonate			Rod	Klebsiella sp.
BW5	Grey	Circular	Entire	Raised	Translucent	Negative	Rod	Enterobacter sp.
BW6	Grey	Circular	Entire	Flat	Translucent	Positive	Rod	Listeria sp.
BW7		Circular	Entire	Raised	Translucent		Rod	Pseudomonas sp.
BS1	White	Irregular	Entire	Convex	Opaque	Positive	Rod	Corynebacterium sp.
BS2	Grey	Circular	Entire	Raised	Translucent	Negative	Rod	Enterobacter sp.
BS3	Cream	Irregular	Undulate	Flat	Translucent	Positive	Rod	Clostridium sp.
BS4	Grey	Irregular	Undulate	Flat	Opaque	Positive	Rod	Bacillus sp.
BS5	Grey	Irregular	Undulate	Flat	Opaque	Positive	Rod	Bacillus sp.

OW: Owabi water; OS: Owabi sediment; BW: Barekese water; BS: Barekese sediment.