Assessment of the Bacterial Pollution and Detection of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Benin: Case of the Hydrographic Channel Complex Cotonou-Nokoué Lake

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Bacterial strains</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Resistance genes</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center"><i>mecA</i></td><td class="align_center"><i>van A</i></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Staphylococcus aureus</i></td><td class="align_center">7/32 (21.88%)</td><td class="align_center">02/32 (6.25%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">SCN</td><td class="align_center">7/21 (33.33%)</td><td class="align_center">0/21 (0.00%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Streptococcus</i> spp.</td><td class="align_center">0/1 (0.00%)</td><td class="align_center">0/1 (0.00%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>Total</b></td><td class="align_center"><b>14/54 (25.93%)</b></td><td class="align_center"><b>2/54 (3.70%)</b></td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>SCN, coagulase-negative staphylococci.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Resistance genes found in the genome of Gram-positive cocci.</div>

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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Table 2: Assessment of the Bacterial Pollution and Detection of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Benin: Case of the Hydrographic Channel Complex Cotonou-Nokoué Lake 

Table 2 | Assessment of the Bacterial Pollution and Detection of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Benin: Case of the Hydrographic Channel Complex Cotonou-Nokoué Lake 