Isolation of Environmental Bacteria from Surface and Drinking Water in Mafikeng, South Africa, and Characterization Using Their Antibiotic Resistance Profiles

Table 4

Identification of the isolates from the treated (drinking) and source water using biochemical tests.

Site	API 20E (presumptive isolates)
Modimola dam (MD) untreated water	Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas luteola; Aeromonas hydrophila; E. coli; Serratia odorifera; Serratia liquefaciens; Proteus vulgaris; Providencia rettgeri1; Chryseobacterium meningosepticum
MD treated water	Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas luteola; Serratia odorifera; E. coli
Molopo eye (ME) untreated water	Serratia odorifera; Serratia liquefaciens; Aeromonas salmonicida spp.; Pseudomonas oleovorans; Chryseobacterium meningosepticum; Salmonella choleraesuis; Enterobacter asburiae
ME treated water	Serratia liquefaciens; Myroides spp.
Mixed water	Serratia liquefaciens; Serratia odorifera; Aeromonas salmonicida spp.; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Myroides spp.