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

Table 9

Prevalent antibiotic resistance phenotypes observed amongst the bacterial groups.

Bacterial group	Antibiotic resistance phenotype
Faecal coliform	KF-AP-C-E-OT-K-TM-A
Total coliform	KF-AP-C-E-OT-K-TM-A
Heterotrophic bacteria	KF-AP-C-E-OT-K-TM-A
Aeromonas sp.	KF-AP-C-E-OT-K-TM-S-A-NE
Pseudomonas sp.	KF-AP-C-E-OT-K-TM-A

KF: cephalothin, AP: ampicillin, C: chloramphenicol, E: erythromycin, OT: oxytetracycline, K: kanamycin, TM: trimethoprim, S: streptomycin, A: amoxicillin, and NE: neomycin.