Bacteriological Quality and Antibiotics' Susceptibility Profile of Small-medium Scale Commercial Fish farms in Nigeria

Table 5: Cultural and biochemical characterisation of bacteria from tank ponds in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

Isolate Code	Cultural Characteristics on Agar	Cell Shape	Gram Reaction	Catalase	Citrate	Indole	Coagulase	Suspected Organism
T207	Black, round, entire, flat on SSA	R	-	N.A	+	-	-	Salmonella sp.
T208	Pink, round, entire, raised on EMB agar	R	-	N.A	+	-	-	Klebsiella sp.
T209	Greenish metallic sheen, irregular, entire, flat on EMB agar	R	-	N.A	-	+	-	E. coli
T210	Purple, round, entire, raised on EMB agar	R	-	N.A	+	-	-	Enterobacter sp.
T211	Greenish metallic sheen, irregular, entire, flat on EMB agar	R	-	N.A	-	+	-	E. coli

C: Cocci, R: Rod, -: Negative, +: positive, S. aureus: Staphylococcus aureus, sp.: species, EMB: Eosine methylene blue, SSA: Salmonella and Shigella agar; N.A: Not applicable