
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 196(11)
Published: Oct. 15, 2024
Freshwater habitat is a natural reservoir for antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR poses serious human, animal, and environmental public health threats. This study aimed to evaluate the physicochemical microbiological quality of five selected rivers (Apitipiti 1, Apitipiti 2, 3, Sogidi, Aba Apa Akinmorin) in Oyo town, Nigeria, as well antibiotic pattern isolated bacterial species, using conventional methods. Most parameters were within WHO NIS permissible limits. Pearson's correlation matrix indicated that there significant (p < 0.05) interactions among pH, electrical conductivity, temperature, sulphate chloride salts, BOD COD. A total thirty-two (32) species identified as: Aeromonas (9), Bacillus (2), Corynebacterium (13), Lactobacillus (1), Pseudomonas Staphylococcus (4), Streptococcus (1). Of rivers, Sogidi had highest microbial load (6.36 log CFU/mL) while Apititipiti 1 lowest (5.76 CFU/mL). With regard sensitivity, 81.8% multidrug-resistant, with kutscheri spp. from 2 Akinmorin respectively, exhibiting relatively high 90.9%. reveals these may be unfit consumption multidrug-resistant bacteria risk associated them.
Language: Английский