environment is contaminated with animal and human wastes. A total of 30 samples were
collected from the Akaki river to identify antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. Bacterial
enumeration and characterization was done by spreading serially diluted water samples on
MacConkey agar. Sixty four bacterial isolates were identified and susceptibility tested using
VITEK 2. The most frequently identified bacteria were Providencia alcalifaciens 10 (15.6%) …