Table 1.
Distribution of different species of bacteria isolates from the beach sand.
| Bacteria | Beaches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tawala beach | Shining beach | Korle beach | Titanic beach | La beach | Total | |
| Bacillus spp. | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 (25.7%) |
| Acinetobacter spp. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 (14.3%) |
| Aeromonas spp. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 (14.3%) |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 (14.3%) |
| Aerococcus viridans | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (8.6%) |
| Staphylococcus spp. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 (8.6%) |
| Shewanella profunda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 (5.7%) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.9%) |
| Rheinheimera soli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.9%) |
| Exigobacterium aurantiacum | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.9%) |
| 17 (48.6%) | 9 (25.7%) | 4 (11.4%) | 3 (8.6%) | 2 (5.7%) | 35 (100%) | |