Table 1.

Distribution of the bacteria isolates in different grades of tomatoes from three major markets in Accra.

	Fresh tomatoes
	Markets (no. of sampled tomatoes)
Isolates	Agbogbloshie (n = 20)	Kaneshie (n = 20)	Makola (n = 20 )	Total (%)
Bacillus sp.	0	2	0
Citrobacter sp.	0	0	0
Citrobacter koseri	0	0	0
Enterobacter sp.	6	1	0
Enterobacter cloacae	0	1	0
Klebsiella sp.	5	4	1
Klebsiella oxytoca	1	0	0
Klebsiella pneumoniae	0	0	0
Proteus mirabilis	0	0	0
P. aeruginosa	0	0	0
Shigella sp.	0	0	0
Total (%)	12 (18.2)	8 (12.1)	1 (1.5)	21 (31.8)
	Spoilt tomatoes
	Markets (no. of sampled tomatoes)
Isolates	Agbogbloshie (n = 20)	Kaneshie (n = 20)	Makola (n = 20 )
Bacillus sp.	0	0	0
Citrobacter sp.	0	2	3
Citrobacter koseri	0	0	2
Enterobacter sp.	3	4	2
Enterobacter cloacae	2	0	0
Klebsiella sp.	2	3	8
Klebsiella oxytoca	3	2	2
Klebsiella pneumoniae	1	0	0
Proteus mirabilis	0	1	1
P. aeruginosa	0	0	2
Shigella sp.	1	1	0
Total	12 (18.2)	13 (19.7)	20 (30.3)	45 (68.2)
Total no. of isolates from fresh and spoilt tomatoes	24(36.4)	21(31.8)	21(31.8)	66(100%)