ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PATTERNS OF HEAVY METAL TOLERANT BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM A WETLAND INUNDATED BY URBAN RUNOFF
In this study, the heavy metal tolerance and antibiotic resistance patterns of bacteria isolated from Oroma wetland in Port Harcourt, Nigeria were investigated. The response of bacterial species isolated from the wetland to some selected heavy metals (zinc, lead, copper and iron) was investigated on basal medium containing different concentrations of the metals. The isolated bacteria were identified based on their colonial, microscopic and biochemical characteristics and belonged to followi...