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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2012, 9, 3101-3114; doi:10.3390/ijerph9093101 OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 /journal/ijerph Article Current Status of Antibiograms of Listeria ivanovii and Enterobacter cloacae Isolated from Ready-To-Eat Foods in Alice, South Africa Mirriam E. Nyenje 1, Nicoline F. Tanih 1, Ezekiel Green 1 and Roland N. Ndip 1,2,* 1 Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Fort Hare, PMB X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa; E-Mails:nyenjem@ (M.E.N.); nicofriline@ (N.F.T.); egreen@ufh.ac.za (E.G.) 2 Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: rndip@ufh.ac.za; Tel.: +27-782-696-191; Fax: +27-866-24-759. Received: 23 July 2012; in revised form: 16 August 2012 / Accepted: 22 August 2012 / Published: 29 August 2012 Abstract: This study assessed the antimicrobial susceptibility of 51 Listeria ivanovii and 33 Enterobacter cloacae strains isolated from various ready-to-eat foods sold in Alice, South Africa. Isolates were identified using standard microbiological tests and further confirmed using API 20E and API Listeria kits. The disc diffusion technique was used