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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2012, 9, 2537-2549; doi:10.3390/ijerph9072537 OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 /journal/ijerph Article Commensal Pseudomonas Species Isolated from Wastewater and Freshwater Milieus in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, as Reservoir of Antibiotic Resistant Determinants 1 1 2 1 Isoken H. Igbinosa , Uchechukwu U. Nwodo , Anibal Sosa , Mvuyo Tom and Anthony I. Okoh 1,* 1 Applied and Environmental Microbiology Research Group (AEMREG), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa; E-Mails: ladyisk@ (I.H.I.); uchenwodo@ (U.U.N.); mtom@ufh.ac.za (M.T.) 2 Former Director, International Program Clinical Advisor, Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA), 75 Kneeland Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA; E-Mail: adejsosa@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: aokoh@ufh.ac.za; Tel.: +27-0-40-602-2365; Fax: +27-0-86-628-6824. Received: 24 May 2012; in revised form: 12 July 2012 / Accepted: 12 July 2012 / Published: 23 July 2012 Abstract: Pseudomonas species are opportunistic pathogens with implications in a wide range of diseases including cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anaemia. Be