*3.5. Non-E. coli Coliforms and AST Pattern*

We have also detected many non-*E coli* coliforms (Table 2). We found higher numbers and types of non-*E. coli* coliforms from water samples than in stool samples (human and animal). The number of suggested total coliforms as grown on HiCrome media in terms of number of *E. coli* (identified as blue-violet colonies) and different non-*E. coli* (identified as different color colonies) CFU/unit volume in MDR-positive water samples is shown in Table 6. Only 6% of non-*E. coli* coliform isolates from human stool were susceptible to all tested drugs, while 57% and 52% isolates were MDR and ESBL producers (Figure 2C), respectively. Animal stool carried lower MDR and ESBL producers as compared to isolates from other sources.

**Table 6.** Load of commensal non-*E. coli* and *E. coli* isolates from various water samples carrying multi-drug resistant *E. coli.*


\*: The samples 1–10 are from household drinking water, 11–12 from village waste-water, and 13–14 are from source drinking water.
