Table 4.

Identification of the individual isolates (from the agar plates used in the enumeration of the bacteria) by MALDI-TOF.

Product	Isolation Medium	Number of Colonies	Species Identified
Spirulina powder	PCA, RCA, KF PCA PCA PCA MSA	6 4 1 1 1	Enterococcus faecium Bacillus badius Bacillus subtilis Bacillus pumilus Bacillus mojavensis
Spirulina tablets	SS XLD XLD TCBS PCA Oxford TCBS RCA RCA	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	Enterobacter cloacae Enterobacter kobei Enterobacter asburiae Enterococcus faecium Micrococcus luteus Bacillus cereus Bacillus pumilus Curtobacterium albidum Pseudomonas synxantha
Lemon cereal bar	PCA PCA, RCA PCA PCA PCA PCA PCA PCA	3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1	Staphylococcus xylosus Staphylococcus hominis Micrococcus luteus Bacillus cereus Bacillus subtilis Bacillus mojavensis Bacillus altitudinis Pseudomonas rhodesiae
Tahini with honey	Oxford, PCA, RCA PCA, RCA MRS, RCA MSA PCA PCA PCA	4 3 2 1 1 1 1	Bacillus cereus Leucanostoc mesenteroides Bacillus subtilis Bacillus atrophaeus Bacillus vallismortis Brevibacterium casei Micrococcus luteus
Cocoa-praline	PCA, RCA, Oxford MSA, Oxford PCA	6 2 1	Bacillus cereus Bacillus licheniformis Enterococcus faecium