Table 4.

Growth of L. monocytogenes during maturation of an Arabian Kareesh cheese samples treated with plantarcin UG1

Time (day)	Kareesh Cheese samples without plantarcin UG1 (control)	Kareesh Cheese samples treated with plantaricin UG1
Zero	2 × 106	2 × 106
1	6.7 × 107	5 × 105
2	3.1 × 108	4 × 104
3	1.2 × 109	1.3 × 103
4	3 × 109	2 × 102
5	1.2 × 109	1 × 102
6	2.1 × 109	1 × 102
7	1.6 × 109	Zero
8	2.2 × 109	Zero
9	2.1 × 109	Zero
10	2 × 109	Zero