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. 2017 Dec 20;2017:5839278. doi: 10.1155/2017/5839278

Table 2.

The microbial quality of yoghurt samples as a function of production area and producer during the rainy season (II).

Samples Location Microbial colony counts (log 10 CFU/ml)
Total bacterial count Coliform counts Total fungal counts Yeast
counts
Mould
counts
P Dschang 8.70 ± 0.09a 5.55 ± 0.07hi 5.02 ± 0.05h 4.87 ± 0.10fg 4.30 ± 0.21e
G Dschang 11.55 ± 0.06h 4.49 ± 0.35cdef 4.06 ± 0.20c 4.05 ± 0.18c 0.00 ± 0.00a
SY Bamenda 11.64 ± 0.02hi 4.43 ± 0.08cdef 4.57 ± 0.06def 4.39 ± 0.02d 3.96 ± 0.21de
NR Bamenda 9.17 ± 0.13b 3.87 ± 0.33c 4.54 ± 0.05de 4.06 ± 0.15c 4.43 ± 0.01e
PV Bamenda 11.18 ± 0.05f 4.10 ± 0.30cd 3.94 ± 0.18bc 3.66 ± 0.39b 3.40 ± 0.17d
PA Bamenda 11.23 ± 0.04fg 5.46 ± 0.27ghi 0.00 ± 0.00a 0.00 ± 0.00a 0.00 ± 0.00a
D Bamenda 11.03 ± 0.11e 3.76 ± 0.40c 4.46 ± 0.10d 4.34 ± 0.12d 3.77 ± 0.00de
MB Bamenda 9.55 ± 0.04c 3.84 ± 0.27c 3.73 ± 0.37b 3.70 ± 0.34b 2.35 ± 2.05c
S Bamenda 11.06 ± 0.04e 4.27 ± 0.18cde 4.08 ± 0.15c 4.08 ± 0.15c 0.00 ± 0.00a
MR Bamenda 11.73 ± 0.01i 5.51 ± 0.03hi 4.41 ± 0.06d 4.41 ± 0.06d 0.00 ± 0.00a
T Bafoussam 11.19 ± 0.04f 4.76 ± 0.15defg 5.05 ± 0.02h 5.05 ± 0.02g 0.00 ± 0.00a
Ce Bafoussam 11.75 ± 0.03i 5.10 ± 0.02fghi 4.92 ± 0.08gh 4.92 ± 0.08fg 0.00 ± 0.00a
C Bafoussam 11.02 ± 0.08e 0.00 ± 0.00a 4.61 ± 0.09def 4.49 ± 0.31de 1.30 ± 2.25b
K Bafoussam 11.27 ± 0.02fg 1.20 ± 2.07b 4.52 ± 0.11d 4.52 ± 0.11de 0.00 ± 0.00a

AA Commercial 1 11.02 ± 0.17e 4.85 ± 0.04efgh 4.50 ± 0.18d 4.50 ± 0.18de 0.00 ± 0.00a
BB Commercial 2 11.34 ± 0.06g 0.00 ± 0.00a 0.00 ± 0.00a 0.00 ± 0.00a 0.00 ± 0.00a
CC Commercial 3 10.34 ± 0.12d 4.34 ± 0.09cde 4.77 ± 0.17efg 4.77 ± 0.17ef 0.00 ± 0.00a

Values are mean ± SD of 3 determinants. Along the columns, values with the same letter (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, and h) are not significantly different (p > 0.05).