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) | ||||
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| Total bacterial count | Coliform counts | Total fungal counts | Yeast counts |
Mould counts |
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| 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 |
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| 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).