Table 6.
The distribution of yeast species as a function of sample group and season.
| Yoghurt samples/season | Frequency of occurrence | % of occurrence | Frequency of occurrence | % of occurrence | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yeast species isolated from yoghurt | Bamenda | Dschang | Bafoussam | Commercial | ||||||||
| (I) | (II) | (I) | (II) | (I) | (II) | (I) | (II) | (I) | (I) | (II) | (II) | |
| Candida kruzei/inconspicua | + | + | − | − | + | + | + | + | 3 | 75 | 3 | 75 |
| Candida boidinii | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | 0 | 00 | 1 | 25 |
| Candida dubliniensis | + | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | 2 | 50 | 2 | 50 |
| Candida zeylanoides | + | + | + | − | + | − | − | − | 3 | 75 | 1 | 25 |
| Candida lusitaniae | − | − | + | − | − | + | − | + | 1 | 25 | 3 | 50 |
| Candida albicans 1 | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | 0 | 00 | 1 | 25 |
| Candida albicans 2 | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | 1 | 25 | 0 | 00 |
| Rhodotorula mucilaginosa 1 | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | 0 | 00 | 1 | 25 |
| Rhodotorula mucilaginosa 2 | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | 0 | 00 | 1 | 25 |
| Stephanoascus ciferrii | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | 0 | 00 | 2 | 50 |
| Trichosporon asahii | + | − | + | + | − | − | − | − | 2 | 50 | 1 | 25 |
| Kodamaea ohmeri | − | − | + | + | − | − | − | − | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25 |
| Pichia angusta | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | 1 | 25 | 0 | 00 |
| Cryptococcus laurentii | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | 0 | 00 | 1 | 25 |
| Cryptococcus humicola | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | 1 | 25 | 0 | 00 |
| Kloeckera sp. | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | 0 | 00 | 1 | 25 |
1The letters I and II refer to batches of the dry and rainy seasons, respectively; + = positive, − = negative.