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. 2020 Jan 28;8(2):185. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8020185

Table 4.

Changes in microbial population during storage time at 4 °C.

Days of storage 0 3 7 10 14
Number of samples 25 25 22 22 13
Microbial counts in log CF/g: mean (minimum value; maximum value]
Psychrotrophic bacteria 3.7 [3.3; 5.4] 3.7 [3.3; 5.1] 3.6 [3.3; 6.3] 3.9 [3.3; 6.9] 3.7 [3.3; 5.3]
Enterobacteria 3.9 [3.0; 5.3] 3.9 [3.0; 6.1] 3.9 [3.0; 6.1] 4.2 [3.0; 7.0] 4.5 [3.0; 7.8]
Yeasts and molds 4.4 [3.0; 5.6] A 4.9 [3.5; 6.0] AB 5.1 [3.3;7.4] B 5.5 [4.0; 7.6] BC 6.0 [5.0; 7.9] C