Table 5.

Microbial load of pineapple samples.

Sample Conditions		Microbial Load
		Fungal Count CFU/g	Bacterial Count CFU/g
Fresh		2.56 ×${10}^5\pm 8.54$a	5.34 ×${10}^6\pm 10.02$a
Drying at 50 °C	UTR	3.27 ×${10}^4\pm 3.51$b	6.03 ×${10}^5\pm 3.06$b
	1TR	2.73 ×${10}^3\pm 4.51$cd	6.37 ×${10}^4\pm 3.51$c
	2TR	1.15 ×${10}^3\pm 3.00$g	2.50 ×${10}^4\pm 2.65$ef
	3TR	1.62 ×${10}^3\pm 2.52$efg	4.47 ×${10}^4\pm 2.52$d
	4TR	1.72 ×${10}^3\pm 1.53$efg	1.90 ×${10}^4\pm 2.00$ef
Drying at 55 °C	UTR	1.85 ×${10}^4\pm 7.62$b	2.10 ×${10}^5\pm 2.00$b
	1TR	2.05 ×${10}^3\pm 2.00$def	2.43 ×${10}^4\pm 2.08$ef
	2TR	4.10 ×${10}^3\pm 3.00$b	2.90 ×${10}^4\pm 4.58$e
	3TR	2.08 ×${10}^3\pm 3.51$de	1.37 ×${10}^4\pm 3.51$f
	4TR	1.23 ×${10}^3\pm 3.06$g	2.27 ×${10}^4\pm 1.53$ef
Drying at 60 °C	UTR	3.28 ×${10}^4\pm 3.51$b	7.80 ×${10}^5\pm 2.00$b
	1TR	1.82 ×${10}^3\pm 4.04$efg	4.60 ×${10}^4\pm 2.00$d
	2TR	2.13 ×${10}^3\pm 4.04$de	5.47 ×${10}^4\pm 6.06$cd
	3TR	1.25 ×${10}^3\pm 3.00$fg	2.37 ×${10}^4\pm 3.51$ef
	4TR	1.33 ×${10}^3\pm 2.52$fg	2.67 ×${10}^4\pm 4.04$ef

-All the values in the table are mean $\pm$ SD of three independent determinations. Samples in the same column with different superscript letters differ significantly at p < 0.05.