TABLE 2.
Composition of zucchini purée microflora according to storage temperature
| Species determined by rrs gene sequence identificationa | REP type(s) | No. (%) of isolates under the following storage conditions for purée packs:
|
Total no. of isolates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 days at 4°C | 21 days at 10°C | 5 days at 20–25°C | |||
| B. macroides/B. maroccanus | E1, E2, F | 8 (31) | 8 | ||
| P. amyloliticus | C | 9 (34) | 9 | ||
| Bacillus species 1 (B. sphaericus) | D | 1 (4) | 1 | ||
| P. polymyxa | A | 1 (4) | 3 (6) | 4 | |
| Paenibacillus species 1 (P. polymyxa) | B | 7 (27) | 14 (28) | 21 | |
| Paenibacillus species 2 | L | 1 (2) | 1 | ||
| Paenibacillus species 3 (P. azotofixans) | P1, P2 | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 2 | |
| B. cereus group | T, U, V, W | 6 (12) | 6 (13) | 12 | |
| B. pumilus | J, M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, N, O1, O2, Q1, Q2, S | 25 (50) | 11 (27) | 36 | |
| B. licheniformis | G, K1, K2, K3 | 18 (42) | 18 | ||
| B. subtilis | H1, H2 | 4 (9) | 4 | ||
| B. circulans | I, R | 3 (7) | 3 | ||
| Total | 35 | 26 (100) | 50 (100) | 43 (100) | 119 |
a
The most related species is in parentheses.