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标题：MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF FRESH VEGETABLES FROM SELECTED RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS IN PESHAWAR-PAKISTAN
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作者：Mehboob Alam ; Shahzeb ; Muhammad Amjad Khan 等
期刊名称：Fresenius Environmental Bulletin
印刷版ISSN：1018-4619
出版年度：2019
卷号：28
期号：11A
页码：8773-8782
语种：English
出版社：PSP Publishing
摘要：Microbial status of vegetables in different markets of Peshawar-Pakistan was analyzed during the year 2016. Samples of lettuce, carrot and coriander were collected during March-May from Industrial estate market, Board bazar, Agriculture bazar, Firdos and Hashtnaghri bazar. The vegetables were tested for the presence of total aerobic count (TAC), Enter- obacteriaceae, Escherichia coli and Salmonella. Results indicated that high TAC (5.82 log cfu g~(-1)) on 21~(st) March, Enterobacteriaceae (5.76 log cfu g~(-1)) and E. coli (4.31 log cfu g~(-1)) on 04~(th) April were found in Industrial estate on lettuce, while high number of Salmonella (4.37 log cfu g~(-1)) on lettuce were recorded on 21~(st) March in samples from Board bazar. Similarly, high number of TAC on carrot (5.71 log cfu g~(-1)) on 19~(th) April, Enterobacteriaceae (5.64 log cfu g~(-1)) on 04~(th) April and E. coli (4.12 log cfu g~(-1)) on 21~(st) March were recorded in samples from Industrial estate market, while high numbers of Salmonella (4.16 log cfu g~(-1)) on carrot were found on 19~(th) April in samples from Board bazar. Moreover, more average microbial load was found on coriander (4.89 log cfu g~(-1)) followed by lettuce (4.84 log cfu g~(-1)), while low microbial load were detected on carrot (4.72 log cfu g~(-1)). It can be concluded that overall there were high load of microbes in April on coriander and lettuce in samples from Industrial estate market and Board bazar and the lowest microbial loads were noticed in samples from Agriculture university bazar.
关键词：Ready-to-eat vegetables;Total aerobic count;Enterobac- teriaceae;Escherichia coli;Salmonella