Research Article

Seasonal Microbial Conditions of Locally Made Yoghurt (Shalom) Marketed in Some Regions of Cameroon

Table 5

Yeast species in yoghurts samples from two different batches as a function of sample group and season.

PlaceProducers Yeast species/seasonTotal number of each yeast from each group/season
I% of identificationII% of identificationIII

BamendaNRCandida kruzei/inconspicua95.33Rhodotorula mucilaginosa 199.95Candida kruzei/inconspicua (5),  
Candida dubliniensis (2), Candida zeylanoides (3), Trichosporon asahii (1)
Candida kruzei/inconspicua (4),  
Candida zeylanoides (8),
Candida boidinii (2),
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa 1 (1),  
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa 2 (1),  
Stephanoascus ciferrii (1)
Candida dubliniensis100Candida kruzei/inconspicua95.33
Candida kruzei/inconspicua64.12
Candida boidinii93.38
MRTrichosporon asahii100Candida zeylanoides97.96
Candida zeylanoides99.94Candida kruzei/inconspicua95.33
Candida kruzei/inconspicua95.33
PVCandida kruzei/inconspicua95.33Rhodotorula mucilaginosa 299.89
Candida zeylanoides99.94
Candida zeylanoides97.96
SYCandida kruzei/inconspicua95.14Candida zeylanoides99.94
Candida zeylanoides99.98Stephanoascus ciferrii84.98
Candida zeylanoides95.58
Candida kruzei/inconspicua95.33
MBCandida zeylanoides99.98Candida zeylanoides99.94
Candida kruzei/inconspicua61.36Candida zeylanoides99.98
Candida dubliniensis 100Candida zeylanoides99.54
Candida boidinii93.38

DschangPCandida zeylanoides99.94Kodamaea ohmeri81.82Candida zeylanoides (3), Pichia angusta (1)  
Candida lusitaniae (1), Kodamaea ohmeri (1), Trichosporon asahii (1)
Kodamaea ohmeri (1),
Trichosporon asahii (1)
Pichia angusta94.91
Candida zeylanoides99.98
VCandida lusitaniae82.17//
Kodamaea ohmeri74.44
Trichosporon asahii99.98
GCandida zeylanoides99.94Trichosporon asahii99.98

BafoussamTCryptococcus humicola76.21Candida dubliniensis100Candida kruzei/inconspicua (2),  
Candida zeylanoides (1), Candida albicans 2 (1), Cryptococcus humicola (1)
Candida kruzei/inconspicua (1),  
Candida dubliniensis (2),
Candida albicans 1 (1),
Candida lusitaniae (1),
Cryptococcus laurentii (1),
Kloeckera sp. (1)
CeCandida kruzei/inconspicua89.93Candida kruzei/inconspicua89.93
Candida albicans 1 96.06
CCandida kruzei/inconspicua95.33Cryptococcus laurentii100
Candida zeylanoides 99.94Kloeckera sp65.10
KCandida albicans 266.76Candida dubliniensis100
Candida lusitaniae62.97

CommercialAACandida kruzei/inconspicua95.14Candida lusitaniae 97.88Candida kruzei/inconspicua (1),
Candida dubliniensis (1),
Candida lusitaniae (1),
Candida kruzei/inconspicua (1),
Candida dubliniensis (1),
Stephanoascus ciferrii (1)
Candida kruzei/inconspicua 95.14
Stephanoascus ciferrii62.16
CCCandida dubliniensis100Candida dubliniensis100

1The letters I and II refer to batches of the dry and rainy seasons, respectively. 2Numbers in parentheses are the number of isolates identified as that species.