Research Article
Adulteration and Contamination of Commercial Sap of Hymenaea Species
Table 3
Identification of bacteria and fungi present in the commercial samples (Js-1 to Js-6) and control sap (Hs-1).
| Sample | Growth | Morphology | Identification |
| Js-1 | 2,550 CFU ± 220 | GPB | Bacillus sp. | Js-1 | 2,200 CFU ± 500 | Yeast | Candida lusitaniae | Js-3 | ≥100,000 CFU | GNB | Enterobacter gergoviae | Js-3 | ≥100,000 CFU | GNB | Klebsiella oxytoca | Js-3 | 1,700 CFU ± 60 | Yeast | Candida albicans | Js-3 | 34,000 CFU ± 300 | Yeast | Rhodotorula sp. | Js-4 | ≥100,000 CFU | GNB | Enterobacter gergoviae | Js-4 | ≥100,000 CFU | GNB | Klebsiella oxytoca | Js-4 | 55,000 CFU ± 500 | Yeast | Sporobolomyces salmonicolor | Js-4 | ≥100,000 CFU | Yeast | Candida tropicalis | Js-5 | 61,100 CFU ± 1100 | GNB | Enterobacter cloacae | Js-5 | 11,900 CFU ± 570 | GNB | Klebsiella oxytoca | Js-5 | ≥100,000 CFU | Yeast | Candida tropicalis | Js-6 | 61,000 UFC ± 800 | GNB | Enterobacter agglomerans | Hs-1 | 200 UFC ± 40 | GPB | Bacillus sp. |
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GPB: Gram positive bacilli; GNB: Gram negative bacilli; CFU: colony forming unit.
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