Research Article
Microbes Associated with Freshly Prepared Juices of Citrus and Carrots
Table 10
Percentage abundance of mould isolates in juice samples.
| | Mould isolates | Orange juice
() | Sweet lime juice
() | Carrot juice
() | Total number of samples | Percentage frequency = occurrence in observed samples/total no of samples |
| | Aspergillus flavus | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 83.3% | | A. terreus | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 53.3% | | A. niger | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 20% | | Penicillium islandicum | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 76.7% | | P. digitatum | 7 | 5 | — | 12 | 40% | | Alternaria | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 46.7% | | Cladosporium | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 30% | | Colletotrichum | 5 | 3 | — | 8 | 26.7% | | Curvularia | 3 | 2 | — | 5 | 16.7% | | Fusarium | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 43.3% | | Geotrichum | 4 | — | 3 | 7 | 23.3% |
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