Research Article

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

Table 6

The distribution of yeast species as a function of sample group and season.

Yoghurt samples/seasonFrequency of occurrence% of occurrenceFrequency of occurrence% of occurrence
Yeast species isolated from yoghurt Bamenda Dschang Bafoussam Commercial
(I)(II)(I)(II)(I)(II)(I)(II)(I)(I)(II)(II)

Candida kruzei/inconspicua375375
Candida boidinii000125
Candida dubliniensis250250
Candida zeylanoides375125
Candida lusitaniae125350
Candida albicans 1000125
Candida albicans 2125000
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa 1000125
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa 2000125
Stephanoascus ciferrii000250
Trichosporon asahii250125
Kodamaea ohmeri125125
Pichia angusta125000
Cryptococcus laurentii000125
Cryptococcus humicola125000
Kloeckera sp.000125

1The letters I and II refer to batches of the dry and rainy seasons, respectively; + = positive, − = negative.