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/season | Frequency of occurrence | % of occurrence | Frequency 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/inconspicua | | | | | | | | | 3 | 75 | 3 | 75 | Candida boidinii | | | | | | | | | 0 | 00 | 1 | 25 | Candida dubliniensis | | | | | | | | | 2 | 50 | 2 | 50 | Candida zeylanoides | | | | | | | | | 3 | 75 | 1 | 25 | Candida lusitaniae | | | | | | | | | 1 | 25 | 3 | 50 | Candida albicans 1 | | | | | | | | | 0 | 00 | 1 | 25 | Candida albicans 2 | | | | | | | | | 1 | 25 | 0 | 00 | Rhodotorula mucilaginosa 1 | | | | | | | | | 0 | 00 | 1 | 25 | Rhodotorula mucilaginosa 2 | | | | | | | | | 0 | 00 | 1 | 25 | Stephanoascus ciferrii | | | | | | | | | 0 | 00 | 2 | 50 | Trichosporon asahii | | | | | | | | | 2 | 50 | 1 | 25 | Kodamaea ohmeri | | | | | | | | | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25 | Pichia angusta | | | | | | | | | 1 | 25 | 0 | 00 | Cryptococcus laurentii | | | | | | | | | 0 | 00 | 1 | 25 | Cryptococcus humicola | | | | | | | | | 1 | 25 | 0 | 00 | Kloeckera sp. | | | | | | | | | 0 | 00 | 1 | 25 |
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1The letters I and II refer to batches of the dry and rainy seasons, respectively; + = positive, − = negative.
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