Microbiological Quality of Egusi Pudding, A Traditional Cake of Cucurbitaceae Sold in the City of Yaoundé, Cameroon

Table 2

Distribution of the means microbial loads (Log CFU/g) of the samples of Egusi pudding according to the protein sources.

Microflora	Source of proteins
	Beef	Mackerel	Cod	Sardine	Control
TMAF	4.19 ± 0.22^a	4.05 ± 0.20^a	4.14 ± 0.26^a	4.18 ± 0.26^a	3.89 ± 0.52^a
Total coliforms	4.66 ± 0.78^a	2.56 ± 2.46^b	4.48 ± 0.65^a	4.71 ± 0.83^a	4.66 ± 0.56^a
Fecal coliforms	3.41 ± 2.5^a	0.8 ± 1.78^a	1.89 ± 2.62^a	1.07 ± 2.39^b	1.51 ± 2.08^a
Enterobacteria	4.76 ± 0.83^a	4.07 ± 2.30^a	4.21 ± 2.36^a	5.18 ± 0.25^a	2.47 ± 2.31^a
E. coli	3.97 ± 2.33^a	2.36 ± 2.19^a	1.94 ± 1.96^a	3.25 ± 2.14^a	0.58 ± 1.29^a
Fecal streptococci	2.83 ± 1.65^a	3.81 ± 0.37^a	2.91 ± 1.77^a	3.41 ± 1.93^a	3.96 ± 0.83^a
Staphylococcus spp.	5.21 ± 0.22^a	4.47 ± 0.50^a	5.01 ± 0.21^a	5.03 ± 0.24^a	4.92 ± 0.25^a
Bacillus cereus	6.78 ± 4.49^a	4.52 ± 0.62^a	3.83 ± 2.16^a	4.67 ± 0.60^a	4.73 ± 0.86^a
Yersinia enterocolitica	4.42 ± 0.68^a	4.16 ± 0.57^a	4.87 ± 0.21^a	4.46 ± 0.59^a	3.31 ± 1.91^a
Anaerobic sulfite-reducing bacteria	5.14 ± 0.22^a	5.06 ± 0.22^a	4.86 ± 0.23^a	5.14 ± 0.16^a	4.98 ± 0.15^a
Clostridium perfringens	5.19 ± 0.15^a	4.84 ± 0.39^a	4.83 ± 0.15^a	4.95 ± 0.42^a	4.82 ± 0.93^a
Pseudomonas spp.	5.22 ± 0.27^a	4.6 ± 0.66^a	4.57 ± 0.46^a	4.7 ± 0.76^a	4.40 ± 0.63^a
Yeasts and moulds	4.95 ± 0.11^a	5.05 ± 0.28^a	4.80 ± 0.65^a	5.27 ± 0.10^a	4.72 ± 0.52^a

TMAF = total mesophilic aerobic flora, values with same letters within a column are not significantly different () according to Duncan’ multiple range test.