OCURRENCE OF YEASTS AND MOLDS IN HARD CHEESE (ROMI)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Food Control Dept. . Fac. of Vet. Med., Zagazig Univ, Egypt.

2 Agric. Indu. Dept. Efficient Productivity Institute, Zagazig Univ., Egypt.

Abstract

Fifty random samples of hard cheese (Romi) economic and public heat importa were collected from different dairy shops,isolated fungi as well of the control measures for grocerics and supermarkets in Zagazig City Egypt to be examined mycologically. Yeasts could be detected in 70% of hard cheese samples, with a mean value Of 2.2X104 + 0.8 X10 »  while the mold were isolated from 86% of examined hard cheese samples, with a mean valueof 1.3X103 + . + 0.4 X 10°/g, 7 , The isolated — yeast were torulopsis candida (22%) ,holmii (10% ), Tor. globrata ( 6% ) , Sacchromyces bailii (20%), Sac. cervisiae (8%), : Castellii (12%), C.lipolytica (10%), debaromyces hansenii (10%), kluvumyces marxianus (6%), Rhodotula pallida (4%) and Geotrichum candida (4%), , while the mold  isoletes were Penecillium commune (24%), P.verrucosum (10%), p. solitum (8%), P. crustosum (6%), Asperigillus niger (20%), aflatoxogenic strain of Asp. flavous (2%), non aflatoxogenic strain of Asp. flavous (10%), asp.Versicolor(8%), cladosporium werneckii(8%) and Rhizopus spp.(6%). the economic and puplic health importance of isolated fungi as well of the control measures for improving the quality  of the product were discussed

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