| Fresh curds | Dried curds | Ghara | Fermented cocoa beans | |||||||||||
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Pg | Cam | Pak | Ky | Kp | Sat | Kbo | Gh1 | C | |||||||
Cam4 | Cam5 | Pak1 | Pak7 | Â | Kp8 | Kp10 | C6 | C7 | C13 | C22 | |||||
No. of LAB isolates (cultured in MRS and M17) | 10 | 8 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 40 | 10 | 48 | ||||||
No. of isolates showing antimicrobial activity | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
Cell morphology | ND | Bacilli | Bacilli | ND | Cocci | ND | ND | Cocci | Bacilli | Bacilli | Cocci | Cocci | |||
Gram stain reaction | ND | + | + | ND | + | ND | ND | + | + | ||||||
Catalase activity | ND | - | - | ND | - | ND | ND | - | - | ||||||
Glucose fermentation | ND | + | + | ND | + | ND | ND | + | + | ||||||
Activity (AU/mL) against L. monocytogenes ATCC15313 | ND | 276.51 c | 276.51 c | 26.78 a | 26.78 a | ND | 888.56 d | 888.56 d | ND | ND | 115.21 b | 26.78 a | 26.78 a | 26.78 a | 26.78 a |