| |
Fresh curds
|
Dried curds
|
Ghara
|
Fermented cocoa beans
|
|---|
|
Pg
|
Cam
|
Pak
|
Ky
|
Kp
|
Sat
|
Kbo
|
Gh1
|
C
|
|---|
|
Cam4
|
Cam5
|
Pak1
|
Pak7
| |
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
|
- Positive reaction (+), negative reaction (−), not detected (ND).
- Values with different superscript letters (a, b, c, d) are significantly different.
