@article{ajmr2013146,
author={{Fatema, Nour and Acharjee, Mrityunjoy and Noor, Rashed},
title={Microbiological Profiling of Imported Apples and Demonstration of Bacterial Survival Capacity through <i>in vitro</i> Challenge Test},
journal={American Journal of Microbiological Research},
volume={1},
number={4},
pages={98--104},
year={2013},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmr/1/4/6},
abstract={<b> </b> Present study conducted a complete investigation on microorganisms contaminating the imported apples commonly consumed in Dhaka metropolis, Bangladesh. Study of microbial prevalence demonstrated a substantial number of total viable bacteria (~10<SUP>7</SUP> cfu/g) in each of the dissected portions, i. e., surface, body and core of the samples except for the body and core portion of <i>Malus paulared</i> (Paula Red). Among the specific pathogens, <i>Staphylococcus</i> spp. was found to be predominant within a range of 1.6กม10<SUP>5</SUP>-2.8กม10<SUP>7</SUP> cfu/g, while <i>Escherichia coli</i>, <i>Klebsiella</i> spp., <i>Salmonella</i> spp., <i>Shigella </i>spp., <i>Pseudomonas</i> spp., <i>Vibrio</i> spp. and <i>Listeria </i>spp. were also identified. Fungal contamination (~10<SUP>6</SUP> cfu/g) was observed only in the surface of each of the categories of apple samples tested. Study of antibiogram showed that most of the bacterial isolates were multi-drug resistant (MDR); however, study of antimicrobial activity showed that the <i>Malus pumila</i> (Golden delicious apple) samples possessed the anti-bacterial effect against <i>Vibrio</i> spp. Further studies employing the <i>in vitro</i> challenge test revealed a decline trend in the survival potential of spoiling bacteria in the apple samples tested.},
doi={10.12691/ajmr-1-4-6}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}