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Table 2 Occurrence of mould, yeast, bacterial isolates and the fruits affected
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | N | Occurrence (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Mould isolates | |||||||||||
| Aspergillus niger | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 132 | 24.4 |
| Fusarium avenaceum | + | − | − | + | + | + | + | − | + | 94 | 17.4 |
| Aspergillus flavus | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | + | 52 | 9.6 |
| Fusarium solani | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | 44 | 8.2 |
| Penicillium digitatum | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | − | + | 38 | 7.0 |
| Aspergillus parasiticus | + | + | − | − | + | + | + | − | + | 37 | 6.9 |
| Aspergillus fumigatus | + | − | + | − | + | + | + | − | − | 28 | 5.2 |
| Penicillium expansum | − | + | + | − | + | + | + | − | + | 26 | 4.8 |
| Rhizopus stolonifer | + | − | − | − | + | − | + | + | − | 21 | 3.9 |
| Fusarium oxysporum | + | − | + | + | + | − | − | + | − | 19 | 3.5 |
| Rhizopus oryzae | + | − | − | + | + | − | − | − | − | 15 | 2.8 |
| Mucor racemosis | + | − | − | − | − | + | + | − | + | 13 | 2.4 |
| Mucor piriformis | − | + | + | − | − | + | + | − | + | 11 | 2.0 |
| Alternaria alternata | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | 10 | 1.9 |
| (b) Yeast isolates | |||||||||||
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | 88 | 29.4 |
| Candida tropicalis | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 49 | 16.3 |
| Candida krusei | + | − | − | + | − | + | + | − | + | 38 | 12.7 |
| Geotrichum candidum | − | − | − | − | + | − | + | + | − | 30 | 10.0 |
| Pichia kluyveri | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | 28 | 9.3 |
| Pichia fermentans | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | − | + | 21 | 7.0 |
| Pichia anomala | + | + | − | − | + | + | + | − | + | 17 | 5.7 |
| Torulopsis fragaria | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | + | 10 | 3.3 |
| Zygosaccharomyces rouxii | + | − | + | − | − | + | + | − | − | 9 | 3.0 |
| Zygosaccharomyces bailii | − | + | + | − | + | + | + | − | + | 7 | 2.3 |
| Kluyveromyces marxianus | + | − | + | + | + | − | − | + | − | 3 | 1.0 |
| (c) Bacterial isolates | |||||||||||
| Lactobacillus plantarum | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 62 | 23.0 |
| Bacillus cereus | + | − | − | − | + | + | − | − | + | 49 | 18.0 |
| Micrococcus luteus | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | 38 | 14.1 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | + | − | + | + | − | − | + | − | + | 32 | 11.9 |
| Streptococcus pyogenes | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | + | − | 22 | 8.1 |
| Bacillus subtilis | + | − | + | − | − | + | − | + | + | 21 | 7.8 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | + | − | − | + | − | − | + | + | − | 16 | 6.0 |
| Proteus vulgaris | − | − | −− | − | + | − | − | − | − | 12 | 4.4 |
| Serratia marcescens | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | + | 11 | 4.1 |
| Erwinia cacticida | − | − | − | + | + | − | − | − | − | 7 | 2.6 |
