Table 2 Occurrence of mould, yeast, bacterial isolates and the fruits affected
| Â | 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 |