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Mycoflora of Some Cheese Types in Assiut City, Egypt

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Dairy Science

Abstract

Tensamples of different types of cheese were collected from local markets in Assiut city. The samples included (four soft cheese, three Ras cheese and three Roquefort cheese). All samples were collected and kept under refrigeration condition (5 – 7 ºC).Czapek's dextrose agar medium used for isolation and identification the mycoflora of them. The results observed that nine species belonging to the genera Aspergillus, Penicillium, Alternaria, Eurotium and  Rhizopus were recovered and identified. Aspergillus was the most predominant and represented by four species namely A. flavus, A. niger, A. paraciticus, and A. fumigatus. Euotium represented by two species namely E. repens and E. chevalieri. Aspergillus niger found in the four types of cheese. This research aimed to determine the chemical and microbiological quality of some types of cheese including detection and identification of fungi.

DOI

10.21608/ajas.2022.127289.1114

Keywords

Soft cheese, Roquefort cheese, Ras cheese, Chemical and Microbiological Quality, Mycoflora

Authors

First Name

Azza H.

Last Name

Zain El-din

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Affiliation

Dairy Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt

Email

azzahassan34@yhaoo.com

City

Assiut

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First Name

Ali M.

Last Name

Abd El-Rahim

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Dairy Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt

Email

mo_ali_3@yahoo.com

City

Assiut

Orcid

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First Name

Fathy E.

Last Name

El-Gazzar

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Dairy Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt

Email

elgazzar44@yahoo.com

City

Assiut

Orcid

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First Name

Dina M.

Last Name

Osman

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Dairy Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt

Email

dina.ramadan@agr.aun.edu.eg

City

assiut

Orcid

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First Name

Ghada A.

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt

Email

ghada_botany@yahoo.com

City

Assiut

Orcid

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Volume

53

Article Issue

5

Related Issue

38047

Issue Date

2022-12-01

Receive Date

2022-04-13

Publish Date

2022-12-01

Page Start

13

Page End

23

Print ISSN

1110-0486

Online ISSN

2356-9840

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/article_273149.html

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62

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Journal

Publication Title

Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Mycoflora of Some Cheese Types in Assiut City, Egypt

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Created At

22 Jan 2023