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INCIDENCE OF COLIFORMS IN WHITE SOFT CHEESE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO E. COLI

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Milk hygiene & milk product

Abstract

Coliforms generally are pointer to possible fecal contamination and reflect the hygienic standards of the cheese processing. To determine the chemical and microbiological quality of some traditional Egyptian white soft cheese, a total of 200 samples represented by Tallaga, Feta, Baramili and Istamboli (50 samples each) were collected randomly from supermarkets, dairy shops and street-vendors in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Chemically; the averages of pH value and NaCl% in the examined cheese were 6.354, 3.732%; 5.018, 7.0%; 3.441, 6.702% and 4.465, 5.94% for Tallaga, Feta, Baramili and Istamboli cheese, respectively. Microbiologically; Coliforms, faecal Coliforms and Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacteria were detected in 86, 76 and 60% of Tallaga cheese, 64, 54 and 32% of Feta cheese, 88, 68 and 50% of Baramili cheese and 78, 64 and 54% of Istamboli cheese, respectively. The average Coliforms count was 1.3x10⁴, 1.2x10³, 6.5x10³ and 3.6x10³ cfu/g, while, the fecal Coliforms average values were 2.1×10³, 3.1×10², 1.2×10³ and 6.3×10² cfu/g and E.coli average was 2.7x10², 1.8x10², 2.9x10² and 1.2x10² cfu/g for the examined samples, respectively. Serological identifications of the isolated E.coli revealed that 14, 6, 12 and 8% out of all examined cheese samples were pathogenic. Most relevant detected serotypes in cheese were related to enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) and enterotoxoginc (ETEC) strains. Also, enteoinvasive (EIEC) and enteropathogenic (EPEC) related serotypes have been detected in some examined cheese samples. The Coliforms content and incidence of different pathogenic E.coli serotypes reflect the poor hygienic conditions of manufacturing and absence of microbial loud elimination.

DOI

10.21608/avmj.2022.154405.1076

Keywords

cheese, Colifoms, E.coli, fecal coliforms

Authors

First Name

ENAS

Last Name

MOHAMED

MiddleName

EL-PRINCE

Affiliation

Department of Milk Heigyne. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Assuit University. Assuit, Egypt

Email

enas6262@yahoo.com

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First Name

WALLAA

Last Name

AMIN

MiddleName

FAROUK

Affiliation

Department of Food Hygiene, Faculty of Vet. Med., Assiut University

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wallaa_800@yahoo.com

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First Name

MOHAB

Last Name

MOHAMED

MiddleName

RASHED

Affiliation

Departement of Food Hygiene. Animal Health Research Institute, Giza, Egypt.

Email

mohab_rashed@yahoo.com

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First Name

MARIAN

Last Name

NAN

MiddleName

GAMAL YOUSEF

Affiliation

Department of food hygiene, Animal Health Research Institute, Giza, Egypt.

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mariana_gamal@yahoo.com

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Volume

68

Article Issue

175

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37629

Issue Date

2022-10-01

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2022-08-08

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2022-10-01

Page Start

97

Page End

105

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1012-5973

Online ISSN

2314-5226

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Research article

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1,840

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Publication Title

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal

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https://avmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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INCIDENCE OF COLIFORMS IN WHITE SOFT CHEESE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO E. COLI

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23 Jan 2023