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Table 2 Microbial composition of Klila (data expressed in colony forming unit per g)

From: Algerian extra hard cheese of Klila: a review on the production method, and microbial, organoleptic, and nutritional properties

Microflora

Type of milk used for Klila making (Min–Max)

Origin not specified

References

Ewe milk Klila

Goat milk Klila

Cow milk Klila

Mixing milk (Ewe, Goat)

Aerobic mesophilic microflora

2.28 × 103–109

3.01 × 106

2.22 × 103–1.73 × 105

1.3 × 103

01.24 × 103

[2, 4, 11,12,13, 15]

Total coliforms

  

1.1.102–2.25 × 103

 

01.98 × 103

[2, 10, 13, 15]

Faecal coliforms

 < 5

 < 5

 < 5–1.85 × 103

 

0.84

[12, 15]

Fecal streptococci

    

2.13–1.78 × 106

[10, 12, 13]

Yeast and moulds

 > 5.01 × 105

 > 5.01 × 105

1.64 × 102– > 5.01 × 105

 

1.68 × 109

[4, 10, 15]

Lactic acid bacteria

9.54 × 104–2.69 × 105

4.89 × 103

5.1.103–1.41 × 106

 

3.09 × 104–4.74 × 107

[2, 4, 10, 13, 15]

Enterococcus

2.57 × 105

2.69 × 103

2.75 × 103

  

[4]

Anaerobic Spore forming bacteria

1 × 10

1.99 × 102

3.98 × 102

  

[4]

Bacillus

 < 1.99

 < 1.99

1.12 × 102

  

[4]

Bacillus cereus

 < 5.01

 < 5.01

4.62 × 103

  

[4]

Lactic acid streptococci

  

1.5 × 103

  

[13]

Lactococci

  

2.3 × 102

  

[13]