Claim · model-written summary
Watermelon had the highest Acetobacter aceti load (5.9×10³ CFU/ml).
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatuse1 - Interactor
- A. aceti
Acetobacter acetie1other - Outcome
- A. aceti loade1
- Value
- 5.9×10³ CFU/mle1
Verbatim
e1“Results showed that watermelon had the highest A. aceti load of 5.9×10³ CFU/ml and a heterotrophic fungi load of 4.0×10³ CFU/ml”
Title
Chidi Nduka Amadi-Ikpa; Felix Barikuura Dimkpa; Godwin Leera Sunday Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences Journal of Scientific Innovations 2025. doi:10.63561/fnas-jsi.v6i3.954
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Banana had the lowest Acetobacter aceti load (1.0×10³ CFU/ml).
- Observation Acetobacter aceti was most frequently recovered from watermelon (20%).
- Observation Acetobacter aceti was least often recovered from pineapple (4%).
- Observation The difference between fruit type and microbial presence was not statistically significant.
- Observation Microbial loads in all fruits investigated exceeded the WHO recommended threshold.
- Observation Acetobacter aceti colonies were non-pigmented, convex, shiny and rod-shaped.
- Observation Acetobacter aceti isolates were catalase positive and capable of glucose fermentation.
- Observation Acetobacter aceti isolates were negative for oxidase, indole, gelatinase and nitrate reduction.
- Recommendation The study discourages ripening of fruits through inducement.
