Prevalence of pathogenic bacteria in common salad vegetables of Dhaka Metropolis

Authors

  • Farjana Rahman Department of Microbiology, Stamford University Bangladesh, Dhaka-1217
  • Rashed Noor Department of Microbiology, Stamford University Bangladesh, Dhaka-1217

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v41i2.13442

Keywords:

Raw vegetables, Pathogens, Fecal coliforms, Health risks

Abstract

Microbial quality of common salad vegetables (viz. carrot, cucumber, tomato and lettuce) collected from Dhaka metropolis was analysed to detect the presence of bacterial pathogens. The occurrence of huge numbers of fecal coliforms (1.0×104 - 4.09×106 cfu/g), Escherichia coli (1.0×104 - 5.0×108 cfu/g), Staphylococcus aureus (2.0×105 - 5.95×107 cfu/g), and Listeria spp. (1.5×106 - 6.5×107 cfu/g) were detected in all the tested samples. Interestingly, occurrence of viable but non-culturable (VBNC) bacteria was also noticed.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v41i2.13442

Bangladesh J. Bot. 41(2): 159-162, 2012 (December)

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2013-01-21

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Rahman, F., & Noor, R. (2013). Prevalence of pathogenic bacteria in common salad vegetables of Dhaka Metropolis. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 41(2), 159–162. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v41i2.13442

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Vol. 41 No. 2 (2012)

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