Table 3. Microbial populations of non-inoculated and bacteria-inoculated rice cake with treatment during drying (unit: log CFU/g)

Treatment Time Non-inoculated rice Bacteria-inoculated rice
Total aerobic bacteria Coliforms B. cereus E. coli
Dry 5 h ND ND3) ND ND
12 h 1.48±0.251)a2) ND ND ND
Dry with UV 30 min ND ND ND ND
1 h ND ND ND ND
Values are mean±standard deviation(n=3).
Indicates significant difference about column (p⟨0.05).
Not detected ⟨0.7 log CFU/g.