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.