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The Fungal and Bacterial Flora of Stored White Cabbage
Author(s) -
GEESON J. D.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1979.tb02599.x
Subject(s) - aureobasidium pullulans , cladosporium , botrytis cinerea , biology , flora (microbiology) , alternaria , fungicide , penicillium , bacteria , botany , springtail , botrytis , microbiology and biotechnology , horticulture , food science , fermentation , ecology , genetics , ecotoxicology
1. The predominant organisms isolated from the outer wrapper leaves of freshly harvested white cabbages were: bacteria, yeasts, Alternaria spp., Aureobasidium pullulans, Botrytis cinerea, Cladosporium spp. and Penicillium spp. 2. Few qualitative or quantitative changes were seen in the leaf surface flora during storage at 2°C for up to 33 weeks. 3. Numbers of bacteria, particularly fluorescent and pectolytic pseudomonads, were considerably higher on cabbages drenched with fungicide or water than on corresponding undrenched cabbages.