Demonstration of the source of microbial contamination of freshly cultivated cabbage, cauliflower, potato and squash collected from rural farms of Bangladesh
2016
Kamal, K. D. | Farahnaaz, F. | Rashed, N. | Hasibur, R. | Md. Sajjad, A.
Several researches have been conducted so far to detect the level of microbial contamination within the commonly consumed vegetables; however, the source of contamination has not been investigated except a few studies. A recent study revealed huge microbial contamination within bottle gourd, pumpkin, radish and eggplant together with the microbial load of the plantation soils, fertilizers and irrigation waters. Present study further endeavored to identify such contamination level among potato, cauliflower, cabbage and squash samples and depicted on the contamination sources. Microbial load within the vegetable samples (around 10 6 cfu/g) was estimated near or lower than those within surroundings (around 10 8 cfu/g). Thus the data reveals that the microbiological attributes within the vegetable samples largely depended on the microorganisms inhabiting soils, fertilizers and on the type and quantity of the aquatic microorganisms within the water bodies surrounding the sampling sites.
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