MICROBIOLOGY OF KISHK : TRADITIONALLY FERMENTED EGYPTIAN FOOD,

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Home Economic Department, Faculty of Specific Education, University of Alexandria, Egypt.

2 Seal-Hayne Campus Department of Agriculture and Food, University of Plymouth, Newton Abbot, England.

Abstract

During microbiological studies in Seale·Hayne (England) on tel' samples Of
kishk obtained from Southern Egypt. it was found that six of the samples conl;::n
Bacillus cereus. The mean of Bacillus cereus count on 8eA was 5.3 (log 10 cfu/g),
while there was no laclic acid bacteria. sslmc: ", and staphylococcus eureus. Thr:
thermal resistance of Bacillus cereus WB:i relaliv, 1 medium.
 
Although the final pH was 3.5-3.9 an" the AW was 0.50-0.56, the coliform
bacteria was found in four S8~oles.