Isolation and Identification of Lactic Acid Bacteria from Cow Milk and Milk Products

Table 3

Bacterial load in different milk and milk products.

Genus of bacteria	Media	Df	Colony-forming unit (CFU/ml)
			Raw milk	Cheese	Yoghurt
Lactobacillus	MRS	10^6	4.5 × 10^7	7.7 × 10^7	2.3 × 10^8
Lactococci	M17	10^6	1.12 × 10^7	8.01 × 10^7	2.75 × 10^9
Bifidobacteria	MRS + cys	10^6	2.34 × 10^7	2.84 × 10^7	1.72 × 10^7

Df = dilution factor.