“…Also, a significant effect of "species" (cow and goat) on Total Coliforms and Staphylococci counts in "Jben" cheese has been recorded (p = 0.003, 0.016 respectively) ( Table 2). From literature, several studies have investigated the microbiological parameters of fresh cheese in Algeria (Derouiche & Zidoune, 2015;Lahrech et al, 2018;Leksir & Chemmam, 2015) and elsewhere in the world (Balezi & Mushagalusa, 2018;Bedia & Yasin, 2018;Buffa et al, 2001;Hadrya et al, 2012;Rhiat et al, 2011;Sánchez-Gamboa et al, 2018;Vladimír et al, 2020). In comparison with our study, El Marnissi et al (2013) showed lower results to ours for raw cow cheese "Jben" from morocco province with an average FMAT of 7 × 10 6 ucf/g vs. 385.79 × 10 6 ucf/g, S. Aureus 21.2 ucf/g vs 0.1 × 10 4 ucf/g, but a higher Total Coliforms: 3.5 × 10 5 ucf/g vs. 0.48 × 10 4 ucf/g.…”