Study of Microbial Contamination in Local Fruits and Vegetables Samples of Solan, Himachal Pradesh

Abstract

Food Microbiology is the study of food micro-organisms. In the present study, we have chosen to isolate and identify bacteria and fungus from various fruits and vegetables. The various fruits had been collected from local market of Solan (H.P). After the complete identification, the isolated microorganism was identified as bacteria i.e. Enterobacter, Xanthomonas, Erwinia, Acidovoraxavenae, Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus, Bacillus, Streptococcus and fungus i.e. Cercospora mamaoms, Colletotrichum, Fusarium, Alternaria alternate, Aspergillus niger. Chances of contamination can be reduced by the good hygienic conditions.