Applicability of Micro Inoculation Culture (MIC) for Rapid Monitoring of Total Coliform Contaminants in the Food Industry

Table 2: Cell count results by MIC and Pour plate techniques applying to 6 samples of actual frozen food products rejected by Petrifilm^™ kits.

Sample	No.	Coliforms (log CFU/ml)
Sample	No.	MIC	Pour plate
Papaya green salad	1	3.27^a±0.02	3.12^a±0.03
	2	2.55^a±0.02	2.18^a±0.07
	3	3.55^a±0.04	3.15^a±0.18
	4	3.47^a±0.07	3.35^a±0.06
	5	2.80^a±0.01	2.57^a±0.05
	6	3.69^a±0.04	3.52^a±0.07
Fried rice	1	2.46^a±0.02	2.44^a±0.03
	2	2.66^a±0.03	2.63^a±0.03
	3	2.70^a±0.07	2.63^a±0.05
	4	2.37^a±0.01	2.35^a±0.10
	5	2.51^a±0.10	2.49^a±0.08
	6	2.83^a±0.09	2.83^a±0.07
Cake topping	1	2.52^a±0.08	2.49^a±0.13
	2	2.22^a±0.02	2.19^a±0.12
	3	2.32^a±0.06	2.40^a±0.05
	4	2.62^a±0.10	2.67^a±0.18
	5	2.82^a±0.08	2.87^a±0.14
	6	2.42^a±0.04	2.53^a±0.11

^a values in each row determine significantly differences at P<0.05.