Microbiological status of fine wheat bran collected from Different mills and bakeries at Sohag Government, Egypt

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1 Botany and microbiology department

2 Botany and Microbiology Department-Faculty of Science- Sohag University

3 Botany & Microbiology department-Faculty of Science- Sohag University

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This study is designed to investigate the microbial community of twenty randomly selected fine wheat bran samples collected from different mills and bakeries at Sohag Government, Egypt. Investigated microbial groups include: fungi, yeast and actinobacteria. The moisture content of the tested samples were fluctuated between 6 – 18% and the moisture values of great majority (75%) of samples tested were less than 13% and fluctuated between 10 – 12 %. The pH values were near neutral, slightly acidic or slightly alkalin. The great majority values of samples (95%) were near neutral and fluctuated between 6.5 - 6.9. The organic matter values of samples examined were fluctuated between 13 – 54% and the great majority (60%) of samples tested were less than 28% and fluctuated between 13 – 27%. In this study, 30 genera, 75 species and 2 species-varieties of microbiota were isolated from the tested samples on four different media. From Actinobacteria (1 genus and 6 species), fungi (21 genera, 55 species + 2 species varieties) and from yeast (8 genera and 14 species). Most of the recorded microes were isolated for the first time from fine wheat bran in Egypt.

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