Isolation of Bacteria and Fungi Associated with Palm Wine Sold in Gboko Metropolis

Academic Paper from the year 2019 in the subject Biology - Micro- and Molecular Biology, , course: MCB, language: English, abstract: Palm wine was assessed for microorganism of Bacteria and Fungi. The microorganism was assayed on Lactobacillus, Bacillus, Staphylococcus aurus, E. coli, Streptococci, Pseudomonas aeroginosa, with fungi; Candida, Penicillilium, Yeast, Rhizopus, Mold, Yeast, Saccharomyces. In Tarukpe joints only 11 microbial isolates were obtained, 6 Bacteria and 5 fungi with 42.9 % and 33.3 % respectively. The rates of contamination and this may probably be due to poor handling and improper environmental sanitation around the joints. The occurrence of microbial isolate in palm wine supports the report made by Faparusi and Bassir (1971), Okafor (1987), Njoku et al., (1991) which lend more weight to present findings. The presence of Saccharomyces cerevesiae collaborates with the earlier report of Bassir (1982).