MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF TWO SAMPLED BANGA SOUP SOLD IN OTEFE COMMUNITY
Abstract
This study was undertaken to examine the microbiological quality of foods sold by food vendors in Niger
Delta university community (NDU), Amassoma, Bayelsa State. This was done to determine its safety and health
concerns. A total of six (6) samples were collected from four (4) food vendor outlets consisting of four (4) food samples
(beans, white rice, jollof rice and yam) and two palm swabs and were analyzed. Result from the study indicate that the
colony forming unit (cfu/ml), for each sample ranged from 4.4 x 105
to 1.88 x 106
for beans, 8.6 x105
to 2.51 x 106
for
white rice, 6.6 x 105
to 9.8 x105
for jollof rice, 9.5 x105
to 2.26 x106
for yam, 6.7 x105
to 9.8 x105
for palm swab I and 5.9
x105
to 9.3x105
for palm swab II respectively. The frequency of occurrence of bacterial isolates recorded one (1) for
streptococcus sp which had the least occurrence and fifteen (15) isolates for staphylococcus aureus which had the highest
occurrence. A total of five fungal species were also isolated from the samples which include; rhizopus, mucor sp,
penicillum sp, fusarium sp, and aspergillus sp. The presence of these microorganisms in the various food samples show
that food eaten in the Niger Delta University community contains high level of microbial load which is hazardous to the
health of consumers.
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