Media PCA+Egg Yolk MYP agar
  Total PLs + Total B. cereus type
 

log cfu/mL ±SD

Experiment 1  
Raw milk at day 0 5 .2±0.01 2.3±0.38 3.7±0.04 1.5±0.17
Raw milk at day 6  
Control 8 .1±0.14 7.3±0.36 4.7±0.01 3.5±0.26
N2 treatment 6 .8±0.02 5.5±0.01 4.9±0.05 <1
Experiment 2  
Raw milk at day 0 4.8±0.11 3.5±0.16 3.7±0.05 <1
Raw milk at day 5  
Control ND ND 5.7±0.01 5.2±0.13
N2 treatment ND ND 5.5±0.05 3.2±0.17
Raw milk at day 7  
Control 8.0±0.01 7.8±0.05 ND ND
N2 treatment 7 .2 ±0.14 5.5±0.16 ND ND
Table 1: Effect of N2 gas treatments on the amounts of phospholipases (PLs)- producers, and Bacillus cereus type.