Municipality
Total Coliforms NMP/mL
Thermotolerant
Coliforms NMP/mL
Escherichia coli
NMP/mL
Mesophiles UFC/mL
Cabaceiras do Paraguaçu
3.02x10
9
9.43x10
8
4.03x10
7
7.85x10
7
Cachoeira
2.44x10
10
2.42x10
10
1.23x10
8
2.31x10
9
Conceição do Almeida
7.52x10
10
7.52x10
10
2.20x10
10
3.14x10
9
Cruz das Almas
7.22x10
10
2.75x10
9
1.60x10
7
4.26x10
8
Dom Macedo Costa
6.82x10
10
5.04x10
10
4x10
7
6.07x10
8
Maragogipe
4.78x10
10
4.55x10
10
4.40x10
8
2.55x10
8
São Sebastião do Passé
6.99x10
10
4.86x10
10
7.07x10
8
1.39x10
9
Saubara
9.02x10
10
9.02x10
10
2.90x10
8
4.11x10
8
Santo Amaro
2.42x10
9
2.42x10
9
2.20x10
9
3.33x10
9
Santo Antônio de Jesus
8.81x10
10
8.24x10
9
1.52x10
6
4.75x10
9
Table 1:
Arithmetic means of microbiological analyses in raw milk consumed in the Recôncavo Region, State of Bahia, Brazil, between May 2010 and February 2011.
