Table 1

Samples	Mesophiles		Psycrotrophs
	log cfu/g_initial	log cfu/g_8days	log cfu/g_initial	log cfu/g_8days
Coat-150	2.00^a ± 0.00	6.89^a ± 0.33	2.89^a ± 1.54	6.94^a ± 0.27
Coat-250	2.00^a ± 0.00	5.57^b ± 0.68	2.00^a ± 0.00	5.47^b ± 0.51
Coat-500	2.00^a ± 0.00	4.97^b ± 0.21	2.00^a ± 0.00	4.73^b ± 0.38
CTRL	2.23^a ± 0.40	7.79^c ± 0.06	2.26^a ± 0.38	7.82^c ± 0.03

Mean values ± standard deviation.
^a-bMeans in the same column followed by different superscript upper cases are
significantly different (P<0.05).

Table 1: Mesophilic and psychrotrophic initial and final bacterial count (log cfu/g)
of fresh-cut melon samples.