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  Microbiological and Physicochemical Quality of Natural and Deteriorated Rubber Latexes
  Author(s): Mmuoegbulam OA, Ugwu CC, Obi IF and Igwe EE Mmuoegbulam OA, Ugwu CC, Obi IF and Igwe EE
  
  Natural and deteriorated rubber latex samples were analyzed for bacteriological and physicochemical quality. Bacterial isolates obtained after 24 h of incubation ranged from 1.5×106 cfu/ml to 1.58×108 cfu/ml, corresponding to three weeks-deteriorated and natural rubber latexes respectively. However, after 48 h of incubation, the bacterial counts in the natural rubber latex, one week deteriorated rubber, two weeks deteriorated and three weeks deteriorated rubbers were 1.7×108 cfu/ml, 1.094×108 cfu/ml, and 7.1×107 cfu/ml respectively. Heterotrophic fungal counts ranged from 3.2×107 to 7.8×107 cfu/ml corresponding to three weeks-deteriorated and natural rubber latexes respectively. Statistical analysis for bacterial and fungal isolates showed that there was no significant difference in the mean bacterial and fungal counts within the samples at 95.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2332-0737.1000133

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