Table 8 Microorganisms in tobacco leaves (CFU × 103/g) collected from a tobacco manufacturing plant.
From: Identification of bacterial and fungal components in tobacco and tobacco smoke
V-1 | V-2 | V-3 | B-1 | B-2 | B-3 | K-1 | K-2 | K-3 | SM-1 | SM-2 | SM-3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total mesophilic bacteria | 381 | 102.5 | 8 | 2 | 680 | 155 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 328 | 556.5 | 9 |
Gram-negative bacteria | 145 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 415 | 0 |
Thermophilic actinomycetes | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2 |
Fungi | 0 | 7 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |