National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The microbial flora and proximate composition of whole and wingless yam beetle, Heteroligus meles, were examined. The heterotrophic bacterial, fungal and coliform counts of the external surface of the whole beetle were 6.30 x 105 cfu/g, 2.65 x 103 cfu/g and 2.65 x 103 cfu/g, respectively. The bacterial species isolated belonged to the genera, Arthrobacter, Bacillus and Staphylococcus while the fungi were mainly Aspergillus sp and Cryptococcus sp. These microbial genera constitute part of the normal soil micro-biota and do not pose a sanitary or health problem. The proximate composition revealed low moisture content (57.30%) followed by crude protein at 23.60%, fat at 12.48% and fibre at 4.44%. The values for the wingless insect followed a similar trend but higher except for ash, fibre and carbohydrate. The low microbial count coupled with the low moisture content would assist in the keeping quality of the insect.
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