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Table 3 Microbial taxa isolated from black and green tea samples according to the DNA barcoding characterization

From: Comparative assessment of the quality of commercial black and green tea using microbiology analyses

Bacteria

Black teas

Green teas

Total

Molds

Black teas

Green teas

Total

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

3

4

7

Aspergillus niger

6

10

16

Bacillus aryabattai

0

2

2

Aspergillus tubingensis

1

3

4

Bacillus cereus

4

5

9

Penicillium commune

1

1

2

Bacillus circulans

1

0

1

Penicillium rubens

0

1

1

Bacillus drentensis

0

1

1

Penicillium brevicompactum

0

1

1

Bacillus endophyticus

0

2

2

Rhizopus oryzae

1

0

1

Bacillus licheniformis

3

3

6

Cladosporium ramotenellum

1

0

1

Bacillus megaterium

0

2

2

Total (7 species)

10

16

26

Bacillus methylotrophicus

0

1

1

 

Bacillus pseudomycoides

1

0

1

Bacillus pumilus

2

2

4

Bacillus subtilis

3

6

9

Bacillus tequilensis

0

2

2

Yeasts

Black teas

Green teas

Total

Bacillus thuringensis

7

1

8

Cryptococcus neoformans

0

1

1

Clostridium perfringens

0

1

1

Rhodotorula mucillaginosa

1

0

1

Paenibacillus cineris

1

0

1

Sporidiobolis ruineniae

1

0

1

Paenibacillus lactis

0

1

1

Total (3 species)

2

1

3

Paenibacillus taichungens

0

1

1

 

Pantoea gaviniae

1

0

1

Pseudomonas psychrotolerans

1

0

1

Staphylococcus warneri

1

0

1

Total (21 species)

28

34

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