Karagözlü N.Ergönül B.2024-07-222024-07-22200816615751http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/18887In this study, microbiological quality of 45 butter samples sold under market conditions at Manisa (Turkey) was investigated. Total coliform, total fecal coliform, Escherichia coli and yeast and mould counts were found between < 1.0 - > 3.15 log10 cfu.g-1, < 1.0 - > 3.15 log10 cfu.g-1, < 1.0 - > 3.15 log10 cfu.g-1 and < 1.0 - > 6.62 log10 cfu.g-1 respectively. Only in one sample Salmonella was detected. Staphylococcus aureus was not detected in any of the samples. To that extent butters sold under market conditions in Manisa have high coliform, yeast and mould contamination. © 2008 Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel.EnglishEscherichia coliSalmonellaStaphylococcus aureusArticle10.1007/s00003-008-0370-4