DETECTION OF THE AIRBORNE MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION IN DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS IN A STUDENT RESIDENTIAL AREA OF KONYA-TURKEY

Ümit GÜRBÜZ

This study aimed to determine the general hygiene status of different residential groups including the student and working residential areas, near the campus of Selcuk University in Konya -Turkey. The student residential group consisted of male (n=27) and female (n=19) students, and another group was of family residents (n=32). Temperature measurement and microbiological analyses using an active air sampler to detect airborne contamination including total viable count (TVC), total psychrotrophic count (TPC), yeast and mold, Pseudomonas spp., and coliform bacteria count (CC) in refrigerators we ...Более