DOI: 10.36347/sajb.2014.v02i03.006

Pages: 202-204

Milk is extremely liable to microbiological contamination. Yeasts like Candida can resist pasteurization thereby posing a threat to human health. Current research comprises collection of 80 market milk samples from three districts of Assam and examination for the presence of Candida spp. Identification was done by culture and biochemical methods. The results showed an alarming picture as Candida spp was isolated from all the samples and the various spp identified were C. krusei (77.50 %), C. albicans (13.75 %), C. tropicalis (6.25 %) and C. glabrata (2.50 %).