Target microorganism | Agar | Incubation condition | Method |
Aerobic plate count | Pour plate methods in a Plate count agar (AOAC 966.23) | 37˚C/48 h | [39] |
Total Coliforms | Pour plate method in a Plate count agar (ISO 9308-1:2014) | 37˚C/48 h | [40] |
Escherichia coli | Pour plate method in a MacConkey agar | 44.5˚C/24 h | [41] |
Yeast/mould | Spread plate method in a Rose Bengal Chloramphenicol Agar | 22˚C/7 days | [42] |
Aspergillus fungi | Sabouraud Dextrose Agar chloramphenicol powder as anti-bacterial growth inhibitor | 25˚C/5 - 7 days | [43] |
Salmonella and Shigella | Xylose lysine desoxycholate agar with Rappaport-Vassiliadis Soy Peptone Broth | 37˚C/18 h | [44] |
Staphylococcus aureus | Mannitol Salt Agar (Oxoid), gram staining, coagulase test | 32˚C/48 h | [45] |