| enumeration of bacterial and yeast colonists of apple fruits and identification of epiphytic yeasts on pear fruits in the pacific northwest united states. | a procedure for the isolation of diverse culturable microflora for the estimation of the population size of yeasts and bacteria on the surface of pome fruits is described. maximum numbers of morphologically distinct colonies of both yeasts and bacteria were recovered from apple fruit surfaces when fruits were shaken for 5 min in sterile phosphate buffer plus tween, sonicated for 5 min, and aliquots of the buffer plated onto diluted yeast malt agar and diluted nutrient broth agar, respectively. t ... | 1996 | 9022303 |