Table 3
Counts of total microorganisms in tomatoes dur ing storage

Storageperiods (day)	Aerobicbacteria(CFU/g)			Mold (CFU/g)
	Open pallet		MAP pallet	Open pallet		MAP pallet
0		2.0±1.11021)c2)			3.6±2.7101c
7	2.8±0.8103c		1.6±0.3103c	9.4±7.4101c		2.2±1.9101c
14	2.3±0.4104bc		1.7±0.1104bc	6.6±2.9103c		1.8±1.4103c
21	2.0±1.0106a		5.7±3.1105b	1.4±0.5105a		5.3±0.5104b

¹⁾The values represent mean±SD for three experiments.
²⁾a-cDifferent superscripts within each organism CFU/g indicate significant differences at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.