TY  - JOUR
TI  - Bacteriological, Physicochemical, and Melissopalynologic Properties of Some Turkish Honeys
AB  - The bacteriological, physicochemical, and melissopalynological properties of some Turkish honey samples obtainedfrom beekeepers and markets were investigated in this study. Shigella spp., Salmonella spp., Clostridium spp.,Paenibacillus larvae, Bacillus spp., total mesophilic and coliform bacteria were screened to determine bacterialpopulations in honeys. Total coliform bacteria, Shigella spp., and Salmonella spp. were not found. Furthermore,Clostridia, Bacillus and Paenibacillus were in low levels in most of the honey samples. For all samples, the contents ofhydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), electrical conductivity, total acidity, ash, moisture, brix, total protein and invert sugarwere varied from 0.71 to 175.18 mg/kg, 0.19 to 1.69 mS/cm, 23.00 to 46.46 meq/kg, 0.03% to 0.89%, 13.1% to19.4%, 80.78% to 85.08%, 0.13% to 0.18%, 54.55% to 71.52%, respectively. As a result of the melissopalynologicalanalyses, 52 different pollen species were found. Pollen taxa found in large numbers of honeys were as follows;Castanea sativa, Centaurea, Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Ericaceae and Fabaceae. According to the results, honeysamples tested in this study were good in bacteriological quality. But, we proposed that collaboration of producers andmicrobiologists is needed to further improve bacteriological quality.
AU  - GUVENSEN, AYKUT
AU  - MERCAN DOĞAN, Nazime
AU  - Bozbeyoglu, Naime Nur
AU  - Arslan, Seher
DO  - 10.24323/akademik-gida.613557
PY  - 2019
JO  - Akademik Gıda
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
SN  - 1304-7582
SP  - 167
EP  - 175
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/373195
ER  -