Table 2. Microbiological results of the sucuk samples during ripening period (Log CFU/g)

Batches	Ripening period (d)
Batches	1^st	6^th	12^th
TMAB
S1	9.13^Babc±0.68	10.17^Aa±0.26	9.92^ABa±0.19
S2	9.60^Bab±0.38	10.60^Aa±0.31	9.85^ABa±0.44
S3	9.62^Bab±0.13	10.53^Aa±0.43	10.01^ABa±0.21
S4	9.71^Bab±0.26	10.47^Aa±0.14	10.15^ABa±0.28
S5	9.83^Ba±0.21	10.33^Aa±0.16	10.18^ABa±0.20
S6	9.03^Bbc±0.30	10.32^Aa±0.25	10.21^Aa±0.26
S7	8.95^Bbc±0.49	10.29^Aa±0.06	9.96^Aa±0.50
S8	8.66^Bc±0.52	10.26^Aa±0.14	10.11^Aa±0.18
LAB
S1	8.81^Bb±0.51	10.07^Aa±0.15	9.94^Aa±0.10
S2	9.61^Ba±0.34	10.64^Aa±0.28	9.89^Ba±0.30
S3	9.59^Ba±0.16	10.34^Aa±0.50	9.97^ABa±0.24
S4	9.20^Bab±0.24	10.67^Aa±0.56	10.14^Aa±0.28
S5	9.70^Ba±0.27	10.51^Aa±0.36	10.17^ABa±0.14
S6	8.74^Bb±0.51	9.91^Aa±0.09	10.17^Aa±0.29
S7	8.64^Bb±0.44	10.62^Aa±0.68	9.92^Aa±0.45
S8	8.83^Bb±0.61	10.19^Aa±0.18	10.08^Aa±0.34
Micrococcaceae
S1	6.33^Aa±0.55	7.01^Aa±0.14	7.08^Aa±0.45
S2	5.61^Aa±1.20	5.95^Acd±0.31	5.99^Abc±0.42
S3	5.61^Aa±1.14	5.79^Ad±0.72	5.70^Ac±0.67
S4	5.72^Aa±1.07	5.99^Abcd±0.39	5.72^Ac±0.46
S5	5.63^Aa±1.29	5.92^Acd±0.78	6.55^Aabc±0.86
S6	6.49^Aa±0.32	6.84^Aa±0.18	7.22^Aa±0.65
S7	6.27^Ba±0.40	6.77^ABab±0.30	6.97^Aab±0.13
S8	6.33^Aa±0.38	6.73^Aabc±0.10	7.22^Aa±0.66
Enterobacteriaceae
S1	5.36^Aa±0.35	3.79^Ba±0.98	2.32^Cab±0.15
S2	4.03^Ab±0.71	2.90^Bb±0.53	2.13^Bb±0.12
S3	4.65^Aab±0.36	2.74^Bb±0.18	2.15^Cab±0.15
S4	4.48^Aab±0.68	2.64^Bb±0.29	2.10^Bb±0.09
S5	3.81^Ab±0.94	2.82^ABb±0.43	2.12^Bb±0.20
S6	5.35^Aa±0.17	3.17^Bab±0.39	2.31^Cab±0.28
S7	5.48^Aa±0.44	2.83^Bb±0.39	2.52^Ba±0.26
S8	5.24^Aa±0.75	2.87^Bb±0.22	2.21^Bab±0.24
Yeast and Mold
S1	4.59^Abc±0.31	5.02^Ab±0.55	4.78^Ab±0.42
S2	4.12^Bc±0.85	5.61^Aab±0.07	5.37^Ab±0.58
S3	5.56^Aab±0.47	5.76^Aab±0.46	5.60^Ab±1.07
S4	5.13^Aabc±0.65	5.51^Aab±0.31	5.24^Ab±0.82
S5	5.35^Bab±1.07	5.50^Bab±0.60	7.01^Aa±0.24
S6	6.10^Aa±0.20	5.91^Aa±0.42	5.91^Ab±0.55
S7	5.81^Aa±0.20	5.39^Aab±0.16	5.04^Ab±0.23
S8	6.05^Aa±0.13	5.39^Aab±0.09	5.46^Ab±0.61

S1, Control; S2, LAB; S3, LAB+C. zeylanoides; S4, LAB+D. hansenii; S5, LAB+C. zeylanoides+D. hansenii; S6, C. zeylanoides; S7, D. hansenii; S8, C. zeylanoides+D. hansenii.
The uppercase within the same line show that the results are not significantly different (p>0.05).
The lowercase within the same column show that the results are not significantly different (p>0.05) for microbiological properties of sucuk samples.
TMAB, total mesophilic aerobic bacteria; LAB, lactic acid bacteria.