ISSN: 2321-7871 Impact Factor : 2.8210(UIF) [Yr.2015] Volume - 4 | Issue - 3 | (21 July 2016) MICROBIAL SPOILAGE AND PATHOGENS IN VEGETABLES COLLECTED FROM VEGETABLE MARKET Weekly Science International Research Journal 1 2 2 3 P. Saranraj , P. Sivasakthivelan , S. Sivasakthi and S. Kavi Karunya 1 Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry, Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Tirupattur, Tamil Nadu, India. 2 Department of Microbiology, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. 3 Department of Health and Nutrition, Suguna Institute of Poultry Management, Udumalpet, Tamil Nadu, India. ABSTRACT: Vegetable products have dramatically increased in India during the past few decades. It is also estimated that about 20 % vegetables produced is lost each year due to spoilage by insects and microorganisms. This present research work addressed the characteristics of spoilage microorganisms associated with vegetable categories including spoilage mechanisms, spoilage defects, prevention and control of spoilage and methods for detecting spoilage microorganisms. In this present study, an attempt was made to isolate and identify the bacteria and fungi from the spoiled vegetables like brinjal, bitterguard, onion, carrot, tomato, potato, beetroot and radish. The vegetable samples were Available online at www.lsrj.in 1