Bacteriological assessment of wholesome and unwholesome raw groundnut seeds sold in Port Harcourt metropolis of Nigeria was carried out in Department of Microbiology and Environmental biology (Microbiology Laboratory in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) using standard microbiological methods. The bacterial count ranged significantly (P>0.05) from 0 to 8×105 cfu/ml and 2×105 to 1.0×106 cfu/ml for wholesome and unwholesome respectively. For large seeds, the count ranged from 0 to 8×105 cfu/ml for wholesome and 2×105 to 1.0×106 cfu/ml for unwholesome; for small seeds it ranged from 0 to 2×105cfu/ml for wholesome and 2×105 to 9×105 cfu/ml for unwholesome. In all, the unwholesome seed
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