In our study, cheese samples were artificially contaminated
with pathogenic microorganisms at 106 log10 cfu/g
(6 Log10 cfu/g). After adding a concentration of 1.5% (v/v)
of ginger essential oil to WPIG-based coating, the coating’s
bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects were determined
(Table 3). Antimicrobial activity observed in the WPI-coated
samples was found to increase significantly with the addition
of 1.5% (v/v) of ginger oil (Table 3). Significant relationships
were therefore determined between the cheeses coated with
WPI-based coating and antimicrobial activity and also
between the increase in antimicrobial activity and the.