Growth and reproduction of specific spoilage bacteria contribute significantly to the spoilage of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables. In this paper, the change regulation of total colony count of fresh-cut lotus root during cold storage period was firstly analyzed, then the spoilage bacteria were separated by dilution-plate method, and the dominant spoilage bacteria were identified using 16S ribosomal DNA based bacterial identification system. The results showed that when the fresh-cut lotus root was preserved at 4 ℃ for 8 days, and its total col...