Quantitative and qualitative studies on the bacterial flora of fresh Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) have been made. The total native flora as well as 5 ppm. CTC insensitive flora of the fish showed variations ...

Three direct plating methods and two most probable number (MPN) procedures were compared for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens in seafoods: the sulfite-cycloserine (SC) agar, sulfite-polymyxin-sulfadiazine (SPS) ...

Examination of skin and shell of raw fishes and prawns, collected from local landing centres and markets in Kerala (India) revealed the occurrence of Clostridium perfringens on 47 of the 66 samples. Only 27 samples showed ...

The total plate count (TPC) is considered to be an important index to determine the hygenic quality of the product. Different parameters that influence the recovery of micro-organisms during bacterial enumeration of frozen ...

Iced storage life of pearl spot (Etroplus suratensis) was determined bacteriologically, biochemically and organoleptically. The total aerobic plate count increased from 10^4/g muscle to 10^8/g in 23 days. The total volatile ...

For bacterial sampling of raw unprocessed fish and frozen fishery products, spread plate method is preferable to pour plate method; incubation of plates at 30°C gives a higher count than incubation at 37°C. Analysis of ...

Thirty-two samples of fish and shell-fish were examined for the presence of Clostridium botulinum . Clostridium botulinum type B was detected in one sample. Clostridium botulinum type E was not found in any of the samples tested.

Salt tolerance of selected cultures of Pseudonionas, Moraxella, Vibrio, Micrococcus, Acinetobacter, and Flavobacteria/Cvtophaga were determined. More than 80% of the cultures belonging to each of the above genera, were ...

The recommended procedure is to flood the starch-incorporated solid medium containing the bacterial growth with Lugol's iodine is discussed here.

The amount of catalase in the tissues nil sardine during ice storage was estimated in a series of experiments. The organoleptic quality of the muscle, as well as total plate count, the amount of bacterial catalse, trimethyl ...