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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 131, Issue 2-3, Pages 145-150Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.02.014
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High pressure; Oysters; Microflora diversity; Shelf-life; Vibrio vulnificus
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Analysis of bacterial communities present in high-pressure (HP)-treated, quick-frozen (QF), and raw oysters was carried out during three different seasons. Bacterial numbers and species diversity in each sample were determined at 0, 7, 14, and 21 days of storage. Results showed that numbers of total aerobic bacterial counts (TABC) in treated oysters were significantly lower than in untreated oysters at day 0 by 10 to 10(5) colony forming units per gram of oyster meat (CFU/g) in all samplings. However, an increase in TABC in HP-treated oysters was observed at days 7,14, and 21 indicating that some bacteria survived the treatment and were able to proliferate during refrigeration conditions. Surprisingly, TABC in HP-treated oysters reached 10(8) CFU/g at 14 days of storage in all samplings (higher than TABC from raw oysters in two of the samplings performed). Analysis of the bacterial flora by 16S rDNA sequencing, revealed six different classes within the bacterial communities. The majority were Gram-negative bacteria, with the Gammaproteobacteria class representing between 56% and 92%. The most common bacterial genera found in this study were Shewanella, Vibrio and Psychrobacter. Four species of human pathogenic bacteria were also identified: V. vulnificus, V. parahaemolyticus, V. alginolyticus, and A. hydrophila although V. vulnificus was detected only in raw oysters. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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