Enumeration of total heterotrophic and psychrotrophic bacteria using different types of agar to evaluate the microbial quality of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) and sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus)

Food Research International

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 751-758

  Khan, Muhammad Ahmad ^a,b   Parrish, Christopher C ^b   Shahidi, Fereidoon ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis); Marine agar; Microbial quality; Plate count agar

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AEROBIC PLATE COUNT (PCA); MARINE AGAR (MA); MICROBIAL SHELF LIFE; PSYCHROTROPHIC PLATE COUNT (PPC);

BACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; MYTILUS EDULIS; PECTINIDAE; PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 20444486204     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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