The effect of temperature on the bacterial load and microbial composition in Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) tail meat during storage

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 582-592

  Gornik, S G ^a,b   Albalat, A ^a   Macpherson, H ^a   Birkbeck, H ^a   Neil, Douglas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nephrops norvegicus; Norway lobster; Photobacterium phosphoreum; Shelf life; Specific spoilage organism; Spoilage; Trimethylamineoxide

Indexed keywords

FOOD STORAGE; RNA; SHELLFISH;

BACTERIAL LOAD; LOAD COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL COMPOSITION; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS; NORWAY LOBSTER; PHOTOBACTERIUM PHOSPHOREUM; SHELF LIFE; SPECIFIC SPOILAGE ORGANISMS; STORAGE TEMPERATURES; TRIMETHYLAMINEOXIDE;

SPOILAGE;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; KNOWLEDGE; MEAT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDE; SULFIDE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD SPOILAGE; FOOD STORAGE; LOBSTER; MEAT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROFLORA; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHOTOBACTERIUM PHOSPHOREUM; RNA SEQUENCE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHOTOBACTERIUM PHOSPHOREUM;

EID: 80051682745     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05081.x     Document Type: Article

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