Fecal bacteria from oysters, Crassostrea rhizophorae

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  • Ana Isabel Mota Silva Mestre em Engenharia de Pesca, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus do Pici, Fortaleza.
  • Regine Helena Silva dos Fernandes Vieira Instituto de Ciências do Mar, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Av. da Abolição, 3207, Fortaleza, CEP 60165-081, Brasil.
  • Francisca Gleire Rodrigues de Menezes Mestranda em Ciências Marinhas Tropicais, Instituto de Ciências do Mar.
  • Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima Bolsista do Programa Especial de Treinamento – PET.
  • Susy Margella Melo do Nascimento Mestre em Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Ceará.
  • Fátima Cristiane Teles de Carvalho Bióloga, bolsista do Instituto de Ciências do Mar.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32360/acmar.v36i1-2.6525

Keywords:

oysters, fecal coliforms, Salmonella

Abstract

Oysters are filter-feeding organisms which can accumulate high concentrations of microorganisms. This study is aimed to evaluate the microbiological quality of oysters from a natural growing site located at the Cocó river, Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil. An estimate of Most Probable Numbers (MPN) of Fecal Coliformss (FC) was performed, and the presence of Salmonella was tested. The values of MPN of Fecal Coliforms ranged between <1.8 and 920 per gram. Salmonella was found to occur in 21 of 30 tested samples (70%).

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2017-03-10

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Silva, A. I. M., Vieira, R. H. S. dos F., de Menezes, F. G. R., Costa Lima, L. N. G., do Nascimento, S. M. M., & de Carvalho, F. C. T. (2017). Fecal bacteria from oysters, Crassostrea rhizophorae. Arquivos De Ciências Do Mar, 36(1-2), 63–66. https://doi.org/10.32360/acmar.v36i1-2.6525

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