Enteropathogenic bacteria in frozen chicken
- 1 July 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 42 (1) , 32-34
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.42.1.32-34.1981
Abstract
Eighty-two samples of frozen chicken from retail stores were examined for the presence of Campylobacter, Yersinia enterocolitica, and salmonellae. Aerobic plate counts and numbers of coliform bacteria at 37 degrees C were determined. Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni was found in 22% of the samples, Y. enterocolitica was found in 24.5% and Salmonella typhimurium was found in one sample (1.2%). The isolated strains of Y. enterocolitica belonged to serotypes 4, 5b, 6, and 8. Aerobic plate counts and numbers of coliform bacteria at 37 degrees C were not found to be noticeably higher in samples containing pathogens than in pathogen-free samples. This investigation showed that chicken does contain other pathogenic bacteria than salmonellae. Campylobacter and Y. enterocolitica were isolated in much higher frequencies than Salmonella.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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