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Microbial flora of frozen tail meat from captive Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)

Madsen, M.

International Journal of Food Microbiology 18(1): 71-76

1993

ISSN/ISBN: 0168-1605
PMID: 8466815
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1605(93)90009-6
Accession: 009019705
Frozen tail meat samples from nine Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) were evaluated for microbial numbers and types. Microbial analyses yielded a mean aerobic plate count (APC, 30 degrees C) of 4.86 log cfu/g, a mean coliform count (TC, 37 degrees C) of 3.77 log cfu/g and a mean faecal coliform count (FC, 44 degrees C) of 3.40 log cfu/g. Salmonella was isolated from three samples, and beta-haemolytic streptococci from two samples. Yersinia, Aeromonas, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus were not isolated. Typical bacterial genera recovered included Flavobacterium, Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, Enterobacter, Moraxella, Micrococcus, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus.

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