Ocurrence of Vibrio spp., positive coagulase staphylococci and enteric bacteria in oysters (Crassostrea gigas) harvested in the south bay of Santa Catarina island, Brazil

• Main Authors: Roberta Juliano Ramos, Murilo Anderson Pereira, Letícia Adélia Miotto, Renata D'Aquino Faria, Nelson Silveira Junior, Cleide Rosana Werneck Vieira
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos 2012
• Subjects: qualidade microbiológica; moluscos bivalves; filtradores; Escherichia coli; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Vibrio vulnificus; Nutrition. Foods and food supply; TX341-641; Technology (General); T1-995; South Bay; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/e17afa97ecfb4ba4b49f86d7e1f65588

The aim of this study was to assess the contamination of oysters (Crassostrea gigas), harvested in six different regions of the South Bay of Santa Catarina Island, with Coliforms at 45 ºC, Escherichia coli, Vibrio spp., positive coagulase staphylococci, and Salmonella sp. over a period of one year....