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Retention of Bacteria on Chicken Skin after Immersion in Bacterial Suspensions
Author(s) -
McMEEKIN T. A.,
THOMAS C. J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1978.tb04239.x
Subject(s) - suspension (topology) , bacteria , motility , microbiology and biotechnology , food science , contamination , immersion (mathematics) , chemistry , biology , ecology , mathematics , genetics , homotopy , pure mathematics
When immersed in a bacterial suspension the contamination of chicken skin depended mainly on microbial density of the suspension. Motility had a negligible effect on the number of organisms retained on the skin, a finding at variance with that of some other investigators.