Open AccessStorage quality of dark, firm, dry meat
Author(s) -
K. G. Newton,
C.O. Gill
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.36.2.375-376.1978
Subject(s) - food spoilage , food science , ammonia , bacteria , meat spoilage , biology , chemistry , biochemistry , genetics
Dark, firm, dry meat contains little or no glucose. Therefore, spoilage bacteria growing on such meat immediately attack amino acids so that spoilage odors and ammonia are detectable at comparatively low cell densities (about 10(6)/cm2).
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