Open AccessDetermination of microbiological quality and histamine levels in rainbow trouts (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Author(s) -
Aksem Aksoy,
Çiğdem Sezer,
Mustafa Atasever,
Asya Çeti̇nkaya,
Güven Gülbaz
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of the hellenic veterinary medical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.186
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2585-3724
pISSN - 1792-2720
DOI - 10.12681/jhvms.29368
Subject(s) - yersinia enterocolitica , listeria monocytogenes , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , aerobic bacteria , micrococcus , fecal coliform , food science , psychrophile , mesophile , rainbow trout , bacteria , fish <actinopterygii> , water quality , fishery , ecology , genetics
This study aims to determine the microbiological quality and histamine levels of fresh-marketed rainbow trouts (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The total mesophilic aerobic bacteria (TMAB), total psychrophilic aerobic bacteria (TPAB), coliform, fecal coliform, Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus-Micrococcus and mold-yeast numbers were detected as 4.24, 4.00, 1.10, 0.17, 1.50, 3.05, 0.28 and 3.82 log10 cfu/g, respectively. Yersinia enterocolitica, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Vibrio spp bacteria were found in 18 (37.5%), 14 (29.1%), 8 (16.6%) and 14 (29.1%) respectively. Twenty-eight out of 51 Listeria isolates (54.9%) were verified through PCR analysis as L. monocytogenes. It was determined that the histamine level in the samples was above the detectable level (>2.5 mg/kg) in 8 of the samples (16.6%)determined using an ELISA method. It was concluded that the detection of foodborne pathogens in fresh-marketed fish samples potentially constitutes a public health hazard.