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| Provedor de dados: |
BJM
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Detection of airborne psychrotrophic bacteria and fungi in food storage refrigerators
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| Autores: |
Altunatmaz,Sema Sandikci
Issa,Ghassan
Aydin,Ali
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| Data: |
2012-12-01
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| Ano: |
2012
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| Palavras-chave: |
Airborne fungi
Psychrotrophic bacteria
Ready-to-eat food
Air sampler
Refrigerator
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| Resumo: |
The purpose of this study was to determine the microbiological air quality (psychrotrophic bacteria and airborne fungi) and distribution of fungi in different types of ready-to-eat (RTE) food-storage refrigerators (n=48) at selected retail stores in the city of Edirne, Turkey. Refrigerators were categorized according to the type of RTE food-storage: meat products, vegetables, desserts, or a mix of food types. Microbiological quality of air samples was evaluated by using a Mas-100 Eco Air Sampler. Four refrigerators (all containing meat products, 8.3%) produced air samples with undetectable microorganisms. The highest detected mean value of airborne psychrotrophic bacteria and fungi was 82.3 CFU/m³ and 54.6 CFU/m³, respectively and were found in mixed-food refrigerators. The dominant airborne fungal genera found were Penicillium (29.0%), Aspergillus (12.0%), Mucor (9%), Cladosporium (8%), Botyrtis (7%), and Acremonium (6%). By definition, RTE food does not undergo a final treatment to ensure its safety prior to consumption. Therefore, ensuring a clean storage environment for these foods is important to prevent food-borne disease and other health risks.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822012000400027
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| Editor: |
Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1517-83822012000400027
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text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Microbiology v.43 n.4 2012
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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