Abstract
Temperature of incubation had a marked effect on infection of eggs in which the air cells had been inoculated with a washed suspension of Serratia marcescens. There was no evidence of bacterial multiplication or spoilage in eggs held at 10 C for 42 days. Multiplication occurred in the shell membranes of eggs held at 30 or at 37 C when the yolk made contact with these membranes, and continued in the contents of the egg, at which time the first signs of spoilage appeared. In a few eggs, very large populations were present in the shell membranes and in the albumen. In eggs inoculated with Pseudomonas fluorescens and held at 10 C, bacterial multiplication occurred in the shell membranes in the first 7 days of incubation. These populations did not appear to change in size in the 7- to 14-day period of incubation. Renewed multiplication and concomitant spoilage of the contents was observed in many of the eggs thereafter.
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