Table 2.
Bacteria (%) characterized (by 16S rRNA gene sequencing of colonies) from the same samples of fish fillets (n) after 6 (industrial processing plants) and 9 days (controlled facility) of storage (3 °C).
| Plant 1, Day 9 | Plant 1, Day 9 | Plant 2, Day 6 | Plant 3, Day 6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonies of Bacterial Genus | Air (n = 4) |
Air (Thawed) (n = 4) |
Vacuum (n = 4) | Vacuum (Thawed) (n = 4) | Air (n = 3) |
Air (n = 3) |
Colonies (n) |
| Photobacterium | 91.7 | 98.1 | 23.8 | 101 | |||
| Pseudomonas | 8.3 | 98.0 | 1.9 | 85.4 | 39.1 | 71.4 | 113 |
| Shewanella | 30.4 | 4.8 | 8 | ||||
| Aeromonas | 4.3 | 1 | |||||
| Psychrobacter | 9.8 | 4 | |||||
| Acinetobacter | 17.4 | 4 | |||||
| Myroides | 4.3 | 1 | |||||
| Pseudochrobactrum | 4.3 | 1 | |||||
| Carnobacterium | 2.0 | 4.9 | |||||
| Colonies in sample (n) | 48 | 50 | 53 | 41 | 21 | 21 | Total: 236 |
| Total count, log10 CFU/g | 6.3 ± 1.0 | 4.2 ± 0.8 | 5.7 ± 0.5 | 4.5 ± 1.2 | 6.3 ± 0.6 | 6.8 ± 0.5 | |