Table 9.

Microbial profile (log cfu/g) of the skin, intestine, and muscle of the gilthead sea bream fed with the four exerimental diets.

Items	GROUP
	HIM0%			HIM25%			HIM35%			HIM50%
	Skin	Intestine	Muscle	Skin	Intestine	Muscle	Skin	Intestine	Muscle	Skin	Intestine	Muscle
Enterobatteriaceae	<1	1.76	<1	<1	1.83	<1	<1	1.83	<1	<1	1.83	<1
SSOs1	1.90	1.93	<1	1.86	1.96	<1	2.03	2.04	<1	2.04	2.04	<1
Pseudomonas spp.	1.66ab	1.67	<1	1.68b	1.82	<1	1.91ab	1.87	<1	1.95a	1.93	<1
Aeromonas spp.	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1
Vibrio spp.	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1
Clostridium spp.	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1
L. monocytogenes	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
Salmonella spp.	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

¹Specific spoilage organisms.

Data reported are expressed as mean values of 9 samples analyzed (3 fish per tank and 3 replications per diet).

Mean values with different letters in the same row are significantly different at p < 0.05.