Fisheries Department, Southwest Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management Project, India
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In a Recognized Fisheries Managing and Advertising Region, Fresh Air Microorganisms
Author(s): Shahil Anand*
Fish is sold as food and consumed worldwide. During food production, microbial contamination can occur through air, soil, water, surfaces, and food handling. Although air does not have a natural microbial composition, it is a vector for microbial transmission of economic and health interest because it is implicated in food spoilage and human disease. It was a microbiological analysis of the air in Tepic Nayarit city, a popular area for processing and selling fish products. Proportions of aerobic mesophilic bacteria, coliforms, fungi, and yeasts were measured at various points in the field of fish processing and marketing using passive or sedimentation methods to collect airborne microorganisms. Results showed that aerobic mesophiles had the highest numbers among all microbial groups analyzed at 12 different sampling sites during the 4-week study. Their numbers ranged from 2.44 to 2.95.. View More»