| Title | Characterization of Foodborne Pathogens and Spoilage Bacteria in Mediterranean Fish Species and Seafood Products. Foodborne Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistance |
| Publication Type | Chapter of a book |
| Year of Publication | 2017 |
| Authors | Araceli Bolivar Carrillo; Correla, Jean; Guiomar Denisse Posada Izquierdo, Fernando Pérez Rodríguez; Bascón, Isabel; Gonzalo Zurera Cosano, Antonio Valero Díaz; Isabel Bascón Villegas.
Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Cordoba, Campus de Rabanales, Córdoba, Spain |
| Pagination | 21-39.2017 |
| Date Published | Published Online : 22-02-2017
Published Print: 13-12-2016 |
| ISBN | Print ISBN: 9781119139157 Online ISBN: 9781119139188 |
| Key words | Antibody-based tests; fishery products; foodborne diseases; foodborne pathogens; Mediterranean fish species; microbial ecology; microbiological hazards; seafood products; spoilage bacteria; sulphite-reducing clostridia |
| Abstract | Traditionally, fish processors have regarded quality assurance as the responsibility of the regulatory governmental agency, and the means used by these agencies have been the formulation of food laws and regulations, inspection of facilities, and processes and final product testing. Microbiological hazards in foodstuffs form a major source of foodborne diseases in humans. The hazard analysis for seafood products is fairly straightforward and uncomplicated. In general, the microorganisms that are part of the microbial ecology of Mediterranean fish can highlight genera as total mesophilic aerobic, psychrotrophic, sulphite-reducing clostridia (SRC), Aeromonas, Enterobacter, yeasts and some molds. Fishery products can be contaminated with foodborne pathogens that could be present in the water, at the processing factories or within the intestinal tract of living species. A variety of antibody-based tests and molecular tests have been developed to detect mainly bacterial and viral fish pathogens, although tests have also recently been reported for parasites and fungal agents. |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781119139188.ch2 |
| Link address | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781119139188.ch2/pdf |
