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Survival rate of V: vuZnificus in oysters during storage<br />

The survival of inoculated V. vulnzjkus in non-heated oysters stored on ice is presented in Fig. 2.<br />

The data demonstrates <strong>the</strong> sensitivity of this bacterium to temperatures below 5<strong>°C</strong> with a significant<br />

decrease in <strong>the</strong> nurnber of V: vulnzfkus during <strong>the</strong> first 7 days and a fur<strong>the</strong>r slow decrease in numbers<br />

from day 7 to 14. Vibrio vulnzjkus was not recovered from oysters stored at -20” C after 30 days.<br />

Environmental Contamination<br />

Naturally incurred Z vuZrzzj?cus was found to exist in <strong>the</strong> shellstock oysters harvested from<br />

Adam bay, Louisiana from June through September.Results of heat treatment of <strong>the</strong>se oysters gave<br />

similar results to <strong>the</strong> first experiment with no V. vulnzfkus detected after heat treatment (Table 3).<br />

The numbers of aerobic plate count of heat treated shellstock oysters were also significantly reduced<br />

(Table 4).<br />

Table 3. Number of K vuZnzj?cus in both heat treated and control shellstock oysters.<br />

Heating time I? vulnzjicus MPNlg of % Reduction<br />

oyster meat<br />

0 min 8.9 x lo4 0%<br />

3min 9 99.9%<br />

5 min

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