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2001
Volume 4
Issue 2
Topic:
Food Science and Technology
ELECTRONIC
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
D±browski W. , Czeszejko K. , Gronet A. , Wesołowska A. 2001. MICROFLORA OF LOW-SALT HERRING I. THE EFFECT OF SORT OF PACKAGING ON MICROFLORA OF , EJPAU 4(2), #01.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume4/issue2/food/abs-01.html

MICROFLORA OF LOW-SALT HERRING I. THE EFFECT OF SORT OF PACKAGING ON MICROFLORA OF

Waldemar D±browski, Katarzyna Czeszejko, Anna Gronet, Anna Wesołowska

 

ABSTRACT



Results of qualitative and quantitative analyses of microflora of traditionally and vacuum-packed herring a`la Matias are presented. Forty fillet samples of one producer were bought in randomly chosen local shops and tested. It was stated that their microflora depended on sort of packaging. Gram-positive rods: Brevibacterium spp., Gram-negative rods: Pseudomonas spp., and Gram-positive cocci: Micrococcus spp. were dominant in vacuum-packed samples. Microflora of products in traditional packaging was much more varied. Yeast analysis also showed greater diversity within samples packaged in traditional way as they contained Saccharomyces spp., Zygosaccharomyces spp. and Candida spp. Only Candida spp. was found in vacuum-packed samples.

Key words: bacteria, yeasts, salt herring, packaging.