From: Microbiota of frozen Vietnamese catfish (Pangasius hypophthalmus) marketed in Belgium
Product type | Total psychrotrophic aerobic counts (TPC) | Total mesophilic aerobic counts (TMC) | Psychrotrophic lactic acid bacteria | Presumptive Enterobacteriaceae |
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Fillets (brand 1) | 4.7 ± 0.3bd* | 4.8 ± 0.4a | 4.0 ± 0.7a | 3.8 ± 0.2a |
Fillets (brand 2) | 3.8 ± 0.1a | 3.8 ± 0.0b | 2.2 ± 0.5bc | 2.9 ± 0.0b |
Fillets (brand 3) | 5.2 ± 0.2b | 4.5 ± 0.3ac | 4.1 ± 0.1a | 3.0 ± 0.4bd |
Fillets (brand 4) | 5.1 ± 0.4bd | 4.6 ± 0.2a | 4.0 ± 0.1a | 2.9 ± 0.2b |
Steaks (brand 5) | 4.6 ± 0.2cd | 4.8 ± 0.1a | 2.7 ± 0.1c | 2.5 ± 0.2d |
Portions (brand 6) | 4.4 ± 0.1c | 4.3 ± 0.1c | 2.3 ± 0.1b | 1.6 ± 0.6c |