Title
Microbiological Analysis of the Air in a Popular Fish Processing and Marketing Area
Author
Angélica Sinaí Quintanilla Martínez
Lizet Aguirre Güitrón
Luis Daniel Espinosa Chaurand
MAYRA DIAZ RAMIREZ
ALEJANDRO DE JESUS CORTES SANCHEZ
Access level
Open Access
Publication reference
doi: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci1030019
ISSN/ISSN: 2813-0464
URL/URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/1/3/19
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Summary or description
"Fish are marketed as a food and consumed worldwide. During the production of food, contamination by microorganisms is possible through the air, soil, water, surfaces, food handlers, etc. The air does not have a natural microbial composition, but it is a vehicle for the transmission of microorganisms of economic and health interest because they are associated with food spoilage and human diseases. The objective of this study was the microbiological analysis of the air in an area popular for the processing and marketing of fish products in the city of Tepic Nayarit. Using the passive or sedimentation method to collect microorganisms present in the air, the proportion of aerobic mesophile bacteria, coliform bacteria, fungi and yeast was determined at different locations in the fish processing and marketing area for four weeks. The results indicated that the aerobic mesophiles had the highest counts among all the microbial groups analyzed at the twelve different sampling points during the four weeks of the study; their numbers ranged from 2.44 to 2.95 log CFU/m3/h, followed by molds with counts from 1.44 to 2.75 log CFU/m3/h, yeasts with counts from 0.7 to 2.01 log CFU/m3/h and coliforms with counts that ranged from 0.7 to 1.68 log CFU/m3/h. We determined the proportion of the viable microbiological population present in the air at the different sampling points of the study area; several of these sampling points presented values above those recommended by various agencies around the world. Knowledge of the biological hazards transported through the air is important to establish and reduce the risk to the health of occupants and the contamination pathways of processed and marketed fishery products that may be associated with spoilage and foodborne diseases."
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Publish date
2022
Publication type
Article
Publication version
Published Version
Information Resource
Format
application/pdf
Source
APPLIED BIOSCIENCES
Language
English
Citation suggestion
Quintanilla-Martínez, A.S.; Aguirre-Güitrón, L.; Espinosa-Chaurand, L.D.; Diaz-Ramírez, M.; Cortés-Sánchez, A.D.J. Microbiological Analysis of the Air in a Popular Fish Processing and Marketing Area. Appl. Biosci. 2022, 1, 299–314. https://doi.org/10.3390/ applbiosci1030019
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Repositorio Institucional CIBNOR
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