The bacterial flora of fresh and chill-stored pork: analysis by cloning and sequencing of 16S rRNA genes |
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Authors: | Olsson Crister Ahrné Siv Pettersson Bertil Molin Göran |
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Affiliation: | Department of Food Technology, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden. |
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Abstract: | The composition of the initial bacterial flora of pork and the development of the flora after storage at +4 degrees C for 4 days were analysed by amplification, cloning and sequencing of 16S rDNA. A total of 122 clones were obtained, with lengths of > or =400 nucleotides and > or =95% similarity to database sequences. Nineteen clones were similar to sequences in database not assigned to any genera. Fourteen different genera were represented in clones from fresh meat, with 36.5% of the clones most resembling Acinetobacter and 17.3% resembling Staphylococcus and Macrococcus. After storage, the clones were composed of six different genera, with 44.3% resembling Pseudomonas, 17.1% resembling Aeromonas and only 14.3% resembling Acinetobacter. This study shows that the overall pattern of the initial and chill-stored pork flora, as shown by a molecular approach, was in agreement with results obtained in previous studies using traditional cultivation methods. |
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