Pathogenic staphylococci associated with contamination of market eggs.

Panda, P. C. and Panda, B. (1975) Pathogenic staphylococci associated with contamination of market eggs. Journal of Food Science and Technology, India, 12 (4). 165-167, 17 ref..

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Abstract

165 strains of staphylococci were isolated from 1490 eggs obtained from retail outlets in N., S., W. and central zones of India in 3 different seasons. 30.9% of the strains were coagulase positive, with greatest numbers coming from S. and E. regions during summer and rainy seasons; about a third were of human origin. Correlations of the coagulase positive test with other pathogenicity studies are shown; of 51 coagulase positive strains examined correlation was 100% with animal inoculation studies, 94% with the haemolysin test, 93% with salt resistance test, 86% with nitrate reduction, 80.4% with chromogenesis, 64.7% with mannitol positive, 53% with egg yolk opacity, 49% with fibrinolytic activity, and 39% with gelatin liquefaction.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	STAPHYLOCOCCUS-; eggs, staphylococci from; EGGS-(MICROBIOLOGY); staphylococci from eggs
Subjects:	600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 29 Microbiological food 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 28 Meat, Fish & Poultry
Divisions:	CFTRI Resource Centres
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	18 Mar 2010 10:42
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2010 10:42
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/6514

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