Inactivation Kinetics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus on Sand Shrimp (Metapenaeus ensis) by Cinnamaldehyde at 4°C

Figure 2

The growth of V. parahaemolyticus was estimated by culture-based enumeration immediately before and after inoculation at 8.2 log CFU/ml and at intervals throughout 10 days. Growth curves were constructed by plotting log CFU/ml against time; Figure 2(a) for shrimp meat, Figure 2(b) for shrimp shell, and Figure 2(c) for whole shrimp. Colony forming units were quantified with total bacteria count on NA (−) and V. parahaemolyticus (+) on TCBS. Bars represent the standard deviation of three independent samples.

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