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. 1994 Sep;60(9):3483-4.
doi: 10.1128/aem.60.9.3483-3484.1994.

Effect of time and temperature on multiplication of Vibrio vulnificus in postharvest Gulf Coast shellstock oysters

D W Cook  1
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Effect of time and temperature on multiplication of Vibrio vulnificus in postharvest Gulf Coast shellstock oysters

D W Cook. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1994 Sep.

Abstract

After harvest, shellstock oysters stored under controlled temperatures of 10, 13, and 18 degrees C and at ambient outside air temperature (23 to 34 degrees C) were sampled after 12 and 30 h for Vibrio vulnificus. At 13 degrees C and below, V. vulnificus failed to multiply in the oysters. In oysters held at 18 degrees C for 30 h and under ambient conditions for 12 and 30 h, V. vulnificus numbers were statistically greater (P < 0.05) than those in oysters at harvest. These data indicate that endogenous V. vulnificus can multiply in unchilled shellstock oysters.

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