Influence
of starter culture and cell free supernatant on the growth of Staphylococcus
aureus in refrigerated fish.
(The
first author Mr. S. A. Shanmugam won the Young Scientist Award
for this paper presented at the Third Indian Fisheries Forum )
Abstract
Growth of Staphylococcus aureus in the presence
of bacteriocin producing lactic acid bacterium (LAB) and cell free bacteriocin
supernatant was studied in fish held at 4 C. A non specific inhibition of S.
aureus was observed in fish dipped in LAB suspension. Cell free bacteriocin
supernatant did not show any inhibitory action. Bacteriocins of LAB inhibited
the S. aureus in in-vitro assays.