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Levels of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Indian shrimp undergoing processing for export. 1984

I Karunasagar, and M N Venugopal, and I Karunasagar

A study of 56 samples of raw prawns, 50 samples of processed prawns, and 57 samples of frozen prawns from five prawn-processing factories around Mangalore for the levels of Vibrio parahaemolyticus revealed that most of these samples carry a load of less than 10/g. None of the samples had counts greater than 10(2)/g, indicating that the prawn-processing factories are able to meet the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) suggested limit of 10(2) V. parahaemolyticus per gram for frozen prawns.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007194	India	A country in southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan. The capitol is New Delhi.	Republic of India
D005516	Food Microbiology	The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in food and food products. This term is not restricted to pathogenic organisms: the presence of various non-pathogenic bacteria and fungi in cheeses and wines, for example, is included in this concept.	Microbiology, Food
D005525	Food-Processing Industry	The productive enterprises concerned with food processing.	Industry, Food-Processing,Food Processing Industry,Food-Processing Industries,Industries, Food-Processing,Industry, Food Processing
D005615	Freezing	Liquids transforming into solids by the removal of heat.	Melting
D005628	Frozen Foods	Foods that are preserved by lowering their storage temperature below the freezing point.	Food, Frozen,Foods, Frozen,Frozen Food
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014736	Vibrio parahaemolyticus	A species of bacteria found in the marine environment, sea foods, and the feces of patients with acute enteritis.	Beneckea parahaemolytica,Oceanomonas parahaemolytica,Pasteurella parahaemolytica
D033364	Decapoda	The largest order of CRUSTACEA, comprising over 10,000 species. They are characterized by three pairs of thoracic appendages modified as maxillipeds, and five pairs of thoracic legs. The order includes the familiar shrimps, crayfish (ASTACOIDEA), true crabs (BRACHYURA), and lobsters (NEPHROPIDAE and PALINURIDAE), among others.	Rock Shrimp,Shrimp, Rock,Sicyonia,Decapod Crustaceans,Decapods,Sicyoniidae,Crustacean, Decapod,Crustaceans, Decapod,Decapod,Decapod Crustacean,Rock Shrimps,Shrimps, Rock