International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Research

Authors
Murugan Mukilan, Sekar Harikrishnan, Subhashree Jena, Murugan Parivallal, Shanmugam Sudarshan, Singaram Jayalakshmi

Abstract
Dried fish is a popular diet, particularly among lower-income groups, because it is less expensive than other processed seafood. In the present study, the pathogenic bacterial contamination and quality of different dried fishes collected from different fish markets in Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu, were investigated. Ten different dried fishes are analyzed for bacterial or microbiological contamination using Zobell marine agar. The present study showed that the entire dried fish sample examined was contaminated. Identification of different pathogenic bacteria and percentage of bacterial occurrence was observed as Staphylococcus spp (8.9%), E.Coli (22.9%), Bacillus spp (12.7%), Pseudomonas spp (7.0%), Salmonella spp. (12.7%), Lactobacillus spp (5.7%), Vibrio spp (10.8%) unidentified bacteria isolated from dry fish (9.3%). The microbial density of different dried fishes Mugil cephalus 2.2×102, Rastrelliger kanagurta 1.7×102, Sardinelle fimbriata 1.0×103, Nemipterus japonicas 1.9×101, Sepia osculenta 3.1×102, Macrobranchium rosenbergii 4.0×101, Dasyatis pastinaca 2.0×103, Carcharodon carcharias 1.5×102, Trichiurus lepturus 2.8×102, Litopenaeus vannamei 3.3×101observed. This study concludes the pathogenic bacterial contamination in the ten different types of dried fish products.