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Application of PCR-DGGE to Study the Dominant Bacteria of Chilled Mutton during Storage

ZHOU Yanbing1, AI Qijun1,*, ZHANG Dequan2   

  1. 1. College of Food Science Engineering, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, China;
    2. Institute of Agro-products Processing Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
  • Online:2015-08-25 Published:2015-08-17
  • Contact: AI Qijun

Abstract:

This study was designed to explore the main bacterial flora of chilled mutton at 4 ℃ by traditional microbialculture and polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE). The results showed that thetotal number of colonies in tray-packaged mutton increased with the extension of storage time reaching 1.4 × 106 CFU/gon the 7th day, implying that the mutton went bad. PCR-DGGE demonstrated that the dominant spoilage bacteria in chilledmutton were Pseudomonas, Brochothrix sp., Lactobacillus sp., Psychrobacter and Bacillus sp. Among them, Pseudomonasand Brochothrix were primarily responsible for the spoilage of chilled mutton.

Key words: chilled mutton, total number of colonies, storage time, PCR-DGGE, dominant bacteria

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