Spoilage bacteria in canned foods. II. Sulfide spoilage bacteria in canned mushrooms and a versatile medium for the enumeration of Clostridium nigrificans.
Clostridium nigrificans was found to be a spoilage organism of canned mushrooms in Taiwan. A modified beef extract tryptone iron medium, both in broth and agar form, was designed for the detection and recovery of the organisms. A procedure of simple plate counting method of C. nigrificans was established.
D000362:Agar; D001487:Basidiomycota; D003013:Clostridium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003470:Culture Media; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D013440:Sulfides; D013624:Taiwan
D003470:Culture Media; D013440:Sulfides; D000362:Agar