Isolation of thermotolerant species of Campylobacter from commercial chicken livers.
The qualitative and quantitative contamination levels of Campylobacter spp. in frozen commercial chicken livers were assessed. From the 126 samples studied, 117 (92.9%) were positive for Campylobacter spp. C. coli was isolated more frequently (78.6%) than C. jejuni (21.4%). The MPN method showed that Campylobacter contamination levels ranged from 10 to > 230 bacteria/100 ml of liquid exuded by livers.
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Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.
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D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D017000:Campylobacter coli / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D002645:Chickens; D005628:Frozen Foods / Q000382:microbiology*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology*; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*