Environmental swabs and meat samples from two of three seafood
processing plants sampled on the Oregon Coast were found to
contain Salmonella. Although these enteropathogens were not isolated
from the finished products, the danger of contamination is great
since the processing received by many seafoods is not designed to
yield...
The need for better procedures for detecting Staphylococcus
aureus prompted an investigation to improve coagulase testing. The
rates of coagulase clotting were studied by using varying concentrations
of trypsin inhibitor and coagulase-reacting factor (CRF). Egg
white trypsin inhibitor activated coagulase clotting when added to a
final concentration between 2 and...