Microbiologia do peixe mororó (Gymnothorax spp) seco salgado comercializado em feiras livres no tabuleiro dos martins em Maceió – AL.

Abstract

ABSTRAT The consumption of fish has growning over time, being sold in several locations in Brazil in the supermarkets and outdoor fairs. The form that the fish is found in the outdoor fairs goes from raw Fishes until salted and dried. The conservation of fish with the salt use and dry outdoor, comes from vikings and the bascos civilization, this way of preserving the food, not contaminating by micro-organisms, avoiding its deterioration; but some bacteria can develop in this environment, if it provides a swtable means for its develoment. The mororó fishes (Gymnothorax spp) sold at the fairs of the Village, Cleto and Tabuleiro in the city of Maceió – Al, were analyzed to identification some bactéria that can develop in the fish, which may pose a problem to the health of the consumer; aganist what was analyzed the bactéria of the group faecal coliforms were found in samples from two localities. Keywords: Coliforms, Pisciculture, Salmonella