Proximal intestine Distal intestine
Group TVC (log CFU g-1) N* Bacteria % TVC (log CFU g-1) N* Bacteria %
1 1.72 12 Psychrobacter aquimaris – 16.7 % 1.73 11 Psychrobacter glancincola – 9.0 %
      Psychrobacter glancincola – 16.7 %     Psychrobacter spp. – 36.3 %
      Psychrobacter spp. – 66.6 %     Pseudoalteromonas – 36.3 %
            Brevibacterium sp. – 9.0 %
            Moraxella sp. – 9.0 %
2 6.04 7 Carnobacterium divergens – 100 % 5.56 7 Carnobacterium divergens – 100 %
3 2.08 17 Carnobacterium divergens – 70.6 % 2.69 15 Carnobacterium divergens – 33.3 %
      Pseudomonas fluva – 17.6 %     Pseudomonas fluva – 6.6 %
      Pantoea spp. – 5.9 %     Shewanella baltica – 6.6 %
      Gammaproteobacteria – 5.9 %     Vibrio splendidus – 13.3 %
            Gammaproteobacteria – 40 %
4 6.26 8 Carnobacterium divergens – 87.5 % 6.68 8 Carnobacterium divergens – 100 %
      Pseudomonas spp. – 12.5 %      
5 2.34 47 Carnobacterium divergens – 29.8 % 1.71 44 Carnobacterium divergens – 25 %
      Carnobacterium spp. – 51 %     Carnobacterium spp. – 52.3 %
      Pseudomonas antarctica – 2.1 %     Pantoea spp. – 18.2 %
      Pseudomonas koreensis – 2.1 %     Enterobacter spp. – 4.5 %
      Enterobacter hormaechi – 8.5      
      Gammaproteobacteria – 4.3 %      
      Uncultured bacterial clone CK20 – 2.1 %      
6 6.63 25 Psychrobacter marincola - 4% 6.7 17 Acinetobacter sp. – 5.6%
      Pseudomonas sp. - 8%     Carnobacterium divergens – 94.2 %
      Carnobacterium divergens – 20 %      
      Carnobacterium spp. – 68 %      
* N = number of isolates identified
Table 3: Cultruable heterotrophic bacterial levels (log CFU g-1 wet weight) and identity (as determined from phenotypic characterisitcs 16S rRNA sequence analysus) obtained from different groups after the ex vivo assay.
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