Estimation of the bacteriological quality of fish by automated conductance measurements

Abstract

The rapid automated conductance assay system has been used in experiments concerned with estimating the bacteriological quality of fish in terms of total and selective counts. Results of the former method were obtained in one-fifth of the time taken by conventional methods and the correlations between the methods were good. Selective counts of Escherichia coli, coliforms, and vibrios were completed in one-third of the normal time. The instruments were easy to use and the results easy to interpret. The method holds out good promise for automating such routine fish bacteriology. © 1984.