| Literature DB >> 5466049 |
D J Nicol, M K Shaw, D A Ledward.
Abstract
Meat stored at 1 to 2 C under low oxygen tensions, either in gas-impermeable packs or in controlled atmospheres, occasionally exhibited an undesirable green exudate. The green pigment was identified spectrophotometrically as sulfmyoglobin. The conversion of myoglobin to sulfmyoglobin resulted from the production of H(2)S by bacteria tentatively identified as Pseudomonas mephitica. This organism produced H(2)S only when the oxygen tension was about 1% and the pH of the meat was 6.0 and above.Entities:
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Year: 1970 PMID: 5466049 PMCID: PMC376828 DOI: 10.1128/am.19.6.937-939.1970
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Microbiol ISSN: 0003-6919