Effects of Environmental and Water Quality Variables on Histamine-Producing Bacteria Concentration and Species in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

ABSTRACT Scombrotoxin (histamine) fish poisoning is a common seafood-borne illness attributed to toxin production by histamine-producing bacteria (HPB) in fish tissues during decomposition. In laboratory studies, growth of HPB and other bacterial species is affected by physical and chemical attribut...

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Published in:	Microbiology Spectrum
Main Authors:	Ashley Frith, Marlee Hayes-Mims, Ruth Carmichael, Kristin Björnsdóttir-Butler
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2023-08-01
Subjects:	histamine-producing bacteria temperature salinity nutrients
Online Access:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04720-22