Delaware Inland Bays and Market Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Quality for Consumption
Table 4
Total coliform (log MPN/g) loads and fecal coliform (log MPN/g) loads of oysters from closed canal, open water, and local seafood market during the two-year study.
Sampling date
Total coliforms (log MPN/g)
Fecal coliforms (log MPN/g)
Closed canal
Open water
Seafood market
Closed canal
Open water
Seafood market
17 Jun 2013
2.3
3.08
3.36
1.69
1.3
2.56
1 Jul 2013
3.08
5.2
5.2
3.08
5.2
5.38
5 Aug 2013
4.23
5.23
7.52
3.6
4.38
7.9
9 Sep 2013
4.65
5.04
7.65
5.23
5.6
6.45
15 Oct 2013
3.9
4.6
5.6
2.3
0.26
0.26
21 Nov 2013
3.78
3.5
4.7
2.6
0.26
0.26
11 Jun 2014
3.36
3.36
3.36
1.57
1.57
1.26
24 Jun 2014
3.3
3.6
4.65
3.65
3.3
0.26
7 Jul 2014
5.69
6.38
5.6
3.65
3.3
0.26
29 Jul 2014
5.04
5.23
4.65
2.3
2.3
4.3
11 Aug 2014
3.36
3.3
3.96
0.26
4.38
1.3
25 Aug 2014
3.65
5.04
4.11
0.26
4.38
1.3
18 Sep 2014
3.49
3.3
0.26
0.26
0.26
0.26
30 Sep 2014
2.83
3.52
0.26
2.3
0.26
0.26
16 Oct 2014
4.04
2.3
2.65
2.3
0.26
0.26
30 Oct 2014
5.73
4.23
3.96
5.3
5.3
2.6
13 Nov 2014
3.79
5.34
4.79
2.6
0.26
0.26
Note. Results were obtained by using 5 tubes each at 0.1, 0.01, and 0.001 g inocula and the MPNs and 95 percent confidence in accordance with U.S. FDA’s Bacteriological Analytical Manual (BAM) [25].
