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Collection of mullet fish (Mugil cephalus) from west coast of India: evaluation of its quality with relation to food safety

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The present study focuses on bacterial and selected heavy metal contaminations of economically important mullet fish (Mugil cephalus) collected from West coast of Gujarat, India. Molecular identification using 16S rRNA sequencing revealed the presence of Aeromonas veronii, A. mollusorum, A. cavae, A. bivalvum, and V.alginolyticus in the gill and the intestine along with some other non-pathogenic bacteria. Pathogenicity of different Aeromonas species was confirmed by hemolysin assay. Apart from pathogenicity, multidrug resistance pattern was also reported against some commonly used antibiotics. Heavy metal analysis of different parts such as ventral and dorsal muscles as well as gills of M. cephalus revealed maximum concentration of Pb (24.08 ± 4.40 mg/kg), Cd (8.25 ± 3.04 mg/kg), and Cu (33.67 ± 5.34 mg/kg), which were higher than the permissible limit. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study analyzing different heavy metals and associated bacteria in M. cephalus fish in India. Further, the distribution of heavy metals in M. cephalus fish from other countries was also compared.

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Financial support for this research for IR was given by DST-INSPIRE fellowship of the Government of India. We thank anonymous reviewers whose comments were very helpful to improve the manuscript.

The Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre), the Department of Science and Technology (DST), and Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, are acknowledged for providing the research training fellowship for developing country scientists (RTF-DCS) to carry out this research. We sincerely acknowledge GAP 2031 project funded by the Ministry of Earth Sciences for financial support. Sincere thanks are also extended to AD and CIF of CSIR-CSMCRI for having provided all the instrumental facilities.

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    Ishan H. Raval & Soumya Haldar

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    Ishan H. Raval & Soumya Haldar

  3. National Institute of Biotechnology, Ganakbari, Savar, Dhaka, 1349, Bangladesh

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Raval, I.H., Das, K.C. & Haldar, S. Collection of mullet fish (Mugil cephalus) from west coast of India: evaluation of its quality with relation to food safety. Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 10833–10845 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-8555-y

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