et al [19] demonstrated that proteolytic bacterial count was
higher in control than samples inoculated with starter cultures,
capable of degrading histamine and biogenic amines
during fish sauce fermentation. Therefore, the lower levels of
TVBN in inoculated samples observed in this work might be
due to inhibiting proteolytic bacterial proliferation and proteolytic
enzyme activity by the starter culture of B. polymyxa
during salted fish fermentation.