The total mesophilic and psychrotrophic
counts of fish steaks stored in different packaging environments
increased over the storage period. Aerobically stored
control samples without AM film and OS had a significantly
(p < 0.01) higher increase of the count of total mesophilic and
psychrotrophic bacteria. Though the initial counts of psychrotrophs
were lower than mesophiles, over the period of storage, psychrotrophs
multiplied rapidly than mesophilic bacteria and dominated
the bacterial flora at chilled storage temperature.