The highest level of histamine was formed in low or high spiked
samples after E. aerogenes had reached the late logarithmic phase
during storage at temperatures above 15 C. Behling and Taylor
(1982) also pointed out that maximum histidine decarboxylase
activity was observed during the late logarithmic phase of bacterial
growth. Similarly, we demonstrated that the high histamine content
was produced in sailfish and milkfish muscle after E. aerogenes
during the late logarithmic phase of bacterial growth (Tsai, Chang,
et al., 2005).