Species identification of snapper: A food poisoning incident in Taiwan

A snapper (Lutjanidae fish) is a carnivorous coral reef fish that is distributed in sea areas around Taiwan. In December 2008 in southern Taiwan, a food poisoning incident occurred due to the ingestion of snapper, and the causative residue of ciguatera was investigated using a toxicity assay. To ide...

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Published in:Food control 2012-06, Vol.25 (2), p.511-515
Main Authors: Lin, Wen-Feng, Lyu, Yao-Cheng, Wu, Ya-Jung, Lu, Chi-Huan, Hwang, Deng-Fwu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Lutjanidae
Lutjanus bohar
PCR-RFLP
SDS-PAGE
Snapper
Species identification
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Summary:A snapper (Lutjanidae fish) is a carnivorous coral reef fish that is distributed in sea areas around Taiwan. In December 2008 in southern Taiwan, a food poisoning incident occurred due to the ingestion of snapper, and the causative residue of ciguatera was investigated using a toxicity assay. To identify the species of the causative sample, six suspected species of Lutjanidae fish commonly found in Taiwan were analyzed using both sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) techniques. According to the low molecular weight region (
ISSN:0956-7135
1873-7129
DOI:10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.11.028