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Glowing prawns...
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Can any help? I bought some cooked prawns yesterday to go in a fish pie and put a few down for the cat...he didn't eat them but we left them down over night. When the b/f got up next morning it was still dark and as he walked past the plate he noticed they were glowing, bright green, almost luminous....we didn't suffer any ill effects from eating them (not those on the plate, the ones the night before in the pie) but I'm really concerned - is this normal? Any thoughts? thanks!
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Because the prawns had been left at room temperature overnight, there is a chance that they could have been playing host to a bacteria known as Pseudomonas fluorescence, which glows in the dark. Although it isn't a cause of food poisoning, it can be a marker for bacteria which are, so I would get rid of the prawns.
bacteria of this kind is basicly harmless in small amounts, your body wont reget it as poison till there is a certain level in your system, or if there is a massive sudden increase,
chances are that you did consume a small amount, but not a large enough amount to do any damage, thus your body took it for the team!
overnight at room temp? hmm, that should be around 8 hours?? some bacteria can grow/multiply and double within a few munutes,
so if there were one bacteria on each prawn at midnight, there could be literally billions of them by morning...
chances are that you did consume a small amount, but not a large enough amount to do any damage, thus your body took it for the team!
overnight at room temp? hmm, that should be around 8 hours?? some bacteria can grow/multiply and double within a few munutes,
so if there were one bacteria on each prawn at midnight, there could be literally billions of them by morning...
scubadiver is spot-on here.
Pseudomonas fluorescens is a light-emitting totally harmless species that can thrive even in fridges. It is a well recognised bacteria on seafood and meat.
The bacteria will not cause food poisoning, but they are sometimes indicative of the presence of nastier pathogens in the food which may well make you ill. Because of this, the food is best discarded.
The danger is from the proliferation of the nastier pathogens.
In the meantime, try not to go out in the dark for a few days!
Pseudomonas fluorescens is a light-emitting totally harmless species that can thrive even in fridges. It is a well recognised bacteria on seafood and meat.
The bacteria will not cause food poisoning, but they are sometimes indicative of the presence of nastier pathogens in the food which may well make you ill. Because of this, the food is best discarded.
The danger is from the proliferation of the nastier pathogens.
In the meantime, try not to go out in the dark for a few days!
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