Quality assessment of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis): comparison between commercial and wild types
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This study compared species identity, microplastics, chemical and microbial contamination between consumption mussels and wild type mussels, collected at Belgian department stores and Belgian groynes and quaysides, respectively. Species identification based on genetic analysis showed a high number of Mytilus (M.) edulis compared to M. galloprovincialis and M. edulis/galloprovincialis hybrid mussels. The number of total microplastics varied from 2.6 to 5.1 fibres/10 g of mussel. A higher prevalence of orange fibres at quaysides is related to fisheries activities. Chemical contamination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorobiphenyls could be related to industrial activities and water turbidity, with maximum concentrations at the quayside of port Zeebrugge. The inverse was noted for Escherichia coli contamination, which was relatively low at Zeebrugge quayside with a total count of 3.9 × 10(2)CFU/100 g tissue, due to limited agricultural effluents. Results of this complementary analysis stress the importance of integrated monitoring and quality assessment.
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This persistence of MPs in mussel tissues represents a possible source of toxicity to their predators and potentially to humans.
“This persistence of MPs in mussel tissues represents a possible source of toxicity to their predators and potentially to humans (e.g.De Witte et al., 2014;Van Cauwenberghe and Janssen, 2014)”
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- Authors
- De Witte, B., Devriese, L., Bekaert, K., Hoffman, S., Vandermeersch, G., Cooreman, K., & Robbens, J.
- Affiliations
- Instituut voor Landbouw en Visserijonderzoek (BE)
- ORCID
- Devriese, L.
- Venue
- Marine Pollution Bulletin
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-08
- Volume
- 85
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 146-155
- ISSN
- 0025-326X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2080822092
- Cited by
- 787
- References
- 56
- Citations by year
- 2026: 36 · 2025: 68 · 2024: 99 · 2023: 98 · 2022: 128 · 2021: 85 · 2020: 84 · 2019: 50 · 2018: 63 · 2017: 31 · 2016: 30 · 2015: 14
- FWCI
- 20.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Marine Pollution Bulletin (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
- Interreg
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Keywords
- Mytilus edulis, Mytilus galloprovincialis, species identification, microplastics, chemical pollution, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, Escherichia coli, microbial contamination, bycatch, food quality assessment, Zeebrugge
- MeSH terms
- Agriculture, Animals, Animals, Wild, Environmental Monitoring, Fisheries, Food Contamination, Geography, Netherlands, Plastics, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Quality Control, Shellfish, Mytilus edulis, Limit of Detection, Food Safety
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