Table 2–2
Relative Importance of Eight Sources of Bacteria and Protozoa to Foods
Soil and
Food
Gastrointestinal
Food
Animal
Animal
Air and
Organisms
Water
Plants/Products
Utensils
Tract
Handlers
Feeds
Hides
Dust
Bacteria
Acinetobacter
XX
X
X
X
X
Aeromonas
XX
a
X
Alcaligenes
X
X
X
X
X
Alteromonas
XX
a
Arcobacter
X
Bacillus
XX
b
X
X
X
X
X
X X
Brochothrix
XX
X
Brevibacillus
X
X
X
Burkholderia
XX
Campylobacter
XX
X
Carnobacterium
X
X
X
Citrobacter
X
X X
X
X X
Clostridium
XX
b
X
X
X
X
X
X
X X
Corynebacterium
XX
b
X
X
X
X
X
Enterobacter
X
X X
X
X
X
Enterococcus
X
X
X
X X
X
X
X
X
Erwinia
X
X X
X
Escherichia
X
X
XX
X
Flavobacterium
X
X X
X
Hafnia
X
X
X X
Kocuria
X
X
X
X
X
X
Lactococcus
XX
X
X
X
Lactobacillus
XX
X
X
X
Leuconostoc
XX
X
X
X
Listeria
X
X X
X
X
X
Micrococcus
X
X
X
X
X
X
X X
Mycobacterium
c
X
Moraxella
X
X
X
Mycobacterium
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