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Table 4–1 Genera of Bacteria Most Frequently Found on Meats and Poultry
Genus
Gram Reaction
Fresh Meats
Fresh Livers
Poultry
Acinetobacter
−
XX
X
XX
Aeromonas
−
XX
X
Alcaligenes
−
X
X
X
Arcobacter
−
X
Bacillus
+
X
X
Brochothrix
+
X
X
X
Campylobacter
−
XX
Carnobacterium
+
X
Caseobacter
+
X
Citrobacter
−
X
X
Clostridium
+
X
X
Corynebacterium
+
X
X
X X
Enterobacter
−
X
X
Enterococcus
+
XX
X
X
Erysipelothrix
+
X
X
Escherichia
−
X
X
Flavobacterium
−
X
X
X
Hafnia
−
X
Kocuria
+
X
X
X
Kurthia
+
X
Lactobacillus
+
X
Lactococcus
+
X
Leuconostoc
+
X
X
Listeria
+
X
X X
Microbacterium
+
X
X
Micrococcus
+
X
X X
X X
Moraxella
−
XX
X
X
Paenibacillus
+
X
X
Pantoea
−
X
X
Pediococcus
+
X
Proteus
−
X
X
Pseudomonas
−
XX
XX
Psychrobacter
−
XX
X
Salmonella
−
X
X
Serratia
−
X
X
Shewanella
−
X
Staphylococcus
+
X
X
X
Vagococcus
+
XX
Weissella
+
X
X
Yersinia
−
X
Note: X = known to occur; XX = most frequently reported.