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. 2016 Jun 22;7:968. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00968

Table 5.

Pathogenic species identified in different care zones.

Genus Species Low Medium High
CLASS A Cronobacter sakazakii ND ND ND
Salmonella enterica ND ND ND
CLASS B Citrobacter spp. 0.001% 0.116% 0.048%
Citrobacter freundii ND 0.057% 0.014%
Citrobacter koseri ND ND ND
Enterobacter spp. 0.173% 7.022% 0.978%
Enterobacter cloacae ND 0.001% ND
Hafnia alvei ND ND ND
Klebsiella spp. 0.002% 0.291% 0.001%
Klebsiella pneumoniae ND 0.001% ND
Klebsiella oxytoca ND 0.004% ND
Pantoea agglomerans ND ND ND
Escherichia vulneris 0.012% 0.004% ND
CLASS C Escherichia coli ND ND ND
Bacillus spp. 0.601% 0.025% 0.656%
Bacillus cereus 0.103% ND ND
Clostridium spp. 0.190% 0.089% 1.122%
Clostridium botulinum ND ND ND
Clostridium difficile ND ND ND
Clostridium perfringens ND ND ND
Listeria monocytogenes 0.015% 0.001% 0.019%
Shigella ND ND ND
Staphylococcus aureus 0.769% 0.013% 1.493%
Yersinia perstis 0.118% 0.023% ND

The values are the percentage distribution of the specified genus or species (rows) detected in the corresponding care zone (columns). The distribution values of greater than 0.05% (considered as significant presence of the specified genus/species) are shown in bold (Data from sampling in May 2015). ND: Not detected.