Table 1.
Selection of microbiological findings in three African edible insect species (African mole cricket (Gryllotalpa africana), cabbage tree emperor moth (Bunaea alcinoe), and African palm weevil (Rhynchophorus phoenicis)); based on [1]. Blank spaces either mean that the sample was negative for that pathogen or was not tested for it.
| Species | Product | Acinetobacter spp. | Bacillus spp. | Corynebacterium spp. | Enterobacter spp. | Enterobacter Faecalis | Escherichia Coli | Klebsiella spp. | Micrococcus spp. | Proteus spp. | Pseudomonas spp. | Serratia spp. | Staphylococcus spp. | Aspergillus spp. | Mucor spp. | Rhizopus spp. | Saccharomyces spp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gryllotalpa-africana | Adults and nymphs, raw | + | + | + | + | ||||||||||||
| Bunaea alcinoe | Larva, raw | + | + | + | + | ||||||||||||
| Rhynchopho-rus phoenicis | Skin | + | + | + | + | + | + | ||||||||||
| Gut | + | + | + | + | |||||||||||||
| Larva, fresh | + | + | + | + | |||||||||||||
| Larva, fried | + | + | |||||||||||||||
| Larva, roasted | + | + | + | + | + |