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. 2020 Feb 3;18(2):e05966. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.5966

Table 4.

Flow of records by search strategy, per taxonomic unit and per BIOHAZ Panel Statement

Species Title screening step Title/abstract screening step Article evaluation step (screening for potential relevance)(a) Article evaluation step (identification of potential safety concerns)(b)
No papers Stat 7 Stat 8 Stat 9 Stat 10 Stat 11 Total Stat 7 Stat 8 Stat 9 Stat 10 Stat 11 Total Stat 7 Stat 8 Stat 9 Stat 10 Stat 11 Total Stat 7 Stat 8 Stat 9 Stat 10 Stat 11 Total
Bacteria 3,977 2,592 1,750 2,244 1,833 12,396 445 65 57 258 65 890 82 29 23 224 31 389 41 16 14 11 14 96
Bacillus spp. 1,325 1,107 537 804 183 3,956 54 16 3 199 15 287 16 8 2 199 9 234 2 5 1 2 6 16
Bifidobacterium spp. 347 204 168 206 270 1,195 167 11 17 21 14 230 17 2 6 3 6 34 12 1 1 1 15
Carnobacterium divergens 1 1
Corynebacterium glutamicum 73 42 47 45 39 246 8 3 11 1 1 1 1
Gluconobacter oxydans 394 155 132 115 164 960 2 1 2 1 1 7
Xanthomonas campestris 1 1
Lactobacillus spp. 874 565 426 555 620 3,040 154 14 13 22 23 226 32 6 7 12 8 65 13 6 7 3 2 31
Lactococcus lactis 316 152 152 173 165 958 9 3 9 6 2 29 5 2 4 4 2 17 3 4 3 10
Leuconostoc spp. 151 62 44 68 81 406 18 8 9 5 2 42 6 5 3 4 1 19 5 4 1 1 1 12
Microbacterium imperiale
Oenococcus oeni 78 37 43 24 39 221 9 1 1 11 1 1 1 1
Pasteuria nishizawae
Pediococcus spp. 245 137 126 146 166 820 10 4 1 2 3 20 1 3 2 2 8 1 1 1 3
Propionibacterium spp. 64 49 30 27 27 197 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1
Streptococcus thermophilus 110 82 45 81 79 397 13 4 2 1 4 24 3 3 2 8 2 1 2 5
Viruses 193 98 74 108 99 572 15 5 1 5 26 3 5 8
Alphaflexiviridae 57 28 26 39 41 191 5 2 7 2 2
Baculoviridae 136 70 48 69 58 381 10 5 1 3 19 3 3 6
Yeasts 2,833 1,500 1,210 1,358 357 7,258 240 72 58 273 49 692 121 52 35 268 31 507 42 31 21 30 21 145
Debaryomyces hansenii (anamorph=Candida famata) 2,833 1,500 1,210 1,358 357 7,258 240 72 58 273 49 692 121 52 35 268 31 507 9 7 5 10 5 36
Kluyveromyces marxianus (anamorph= Candida kefyr) 15 15 13 16 13 72
Candida pelliculosa (synonymus = Pichia anomala, teleomorph = Wickerhamomyces anomalus) 4 6 2 6 18
Candida utilis (teleomorph = Lindnera jadinii) 3 1 4
Hanseniaspora uvarum 1 1 2
Saccharomyces cerevisiae including Saccharomyces boulardii 13 9 5 8 7 42
Kluyveromyces lactis (anamorph=Candida spherica) 1 1 2
Schizosaccharomyces pombe 1 1
Total 7,003 4,190 3,034 3,710 2,289 20,226 700 142 116 531 119 1,608 203 84 58 492 67 904 83 47 35 41 35 241
Excluded 6,303 4,048 2,918 3,179 2,170 18,618 497 58 58 39 52 704 120 37 23 451 31 662            

Full text phase. To be excluded: references not in English, without a full text PDF, not dealing with the TU or without any safety concern described.

Reference with a safety concern described. To be excluded: references with a methodological problem (related to identity confirmation method, reliability of source attribution, misuse of microorganims, predisposing factors in exposed subjects).