No | Genus and its prevalence (%) | Bacterial species | Type of food specimens | City | No. of isolates |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Escherichia coli (44.76%) | E. coli | Minced and chicken meat, fillet fish meat, milk, yogurt, cottage, and fresh cheese | Tanta, Kutour, Kafr-Elzayat, Benha | 77 |
2 | Enterobacter spp. (17.44%) | E. cloacae | Minced meat, fillet fish meat, cottage cheese, milk | Tanta, Kutour, Kafr-Elzayat, | 12 |
E. asburiae | Fillet fish meat, minced meat, ice cream, cottage cheese | Tanta, Kutour | 8 | ||
E. kobei | Catfish meat, ice cream, cottage cheese | Tanta, Kafr-Elzayat | 8 | ||
E. ludwigi | Fillet fish | Tanta | 2 | ||
3 | Citrobacter spp. (12.2%) | C. Freundii | Fillet fish meat, minced meat, fresh cheese | Tanta | 5 |
C. youngae | Minced meat, yogurt | Tanta, Kafr-Elzayat | 2 | ||
C. braakii | Minced meat, cottage cheese | Tanta, Kafr-Elzayat | 14 | ||
4 | Klebsiella spp. (8.7%) | K. pneumoniae | Yogurt, catfish, milk | Kafr-Elzayat, Tanta, Kutour | 11 |
k. variicola | Yogurt, catfish | Kafr-Elzayat, Tanta | 3 | ||
k. oxytoca | Milk | Tanta | 1 | ||
5 | Proteus spp. (4.6%) | P. mirabilis | Milk | Kutour | 8 |
6 | Morganella spp. (3.5%) | M. morganii | Minced meat, milk, fresh cheese | Benha, Kutour, Tanta | 6 |
7 | Serratia spp. (1.7%) | S. marcescens | Minced meat | Benha, Tanta | 3 |
8 | Staphylococcus spp. (2.9%) | S. hominis | Minced meat, cottage cheese, yogurt | Tanta, Kafr-Elzayat | 5 |
9 | Pseudomonas spp. (1.1%) | P. aeruginosa | Milk | Kutour | 2 |
10 | Salmonella spp. (0.6%) | S. Typhimurium | Fillet fish meat | Tanta | 1 |
11 | Enterococcus spp. (0.6%) | E. faecalis | Fresh cheese | Tanat | 1 |
12 | Raoultella spp. (0.6%) | R. planticola | Minced meat | Kafr-Elzayat | 1 |
13 | Candida spp. (1.1%) | Candida krusei | Cottage cheese | Kafr-Elzayat | 2 |
Total | 20 | Â | Â | 172 |