title: Occurrence of Aeromonas spp. in samples of ground meat and chicken.
abstract: Aeromonas spp. was commonly isolated from ground meat and chicken samples at the retail level. The dominant species in ground meat were A. hydrophila and A. caviae. In chicken, A. sobria was common while A. caviae was isolated infrequently. Although A. hydrophila was isolated from 75% of ground meat samples and 62% of chicken samples, DL-lactate-positive A. hydrophila (genospecies 1) was isolated from only 25 or 37% or respective samples. Sorbitol-positive A. hydrophila (genospecies 3) was common in both ground meat and chicken.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene, College of Veterinary Medicine, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hänninen
mesh_terms: D000333:Aeromonas / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology; D005511:Food Handling; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D010641:Phenotype