Microbiological Hazard Series
Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Vibrio parahaemolyticus are bacterium which are gram-negative…Read more
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Brucella

Brucella spp. are small, Gram negative, short, non-spore forming…Read more
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Coexiella burnetti

Coxiella burnetii is gram negative, obligate intracellular…Read more
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Mycobacterium bovis

Mycobacterium bovis is gram positive, aerobic, nonmotile …Read more
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Cronobacter

Cronobacter species are gram-negative, motile, non-spore forming…Read more
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Rotavirus

Rotaviruses are non-enveloped, double stranded RNA viruses, that…Read more
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Trichinella spp.

Trichinella spp. are parastic roundworms and belong…Read more
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Cryptosporidium

Cryptosporidium is a parasite which…Read more
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Enterococci

Enterococci belong to a group of gram-positive, non-spore forming …Read more
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Shigella

Shigella species are a gram negative, non-spore forming…Read more
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram negative, non-spore…Read more
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Yersinia enterocolitica

Yersinia species are a gram negative, non-spore…Read more
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Clostridium perfringens

Clostridium perfringens is an anaerobic (but aerotolerant)…Read more
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Norovirus

Noroviruses are a group of viruses belonging to…Read more
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Bacillus cereus

Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) is a gram-positive…Read more
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Clostridium botulinum

Clostridium botulinum is an anaerobic, gram-positive…Read more
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Campylobacter Jejuni

Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) is a nonsporeforming, gram-positive…Read more
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Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcal species are gram-positive, nonmotile…Read more
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Hepatitus A

HAV is a member of the Picornaviridae family and…Read more
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Listeria monocytogenes

Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, facultative bacterium…Read more
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Salmonella

Salmonella is a motile, non-spore forming, gram-negative…Read more
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Escherichia.coli 0157

Escherichia coli 0157 is gram negative, rod shaped…Read more
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