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Table 2 The prevalence and total count of B. cereus in the inspected food products

From: Meat and meat products as potential sources of emerging MDR Bacillus cereus: groEL gene sequencing, toxigenic and antimicrobial resistance

Types of samples

Isolates

Mean + SE

CFU/g

MIN

MAX

n

%

Minced meat

17

42.5

11.75 × 103±9.42 × 103

1.5 × 103

4 × 104

Beef meat

12

30

3 × 103±3.43 × 102

1 × 103

5 × 103

Sausage

5

12.5

2.87 × 103±4.26 × 102

2 × 103

4 × 103

Luncheon

4

10

2.56 × 103±4.57 × 102

1 × 103

4.5 × 103

Liver

4

10

2.1 × 103±5.56 × 102

1 × 103

4 × 103

Total

42

21

   

Chi square

P value

16.333

0.002603

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