Microbiological Quality of Meat and Swabs from Contact Surface in Butcher Shops in Debre Berhan, Ethiopia

Table 7

Biochemical test for total aerobic mesophilic bacteria.

Isolates from PCA	Biochemical test					Gram reaction and morphology
	Oxidase	Catalase	Motility	Indole	Bacteria genus
1	−ve	+ve	+ve	−ve	Enterobacteriaceae	Gram-negative and rod
2	+ve	+ve	+ve	−ve	Staphylococci	Gram-positive and cocci
3	−ve	+ve	+ve	−ve	Bacillus	Gram-positive and rod
4	+ve	−ve	+ve	−ve	Streptococci	Gram-positive and cocci
5	+ve	+ve	+ve	−ve	Pseudomonas spp.	Gram-negative rod
6	+ve	+ve	−ve	−ve	Micrococcus	Gram-positive and cocci

−ve = negative and +ve = positive.