Table 1

Bacterial species isolated from the milk samples (the data represent the number of isolates that were identified to a particular species within each sample)

Species

Sample

M 1

M 2

M 3

M 4

M 5

M 6

M 7

M 8

M 9

M 10

M 11

M 12

M 13

M 14

M 15

M 16

M 17

M 18

M 19

M 20

Total

Staphylococcus epidermidis

4*

5*

4*

3*

6*

6*

1*

4*

4*

5*

4*

3*

3*

5*

4*

5*

6*

72

Staphylococcus aureus

4

1*

2*

3*

4*

14

Staphylococcus pasteuri

1

2

2

2

7

Staphylococcus warneri

2

2

1

5

Staphylococcus hominis

1

2

1

4

Staphylococcus lugdunensis

1

1

Staphylococcus haemolyticus

1

1

Gemella haemolysans

1*

1

Rothia mucilaginosa

2*

1*

3*

3*

9

Rothia dentocariosa

1

1

Kocuria kristinae

1

2

1

2

6

Streptococcus mitis

1

1*

1*

3

Streptococcus salivarius

1*

1

Streptococcus sanguinis

1

1

Streptococcus parasanguis

1*

1

Streptococcus peroris

1

1

Enterococcus faecalis

2*

1*

2*

5

Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium

1

1

Klebsiella oxytoca

2*

3*

5

Pseudomonas fluorescens

5*

5

Enterobacter hormaechei

1

1

Acinetobacter johnsonii

1*

1

Escherichia coli

1

1

Pantoea agglomerans

1

1

Delftia tsuruhatensis

1

1

Number of isolates identified

8

9

4

6

7

6

9

9

7

5

7

10

8

9

5

6

10

8

8

8

149

*: Species that were also detected in each milk sample by PCR-DGGE (see Figure 2 for details).

Delgado et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:51   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-51