Table 2 Potentially pathogenic bacteria detected in food and environmental samples from Embu Town and Kangaru Market

Geodermatophilus spp.

Chips T, African sausage T, fruits T, soil T

Water K, soil K,

2

Leptospira idonii

-

Water K, soil K

2

Legionella spp., Legionella pneumophila, Legionella wadsworthii

Chips T, fruits T, vegetable salad T, fish T, soil T

Fruits K, water K, fish K, fish K, soil K

2

Rickettsia sp., Rickettsia spp., Rickettsia canadensis

African sausage T, fruits T, vegetable salad T

Fruits K, water K, fish K, roasted beef K, Soil K

2

2

Mycoplasma alligatoris

-

Soil K

2

Aeromonas salmonicida, Aeromonas sp.

All

All

2

Thiobacillus spp.

Vegetable salad T, soil T

Soil K

2

Coxiella spp.

African sausage T

Fruits K, water K, samosa K, soil K

2

Brucella spp.

Soil T

-

2

Treponema spp.

-

Soil K

3

Staphylococcus pasteuri

Chips T, African sausage T, fruits T, roasted beef K, vegetable salad T

Fruits K, water K, samosa K, fish K, roasted beef K, soil K

3

Acholeplasma hippikon, Acholeplasma vituli, Acholeplasma oculi

Chips T, fish T

Samosa K, soil K, soil K

2

Acholeplasma sp., Acholeplasma laidlawii

Chips T, fish T

Samosa K, soil K, soil K

2

Erysipelothrix spp., Erysipelothrix tonsillarum

Soil T

Fruits K, water K, fish K, roasted beef K, fish K, soil K

2

2

Mycobacterium sacrum, Mycobacterium spp.

Vegetable salad T, Soil T

Fruits K, water K, soil K

3