Brochothrix campestris is bacteria involved in the spoilage of meat. When it grows in food, the metabolic activities result in the production of metabolites associated with off-odors. B. campestris was first described in 1988 and was named from the Latin adjective campestris meaning field, campestris – from the field, because B. ’campestris was originally isolated from a soil sample. Compared to the closely related B. thermosphacta, B. campestris is very rarely found from food samples.
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