What is Enterobacteriaceae?
Enterobacteriaceae is a single family of bacteria, which consists of Coliforms, Enterobacter, Serratia, and Proteus that occur mainly in soils and water and in plant pathogens of the genus erwinia. Some of these species live in the intestines of man and other animals and can sometimes cause intestinal disturbances. None are particularly heat resistant and thus all are easily eliminated from food and animal feed by heat treatment, such as, pasteurisation of milk.
