Characteristics of Psychrotrophic, Gram-Positive, Catalase-Positive, Pleomorphic Coccoid Rods from Vacuum-Packaged Wholesale Cuts of Beef.

Morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics are presented for yellow-pigmented and non-pigmented psychrotrophic, gram-positive, catalase-positive, pleomorphic rods from vacuum-packaged wholesale cuts of beef. These isolates were essentially species of Corynebacterium and Microbacterium thermosphactum .