(Symposium on Myxobacteria and Flavobacteria: Paper IX). Observations on the Taxonomy of Chromogenic Bacteria Isolated from Cannery Environments

The yellow‐orange chromogenic bacteria, commonplace in cannery environments, are capable of producing spoilage in a variety of presterilized milk‐based canned products. A wide range of cultures of these arbitrarily defined flavobacteria, including the particular food spoilage types, were subjected to taxonomic studies. A possible scheme permitting the grouping of spoilage from nonspoilage types is presented.