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A marine Vibrio associated with seafood poisonings. Major cause of food poisoning in Asia. Kanagawa phenomenon-positive primarily involved with human disease.

Causative agent of cholera, divided into serotypes on the basis of the O antigen. The classical biovar is responsible for a more severe form of cholera.

Staphylococcus aureus isn't just MRSA; it's found in foods and can make heat-stable toxins (enterotoxins) that might not be destroyed by cooking,

Four species cause bacillary dysentery. They are very similar to E. coli and are serologically cross-reactive but are clinically distinct.

S. typhi is the causal organism of typhoid (or enteric) fever, representing a more serious form of Salmonella infection than the other salmonellae.

A large number of different serotypes of the species Salmonella enterica. A few serotypes tend to dominate those identified as causing disease.

Listeria can grow at fridge temperatures. And it's nasty. A cause of serious food poisoning causing flu-like symptoms, fever, diarrhoea and a risk of miscarriage in pregnant women. It is fatal in 20% of cases.

E. coli: Many strains, mostly harmless. The pathogenic strains can be very nasty and potentially fatal.