Pathogens of Concern in Cannabis

Aspergillus Salmonella E. coli

Cat. no. Aspergillus has four Cat. no. A run in with Cat. no. The presence of E. coli
W89 main species of G309 Salmonella can result G305 on cannabis product
concern: A. niger, in food poisoning has been confirmed
A. flavus, A. terreus, symptoms by several
and A. fumigatus. and severe independent
Many state dehydration. testing labs.
regulations Some serotypes Finding E. coli in
require testing for of Salmonella both raw flower
Aspergillus but enterica are the products as well
only a few require cause of the life- as edibles is a
speciation of the threatening illness major concern.
ATCC 16404 ATCC 14028 ATCC 35150
“Big Four.” Typhoid fever.

Penicillium Listeria S. aureus

Cat. no. Members of this Cat. no. Listeria can be found Cat. no. Staphylococcus as a
W70 mold genus are G317 in water and soil, G311 foodborne illness has
pathogenic and both of which been documented
known mycotoxin are necessary to be on the rise.
producers. The when cultivating Infections from
most important cannabis. Listeria this bacteria can
mycotoxins from is a very common cause severe food
Penicillium are pathogen of poisoning and
ochratoxin A concern in food gastro-intestinal
(OTA) and patulin. testing and is illness.
carefully screened
ATCC 11709 ATCC 15313 ATCC 25923
for in many food
processing plants.

Mucor P. aeruginosa The Hardy

Cat. no. The strains of Cat. no. P. aeruginosa is a G145 Advantage
W80 Mucorales that have G145 pathogen that
the potential to thrives in moist Hardy Diagnostics
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 Basic Cannabis Microbiology Workflow
1. Sample Prep 2. Homogenize 3. Serial Dilution 4. Plating 5. Results
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particulates on prep, this and find that these pathogens of organize data.
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