Brochothrix campestris

Brochothrix campestris is bacteria involved in the spoilage of meat. When it grows in food, the metabolic activities result in the production of metabolites associated with off-odors . ^[3] B. campestris was first described in 1988 and was named from the Latin adjective campestris meaning field, campestris – from the field, because B. ’campestris was originally isolated from a soil sample.^[2] Compared to the closely related B. thermosphacta, B. campestris is very rarely found from food samples.^[4]

Brochothrix campestris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Listeriaceae
Genus:	Brochothrix
Species:	B. campestris
Binomial name
Brochothrix campestris Talon et al. 1988[1]
Type strain[2]
S3