Factors influencing the detection and enumeration of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on alfalfa seeds

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-99

  Wu, F M ^a,b   Beuchat, L R ^a   Wells, J G ^b   Slutsker, L ^b   Doyle, M P ^a   Swaminathan, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa seeds; E. coli O157:H7

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SEPARATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035807738     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(01)00559-1     Document Type: Article

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