Bacteriological quality of organically grown leaf lettuce in Norway

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 186-189

  Loncarevic, S ^a   Johannessen, G S ^a   Rorvik L M ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

E. coli O157:H7; Escherichia coli; Faecal indicators; Listeria monocytogenes; Organic lettuce; Salmonella spp.

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA; SALMONELLA;

BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY; E. COLI; E.COLI O157:H7; FECAL INDICATORS; L.MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; ORGANIC LETTUCE; ORGANICS; SALMONELLA SPP; SALMONELLA SPP.;

LETTUCE;

BACTERIUM; FECAL COLIFORM; FOOD SAFETY; LEAFY VEGETABLE; ORGANIC FARMING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LETTUCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; ORGANIC FARMING; SALMONELLA; TILLAGE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA;

EID: 22644443086     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01730.x     Document Type: Article

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