Quantification of survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on plants affected by contaminated irrigation water

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 566-572

  Ibekwe, A M ^a   Shouse, P J ^a   Grieve, C M ^a  

^a U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Contaminated water; PCR

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DNA; IRRIGATION; SOILS;

NON-RHIZOSPHERE SOILS; PHYLLOSPHERE; RHIZOSPHERE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

CONTAMINATION; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRRIGATION; SOILS;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; IRRIGATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CLAY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE PROBE; HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTION RISK; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLATE COUNT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SAND; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33845726198     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200620157     Document Type: Article

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