Inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella on artificially or naturally contaminated mung beans (Vigna radiata L) using a stabilized oxychloro-based sanitizer

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 188-193

  Hora, R ^a   Kumar, M ^a   Kostrzynska, M ^b   Dixon, M A ^c   Warriner, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli O157:H7; Mung bean sprouts; Salmonella; Seed decontamination; Sodium chlorite

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DECONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SODIUM;

BEAN PLANTS; BEAN SPROUTS; E.COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; MUNG BEAN SPROUT; MUNGBEANS; SEED DECONTAMINATION; VIGNA RADIATA;

SALMONELLA;

CHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; DECONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL CONTROL; CHLORITE; DISINFECTION; LEGUME; SEED TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INOCULATION; MUNG BEAN; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; VIGNA RADIATA; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 33846446073     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.02049.x     Document Type: Article

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