Microbial degradation of phosmet on blueberry fruit and in aqueous systems by indigenous bacterial flora on lowbush blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium)

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Crowe, K M ^a   Bushway, A A ^a   Bushway, R J ^a   Davis Dentici, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Enterobacter agglomerans; Microbial mineralization; Organophosphates; Pseudomonas fluorescens

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PHOSMET;

ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; CHEMISTRY; ENTEROBACTER; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SAFETY;

BLUEBERRY PLANT; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENTEROBACTER; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PHOSMET; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 35348844185     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2007.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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