Internalization of salmonella enterica serovar montevideo into greenhouse tomato plants through contaminated irrigation water or seed stock

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 849-852

  Miles, Jacquelyn M ^a   Sumner, Susan S ^a   Boyer, Renee R ^a   Williams, Robert C ^a   Latimer, Joyce G ^b   Mckinney, Julie M ^a  

^a Department of Food Science and Technology ^*  (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR MONTEVIDEO;

EID: 64749085037     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-72.4.849     Document Type: Article

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