Microbial population profiles of the microflora associated with pre- and postharvest tomatoes contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium or Salmonella montevideo

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 329-338

  Shi, X ^a   Wu, Z ^a   Namvar, A ^a   Kostrzynska, M ^b   Dunfield, K ^c   Warriner, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Ecology; Enterobacteria; Food safety; Preharvest; Salmonella; Source carbon utilization; Tomatoes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CARBON; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; FRUITS;

16S RDNA; CARBON UTILIZATION; ENTEROBACTERIA; FOOD-SAFETY; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MICROFLORAE; POSTHARVEST; PREHARVE; SOURCE CARBON UTILIZATION; TOMATO;

SALMONELLA;

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; HARVESTING; MICROORGANISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CARBON UTILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROBACTER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HARVEST PERIOD; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA MONTEVIDEO; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TOMATO;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR MONTEVIDEO; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 66849101684     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04211.x     Document Type: Article

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