Prevalence of Salmonella in vegetables from Mexico

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1279-1282

  Quiroz Santiago, Carolina ^a   Rodas Suárez, Oscar R ^a   Vázquez Q , Carlos R ^b   Fernández, Francisco J ^b   Quiñones Ramírez, Elsa Irma ^a   Vázquez Salinas, Carlos ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; LACTUCA; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM; POROPHYLLUM RUDERALE; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ARIZONAE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR AGONA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR ANATUM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR GALLINARUM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR PULLORUM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. HOUTENAE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. SALAMAE; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 67650094961     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-72.6.1279     Document Type: Article

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