Persistence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on the rhizosphere and phyllosphere of lettuce

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 784-790

  Mark Ibekwe, A ^a   Grieve, C M ^a   Papiernik, S K ^b   Yang, C H ^c  

^a U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli O157:H7; Lettuce; Persistence; Phyllosphere; Real time PCR; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FOOD SUPPLY; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PATHOGENS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; LETTUCE; PERSISTENCE; PHYLLOSPHERE; REAL-TIME PCR; RHIZOSPHERE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DICOTYLEDON; DNA; FOOD SUPPLY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PERSISTENCE; PHYLLOSPHERE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL COUNT; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESE GENE; LETTUCE; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLLOSPHERE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE; SURVIVAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA;

EID: 70449469630     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02745.x     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Beattie, G.A. Marcell, L.M. (2002) Comparative dynamics of adherent and non-adherent bacterial populations on maize leaves. Phytopathology 92, 1015 1023.
2. Buchanan, R.L. Doyle, M.P. (2000) Foodborne disease significance of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other enterohemorrhagic E. coli. Food Technol 51, 69 76.
3. Franz, E., van Diepeningen, A.D., De Vos, O.J. van Bruggen, A.H.C. (2005) Effects of cattle feeding regimen and soil management type on the fate of Escherichia coli O157: H7 and Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium in manure, manure-amended soil, and lettuce. App Environ Microbiol 71, 6165 6174.
4. Hoagland, D.T. Arnon, D.I. (1950) The water culture methods for growing plants without soil. University of California (Berkeley) Agriculture Experiment Station. Circ 237, 23 32 (revised).
5. Ibekwe, A.M. Grieve, C.M. (2004) Changes in developing plant microbial community structure as affected by contaminated water. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 48, 239 248.
6. Ibekwe, A.M., Watt, P.M., Grieve, C.M., Sharma, V.K. Lyons, S.R. (2002) Multiplex fluorogenic real-time PCR for detection and quantification of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in dairy wastewater wetlands. Appl Environ Microbiol 68, 4853 4862.
7. Ibekwe, A.M., Watt, P.M., Shouse, P.J. Grieve, C.M. (2004) Fate of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in irrigation water on soils and plants as validated by culture method and real-time PCR. Can J Microbiol 50, 1007 1014.
8. Islam, M., Doyle, M.P., Phatak, S., CMillner, P. Jiang, X.P. (2004) Persistence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in soil and on leaf lettuce and parsley grown in fields treated with contaminated manure composts or irrigation water. J. Food Prot 67, 1365 1370.
9. Johannessen, G.S., Bengtsson, G.B., Heier, B.T., Bredholt, S., Wasteson, Y. Rørvik, L.M. (2005) Potential Uptake of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Organic Manure into Crisphead Lettuce. Appl Environ Microbiol 71, 2221 2225.
10. Natvig, E.E., Ingham, S.C., Ingham, B.H., Cooperband, L.R. Roper, T.R. (2002) Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and Escherichia coli contamination of root and leaf vegetables grown in soils with incorporated bovine manure. Appl Environ Microbiol 68, 2737 2744.
11. Platts, B. 2006 Lettuce production patterns and practices in California. Outbreaks of E. coli O157 infections associated with lettuce and other leafy greens. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Presentation at 4th workshop of project entitled "Building a Framework for prioritizing opportunities to reduce risk" Link: http://www.card.iastate.edu/food-safety/workshop4/d.
12. Sabaratnam, S. Beattie, G.A. (2003) Differences between Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a and Pantoea agglomerans BRT98 in epiphytic and endophytic colonization of leaves. App Environ Microbiol 69, 1220 1228.
13. SAS Institute Inc. (1991) SAS/STAT User's Guide, Release 6.03. Cary, NC : SAS Institute Inc.
14. Sharma, V.K. (2002) Detection and quantitation of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157, O111, and O26 in beef and bovine feces by real-time polymerase chain reaction. J Food Prot 65, 1371 1380.
15. Solomon, E.B., Yaron, S. Matthews, K.R. (2002) Transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from contaminated manure and irrigation water to lettuce plant tissue and its subsequent internalization. Appl Environ Microbiol 68, 397 400.