Effects of plant maturity and growth media bacterial inoculum level on the surface contamination and internalization of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in growing spinach leaves

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2313-2320

  Pu, Shuaihua ^a   Beaulieu, John C ^b   Prinyawiwatkul, Witoon ^a   Ge, Beilei ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H-; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 70449578584     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-72.11.2313     Document Type: Article

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