Effect of heat-shock treatment on the survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica Typhimurium in dairy manure co-composted with vegetable wastes under field conditions

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 5407-5413

  Shepherd Jr , Marion W ^a   Singh, Randhir ^a   Kim, Jinkyung ^a   Jiang, Xiuping ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composting; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Heat shock; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; COCOMPOSTING; DAIRY MANURES; E.COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FIELD CONDITIONS; HEAT-SHOCK; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; VEGETABLE WASTES;

COMPOSTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; MANURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA; VEGETABLES; WASTE TREATMENT;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPOSTING; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DESICCATION; MANURE; PATHOGEN; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPOSTING; DESICCATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HEAT SHOCK; MANURE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VEGETABLE; WINTER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SEASON; SOIL; TIME;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MANURE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEASONS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

CARBON; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MANURE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SOIL;

EID: 77950342055     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.01.147     Document Type: Article

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