Evaluation of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes contamination on leafy green vegetables

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-279

  Aytac, Sait Aykut ^a   Ben, Ulya ^a   Cengiz, Canan ^a   Taban, Birce Mercanoglu ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Contamination; Detection; Immunomagnetic separation (IMS); Leafy green vegetable; Listeria monocytogenes; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Salmonella

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BASIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRESS; CULTURAL PEST CONTROL; DILL; FOOD SAFETY; HARVESTING; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; INFECTION CONTROL; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); KALE; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LETTUCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MENTHA; NONHUMAN; PARSLEY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PURSLANE; RADISH; ROCKET; SALMONELLA; SCALLION; SPINACH; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE;

LACTUCA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MENTHA; OCIMUM; PORTULACACEAE; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SALMONELLA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 77952858070     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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