Surface and internalized escherichia coli O157: H7 on field-grown spinach and lettuce treated with spray-contaminated irrigation water

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1023-1029

  Erickson, Marilyn C ^a   Webb, Cathy C ^a   Diaz Perez, Juan Carlos ^a   Phatak, Sharad C ^a   Silvoy, John J ^a   Davey, Lindsey ^a   Payton, Alison S ^a   Liao, Jean ^a   Ma, Li ^b   Doyle, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; LETTUCE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SAFETY; SPINACH;

AGRICULTURE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LETTUCE; PLANT LEAVES; SPINACIA OLERACEA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77954638579     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-73.6.1023     Document Type: Article

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