Relationship between eae and stx virulence genes and Escherichia coli in an agricultural watershed: Implications for irrigation water standards and leafy green commodities

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-23

  Shelton, Daniel R ^a   Karns, Jeffrey S ^a   Coppock, Cary ^a   Patel, Jitu ^a   Sharma, Manan ^a   Pachepsky, Yakov A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; EAEA PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FRESH WATER; SHIGA TOXIN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PRODUCT SAFETY; RIVER; SEASON; VEGETABLE; VIRULENCE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AGRICULTURE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; RIVERS; SEASONS; SHIGA TOXIN; VEGETABLES; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78651325337     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-10-241     Document Type: Article

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