Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in manure and manure-amended soil under tropical climatic conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1007-1022

  Ongeng, D ^a,b   Muyanja, C ^c   Geeraerd, A H ^b   Springael, D ^b   Ryckeboer, J ^b  

^a GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

E. coli O157:H7; Manure; Manure amended soil; Salmonella Typhimurium; Survival; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERTILIZERS; ISOTHERMS; MOISTURE; SALMONELLA; SOILS; TROPICS;

E.COLI O157:H7; ENTERIC BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; INOCULA; INOCULUM DENSITY; MANURE-AMENDED SOILS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL CONDITIONS;

MANURES;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BACTERIUM; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; INOCULATION; ISOTHERM; MANURE; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTION KINETICS; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; DENSITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INOCULATION; MANURE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOIL ANALYSIS; TROPIC CLIMATE; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

MANURE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGRICULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; MANURE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 79954842537     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.04956.x     Document Type: Article

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