Induction of viable but nonculturable Escherichia coli O157:H7 in the phyllosphere of lettuce: A food safety risk factors

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 8295-8302

  Dinu, Laura Dorina ^a,b   Bach, Susan ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRONOMIC SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POPULATION; BACTERIAL STRAINS; CULTURABILITY; CULTURABLE; E.COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS; FRESH PRODUCE; HIGH CELL DENSITY; HUMAN PATHOGENS; LOW TEMPERATURES; PHYLLOSPHERES; PLANT SURFACES; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; SAFETY RISKS; STRAIN-DEPENDENT; TRANSFORMANTS; VIABLE BUT NON-CULTURABLE;

CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD STORAGE; PATHOGENS;

FOOD SAFETY;

SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; INOCULATION; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHYLLOSPHERE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIABILITY;

ARTICLE; COLD; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTUCE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COLD TEMPERATURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD SAFETY; HUMANS; LETTUCE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLANT LEAVES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIGA TOXINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 83255186876     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05020-11     Document Type: Article

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