Distribution and decline of human pathogenic bacteria in soil after application in irrigation water and the potential for soil-splash-mediated dispersal onto fresh produce

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1007-1019

  Monaghan, J M ^a   Hutchison, M L ^b  

^a HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Hutchison Scientific Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crops; Decline; Rain splash; Soil distribution; Zoonotic agents

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRRIGATION; RAIN; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

CROP CULTIVATION; DECLINE; FAECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; FRESH PRODUCE; IRRIGATION WATERS; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; RAIN SPLASH; SOIL DISTRIBUTION; SOIL TYPES; ZOONOTIC AGENTS;

CROPS;

AGAR; RAIN; WATER;

BACTERIUM; CULTIVATION; DISPERSAL; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TYPE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CROP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERIDITIS; SOIL; SOIL INOCULATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84859613494     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05269.x     Document Type: Article

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