Presence of some indicator bacteria and diarrheagenic E. coli pathotypes on jalapeño and serrano peppers from popular markets in Pachuca City, Mexico

Food Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 444-447

  Cerna Cortes, Jorge F ^a   Gómez Aldapa, Carlos A ^b   Rangel Vargas, Esmeralda ^b   Torres Vitela, M del Refugio ^c   Villarruel López, Angélica ^c   Castro Rosas, Javier ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chili peppers; Diarrheagenic E. coli pathotypes; Escherichia coli; Jalape o; Serrano; STEC

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPPER; VEGETABLE;

BACTERIA; CAPSICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MEXICO; VEGETABLES;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84866302880     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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