Persistence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in major leafy green producing soils

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 12154-12161

  Ma, Jincai ^a,b   Ibekwe, A Mark ^a   Crowley, David E ^b   Yang, Ching Hong ^c  

^a U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON; BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; CALIFORNIA; DECIMAL REDUCTION; DETECTION LIMITS; DETRENDED CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DIRECT IMPACT; DRY SOIL; E. COLI; E.COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FRESH PRODUCE; GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; INDIRECT EFFECTS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PEARSON CORRELATION; SHAPE PARAMETERS; STEPWISE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOTAL NITROGEN; WATER SOURCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

SOILS;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; LEAF; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SALINE SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; YUMA;

EID: 84868543979     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302738z     Document Type: Article

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