Presence of indicator bacteria, Salmonella and diarrheagenic Escherichia coli pathotypes on mung bean sprouts from public markets in Pachuca, Mexico

Food Control

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 280-283

  Cerna Cortes, Jorge F ^a   Gómez Aldapa, Carlos A ^b   Rangel Vargas, Esmeralda ^b   Ramírez Cruz, Enrique ^b   Castro Rosas, Javier ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli pathotypes; EIEC; ETEC; Mung bean sprouts; STEC Salmonella

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; VIGNA RADIATA; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 84871660323     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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