Transfer of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to spinach by house flies, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

Phytopathology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 373-380

  Wasala, Lakmini ^a   Talley, Justin L ^a   DeSilva, Udaya ^a   Fletcher, Jacqueline ^a   Wayadande, Astri ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE CARRIER; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOUSE FLY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINACH;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HOUSEFLIES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOVEMENT; PLANT LEAVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

BOS; DIPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84875412333     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-09-12-0217-FI     Document Type: Article

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