Occurrence and population density of Campylobacter jejuni in irrigation ponds on produce farms in the Suwannee River watershed

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 339-346

  Gu, Ganyu ^a   Luo, Zhiyao ^b   Cevallos Cevallos, Juan M ^a,c   Adams, Paige ^d   Vellidis, Georges ^d   Wright, Anita ^b   van Bruggen, Ariena H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL   (Ecuador)

^d University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Correlation; Discriminant analysis; Fecal indicators; Irrigation ponds

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IRRIGATION; LIMITING FACTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POULTRY; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECAL COLIFORM; FRUIT GROWTH; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; POND; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURBIDITY; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PONDS; POULTRY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES;

SUWANNEE BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877351268     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2013-0027     Document Type: Article

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