Presence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, Enteroinvasive E. coli, Enteropathogenic E. coli, and Enterotoxigenic E. coli on tomatoes from public markets in Mexico

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1621-1625

  Gómez Aldapa, Carlos A ^a   Del Refugio Torres Vitela, M ^b   Acevedo Sandoval, Otilio A ^c   Rangel Vargas, Esmeralda ^a   Villarruel López, Angélica ^b   Castro Rosas, Javier ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES QUÍMICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; PRODUCT SAFETY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; TOMATO;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MEXICO; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84884694386     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-13-071     Document Type: Article

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