Survival of Pathogenic Escherichia Coli on Basil, Lettuce, and Spinach

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 563-571

  Markland, S M ^a   Shortlidge, K L ^a   Hoover, D G ^a   Yaron, S ^b   Patel, J ^c   Singh, A ^c   Sharma, M ^c   Kniel, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian pathogenic E.coli; Basil; E.coli; Irrigation; Lettuce; Persistence; Promix; Spinach; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BASIL; INOCULATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LETTUCE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINACH;

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA; OCIMUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

AVIAN PATHOGENIC E. COLI; BASIL; E. COLI; IRRIGATION; LETTUCE; PERSISTENCE; PROMIX; SPINACH; SURVIVAL;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LETTUCE; OCIMUM BASILICUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84888137278     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12033     Document Type: Article

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