Relationships among hygiene indicators and enteric pathogens in irrigation water, soil and lettuce and the impact of climatic conditions on contamination in the lettuce primary production

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 171, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-31

  Holvoet, Kevin ^a   Sampers, Imca ^a   Seynnaeve, Marleen ^b   Uyttendaele, Mieke ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Provincial Research and Advisory Center for Agriculture and Horticulture   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climate parameters; Indicator bacteria; Lettuce; Pathogens; Primary production; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EAE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VT1 PROTEIN; VT2 PROTEIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDICATOR ORGANISM; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LETTUCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT LEAF; PLATE COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY; SALMONELLA; SEEDLING; SOIL; TOTAL PSYCHROTROPHIC AEROBIC PLATE COUNT; WATER SAMPLING; AGRICULTURE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CLIMATE; FOOD CONTROL; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA; SALMONELLA;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HYGIENE; LETTUCE; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84888793253     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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