Colonization of plants by human pathogenic bacteria in the course of organic vegetable production

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Hofmann, Andreas ^a   Fischer, Doreen ^a   Hartmann, Anton ^a   Schmid, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Listeria monocytogenes; Organic fertilizer; Organic food; Salmonella enterica; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC FERTILIZER;

ARTICLE; AXENIC CULTURE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CROP PEST; DNA EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FARMING; PATHOGEN LOAD; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84904903599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00191     Document Type: Article

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