Fate of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and bacterial diversity in corn silage contaminated with the pathogen and treated with chemical or microbial additives

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1780-1794

  Ogunade, I M ^a   Jiang, Y ^a   Kim, D H ^b   Cervantes, A A Pech ^a   Arriola, K G ^a   Vyas, D ^a   Weinberg, Z G ^c   Jeong, K C ^a   Adesogan, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

bacterial community; corn silage; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FERMENTATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MAIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; SILAGE;

AEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FERMENTATION; LACTOBACILLUS; SILAGE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85009358036     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2016-11745     Document Type: Article

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