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Seasonality, shelf life and storage atmosphere are main drivers of the microbiome and E. coli O157:H7 colonization of post-harvest lettuce cultivated in a major production area in California

BACKGROUND: Lettuce is linked to recurrent outbreaks of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections, the seasonality of which remains unresolved. Infections have occurred largely from processed lettuce, which undergoes substantial physiological changes during storage. We investigated th...

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Autores principales: Leonard, Susan R., Simko, Ivan, Mammel, Mark K., Richter, Taylor K. S., Brandl, Maria T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8686551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34930479
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40793-021-00393-y