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JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION
卷 73, 期 11, 页码 2001-2009出版社
INT ASSOC FOOD PROTECTION
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-73.11.2001
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- USDA, National Integrated Food Safety Initiative [2003-51110-02082]
To better protect consumers from exposure to produce contaminated with Escherichia call, the potential transfer of E. coli from manure or irrigation water to plants must be better understood. We used E. coli strains expressing bioluminescence (E. call O157:H7 lux) or multiantibiotic resistance (E. coli(2+)) in this study. These marked strains enabled us to visualize in situ rhizosphere colonization and metabolic activity and to track the occurrence and survival of E. coli in soil, rhizosphere, and phyllosphere. When radish and lettuce seeds were treated with E. coli O157:H7 lux and grown in an agar-based growth system, rapid bacterial colonization of the germinating seedlings and high levels of microbial activity were seen. Introduction of E. coli(2) soil via manure or via manure in irrigation water showed that E. coli could establish itself in the lettuce rhizosphere. Regardless of introduction method, 15 clays subsequent to its establishment in the rhizosphere, E. coli(2+) was detected on the phyllosphere of lettuce at in average number of 2.5 log CFU/g. When E. coli(2+) was introduced 17 and 32 days postseeding to untreated soil (rather than the plant surface) via irrigation, it was detected at low levels (1.4 log CFU/g) on the lettuce phyllosphere 10 days later. Whi,e E. coli(2+) persisted in the bulk and rhizosphere soil throughout the study period (day 41), it was not detected on the external portions of the phyllosphere after 27 days. Overall, we find that E. coli is mobile in the plant system and responds to the rhizosphere like other bacteria.
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