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    Decay of salmonella enterica, escherichia coli and bacteriophage ms2 on the phyllosphere and stored grains of wheat (triticum aestivum)

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    Authors
    Schwarz, Karen
    Sidhu, J.
    Pritchard, Deborah
    Li, Y.
    Toze, S.
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Schwarz, K. and Sidhu, J.P.S. and Pritchard, D. and Li, Y. and Toze, S. 2014. Decay of salmonella enterica, escherichia coli and bacteriophage MS2 on the phyllosphere and stored grains of wheat (triticum aestivum). Letters in Applied Microbiology. 58 (1): pp. 16-24.
    Source Title
    Letters in Applied Microbiology
    DOI
    10.1111/lam.12149
    ISSN
    02668254
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21289
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Cereal crops grown in the biosolids-amended soil can potentially become contaminated with pathogenic micro-organisms during growth and at the time of harvesting. There is small but unquantified potential risk of transfer of enteric pathogens to humans and animals from contaminated plants and grains. This study examined decay of Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and bacteriophage MS2 on the wheat phyllosphere and on stored grains. This was done to assess the health implications of cereal crops contaminated from land application of biosolids. E. coli, S. enterica and MS2 were inoculated onto the leaves, spikelets and grains of wheat. The change in the numbers of inoculated micro-organisms was determined over time to calculate the respective 90% reduction time (T90) in each of these environments. A rapid inactivation (T90 <1–3 days) of E. coli and S. enterica and MS2 from the plant phyllosphere was observed, particularly from the spikelets. The decay rates were influenced by micro-organism type and location on the plant phyllosphere. Decay times on the stored grains were longer (T90 9–71 days), with some observed influence of grain variety on pathogen decay times.

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