From field to plate : How do bacterial enteric pathogens interact with ready-to-eat fruit and vegetables, causing disease outbreaks?

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Ready-to-eat fruit and vegetables are a convenient source of nutrients and fibre for consumers, and are generally safe to eat, but are vulnerable to contamination with human enteric bacterial pathogens. Over the last decade, Salmonella spp., pathogenic Escherichia coli, and Listeria monocytogenes have been linked to most of the bacterial outbreaks of foodborne illness associated with fresh produce. The origins of these outbreaks have been traced to multiple sources of contamination from pre-harvest (soil, seeds, irrigation water, domestic and wild animal faecal matter) or post-harvest operations (storage, preparation and packaging). These pathogens have developed multiple processes for successful attachment, survival and colonization conferring them the ability to adapt to multiple environments. However, these processes differ across bacterial strains from the same species, and across different plant species or cultivars. In a competitive environment, additional risk factors are the plant microbiome phyllosphere and the plant responses; both factors directly modulate the survival of the pathogens on the leaf's surface. Understanding the mechanisms involved in bacterial attachment to, colonization of, and proliferation, on fresh produce and the role of the plant in resisting bacterial contamination is therefore crucial to reducing future outbreaks.

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E-Artikel

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2024

2023

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:117

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Food microbiology - 117(2023) vom: 02. Feb., Seite 104389

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Englisch

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Thomas, Gareth A [VerfasserIn]
Paradell Gil, Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Müller, Carsten T [VerfasserIn]
Rogers, Hilary J [VerfasserIn]
Berger, Cedric N [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 06.11.2023

Date Revised 06.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1016/j.fm.2023.104389

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