Quantitative Assessment of Contamination of Fresh Food Produce of Various Retail Types by Human-Virulent Microsporidian Spores | Zendy

Szymon Jędrzejewski | Zendy; Thaddeus K. Graczyk | Zendy; Anna Słodkowicz-Kowalska | Zendy; Leena Tamang | Zendy; A.C. Majewska | Zendy

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Quantitative Assessment of Contamination of Fresh Food Produce of Various Retail Types by Human-Virulent Microsporidian Spores

Author(s) -

Szymon Jędrzejewski,

Thaddeus K. Graczyk,

Anna Słodkowicz-Kowalska,

Leena Tamang,

A.C. Majewska

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.00477-07

Subject(s) - spore , biology , encephalitozoon cuniculi , microsporidia , virulence , enterocytozoon bieneusi , microsporidiosis , microbiology and biotechnology , contamination , food microbiology , bacteria , ecology , genetics , biochemistry , gene

This study demonstrated that fresh food produce, such as berries, sprouts, and green-leafed vegetables, sold at the retail level can contain potentially viable microsporidian spores of human-virulent species, such asEnterocytozoon bieneusi ,Encephalitozoon intestinalis , andEncephalitozoon cuniculi , at quantities representing a threat of food-borne infection.

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