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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bell, Rebecca L
• Kase, Julie A
• Harrison, Lisa M
• Balan, Kannan V
• Babu, Uma
• Chen, Yi
• Macarisin, Dumitru
• Kwon, Hee Jin
• Zheng, Jie
• Stevens, Eric L
• Meng, Jianghong
• Brown, Eric W

Titel

The Persistence of Bacterial Pathogens in Surface Water and Its Impact on Global Food Safety

Ist Teil von

• Pathogens (Basel), 2021-10, Vol.10 (11), p.1391

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: MDPI AG

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Water is vital to agriculture. It is essential that the water used for the production of fresh produce commodities be safe. Microbial pathogens are able to survive for extended periods of time in water. It is critical to understand their biology and ecology in this ecosystem in order to develop better mitigation strategies for farmers who grow these food crops. In this review the prevalence, persistence and ecology of four major foodborne pathogens, Shiga toxin-producing (STEC), , and closely related , and , in water are discussed. These pathogens have been linked to fresh produce outbreaks, some with devastating consequences, where, in a few cases, the contamination event has been traced to water used for crop production or post-harvest activities. In addition, antimicrobial resistance, methods improvements, including the role of genomics in aiding in the understanding of these pathogens, are discussed. Finally, global initiatives to improve our knowledge base of these pathogens around the world are touched upon.