Colonization and Internalization of Salmonella enterica and Its Prevalence in Cucumber Plants.

ABSTRACT: Consumption of cucumbers (Cucumis sativus var. sativus) has been linked to several foodborne outbreaks involving Salmonella enterica. The purpose of this work was to investigate the efficiency of colonization and internalization of S. enterica into cucumber plants by various routes of contamination. Produce-associated outbreak strains of Salmonella (a cocktail of serovars Javiana, Montevideo, Newport, Poona, and Typhimurium) were introduced to three cultivars of cucumber plants (two slicing cultivars and one pickling) via blossoms (ca. 6.4 log₁₀ CFU/blossom, 4.5 log₁₀ CFU/blossom, or 2.5 log₁₀ CFU/blossom) or soil (ca. 8.3 log₁₀ CFU/root zone) and were analyzed for prevalence of Salmonella contamination (

SUBMITTER: Burris KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7273826 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature