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Salmonella Persistence in Tomatoes Requires a Distinct Set of Metabolic Functions Identified by Transposon Insertion Sequencing.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2017
de Moraes Marcos H, Desai Prerak, Porwollik Steffen, Canals Rocio, Perez Daniel R, Chu Weiping, McClelland Michael, Teplitski Max
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Human enteric pathogens, such as Salmonella spp. and verotoxigenic Escherichia coli, are increasingly recognized as causes of gastroenteritis outbreaks associated with the consumption of fruits and vegetables. Persistence in plants represents an important part of the life cycle of these pathogens. The identification of the full complement of Salmonella genes involved in the colonization of the model plant...
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