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[Listeria in plants: an experimental study of its colonization, numbers and variability].
Zhurnal mikrobiologii, epidemiologii i immunobiologii - 1 Jan 2000
Pushkareva V I, Litvin V Iu, Troitskaia V V
Abstract excerpt
The possibility for Listeria monocytogenes to penetrate into plants from the soil via the root system was experimentally proved. Listeria were shown to continuously persist for 30 days (the term of observation) in the vegetative organs of wheat (roots, stems and leaves). The concentration of Listeria was 10(9) CFU/g in the environment (soil extract) and the roots of wheat, 10(6)-10(7) CFU/g in stems, 10(8)-10(9)...
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