Adrian Sbodio

TL;DR: One of the largest surveys of leaf surface microbiology offers new insights into the extent and underlying causes of variability in bacterial community composition on plant leaves as a function of time, space and environment.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated process handling cross-contamination potential and pathogen removal of initially low numbers of attached cells of Salmonella and Escherichia coli O157:H7 during the washing-disinfection, rinsing, and de-watering steps of fresh-cut Red Chard baby leaves as affected by NaClO and ClO 2.

TL;DR: Greenhouse and field trials were conducted under different agronomic practices and inoculum doses of environmental Escherichia coli and attenuated E. coli O157:H7 to comparatively determine whether these factors influence their survival on leaves and within the rhizosphere.

TL;DR: In this paper, a correlative capacity of the Oxidation reduction potential (ORP) to ClO2 dose, under different conditions of water turbidity and temperature, and their potential to reflect the efficacy in inactivation of Salmonella enterica in tomato process wash water during primary packing was established.

TL;DR: A modified Moore swab was evaluated for practical efficacy in capture-filtration of low concentrations of human pathogens from volumes of irrigation water larger than are commonly used for analysis and was successful in trapping target microorganism in large water.