Bacteriophages specific to Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli exist in goat feces and associated environments on an organic produce farm in Northern California, USA

• Marion Lennon,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, California State University East Bay, Hayward, California, United States of America

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• Yen-Te Liao,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, United States of America

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• Alexandra Salvador,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, United States of America

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• Carol R. Lauzon,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University East Bay, Hayward, California, United States of America

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• Vivian C. H. Wu

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: vivian.wu@usda.gov

  Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1525-1078

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