Investigation of prevalence of free Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)-specific bacteriophages and its correlation with STEC bacterial hosts in a produce-growing area in Salinas, California

Yen-Te Liao; Irwin A. Quintela; Kimberly Nguyen; Alexandra Salvador; Michael B. Cooley; Vivian C. H. Wu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0190534

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Investigation of prevalence of free Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)-specific bacteriophages and its correlation with STEC bacterial hosts in a produce-growing area in Salinas, California

Yen-Te Liao,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

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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Irwin A. Quintela,

Roles Methodology

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, School of Food and Agriculture, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America
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Kimberly Nguyen,

Roles Methodology

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 Methodology

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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Michael B. Cooley,

Roles 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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Vivian C. H. Wu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: vivian.wu@ars.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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Investigation of prevalence of free Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)-specific bacteriophages and its correlation with STEC bacterial hosts in a produce-growing area in Salinas, California

Yen-Te Liao,
Irwin A. Quintela,
Kimberly Nguyen,
Alexandra Salvador,
Michael B. Cooley,
Vivian C. H. Wu

Published: January 4, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190534

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