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Revista argentina de microbiología

Print version ISSN 0325-7541On-line version ISSN 1851-7617

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OCANA DE JESUS, Rosa L et al. Persistence, internalization and translocation of Escherichia coli O157:H7, O157:H16 and O105ab in plants and tomato fruits (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Rev. argent. microbiol. [online]. 2018, vol.50, n.4, pp.408-416. ISSN 0325-7541.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ram.2017.12.001.

The presence of pathogenic bacteria, such as Escherichia coli affects the quality and safety of vegetables that are consumed fresh and is associated with serious health problems. The objective of this study was to determine if three different strains of E. coli can penetrate and remain in plants and tomato fruits. A completely randomized experimental design was followed for which a tomato crop ("Cid" variety) was established under greenhouse conditions and three treatments were evaluated, T1 (E. coli O157: H7), T2 (E. coli from tomato cultivation |#91;EcT|#93; O157: H16), T3 (E. coli from spinach cultivation |#91;EcH|#93; O105ab) and a T4 control, with 100 plants each and four forms of inoculation: in the substrate, steam, petiole and the peduncle. Samples were carried out in vegetative stage, flowering, fruiting and physiological maturity to quantify in petri dish CFU/g and know if the bacteria managed to move around and recover in root, stem, flower and fruit. The phylogenetic groups that corresponded to the bacteria recovered were confirmed by biochemical tests, serotyping and PCR. At 120 days the recovery of bacteria in the plant was 23% (E. coli O157: H7), 28% (EcT O157: H16) and 55% (EcH O105ab) whit inoculation to the substrate while the inoculation by puncture the recovery was (in the same order) of 5%, 3%, and 4% at 30 days; 37%, 35% and 30% at 90 days; and 42%, 39% and 13% at 65 days. The strains submit the ability to enter the tomato plant and to stay in it and transported to the fruit, without producing that indicate their presence.

Keywords : Pathogen; Bacterium; Escherichia coli; Quality.

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