Occurrence of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. contamination on vegetable farms in Malaysia.
The aim of the present study was to examine the prevalence of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. (Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli) in soil, poultry manure, irrigation water, and freshly harvested vegetables from vegetable farms in Malaysia. C. jejuni was detected in 30.4% and 2.7% of the so...
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| author | Chai, Lay Ching Mohd Ghazali, Farinazleen Abu Bakar, Fatimah Lee, Hai Yen Ahmad Suhaimi, Laila Rabaah Abdul Talib, Shamsinar Nakaguchi, Yoshitsugu Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki Radu, Son |
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| description | The aim of the present study was to examine the prevalence of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. (Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli) in soil, poultry manure, irrigation water, and freshly harvested vegetables from vegetable farms in Malaysia. C. jejuni was detected in 30.4% and 2.7% of the soil samples, 57.1% and 0% of the manure samples, and 18.8% and 3% of the vegetable samples from farm A and farm B, respectively, when using the MPNPCR method. Campylobacter spp. was not found in any of the irrigation water samples tested. Therefore, the present results indicate that the aged manure used by farm A was more contaminated than the composted manure used by farm B. Mostly, the leafy and root vegetables were contaminated. C. coli was not detected in any of the samples tested in the current study. Both farms tested in this study were found to be contaminated by campylobacters, thereby posing a potential risk for raw vegetable consumption in Malaysia. The present results also provide baseline data on Campylobacter contamination at the farm level. |
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| spelling | upm-158832015-11-04T01:36:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15883/ Occurrence of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. contamination on vegetable farms in Malaysia. Chai, Lay Ching Mohd Ghazali, Farinazleen Abu Bakar, Fatimah Lee, Hai Yen Ahmad Suhaimi, Laila Rabaah Abdul Talib, Shamsinar Nakaguchi, Yoshitsugu Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki Radu, Son The aim of the present study was to examine the prevalence of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. (Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli) in soil, poultry manure, irrigation water, and freshly harvested vegetables from vegetable farms in Malaysia. C. jejuni was detected in 30.4% and 2.7% of the soil samples, 57.1% and 0% of the manure samples, and 18.8% and 3% of the vegetable samples from farm A and farm B, respectively, when using the MPNPCR method. Campylobacter spp. was not found in any of the irrigation water samples tested. Therefore, the present results indicate that the aged manure used by farm A was more contaminated than the composted manure used by farm B. Mostly, the leafy and root vegetables were contaminated. C. coli was not detected in any of the samples tested in the current study. Both farms tested in this study were found to be contaminated by campylobacters, thereby posing a potential risk for raw vegetable consumption in Malaysia. The present results also provide baseline data on Campylobacter contamination at the farm level. The Korean Society for Applied Microbiology 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15883/1/Occurrence%20of%20thermophilic%20Campylobacter%20spp.pdf Chai, Lay Ching and Mohd Ghazali, Farinazleen and Abu Bakar, Fatimah and Lee, Hai Yen and Ahmad Suhaimi, Laila Rabaah and Abdul Talib, Shamsinar and Nakaguchi, Yoshitsugu and Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki and Radu, Son (2009) Occurrence of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. contamination on vegetable farms in Malaysia. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 19 (11). pp. 1415-1420. ISSN 1017-7825 10.4014/jmb.0901.0002 English |
| spellingShingle | Chai, Lay Ching Mohd Ghazali, Farinazleen Abu Bakar, Fatimah Lee, Hai Yen Ahmad Suhaimi, Laila Rabaah Abdul Talib, Shamsinar Nakaguchi, Yoshitsugu Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki Radu, Son Occurrence of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. contamination on vegetable farms in Malaysia. |
| title | Occurrence of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. contamination on vegetable farms in Malaysia. |
| title_full | Occurrence of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. contamination on vegetable farms in Malaysia. |
| title_fullStr | Occurrence of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. contamination on vegetable farms in Malaysia. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Occurrence of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. contamination on vegetable farms in Malaysia. |
| title_short | Occurrence of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. contamination on vegetable farms in Malaysia. |
| title_sort | occurrence of thermophilic campylobacter spp. contamination on vegetable farms in malaysia. |
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