Baseline survey of the anatomical microbial ecology of an important food plant: Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)

• Published in: BMC microbiology Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 114
• Main Authors: Ottesen, Andrea R, González Peña, Antonio, White, James R, Pettengill, James B, Li, Cong, Allard, Sarah, Rideout, Steven, Allard, Marc, Hill, Thomas, Evans, Peter, Strain, Errol, Musser, Steven, Knight, Rob, Brown, Eric
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 24.05.2013; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Aureobasidium; Bacteria - classification; Bacteria - genetics; Bacteria - isolation & purification; Biota; Brachybacterium; Commercial farms; Cryptococcus; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Ecology; Flowers; Food processing plants; Food safety; Fruits; Fungi - classification; Fungi - genetics; Fungi - isolation & purification; Geography; Leaves; Lycopersicon esculentum; Lycopersicon esculentum - microbiology; Medical equipment and supplies industry; Medical research; Medical test kit industry; Metagenome; Microbacterium; Microbial activity; Microbiology; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Nutrition; Outbreaks; Physiological aspects; Pseudomonas; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 18S - genetics; Roots; Salmonella; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Soil microbiology; Solanum; Sphingomonas; Surveys; Taxa; Taxonomy; Tomatoes; Xanthomonas; United States

Research to understand and control microbiological risks associated with the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables has examined many environments in the farm to fork continuum. An important data gap however, that remains poorly studied is the baseline description of microflora that may be assoc...