May 2018

Internalization of enteropathogenic human bacteria in lettuce and coriander plant tissue

The ability of plant rhizosphere and to some extent phyllosphere to support metabolism of some human enteric bacteria has been widely demonstrated. The nutrients provided by seedlings during germination support bacterial survival in tissue of growing plants. Plant rhizosphere has been described as being high in nutrients, and rhizosphere microbiomes are well adapted to this environment, enteric human pathogens when...

Author(s): Nduhiu G., Gicheru M. M., Gathura P. B., Karanja N. K., Githinji W. T. and Nordin A.