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Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Linked to Shredded Frozen Coconut

The CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the FDA are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infecting at least 25 people with the outbreak strains of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:b:- (24 people) or Salmonella Newport (1 person from 9 states. An additional person from Canada was infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:b:-. WGS showed that isolates from people infected with Salmonella I 4,[5],12:b:- are closely related genetically. @ https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/coconut-01-18/index.html

Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Muenchen Infections Linked to Alfalfa Sprouts Produced by Sweetwater Farms

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How Dirt Could Save Humanity From An Infectious Apocalypse

By cloning DNA out of bacteria-laden mud soup, and reinstalling foreign gene sequences into microorganisms that can be grown in the lab, a method was devised for discovering antibiotics that could soon treat infectious diseases and fight drug-resistant superbugs. The belief is that topsoil can include unbelievable, virtually inexhaustible reservoirs of undiscovered antibiotics @ https://www.wired.com/story/how-dirt-could-save-humanity-from-an-infectious-apocalypse/

One chemist thinks he’s found a way for us to outrun the lethal juggernaut of antibiotic resistance.

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Fate of Salmonella enterica and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) in Vegetable Seeds during Germination

Above 60% of the seeds inoculated by either Salmonella or EHEC were positive for the pathogens during the germination process. The internalization of food pathogens into vegetable seeds could occur naturally and represents a possible pathway of vegetable seed contamination by pathogens. The study demonstrates the importance of pathogen-free seeds in the prevention pathogens in sprouts. @ http://aem.asm.org/content/84/1/e01888-17.abstract?etoc