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This submission belongs to the session S2. Foodborne Pathogens and Food Safety of the event The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Microbiology
Published date
30 Nov, 2023
Academic Editor
author-avatarTheodoros Varzakas
Citation
Nkosinathi Doctor Ndlazi, Maike Claussen, Stefan Schmidt, Microbiological quality of river water used for irrigation of ready-to-eat (RTE) fresh produce by local smallholder farmers in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, in Proceedings of The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Microbiology, 1 December–15 December 2023, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland
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Microbiological quality of river water used for irrigation of ready-to-eat (RTE) fresh produce by local smallholder farmers in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Nkosinathi Doctor Ndlazi 1
Maike Claussen 1
Stefan Schmidt 1
1. Discipline of Microbiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Abstract
Keywords
River water
Irrigation
Fresh produce
Total coliforms
Fecal coliforms
E. coli
Salmonella