Presence of Indicator Bacteria and Occurrence of Potentially Pathogenic Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Species in Packaged Ice Cubes in Central Mexico

This study aimed to determine the bacteriological quality and presence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli pathotypes (DEP) and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) species in 85 packaged ice samples from 12 different states of central Mexico. Three samples had a pH of 9.8 and therefore fell outside of t...

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Main Authors: Oscar Castro-Morales, Ricardo Jiovanni Soria-Herrera, Gilberto Cornejo-Estudillo, Amanda Marineth Avila-Trejo, Daniel Valencia-Trujillo, Ma. Guadalupe Zanella-Vargas, Ma. Estela Vázquez-Barrios, Esmeralda Rangel-Vargas, Javier Castro-Rosas, Rocío Liliana García-Reyes, Sandra Rivera-Gutiérrez, Victoria Campos-Peña, Jorge Francisco Cerna-Cortés
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-08-01
Series:Journal of Food Protection
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0362028X24001029