| Literature DB >> 21622780 |
Marion W Shepherd1, Jinkyung Kim, Xiuping Jiang, Michael P Doyle, Marilyn C Erickson.
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Throughout four field trials, compost heaps covered with finished compost maintained temperatures under the physical covering that were ca. 7 to 15.5°C higher, resulting in rapid Escherichia coli O157:H7 reduction, than those of the heaps covered with fresh straw or left uncovered. Our results validated recommendations made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for covering fresh compost.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21622780 PMCID: PMC3147397 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02940-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792