About the Authors
- Michael Cooley
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mcooley@pw.usda.gov (MC); mandrell@pw.usda.gov (RM)
Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, United States of America
- Diana Carychao
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Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, United States of America
- Leta Crawford-Miksza
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Affiliation California Department of Health Services, Food and Drug Laboratory Branch, Richmond, California, United States of America
- Michele T. Jay
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Affiliation California Department of Health Services, Food and Drug Laboratory Branch, Richmond, California, United States of America
- Carol Myers
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Affiliation California Department of Health Services, Food and Drug Branch, California, United States of America
- Christopher Rose
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Affiliation Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency, San Louis Obispo, California, United States of America
- Christine Keys
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Affiliation Food and Drug Administration/Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)/Office of Plant and Dairy Foods (OPDF)/DMS, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Jeff Farrar
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Affiliation California Department of Health Services, Food and Drug Branch, California, United States of America
- Robert E. Mandrell
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mcooley@pw.usda.gov (MC); mandrell@pw.usda.gov (RM)
Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RM LC JF MC. Performed the experiments: LC MJ CM CR MC DC. Analyzed the data: RM LC MJ CM MC DC CK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC MJ MC. Wrote the paper: RM MC.