Claim · model-written summary
Preharvest and postharvest broccoli had significantly different bacterial community compositions.
- Taxon
- broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italicae0 - Outcome
- bacterial community compositionse0
- Direction
- differente0
- Comparator
- preharvest and postharvest broccolie0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“The bacterial community compositions of the preharvest and postharvest broccoli were significantly different.”
Title
Postharvest processing decreases the richness of bacterial taxa in the phyllosphere of broccoli
M.-S. Kim; J.-W. Bae; E.-J. Park Journal of Applied Microbiology 2018. doi:10.1111/jam.13759
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Non-Escherichia coli coliform bacteria were more numerous on postharvest than preharvest broccoli.
- Observation Minor bacterial taxa disappeared from postharvest broccoli.
- Observation Postharvest broccoli had low bacterial species richness.
- Observation Dominant bacterial taxa persisted and prevailed on broccoli during postharvest.