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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2026

Validating aggregative soil sampling using bootie and drag swabs hydrated with simple wetting agents in commercial produce fields.

Erin Kealey, Ray Elementi, Zemme Frankowski, Negin Valizadegan, Cecil Barnett-Neefs, Jiaying Wu, Pratik Banerjee, Matthew J Stasiewicz

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Erin KealeyDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-4130-8448
Ray ElementiDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Zemme FrankowskiDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Negin ValizadeganHigh Performance Computing in Biology, Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Cecil Barnett-NeefsDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Jiaying WuDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Pratik BanerjeeDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Matthew J StasiewiczDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2712-0793

Funding

Center for Produce Safety 2024CPS08
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bootie and drag swabs may collect more microbiologically representative aggregative soil samples than composite grabs from produce fields. Previous experimental field work has identified some practical wetting agents as potential alternatives to traditionally used skim milk. This study validates the two most promising wetting agents, phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and buffered peptone water (BPW), by comparing swabs results from 100 m tracks through a melon farm (262,000 m

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Soil MicrobiologySpecimen HandlingColony Count, MicrobialSoilSoilaggregative samplingenvironmental samplingfood safetyproduce safetyquality indicatorsafety indicatorsoil

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PMID41627125
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