Experimentation on artificial inoculation studies for persistence of shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli (E. coli O157) in agricultural soils and vegetables using real-time PCR.

Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli O157 is an important reason for largest food borne inflectional outbreaks. E. coli O157 invades into the food chain through contaminated irrigation water and soil causing infectious diseases to humans.