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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2006, p. 7909-7911, Vol. 72, No. 12
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01471-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Survival of Campylobacter spp. in Darkling Beetles (Alphitobius diaperinus) and Their Larvae in Australia{triangledown}

Jillian M. Templeton,* Amanda J. De Jong, P. J. Blackall, and Jeanette K. Miflin

Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (Queensland), Animal Research Institute, Yeerongpilly 4105, Australia

Received 26 June 2006/ Accepted 25 September 2006

Campylobacter infection is the most frequently reported notifiable food-borne disease in humans in Australia. Our studies investigated the persistence of Campylobacter spp. in or on darkling beetles (Alphitobius diaperinus) and their larvae. Our results in analyses with chickens confirm that, unless very short turnaround times are used (<72 h), beetles colonized in one production cycle (i.e., one batch of chickens) are most unlikely to still be colonized during the next cycle of chickens.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Animal Research Institute, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (Queensland), Locked Mail Bag No. 4, Moorooka, Queensland 4105, Australia. Phone: 61 7 3362 9520. Fax: 61 7 3362 9429. E-mail: jillian.templeton{at}dpi.qld.gov.au.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 29 September 2006.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2006, p. 7909-7911, Vol. 72, No. 12
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01471-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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