Genomic Technologies for the Characterization, Typing, and Detection of Food-Borne Pathogens
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Foodomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 982
Special Issue Editors
Interests: foodborne pathogen detection; campylobacter genomics; antimicrobial nanoparticle research
Interests: food-borne pathogen detection and characterization; microbial genomics; antimicrobial research; microbial ecology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We cordially invite you to submit articles related to the upcoming Special Issue on “Genomic Technologies for the Characterization, Typing, and Detection of Food-Borne Pathogens”.
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) combined with bioinformatics analysis is revolutionizing food microbiology research. Sequencing DNA or RNA using NGS technologies enables genomic and transcriptomic studies of food-borne pathogens, revealing single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and multi-locus sequence types (MLSTs) for genotyping bacterial strains and the identification of microbial contamination in a particular food or food process environment.
This Special Issue will address the most recent trends in the application of next-generation sequencing technologies for detecting, genotyping, and characterizing food-borne pathogens to ensure food safety. The scope of this Special Issue will broadly encompass well-known microbial food-borne pathogens in addition to emerging food-borne pathogens. Research articles, reviews, technical notes, and case reports that highlight advancements in the utilization of next-generation sequencing technologies for investigating microbial genomics or microbiomes associated with food or food process environments are welcome.
The main goal of this Special Issue is to promote the broad application of DNA and RNA sequencing technologies in food safety testing. In addition, we endeavor to highlight novel applications of microbial genomics with the ultimate aim of increasing food safety by driving further research in this area.
Dr. Yiping He
Guest Editor
Dr. Gretchen Dykes
Guest Editor Assistant
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- next-generation sequencing (NGS)
- food-borne pathogen
- food safety
- bioinformatics
- microbial genomics
- detection
- typing
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