Molecular Epidemiology of Foodborne Pathogenic Bacteria
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 9310
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food safety and quality; food microbiology; foodborne pathogens; allergens; molecular biology; PCR; isothermal amplification; antimicrobial resistance
Interests: foodborne pathogens; microbiology; food microbiology; food safety; fast detection tools; PCR/ qPCR; fast multipathogen detection; food quality and safety
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The hazard associated with food contamination continues to be a serious worldwide human health concern, and the number of outbreaks related with food and water contamination has not shown any significant decrease in the past four years.
Contamination can occur by multiple routes, and the identification of the source can be challenging; this leads to delays in stopping the spread of pathogens and increases the possibilities for human infection. With the intensification of the food industry, new methodologies to improve the tracking of these causative agents are required, and molecular techniques are key for this depth assessment. Genotyping can allow the reconstruction of evolutionary patterns associated with specific outbreaks and identify the genetic potential and environmental risk factors of the bacteria identified.
This Special Issue will cover the different approaches used to study and trace pathogenic foodborne microorganisms; these will include, but not be limited to, molecular methods for the detection and characterization of microorganisms, bioinformatics analyses, among others. The aim is to expose the novelties in this area in order to improve the typing analysis in order to contain future outbreaks.
Dr. Sarah Azinheiro
Dr. Alejandro Garrido-Maestu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- molecular epidemiology
- genotyping
- foodborne pathogens
- virulence
- outbreaks
- improved methodologies
- antimicrobial resistance
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