High-throughput sequencing (HTS) is becoming the state-of-the-art technology for typing of
microbial isolates, especially in clinical samples. Yet, its application is still in its infancy for …

The development and application of modern sequencing technologies have led to many
new improvements in food safety and public health. With unprecedented resolution and big …

Highlights•Next-generation sequencing tools facilitate rapid detection of foodborne
pathogens.•Sequencing-based methods yield results faster than culture-based …

Abstract Massive parallel sequencing (High-Throughput Sequencing, HTS) permits reading
of sequenced millions to billions short DNAs in parallel (reads) and is revolutionizing …

In the decade between 2004 and 2014 the rapid evolution of next generation sequencing
(NGS) platforms reduced the cost of sequencing a gigabase of nucleic acid from $1,000 to …

As we are approaching the twentieth anniversary of PulseNet, a network of public health and
regulatory laboratories that has changed the landscape of foodborne illness surveillance …

Infections caused by pathogens commonly acquired from consumption of food are not
always transmitted by that route. They may also be transmitted through contact to animals …

Following recent trends in environmental microbiology, food microbiology has benefited
from the advances in molecular biology and adopted novel strategies to detect, identify, and …

The development of novel and high-tech solutions for rapid, accurate, and non-laborious
microbial detection methods is imperative to improve the global food supply. Such solutions …

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is transforming microbiology [1]. With the increased
accessibility and decrease in the costs of sequencing and the optimisation of the 'wet …