While often obvious for macroscopic organisms, determining whether a microbe is dead or
alive is fraught with complications. Fields such as microbial ecology, environmental health …

Food safety is increasingly becoming an important public health issue, as foodborne
diseases present a widespread and growing public health problem in both developed and …

Salmonella ranks high among the pathogens causing foodborne disease outbreaks.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Salmonella contributed to …

Nucleic acid-based analytical methods, ranging from species-targeted PCRs to
metagenomics, have greatly expanded our understanding of microbiological diversity in …

Rapid detection of bacterial pathogens and toxins in foods is necessary to provide real‐time
results to mitigate foodborne illness outbreaks. Cultural enrichment methods, although the …

The emergence of next generation sequencing (NGS) is revolutionizing the potential to
address complex microbiological challenges in the water industry. NGS technologies can …

The ideal scenario in most applications of microbial diagnostics is that only viable cells are
detected. Bacteria were traditionally considered viable when they could be cultured …

Early detection of pests and pathogens is of paramount importance in reducing agricultural
losses. One approach to early detection is point-of-care (POC) diagnostics, which can …

Assessing bacterial contamination in environmental samples is critical in determining threats
to public health. The classical methods are time-consuming and only recognize species that …

The increase in foodborne outbreaks highlights the need for rapid, sensitive and specific
methods for food safety monitoring, enabling specific detection and quantification of viable …