Conventional techniques (eg, culture-based method) for bacterial detection typically require
a central laboratory and well-trained technicians, which may take several hours or days …

Various fields have been identified in the “omics” era, such as genomics, proteomics,
transcriptomics, metabolomics, phenomics, and metagenomics. Among these …

Since the exploration of sequencing began in 2005, third and next-generation sequencing
(TGS and NGS) technologies have fundamentally changed metagenomics research. These …

Water is vital to agriculture. It is essential that the water used for the production of fresh
produce commodities be safe. Microbial pathogens are able to survive for extended periods …

Advancements in next-generation sequencing technology have dramatically reduced the
cost and increased the ease of microbial whole genome sequencing. This approach is …

The global burden of foodborne disease is enormous and foodborne pathogens are the
leading cause of human illnesses. The detection of foodborne pathogenic bacteria has …

Contamination of surface waters with pathogens as well as all diseases associated with
such events are a significant concern worldwide. In recent decades, there has been a …

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

A large gap remains between sequencing a microbial community and characterizing all of
the organisms inside of it. Here we develop a novel method to taxonomically bin …

Foodborne illnesses are a significant global public health challenge, with an estimated 600
million cases annually. Conventional food microbiology methods tend to be laborious and …