Foodborne diseases are a major health concern that can have severe impact on society and
can add tremendous financial burden to our health care systems. Rapid early detection of …

In nature, different types of bacteria including pathogenic and beneficial ones exist in
different habitats including environment, plants, animals, and humans. Among these, the …

Foodborne microorganisms are an important cause of human illness worldwide. Two-thirds
of human foodborne diseases are caused by bacterial pathogens throughout the globe …

Foodborne diseases caused by bacterial pathogens are severe threats to human health.
Conventional culture based microbiologic methods for the analysis of bacterial …

Confocal laser scanning microscopy has become a standard technique for the investigation
of hydrated interfacial microbial communities at the microscale. Multiphoton and spinning …

This chapter presents recent advances in bacteriophage research and their application in
the area of food safety. Section 1 describes general facts on phage biology that are relevant …

Phages based electrochemical sensors have received much attention due to their high
specificity, sensitivity and simplicity. Phages or bacteriophages provide natural affinity to …

Bacteriophages (phages) are bacterial viruses evolutionarily tuned to very specifically
recognize, infect, and propagate within only a unique pool of host cells. Knowledge of these …

Foodborne illness due to bacterial contamination is a significant issue impacting public
health that demands new technology which is practical to implement by food industry …

Bacteriophages, or phages, are bacterial viruses that can infect a broad or narrow range of
host organisms. Knowing the host range of a phage allows it to be exploited in targeting …