Food bug forensic tracking
Detective-style high-tech methods are being used in meat factories to trace harmful microbial contaminants.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 14, 2013
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New test can precisely pinpoint food pathogens
(PhysOrg.com) -- With Salmonella-tainted ground turkey sickening more than 100 people and Listeria-contaminated cantaloupes killing 15 this year, the ability to detect outbreaks of food-borne illness and determine their sources ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 25, 2011
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Choreographed stages of Salmonella infection revealed
Scientists have used a new method to map the response of every salmonella gene to conditions in the human body, providing new insight into how the bacteria triggers infection.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 11, 2013
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Chemiluminescence probes for the rapid and sensitive detection of salmonella and listeria
Salmonella and listeria are among the most widely distributed and deadliest causes of foodborne infections. Their rapid and reliable detection on food and industrial food processing equipment is very important. In the journal ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 2, 2019
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The time is ripe for Salmonella
The ripeness of fruit could determine how food-poisoning bacteria grow on them, according to scientists presenting their work at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring Conference in Dublin this week. Their work could ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 26, 2012
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Gene expression study sheds new light on African Salmonella
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have taken another step forward in understanding the bacteria that are causing a devastating Salmonella epidemic currently killing around 400,000 people each year in sub-Saharan Africa.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 15, 2019
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Invasion without a stir
Bacteria of the genus Salmonella cause most food-borne illnesses. The bacteria attach to cells of the intestinal wall and induce their own ingestion by cells of the intestinal epithelium. Up till now, researchers assumed ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 17, 2009
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Revealing camouflaged bacteria
A research team at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel has discovered an protein family that plays a central role in the fight against the bacterial pathogen Salmonella within the cells. The so called interferon-induced ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 16, 2014
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Light, photosynthesis help bacteria invade fresh produce
Exposure to light and possibly photosynthesis itself could be helping disease-causing bacteria to be internalized by lettuce leaves, making them impervious to washing, according to research published in the October issue ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 28, 2009
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Enlisting good bacteria in the fight against pathogens in food processing
Disease-causing bacteria like Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica could survive sanitization in beef processing facilities. Scientists and collaborators in the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA), ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 3, 2021
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