Antibiotics have been used to cure bacterial infections for more than 70 years, and these low-
molecular-weight bioactive agents have also been used for a variety of other medicinal …

Plant based foods are in high demand because nutritional epidemiology has linked them to
improve wellbeing and longevity. Spoilage of plant commodities routinely occurs all over the …

Anaemia is a global public health concern, afflicting adolescent girls, women of reproductive
age, pregnant women and children in low-and middle-income countries. 1 Reduction of …

Fast, robust, and affordable antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is required, as roughly
50% of antibiotic treatments are started with wrong antibiotics and without a proper …

Antibiotics are powerful drugs used in the treatment of bacterial infections. The inappropriate
use of these medicines has driven the dissemination of antibiotic resistance (AR) in most …

Acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen that has emerged as a global threat
because of high levels of resistance to many antibiotics, particularly those considered to be …

Fast detection and identification of microorganisms is a challenging and significant feature
from industry to medicine. Standard approaches are known to be very time-consuming and …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat to human health worldwide, and the rapid
detection and quantification of resistance, combined with antimicrobial stewardship, are key …

An increasing prevalence of hospital acquired infections and foodborne illnesses caused by
pathogenic and multidrug-resistant bacteria has stimulated a pressing need for benchtop …

Abstract Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) combined with powerful bioinformatic
approaches are revolutionising food microbiology. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of …