This review article compares and contrasts sample preparation techniques coupled with
high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and describes applications developed in …

Following recent trends in environmental microbiology, food microbiology has benefited
from the advances in molecular biology and adopted novel strategies to detect, identify, and …

Molecular methods are being increasingly applied to detect, quantify and study microbial
populations in food or during food processes. Among these methods, PCR-based …

Over the last fifty years, microbiologists have developed reliable culture-based techniques to
detect food borne pathogens. Although these are considered to be the “gold-standard,” they …

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 …

Rapid detection of the foodborne pathogen Salmonella in food processing is of crucial
importance to prevent food outbreaks and to ensure consumer safety. Detection and …

Non typhoidal Salmonella spp. are among the leading causes of foodborne illness in the US
Some 20% of foodborne illnesses attributed to Salmonella can be associated with poultry …

This paper introduces a digital microfluidic (DMF) platform for portable, automated, and
integrated Zika viral RNA extraction and amplification. The platform features reconfigurable …

Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli O157: H7 and Salmonella enterica are the most
common foodborne bacterial pathogens and are responsible for many outbreaks. Therefore …

The increase of foodborne outbreaks associated with fresh vegetables has highlighted the
importance of developing rapid and specific methods for the detection and quantification of …