Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a gram-negative bacillus and resident of the normal intestinal
microbiota. However, some E. coli strains can cause diseases in humans, other mammals …

Background With the efficiency and the decreasing cost of next-generation sequencing, the
technology is being rapidly introduced into clinical and public health laboratory practice …

The role of food‐producing environments in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial
resistance (AMR) in EU plant‐based food production, terrestrial animals (poultry, cattle and …

The severity of human infection by one of the many Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
(STEC) is determined by a number of factors: the bacterial genome, the capacity of human …

Highlights•Seeds harbor numerous micro-organisms, collectively referred to as
microbiota.•The composition of the seed microbiota can impact seed quality and ultimately …

Food contamination by pathogenic microorganisms has been a serious public health
problem and a cause of huge economic losses worldwide. Foodborne pathogenic …

Recent advancements in next-generation sequencing (NGS) have provided the foundation
for modern studies into the composition of microbial communities. The use of these NGS …

The bla ESBL and bla AmpC genes in Enterobacteriaceae are spread by plasmid-mediated
integrons, insertion sequences, and transposons, some of which are homologous in bacteria …

In the last decade, the production and consumption of organic food have increased steadily
worldwide, despite the lower productivity of organic crops. Indeed, the population attributes …

Foodborne pathogens, mostly bacteria and fungi, but also some viruses, prions and
protozoa, contaminate food during production and processing, but also during storage and …