Losses in crop yields due to disease need to be reduced in order to meet increasing global
food demands associated with growth in the human population. There is a well-recognized …

In nature, plants are always under the threat of pests and diseases. Pathogenic bacteria are
one of the major pathogen types to cause diseases in diverse plants, resulting in negative …

Salmonella Enteritidis is the main serotype responsible for human salmonellosis in the
European Union. One of the main sources of Salmonella spp. in the food chain are poultry …

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 …

The global problem of antibiotic resistance in bacteria is quickly developing in most
antibiotics used in hospitals and livestock. Recently, the infections with multi-drug resistant …

Ralstonia solanacearum is the causal agent of bacterial wilt, one of the most destructive
diseases of solanaceous plants, affecting staple crops worldwide. The bacterium survives in …

Abstract Serovar Enteritidis represents 45.7% of all Salmonella reported human cases
identified in Europe. Additionally,“minced meat and meat preparations from poultry” have a …

Pathogen detection is of utmost importance in many sectors, such as in the food industry,
environmental quality control, clinical diagnostics, bio-defence and counter-terrorism …

This paper provides reviews of the most commonly used methods to detect plant pests
belonging to groups of invasive organisms with high economic relevance, including C …

Nowadays, the most widely accepted rapid methods in food microbiology rely on nucleic
acid amplification such as PCR/real-time PCR. A major claimed limitation of these methods …