Three German organizations have created a consortium to monitor bacterial pathogens and detect outbreaks faster.
The University of Münster, Research Center Borstel and the Robert Koch Institute formed the miGenomeSurv network (microbial genome-based surveillance of infectious agents).
This network is based on national reference laboratories, where infectious agents relevant to
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Researchers say they believe they have found a cheap method to identify bacteria in a few hours on a mobile-phone-sized device.
The bacterial identification method, called ON-rep-seq, examines strain-specific fragments of the bacterial genome, allowing results that earlier required DNA sequencing of the whole bacterial genome. The method also returns
Continue Reading Researchers contend inexpensive method could change outbreak investigation approach
Editor’s note: This information was originally posted July 12, 2016, by Sandra Avant, public affairs specialist for USDA’s Agricultural Research Service as part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s blog. As the weather heats up this summer, many of us are firing up our
Continue Reading Inexpensive camera system detects foodborne toxins
Imagine having a handheld device able to detect different types of bacteria on food, whether that food is in your kitchen, a store, a restaurant or virtually anywhere. This wireless device could detect the presence of Salmonella, E. coli and other pathogens and give an alarm in response. Science fiction?
Continue Reading Scientists Develop Handheld Device to Detect Bacteria on Food
