Transmission and Ecology of Foodborne Pathogens
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 5902
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microbial food safety; virulence factors in food pathogens; Listeria monocytogenes and listeriosis; Campylobacter spp. and campylobacteriosis; microbial characterization; technological improvement of traditional foods; bioconservation agents; preservation of lactic acid bacteria
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Interests: food microbiology; food safety; food quality; food biotechnology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The occurrence and severity of illnesses related to foodborne pathogens has become an increasing problem worldwide, seriously endangering human health and economic stability. Many foodborne pathogens are naturally found in the environment, whereby understanding their ecology is essential to apply appropriate food safety measures. The ability of several foodborne pathogens to colonize different food processing environments and persist over longer periods of time can cause a substantial challenge by their repeated food contamination. Improvements in genetic-based technologies have allowed a more efficient detection of foodborne outbreaks; whole genome sequencing is being increasingly exploited in tracing transmission routes and identifying contamination sources.
The scope of this Special Issue will be to promote research on the ecology, pathogenicity, and dissemination of different foodborne pathogens and on the identification of possible strategies to break their transmission chain from “farm to fork”.
Dr. Paula Teixeira
Dr. Joana Inês Bastos Barbosa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- foodborne diseases
- microbial food contamination
- contamination sources
- prevention and control
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