How Novel Methods Can Help Discover More Information about Foodborne Pathogens
Considerable emphasis is being placed on quantitative risk assessment modelling as a basis for regulation of trade in food products. However, for models to be accurate, information about the behaviour of potential pathogens in foods needs to be available. The question is how to obtain this knowledge...
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| description | Considerable emphasis is being placed on quantitative risk assessment modelling as a basis for regulation of trade in food products. However, for models to be accurate, information about the behaviour of potential pathogens in foods needs to be available. The question is how to obtain this knowledge in a simple and cost effective way. One technique that has great potential is the use of reporter bacteria which have been genetically modified to express a phenotype that can be easily monitored, such as light production in luminescent organisms. Bacteria carrying these (lux) genes can easily be detected using simple luminometers or more sophisticated low light imaging equipment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-15e2d9908bd646a39253be9182d1c6472025-08-20T03:54:24ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23322000-01-0111314215310.1155/2000/364050How Novel Methods Can Help Discover More Information about Foodborne PathogensMansel W Griffiths0Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaConsiderable emphasis is being placed on quantitative risk assessment modelling as a basis for regulation of trade in food products. However, for models to be accurate, information about the behaviour of potential pathogens in foods needs to be available. The question is how to obtain this knowledge in a simple and cost effective way. One technique that has great potential is the use of reporter bacteria which have been genetically modified to express a phenotype that can be easily monitored, such as light production in luminescent organisms. Bacteria carrying these (lux) genes can easily be detected using simple luminometers or more sophisticated low light imaging equipment.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/364050 |
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