Foodborne Pathogens: Detection Technology and Safety Control

Dear Colleagues,

Foodborne illness is one of the most prominent public health problems in the world, according to statistics, and approximately two-thirds of cases are caused by foodborne pathogens. Currently, the gold standard for the detection of foodborne pathogens is based on laboratory culture and biochemical experiments, but it is time-consuming and labor-intensive. To meet the urgent rapid response needs in food safety, it is crucial to develop rapid, sensitive, and high-throughput detection technology and products for foodborne pathogens.

The area of "detection technology of foodborne pathogens" has been a research hotspot in food safety in recent years, and scientists have conducted active research and innovation, mainly focusing on the establishment of various rapid detection technologies, the improved sensitivity and specificity of detection, the high-throughput detection of multiple pathogens, non-targeted screening based on fingerprint features of multi-omics, the rapid enrichment of pathogens in food, as well as microbial safety control for microbial biofilm and drug resistance.

This Special Issue aims to provide the latest research developments in this field in order to promote development of detection products and the application of deletion technology in the food industry.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The preservation and control of foodborne pathogens;
• Animal source foodborn pathogen;
• Nucleic-acid-based detection technology (PCR, RT-PCR, ddPCR, LAMP, RPA, molecular typing, etc.);
• CRISPR/Cas-based detection technology;
• Immunological detection techniques;
• Biosensors for the detection of pathogens;
• Biochips for high-throughput detection;
• Non-targeted screening technology;

• Aptamer detection technique;

• Phage food sanitiser;
• The detection of VBNC bacteria;
• The development of portable and on-site testing kits;
• Rapid enrichment strategies for pathogens;
• The detection and detoxification of mycotoxins;
• Microbial biofilm control;
• Microbial drug resistance and food safety;
• The prediction mode of microbial growth.

Prof. Dr. Xiaomei Bie
Prof. Dr. Wei Zhang
Guest Editors

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• foodborne pathogen
• rapid detection technology
• immunological detection
• biosensor detection
• biochips detection
• non-targeted screening
• aptamer detection
• VBNC bacteria
• rapid enrichment
• microbial biofilm
• microbial drug resistance
• bacteriophage