Game Changer - Next Generation Sequencing and its Impact on Food Microbiology

• Main Author: Sandra Torriani (auth)
• Other Authors: Sabah Bidawid (auth), Jennifer Ronholm (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); Salmonella; Norovirus; Foodborne; Listeria; Food Safety; Food Microbiology; Next Generation Sequencing; Whole Genome Sequencing; Microbiome; Vibrio
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Advances in next-generation sequencing technologies (NGS) are revolutionizing the field of food microbiology. Microbial whole genome sequencing (WGS) can provide identification, characterization, and subtyping of pathogens for epidemiological investigations at a level of precision previously not pos...