Food safety is a major concern worldwide, and microbial pollution stands out as the most dangerous factor affecting it. Food-borne bacteria, which exist in the soil, water, animals, and the human body in the natural environment, pose a significant risk to human health when consumed via animal-derived foods. Animals and their products often act as carriers of food-borne bacteria, including Salmonella, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Shigella, and Staphylococcus. Contamination of food with bacteria such as Proteus, Listeria monocytogenes, Coliform, and Vibrio is becoming increasingly common. These bacteria can produce toxins, multiply, and even invade the digestive system, leading to food poisoning.
Traditional bacterial detection methods involve agar plate culture, microscopic examination, and microbial test piece detection. However, these techniques are slow and not always sensitive enough, making it difficult to accurately identify certain bacteria under challenging culture conditions. Therefore, the development of accurate and sensitive detection techniques is crucial in controlling and preventing bacterial food-borne illnesses.
The goal of this Research Topic is to help combat the emergence and spread of food-borne illnesses, which pose a significant threat to human health. It is crucial to develop efficient, precise, and sensitive detection methods for pathogenic bacteria. These methods are also vital for ensuring high-quality, healthy, and sustainable growth in animal husbandry. However, traditional microbial detection techniques have limitations, including long detection cycles and complex cultivation and identification processes, resulting in delayed results. In order to achieve timely, sensitive, and user-friendly detection, rapid detection technology has become an indispensable tool for quickly and accurately identifying food-borne bacteria in animal-derived foods. The objective of this topic is to develop a faster detection system based on molecular biology, immunoassay, biosensors, and nucleic acid aptamers. The aim is to provide technical support for the identification of food-borne pathogens.
We invite papers that focus on the following objectives for our Research Topic:
• Upgrade existing classic methods, amplify their sensitivity and accuracy, and shorten detection time.
• Develop rapid detection methods based on molecular biology techniques, such as fluorescence quantitative PCR, digital PCR, and loop mediated isothermal amplification.
• Develop rapid detection methods using immunological approaches such as ELISA, immunochromatography, and immunomagnetic bead enrichment.
• Develop electrochemical biosensors, optical biosensors, and other rapid detection methods to provide technical support for simple, fast, high-throughput, and highly specific detection of food-borne bacteria.
Keywords:
Food-borne bacteria, Molecular biology techniques, Immunological analysis techniques, Animal-derived food safety, Rapid detection methods
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
Food safety is a major concern worldwide, and microbial pollution stands out as the most dangerous factor affecting it. Food-borne bacteria, which exist in the soil, water, animals, and the human body in the natural environment, pose a significant risk to human health when consumed via animal-derived foods. Animals and their products often act as carriers of food-borne bacteria, including Salmonella, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Shigella, and Staphylococcus. Contamination of food with bacteria such as Proteus, Listeria monocytogenes, Coliform, and Vibrio is becoming increasingly common. These bacteria can produce toxins, multiply, and even invade the digestive system, leading to food poisoning.
Traditional bacterial detection methods involve agar plate culture, microscopic examination, and microbial test piece detection. However, these techniques are slow and not always sensitive enough, making it difficult to accurately identify certain bacteria under challenging culture conditions. Therefore, the development of accurate and sensitive detection techniques is crucial in controlling and preventing bacterial food-borne illnesses.
The goal of this Research Topic is to help combat the emergence and spread of food-borne illnesses, which pose a significant threat to human health. It is crucial to develop efficient, precise, and sensitive detection methods for pathogenic bacteria. These methods are also vital for ensuring high-quality, healthy, and sustainable growth in animal husbandry. However, traditional microbial detection techniques have limitations, including long detection cycles and complex cultivation and identification processes, resulting in delayed results. In order to achieve timely, sensitive, and user-friendly detection, rapid detection technology has become an indispensable tool for quickly and accurately identifying food-borne bacteria in animal-derived foods. The objective of this topic is to develop a faster detection system based on molecular biology, immunoassay, biosensors, and nucleic acid aptamers. The aim is to provide technical support for the identification of food-borne pathogens.
We invite papers that focus on the following objectives for our Research Topic:
• Upgrade existing classic methods, amplify their sensitivity and accuracy, and shorten detection time.
• Develop rapid detection methods based on molecular biology techniques, such as fluorescence quantitative PCR, digital PCR, and loop mediated isothermal amplification.
• Develop rapid detection methods using immunological approaches such as ELISA, immunochromatography, and immunomagnetic bead enrichment.
• Develop electrochemical biosensors, optical biosensors, and other rapid detection methods to provide technical support for simple, fast, high-throughput, and highly specific detection of food-borne bacteria.
Keywords:
Food-borne bacteria, Molecular biology techniques, Immunological analysis techniques, Animal-derived food safety, Rapid detection methods
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.