Published in Scientific Bulletin. Series F. Biotechnologies, Vol. XXVI, Issue 1
Written by Quthama AL-ZAIDI, Camelia Filofteia DIGUȚĂ, Getuța DOPCEA, Florentina MATEI
Microbial contamination is one of the most important obstacles in the food industry. In order to control microbial contamination, many methods have been developed over the years to reveal the behaviour and characteristics of microorganisms in order to control them and in order to understand the impact of microorganisms on foods. Increasing concerns about outbreaks of foodborne diseases require rapid on-site and sensitive methods for the detection of microorganisms in various food matrices. In the current review, a brief discussion is presented about the methods used for the detection of pathogenic microorganisms present in food matrices, especially the tools based on nucleic acids extraction.
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