Applied Genomics of Foodborne Pathogens

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Deng, Xiangyu (Editor), den Bakker, Henk C. (Editor), Hendriksen, Rene S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Food Microbiology and Food Safety
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Microbiology.; Food > Biotechnology.; Bioinformatics.; Microbial genetics.; Microbial genomics.; Life Sciences.; Food Microbiology.; Food Science.; Microbial Genetics and Genomics.; Applied Microbiology.

This book provides a timely and thorough snapshot into the emerging and fast evolving area of applied genomics of foodborne pathogens. Driven by the drastic advance of whole genome shot gun sequencing (WGS) technologies, genomics applications are becoming increasingly valuable and even essential in...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Role of Whole Genome Sequencing in the Public Health Surveillance of Foodborne Pathogens
• 2. Global Microbial Identifier
• 3. The Use of Whole Genome Sequencing for Surveillance of Enteric Organisms by United States Public Health Laboratories
• 4. Bioinformatics Aspects of Foodborne Pathogen Research
• 5. The CGE Tool Box
• 6. Genomic Diversity in Salmonella enterica
• 7. Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in the Genomic Era: From Virulotyping to Pathogenomics
• 8. Campylobacter
• 9. Genomics and Foodborne Viral Infections
• 10. Transcriptomics and Proteomics of Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens
• Index.