Keywords:
Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella typhimurium, Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter jejuni, E.coli detection and quantification by molecular techniques
Po and FSO criteria for risk assessment
Sampling plan to improve the biological risk assessment
metagenomic analysis to identify the microbial profile of poultry intestine
antibiotic resistance
molecular typing of foodborne pathogens
1) Study of bacterial growth dynamic and pathogenicity
factors of Campylobacter jejuni and Listeria monocytogenes isolated
from poultry, pig and dairy products
2) Evaluation of different molecular techniques in order to
genetically characterize Helicolbacter pullorum and Clostridium
perfringens strains of avian origin collected in the different
European countries
3) Identification and sequencing of gyrase gene of Helicobacter
pullorum
4) Optimisation and standardisation of ELISA tecnique to study
biofilm production of Listeria monocytogenes isolated in poultry
slaughterhouse
5) Use of conventional and molecular techniques (Real Time PCR) to
isolation and quantification of zoonotic bacteria with special
interest for Salmonella spp., Listeria monocytogenes and
Campylobacter
6) Comparison of different molecular techniques (plasmide profile,
rybotiping, RAPD, PFGE, AFLP, MLST) for the genetic
characterization of foodborne bacteria
7) Safety criteria identification (POs and FSOs) for egg and egg
products, poultry and pork meat
8) Sampling plans definiton to verify the compliance to safety
criteria (POs and FSOs) within poultry and swine food chain.
9) Risk evaluation of ready to eat foods: use of innovative treatment
to reduce the survival and growth of pathogen bacteria such
as Listeria monocytogenes, E coli VTEC and Salmonella
