Describes experiments which cover assays of microbial pathogens - bacteria, viruses, and protozoan parasites - used in food and water quality control as well as an exercise in applied bioremediation of contaminants in water. This book includes applications of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for [...]
Understanding the causes and contributing factors leading to outbreaks of food-borne illness associated with contamination of fresh produce is a worldwide challenge for everyone from the growers of fresh-cut produce through the entire production and delivery process. The premise of this book is that[...]