Un flujo de trabajo de WGS para identificar aislados de Bacillus genéticamente modificados y patógenos transmitidos

Maxime Godfroid1, Alexander Van Uffelen1,2,3, Marie-Alice Fraiture1

  • 1Transversal activities in Applied Genomics, Sciensano, J. Wytmanstraat 14, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.

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Resumen

Un nuevo flujo de trabajo de bioinformática utiliza la secuenciación del genoma completo (WGS) para identificar microorganismos genéticamente modificados (OGM) y patógenos transmitidos por alimentos en el género Bacillus. Esta herramienta ayuda al cumplimiento normativo y mejora la seguridad alimentaria al caracterizar con precisión las cepas bacterianas.

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