Patógenos bacterianos transmitidos por alimentos: enfoques emergentes en detección y prevención

Área de la Ciencia:

• Food safety microbiology
• Applied biotechnology
• Bioinformatics for public health

Sus antecedentes:

• Food-borne bacterial pathogens pose significant global health and economic risks.
• Conventional detection methods are often slow and fail to identify non-culturable pathogens.
• Emerging technologies are revolutionizing food safety monitoring.

Objetivo del estudio:

• To review recent advances in detecting and preventing food-borne bacterial pathogens.
• To highlight the role of molecular, biotechnological, and bioinformatic innovations.
• To discuss challenges and future directions in food safety.

Principales métodos:

• Review of rapid molecular assays (PCR, qPCR, microarrays).
• Analysis of next-generation sequencing, metagenomics, and CRISPR-based diagnostics.
• Exploration of bioinformatic tools (genomic databases, phylogenetics, machine learning).
• Assessment of preventive strategies (bacteriophages, probiotics, nanotechnology).

Principales resultados:

• New technologies enable faster, more accurate pathogen detection and outbreak tracing.
• Bioinformatic tools enhance predictive risk assessment and real-time surveillance.
• Preventive innovations offer sustainable alternatives to chemical preservatives.

Conclusiones:

• Emerging strategies significantly improve the precision and responsiveness of food-borne pathogen detection and prevention.
• Integration of multi-omics approaches and addressing matrix variability are key challenges.
• Continued innovation is crucial for enhancing global food safety and public health.