WGS

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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まとめ

新しいバイオインフォマティクスワークフローは、ゲノム全体シーケンシング(WGS)を使用して、バチルス属の遺伝子組み換え微生物(GMM)および食中毒病原体を同定します。このツールは、細菌株を正確に特徴付けることにより、規制遵守を支援し、食品安全性を向上させます。

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