Detection Methods

Agence Francaise de Securite Sanitaire des Aliments, France

Agricultural University of Athens, Greece 

• Bacteriocins, antimicrobial screening
• Food matrix applications
• Predictive Microbiology
• Modelling
• Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment
• Qualitative Microbiological Risk Assessment

CONGEN Biotechnologie GmbH, Germany

• Realtime PCR for GMO, ALLERGEN, PATHOGEN detection and animal and plant species identification
• Microarray analysis for monitoring virulence potential and virulence gene expression 
• Microarray analysis for testing probiotic potential and probiotic activity for selected strains

Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary

• Application of PCR-based molecular techniques for detection of food-borne pathogens
• Validation of molecular techniques

Danisco A/S, Denmark

• Screening of bacterial isolates for antimicrobial activity
• iHTA (intelligent high-throughput assessment)
• Rapid epifluorescence method
• Testing of bacterial strains
• In-vitro and In-situ
• Pilot Plant for testing in relevant food models
• Campylobacter jejuni
• Salmonella thypimurium

Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany

• Interpretation of results from microbial sampling of drinking water used during food production.
• Microbiological control of drinking water used during food production.
• Advanced technologies: DGGE, PCR, Real Time PCR, Sequencing.
• Application of end point PCR and realtime TaqMan PCR techniques for detection and quantification of the following food-borne pathogens in water used during food processing: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, Salmonella, Enterococci, Campylobacter jejuni, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Listeria monocytogenes

Ghent University, Belgium

• Food microbiology analytics under accreditation system: Spoilage organisms
• total aerobic and anaerobic count, spores of aerobic and anaerobic organisms
• yeasts and molds, osmophilic yeasts
• lactic acid bacteria
• sulphite reducing clostridia and spores
• Foodborne pathogens
• Salmonella spp.
• Listeria spp. and Listeria monocytogenes
• Campylobacter jejuni/coli
• Escherichia coli O157
• coagulase positive Staphylococcus aureus
• Bacillus cereus and spores
• Clostridium perfringens and spores
• Enterobacter sakazakii
• Detection of Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus toxins
• Microbial challenge testing
• Research support (Follow-up of recent developments in officially recognized ISO methods; Optimization and evaluation of alternative (rapid) detection methods for foodborne pathogens; Characterization of emerging pathogens: prevalence, growth and survival, virulence)
• Microbial analysis of foods in accredited (ISO 17025) laboratory
• Microbial ecology of food: definition of microbial parameters of interest being both foodborne pathogens and food spoilage indicators with regard to a particular food

Institute Technique Francais des Fromages, France

• Evaluation of growth comportement of pathogenic bacteria in dairy foods (challenge tests, predictive microbiology)
• Quantitative Analysis of Dairy Data (QADD) in order to improve the quality of collected milk

Max Rubner Institute (previous federal research Centre for Nutrition and Food) Karlsruhe

• Detection and quantification of foodborne pathogens including biochemical and molecular methods (e.g., PCR, qRT-PCR)
• Investigations into food ecology, biodiversity studies using fingerprinting methods and numerical (cluster) analysis (rep-PCR, ARDRA, RAPD, PFGE)
• Molecular identification techniques including 16S sequencing and sequence based phylogenetic analyses
• Molecular detection methods for mycotoxin producing fungi
• Expression systems (Real Time PCR, microarray) for mycotoxin producing fungi
• Molecular typing and characterization of ochratoxin A producing Penicillia

Profos AG, Germany

• Listeria Capture Kit for PCR, 22 hours time-to-result (192 Eur for 48 tests)
• Listeria Capture Kit for Plating, 48 hours time-to-result (180 Eur for 100 tests)

Technical University of Denmark

• Discussion on methods used for quantifying bacteria on surfaces; in the laboratory and in industry

University of Udine/Torino, Italy

• Microbiological control of foods and environment
• Direct molecular analysis for the detection of pathogens

 

vermicon AG, Germany 

• Application of molecular-biological technologies for the fast and specific analysis of microorganisms – including uncultivable microorganisms
• Advanced technologies: FISH, DGGE, PCR, Sequencing, Cloning
• Offer of products and services in the field of food, drinks, water, environment; detection of pathogens, probiotics, any organism of interest
• Offering comprehensive molecular-biological and microbiological services and research tools for industrial as well as scientific customers worldwide
• Development and Distribution of specific testkits for in-house analysis of bacteria and yeasts in food, drinks, water and wastewater; based on the vermicon identification technology (VIT®).
  Available testkits for food:
  • VIT-Salmonella
  • VIT-Listeria
  • VIT-Staphylococcus
  • VIT-E. coli/Coliforms
  • VIT-Enterobacter sakazakii
  • VIT-Campylobacter

  Veterinary Research Institute, Czech Republic

  • Culture of ethiological agent of paratuberculosis (Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis)
  • Detection and quantification of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in milk and milk products by real time qPCR
  • Detection and quantification of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in tissues and meat by real time qPCR
  • Expression profiling of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in milk derived matrices
  
  

• More than 10 years of experience in the field of microbiological analysis