Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany

• Detection methods
• 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
• Hygiene and new processing techniques
• Hygiene indicators
• Enterococci
• Advice on possible niches which can cause water process contamination with pathogens using as a tool the DGGE technique
• Case studies
• Within the frame of Pathogen Combat and in collaboration with two German SMEs: detection and identification of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, Salmonella, Enterococci, Campylobacter jejuni, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Listeria monocytogenes by traditional and molecular techniques
• Application of molecular biology techniques for the detection of possible critical control points
• General problem identification and problem solving

 

Contact details

Thomas Schwartz

Head of the Group of Technical Chemistry

in the area of Water- and Geotechnology (ITC-WGT)

Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH

Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen

Germany

Telephone: +49 7247 826802

Telefax: +49 7247 826858

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URL: www.fzk.de