High pressure processing may inactivate human norovirus strains in foods say researchers from the U.S. They report their findings in the January 2007 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Researchers from the U.S. and abroad suggest that a new method of genetic profiling may distinguish bacterial populations that cause severe dental decay in children and be used as a basis for intervention and prevention development. They report their findings in the January 2007 issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

Researchers from the U.S. and abroad suggest that a new method of genetic profiling may distinguish bacterial populations that cause severe dental decay in children and be used as a basis for intervention and prevention development. They report their findings in the January 2007 issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

Old habits die hard. In the case of food handling and food safety, this adage is true, as many long-held beliefs are no longer valid in the wake of new technologies and understanding of the microbiology of food safety, according to a new book from ASM Press.

Yale researchers now have some answers about how the bacterium that is the leading cause of food-borne illness in the United States enters cells of the gut and avoids detection and destruction, according to a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology in San Diego in December.

At the congress of the Grupo de Microbiología Industrial y Biotecnología Microbiana of the SEM (Sociedad Española de Microbiología) AZTI-Tecnalia has presented their research work on the production of isomers of conjugated linoleic acid from linoleic acid by using micro-organisms.