DNA methods in food safety : molecular typing of foodborne and waterborne bacterial pathogens / edited by Omar Oyarzabal, Sophia Kathariou. [electronic resource] Oyarzabal, Omar A., editor. Kathariou, Sophia, editor. Food Safety measures. Food contamination Prevention. Food industry and trade Safety measures. Food Safety methods. DNA Fingerprinting methods. Food Microbiology methods. Molecular Typing methods. Water Microbiology. RA601.5 363.19/26 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. Molecular typing of foodborne pathogens has become an indispensable tool in epidemiological studies. Thanks to these techniques, we now have a better understanding of the distribution and appearance of bacterial foodborne diseases and have a deeper knowledge of the type of food products associated with the major foodborne pathogens. Within the molecular techniques, DNA-based techniques have prospered for more than 40 years and have been incorporated in the first surveillance systems to monitor bacterial foodborne pathogens in the United States and other countries. However, DNA techniques vary. 2014 Text 1 online resource (xiv, 392 pages) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118278666 eng DNA methods in food safety. DNA methods in food safety.