Publications by authors named "Marta Antal"
Article Synopsis
- Spices can have microbial contamination, including harmful bacteria, which raises concerns for food safety.
- A study analyzed 50 different spices to assess their microbiological quality and identify prevalent bacteria using genetic sequencing.
- The results indicated high levels of antibiotic resistance among identified bacteria, particularly against several common antibiotics, signaling a risk due to multidrug-resistant bacteria present in spices.
A real-time reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR assay, applying light upon extension (LUX) fluorogenic primers, was developed for rapid and efficient detection of Newcastle disease virus (NDV). The method, which targets the fusion (F) protein gene of the viral genome, gave positive signal with all NDV isolates tested (32/32), while negative results were obtained with heterologous pathogens (35/35), including 13 avian influenza virus isolates. The detection limit of the assay was approximately 10(+1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA real-time RT-PCR assay utilising light upon extension fluorogenic primer (LUX RT-PCR) was developed for the rapid and efficient detection of avian influenza viruses (AIV). The assay detected each of the AIV isolates tested (16/16) and gave negative results with heterologous pathogens (17/17). The detection limit of the assay proved to be 10(-0.
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