Monthly Archives: May 2016

Join Us for a Special Symposium @ ASM Microbe 2016 in Boston

Join us for a Special Symposium ASM Microbe 2016 – BOSTON Industrial Metagenomics – Large Scale Analysis for Food Safety June 18th, 2016 6:45pm – 10:00 pm  Boston Convention Center Grand Ballroom West The program will highlight the microbial ecology … Continue reading

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JOIN US @ ASM Microbe 2016 in Boston for our Special Symposium

Industrial Metagenomics – Large Scale Analysis for Food Safety Supported by UC Davis, IBM, Mars, Inc. and Bio-Rad 6:45 pm – 10:00 pm Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Grand Ballroom West MODERATORS: Christopher Elkins PhD; Supervisory Microbiologist, FDA Kristen Beck, … Continue reading

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What are Viable but Nonculturable (VBNC) cells and why they pose a threat to public health

  Contributed by Narine Arabyan  Viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state was first discovered in 1982 in the lab of Rita Colwell at University of Maryland. VBNC state in bacteria is induced by many different environmental stresses (nutrient starvation, temperature shifts, … Continue reading

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