What is life?
We may think we can easily define life, what forms of life are, but it’s another story when considering viruses, viroids and prions – what are they?
Author: foodmicrobiologyacademy
Food waste: Post-harvest losses and what you can do about it.
Post-harvest losses and the associated food spoilage is linked with food security. If you address post-harvest food spoilage, we can address several global challenges.
Quarter of a century of microbiology
There’s been a lot of change in the last quarter of a century since I studied microbiology as an undergraduate at university. My perspective on this journey, from agar to WGS.
Raw milk quality survey
An interesting short survey of raw milk quality I undertook in 2005. The focus was on the psychotropic pseudmonad bacteria that can result in different spoilage outcomes of dairy products.
Listeriosis and eggs
Listeria and eggs, not as common as Salmonella or Camyplobacter and eggs, but certainly still worth a mention and a bit of discussion. Particularly so because o the high mortality rate of listeriosis and the diverse clinical presentations.
