US to create database of 100,000 food pathogen genomes
date:Jul 17, 2012
sequencing at UC Davis, and we look forward to the benefits this public database could provide federal, state and local public health agencies, Hagen added.
According to the FDA, the new database containing the genetic codes of food pathogens will enable scientists to develop tests that can identify the bacteria present in a sample rapidly, and help investigators discover the likely source of an outbreak.
In addition, it can greatly increase the pool of researchers in order to develop software f
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