- Institution: Politechnical University of Valencia
- Department/Service: Food Microbiology Advanced Center
- Location:
Camino de Vera, 14
46022 Valencia (Valencia/València)
- Web: http://www.upv.es/entidades/CAMA
- Contact:
María Antonia Ferrús Perez
Phone number: (+34) 669474765
e-mail: mferrus@btc.upv.es
Collection content
Microbial group/s: Bacteria
Total number of strains: >170
Taxa (number of strains):
Salmonella spp.
Campylobacter spp.
Arcobacter spp.
Listeria monocytogenes
Vibrio spp.
(total 150 cepas)
Helycobacter spp. (20)
Isolation source/origin: Water and Food
Preservation method: Culture media + Glycerol, -40 °C
Information management: Data base with basic information: origin, identification, date of isolation.
Characterization level:
Biochemically identified and most also by molecular methods.
Services
Expertise
Key words: Characterization, typing, Campylobacter, Helycobacter, Food safety
Summary:
-Food Safety: detection of pathogenic microorganisms of fecal-oral transmission in water and food by conventional and molecular methods.
-Epidemiological characterization by genotyping.
-Campylobacterias pathogens in food.
-Helicobacter pylori and other pathogenic Helicobacter in the environment, water and food.