1 History of and prospects for rapid and instrumental methodology for the microbiological examination of foods. - 2 Development and evaluation of membrane filtration techniques in microbial analysis. - 3 Evaluation of commercial kits and instruments for the detection of foodborne bacterial pathogens and toxins. - 4 Microbiological applications of immunomagnetic techniques. - 5 Automated electrical techniques in microbiological analysis. - 6 Modern methods for the detection of viruses in foods. - 7 Luminescent techniques for microbiological analysis of foods. - 8 Modern methods for detecting and enumerating foodborne fungi. - 9 Scope for rapid microbiological methods in modern food production. - 10 Detection and identification of foodborne microbial pathogens by the polymerase chain reaction: food safety applications. Language: English