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Assessing the authenticity and purity of a commercial Bacillus thuringiensis bioinsecticide through whole genome sequencing and metagenomics approaches

Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Van Laere, Yari; Fraiture, Marie-Alice; Gobbo, Andrea; Sigrid C.J. De Keersmaecker *; Marchal, Kathleen; Nancy Roosens; Vanneste, Kevin Source: Frontiers in Microbiology, Volume 16 (2025) Health ...

Characterization of functional nanoparticles applied in face masks by STEM-EDX

commercially available face masks because of its biocidal properties, claiming a higher form of protection to the wearer. The silver biocide can present itself either in ionic form, nanoparticle (NP) form or as ...

Development of strain-level shotgun metagenomics approaches to detect and characterize microbiological contaminants in the context of food safety

water, the DNA was extracted with two classical commercial kits or with a kit performing depletion of the host DNA. The extracted DNA also was amplified or not using Phi29 polymerase. We showed that all ...

Review on current scientific literature and overview of commercially available methods for on-site DNA isolation

Publication Type: Sci. report, recommendat°, guidance doc., directive, monograph Authors: Manal AbuOun; Indre Navickaite; Sigrid C.J. De Keersmaecker; Mathieu Gand; Søren Persson; Valeria Michelacci; Francesca Marotta; Marco Di Domenico; Giuliano Garofolo ...

Deepening of In Silico Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 Detection RT-qPCR Assays in the Context of New Variants

assays employed for SARS-CoV-2 detection, including also commercial tests, although the primer and probe sequences used in these kits are rarely disclosed, which impedes independent performance evaluation. ...

Field trials with GM trees: a step-by-step approach

commercial development of genetically modified (GM) plants, including GM trees. Field trials with GM plants in the European Union (EU) are subject to authorisation granted on the basis of an environmental risk ...

Airtightness in Belgian high biocontainment facilities

techniques commercially available for decontamination and the techniques that were used for measuring the airtightness, as well as the results of the airtightness tests obtained in the different facilities, ...

Biological activity conferred by endocrine disrupting chemicals in hospital effluent and river water from the Brussels Region, Belgium

hospital effluent and, respectively, 52.3 and 1.2ng EEQ /L for WWTP influent and effluent. For comparison reasons, commercial drinking waters amount to 0.004-0.070 ng EEQ /L. These results indicate that ...

Selenium content of Belgian cultivated soils and its uptake by field crops and vegetables.

Belgium. All samples were collected on commercial production fields, omitting private gardens. All crops were analyzed for their selenium (Se) concentration. The soils represent different soil types ...

Scientific opinion on the presence of dioxins (PCDD/Fs) and dioxin-like PCBs (DL-PCBs) in commercially available foods for infants and young children

Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) to deliver a scientific opinion on thepresence of dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL- PCB s) in commercially available foods forinfants and young ...

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