Project

Combined exposure to (sub)clinical concentrations of foodborne bacterial toxins

Code
3E011510
Duration
01 October 2010 → 30 September 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Other chemical sciences
    • Biochemistry and metabolism
    • Microbiology
    • Systems biology
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Medical biochemistry and metabolism
    • Microbiology
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Medical biochemistry and metabolism
    • Nutrition and dietetics
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Medical biochemistry and metabolism
    • Microbiology
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Agricultural animal production
    • Food sciences and (bio)technology
Keywords
biosensors beauvericin toxicity enniatins cereulide
 
Project description

Cereulide, beauvericin and enniatins are selected because of their emerging character, public health relevance, extreme stability, omnipresence of respective microorganisms, possible accumulation in the body, and similarity in the chemical nature (cyclodepsipetides). Quantification and characterization of toxic effects will provide information necessary for proper prevention and intervention in human health protection. For this purpose novel biosensors with different cell cultures will be used in the current proposal.