Seafood is a prime target for fraudulent activities due to the complexity of its supply chain,
high demand, and difficult discrimination among species once morphological characteristics …

Aims Develop a species‐specific multiplex PCR to correctly identify Edwardsiella species in
routine diagnostic for fish bacterial diseases. Methods and Results The genomes of 62 …

Next-generation sequencing (NGS)'s crucial role in supporting genetic diagnosis and
personalized medicine leads to the definition of Guidelines for Diagnostic NGS by the …

Macrophomina is a widely distributed genus of phytopathogenic fungi with a wide range of
plant hosts. The present study aimed to design specific primers for the rapid …

Urogenital schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by the parasite
Schistosoma haematobium, which resides in the vasculature surrounding the urogenital …

In recent decades, advances in methods in molecular biology and genetics have
revolutionized multiple areas of the life and health sciences. However, there remains a …

Dentex gibbosus (Pink dentex) is a fish species of increasing economic interest in the
Mediterranean Sea that is consumed both whole and processed. The growing value of this …

Sparids have different organoleptic properties that correlate with a wide variety of retail
prices in the market. Components of the observed morphology are rarely sufficient for full …

The commercialization of porgies or seabreams of the family Sparidae has greatly increased
in the last decade, and some valuable species have become subject to seafood substitution …

Plant diseases cause serious economic losses of agriculture production worldwide. Rapid,
accurate and reliable diagnostic methods are required to alleviate the detection of fungal …