Journal of Food: Microbiology, Safety & Hygiene
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Tong Zhao

Biography

Zhao is Associate Research Scientist at the Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia. He received his degree in Medicine and medical microbiology and finished his medical training from China. He has more than 55 papers, 6 approved patents and was awarded as “Inventor of the Year 2010, by University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.

Research Interest

Detection and characterization of bacterial pathogens in food including E. coli O157:H7. Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter, Yersinia pestis, and Mycobacterium. E
cology and reduction of carriage of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in cattle.
Development of probiotic/competitive exclusion bacteria to reduce/eliminate carriage of E. coli O157:H7 by cattle and prevalence of L. monocytogenes in processing plants.
Development of method for control of foodborne pathogens.

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