The detection of harmful chemicals and microbial pathogens in food and water destined for consumers is of paramount importance the world over and it is vital th

The contamination of the environment by herbicides, pesticides, solvents, various industrial byproducts (including toxic metals, radionucleotides and metalloids

Recent and forecasted advances in microbiology, molecular biology, and analytical chemistry have made it timely to reassess the current paradigm of relying pred