The Unit includes two National Reference Centers (CNR) and a WHO Collaborating Center. Our research interests focus on the population structure and the patterns of transmission of bacterial enteric pathogens such as Salmonella, Shigella/Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae, with a special focus on emergent, epidemic and antimicrobial-resistant bacterial populations. All modern aspects of bacterial biodiversity are considered with the purposes of designing new tools for molecular identification and typing of foodborne bacterial pathogens of concern.
