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These type of toxins even enter food chain by various methods. Research in this field are producing such devices to identify the microorganims or their toxins to prevent them from entering in food chain. Many outbreaks of deadly diseases can now be predicted with the help of newly developed methods. These methods employ geospatial algorithms, food borne pathogen ecology and GIS which stands for Geographic Information System. This combined information predicts the hot spots where these deadly pathogens are present and thus can identify the source of contamination. This identification helps in control of linked contamination on the farms and in various geographical areas. These methods also uses tree tools with sensed data, like soil type, topography, environmental trends and proximity to water and forests which helps in prediction of pathogens presence.
While performing such research, scientist could look at data and can tell farmer the place or hotspots where these food borne pathogens could be present. This research came to such conclusions on the basis of intensive data collection, analysis and arriving at a point. The researcher collected around 600 samples of water, soil, feces and swabs from various farms and environment.
With developments, these types of tool can be used to provide completely new approach which is based on scientific facts on how to protect or reduce likelihood of contamination with bacteria and other microorganisms. Once these hotspots are identified, farmers may prevent the spread of such bacteria by practicing methods like draining standing water, reducing and adjusting livestock graze etc.,
The detail of this research and new method of identification of places of deadly pathogens is published in journal "Applied and Environmental Microbiology" by its leading author Laura Strawn.