Alexandre Lamas

University of Santiago de Compostela

Alexandre Lamas is a full-time assistant professor in the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology, at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. He obtained a Ph.D. in innovation in food safety technologies from the same university in 2019. He is the author of more than 35 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals as well as four book chapters and two chapters in encyclopedias. He is an active reviewer for different food science and microbiology journals and a member of the editorial board of two international journals. His research focuses on the study of foodborne pathogens, especially Salmonella, new control methods, the study of food microbiota, and more recently the study of foodborne pathogenic bacteriophages.

2books edited

2chapters authored

Latest work with IntechOpen by Alexandre Lamas

In a totally globalized world with a population estimated to reach 10 billion by the year 2100, according to the United Nations, food security and food safety are two of the main challenges facing humanity. Foodborne pathogens continue to cause many cases of infection in humans worldwide each year. Global trade today results in food produced in a specific region or industry being distributed globally, which can lead to a food-poisoning outbreak affecting people in different countries. The increase in antimicrobial resistance and the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacterial strains is another cause for concern. Detection and control of pathogens are therefore essential to prevent the occurrence of food-poisoning outbreaks and to reduce the prevalence of pathogens along the food production chain. Throughout the chapters of this book, the reader will have an overview of the main food pathogens and the problems they cause, as well as the main control measures and techniques for their rapid detection.

Go to the book

Foodborne Pathogens

Edited by Alexandre Lamas

Books edited

Salmonella spp

Edited by Alexandre Lamas

Chapters authored

High-Throughput Platforms in Real-Time PCR and Applications

By Alexandre Lamas, Carlos Manuel Franco, Patricia Regal, José Manuel Miranda, Beatriz Vázquez and Alberto Cepeda

The miniaturization of reactions by designing nanoliter-scale PCR platforms, as Taqman® OpenArray®, Dynamic Array™, or SmartChip, has been a big step forward in real-time PCR. Each platform has some particular characteristics that differentiate them. These nanoliter-scale PCR platforms enable substantial savings in the amount of reagents and sample because the reaction volumes are at nanoliter levels. In addition, it is possible to perform thousands of reactions in a few hours. Therefore, high-throughput real-time PCR platforms result in promising systems that are capable of processing a large number of samples simultaneously and also to perform a large number of assays per sample. All of this can be translated in the amazing applicability of this technology in all kinds of analytical fields, such as medical research, animal science, and food safety, among others.

Part of the book: Polymerase Chain Reaction for Biomedical Applications

An Overview of Salmonella Biofilms and the Use of Bacteriocins and Bacteriophages as New Control Alternatives

By Alexandre Lamas, Patricia Regal, Laura Sanjulián, Aroa López-Santamarina, Carlos Manuel Franco and Alberto Cepeda

Salmonella is a major food-borne pathogen around the world. In the European Union (EU), this pathogen is responsible of more than 90,000 human cases of salmonellosis every year. Salmonellosis in normally linked to the consumption of contaminated food, especially poultry products as meat, eggs and the products elaborated with them. Several control measures have been implemented in the EU to reduce the prevalence of Salmonella in the food chain. However, the ability of Salmonella to form biofilm along the food chain difficult its eradication. Also, ineffective cleaning and disinfection measures favors biofilm formation. The widespread use of biocides along the food chain has led to the emergence of resistant Salmonella strains. Therefore, it is necessary to look for alternatives to biocides to eradicate Salmonella biofilms. In this chapter we evaluate the use of bacteriocins and bacteriophages and their derivatives as a new alternative to eliminate Salmonella biofilms along the food chain.

Part of the book: Salmonella spp

Alexandre Lamas

Latest work with IntechOpen by Alexandre Lamas

Foodborne Pathogens

Books edited

Salmonella spp

Chapters authored

Related collaborators

Souichi Adachi

Hiroko Tsunemine

Takashi Hirama

Mihaela Laura Vică

Takayuki Takahashi

Izumi Kubo

Horea Vladi Matei

Costel Vasile Siserman

Yuko H. Itoh

Shunsuke Furutani