All Stories

  1. Environmental sampling for Listeria monocytogenes control in food processing facilities reveals three contamination scenarios

    Article • Food Control, May 2015, Elsevier

    Dr David Rodriguez-Lazaro, Dr Tomas Kuchta, Professor Anca Ioana Nicolau

  2. In silico and experimental evaluation of DNA-based detection methods for the ability to discriminate almond from other Prunus spp.

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Probes, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Tomas Kuchta, Dr. Isabel Mafra

  3. TracingStaphylococcus aureusin small and medium-sized food-processing factories on the basis of molecular sub-species typing

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Health Research, September 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Tomas Kuchta

  4. A decade with nucleic acid-based microbiological methods in safety control of foods

    Article • Letters in Applied Microbiology, June 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Tomas Kuchta, Dr Velitchka Gotcheva

  5. Principal volatile odorants and dynamics of their formation during the production of May Bryndza cheese

    Article • Food Chemistry, May 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Tomas Kuchta, prof. Ľubomír Valík

  6. Comparison of polymerase chain reaction methods and plating for analysis of enriched cultures of Listeria monocytogenes when using the ISO11290-1 method

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, March 2014, Elsevier

    Dr David Rodriguez-Lazaro, Dr Tomas Kuchta, Professor Anca Ioana Nicolau

  7. Mapping of wine yeast and fungal diversity in the Small Carpathian wine-producing region (Slovakia): evaluation of phenotypic, genotypic and culture-independent approaches

    Article • Annals of Microbiology, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tomas Kuchta

  8. Microbial diversity and dynamics during the production of May bryndza cheese

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Tomas Kuchta, prof. Ľubomír Valík

  9. Single-Tube Nested Real-Time PCR as a New Highly Sensitive Approach to Trace Hazelnut

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, August 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Tomas Kuchta, Dr. Isabel Mafra

  10. Yeast diversity investigation of wine-related samples from two different Slovakian wine-producing areas through a multistep procedure

    Article • LWT, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Tomas Kuchta

  11. Culture-independent detection of microorganisms in traditional Slovakian bryndza cheese

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, October 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Tomas Kuchta

  12. A novel method with improved sensitivity for the detection of peanuts based upon single-tube nested real-time polymerase chain reaction

    Article • European Food Research and Technology, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tomas Kuchta

  13. Evaluation of fungal and yeast diversity in Slovakian wine-related microbial communities

    Article • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tomas Kuchta

  14. A Method for the Detection of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in Milk Based on Microfiltration and Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction

    Article • Food Analytical Methods, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tomas Kuchta, prof. Ľubomír Valík

  15. COMPARISON OF BLOCKED THERMOSTABLE DNA POLYMERASES WITH DIFFERENT ACTIVATION PERIODS AT THE DIRECT DETECTION OF ENTEROBACTERIAL CELLS BY REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION

    Article • Journal of Rapid Methods & Automation in Microbiology, September 2007, Wiley

    Dr Tomas Kuchta

  16. Optimization of fluorescence measurement in duplex real-time PCR with TaqMan® probes labeled with VIC and quenched by TAMRA

    Article • BioTechniques, February 2007, Future Science

    Dr Tomas Kuchta

  17. Inhibition of ergosterol biosynthesis is not accompanied by a change in fatty acid composition in Saccharomyces cerevisiae treated with the antifungal agent 6-amino-2-n-pentylthiobenzothiazole

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, January 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Tomas Kuchta

  18. Concentration dependence of recovery rates of an exogenous short linear DNA fragment from soya flour

    Article • European Food Research and Technology, January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tomas Kuchta

  19. Detection and Quantification of Citrobacter freundii and C. braakii by 5′-Nuclease Polymerase Chain Reaction

    Article • Current Microbiology, September 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tomas Kuchta

  20. Characterization of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strains of veterinary origin by molecular typing methods

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, August 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Tomas Kuchta

  21. Separation of Listeria from cheese and enrichment media using antibody-coated microbeads and centrifugation

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, July 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Tomas Kuchta

  22. Ergosterol depletion and 4-methyl sterols accumulation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae treated with an antifungal, 6-amino-2-n-pentylthiobenzothiazole

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, November 1992, Elsevier

    Dr Tomas Kuchta