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Research Publications (Food Safety)

This page tracks research articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Recent articles are available ahead of print and searchable by Journal, Article Title, and Category. Research publications are tracked across six categories: Bacterial Pathogens, Chemical Contaminants, Natural Toxins, Parasites, Produce Safety, and Viruses. Articles produced by USDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) and FDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) are also tracked in Scopus.

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  1. Lysine acetylation contributes todevelopment, aflatoxin biosynthesis and pathogenicity in Aspergillus flavus

    • Environmental Microbiology

    • Aspergillus flavus (A. flavus) is a pathogenic fungus that produces carcinogenic aflatoxins, posing a great threat to crops, animals and humans. Lysine acetylation is one of the most important reversible post‐translational modifications, and plays a vital regulatory role in various cellular processes. However, current information on the extent and function of lysine acetylation and aflatoxin biosynthesis in A. flavusis limited. Here, a global acetylome analysisof A.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  2. Wheat‐associated microbiota and their correlation with stripe rust reaction

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Aims This study was aimed at revealing the composition of microbiota in leaves, roots and rhizosphere soil of wheat plants that are resistant or susceptible to stripe rust, one of the most widely destructive leaf diseases in wheat production. Methods and Results A total of 36 wheat plants that showed resistant or susceptible reactions to stripe rust were sampled.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Cronobacter

  3. The pathway of 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate (DDVP) degradation by Trichoderma atroviride strain T23 and characterization of a paraoxonase-like enzyme

    • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

    • Dichlorvos (DDVP) is widely applied in the agricultural industry, and its residues are considered hazardous to the environment. Microbial bioremediation is an innovative technology with the potential to mitigate such pollution. Trichoderma atroviride strain T23, a filamentous fungus, is very efficient at degrading DDVP.

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  4. Co-circulation of Multidrug-resistant Shigella Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Australia

    • Clinical Infectious Diseases

    • Background In urban Australia, the burden of shigellosis is either in returning travelers from shigellosis-endemic regions or in men who have sex with men (MSM). Here, we combine genomic data with comprehensive epidemiological data on sexual exposure and travel to describe the spread of multidrug-resistant Shigella lineages.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Shigella

  5. Building the Framework for Standardized Clinical Laboratory Reporting of Next-generation Sequencing Data for Resistance-associated Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex

    • Clinical Infectious Diseases

    • Tuberculosis is the primary infectious disease killer worldwide, with a growing threat from multidrug-resistant cases. Unfortunately, classic growth-based phenotypic drug susceptibility testing (DST) remains difficult, costly, and time consuming, while current rapid molecular testing options are limited by the diversity of antimicrobial-resistant genotypes that can be detected at once.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Lactic Acid Treatment of Cereals and Dietary Phytase Modified Fecal Microbiome Composition Without Affecting Expression of Virulence Factor Genes in Growing Pigs

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Besides the major nutrients, phosphorus (P) is an essential mineral for both the host animal and the porcine gut microbiota. Different strategies including phytase supplementation and more recently lactic acid (LA) are used to enhance the P availability from cereals in pig diets; however, their impact on the gut microbiota has been rarely related to fecal shedding of opportunistic pathogens.

      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Exposure of Aspergillus flavus NRRL 3357 to the Environmental Toxin, 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxin, Results in a Hyper Aflatoxicogenic Phenotype: A Possible Role for Caleosin/Peroxygenase (AfPXG)

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Aflatoxins (AFs) as potent food contaminants are highly detrimental to human and animal health. The production of such biological toxins is influenced by environmental factors including pollutants, such as dioxins. Here, we report the biological feedback of an active AF-producer strain of A. flavus upon in vitro exposure to the most toxic congener of dioxins, the 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). The phenotype of TCDD-exposed A.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Dioxins
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Natural toxins

  8. Choline Kinase Emerges as a Promising Drug Target in Gram-Positive Bacteria

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Both nosocomial pathogens, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae and food-borne pathogens, such as Bacillus cereus and Clostridium perfringens are known to be detrimental to human and animal health. The effectiveness of currently used treatments for these pathogens becomes limited as resistant strains emerge. Therefore, new methods for eliminating bacterial pathogens must be developed continuously.

      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Bacillus cereus

  9. S-Adenosylmethionine-Dependent Methyltransferase Helps Pichia caribbica Degrade Patulin

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  10. An innovative non-invasive technique for subcutaneous tumour measurements

    • PLOS ONE

    • by Juan Delgado-SanMartin, Beate Ehrhardt, Marcin Paczkowski, Sean Hackett, Andrew Smith, Wajahat Waraich, James Klatzow, Adeala Zabair, Anna Chabokdast, Leonardo Rubio-Navarro, Amar Rahi, Zena Wilson

      Introduction

  11. Knowledge, attitudes and medical practice regarding hepatitis B prevention and management among healthcare workers in Northern Vietnam

    • PLOS ONE

    • by Thi T. Hang Pham, Thuy X. Le, Dong T. Nguyen, Chau M. Luu, Bac D. Truong, Phu D. Tran, Mehlika Toy, Selen Bozkurt, Samuel So

      Background and aim

      Vietnam’s burden of liver cancer is largely due to its high prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. This study aimed to examine healthcare workers’ (HCWs) knowledge, attitude and practices regarding HBV prevention and management.

      Methods

      • Hepatitis
      • Viruses

  12. Treated phosphogypsum as an alternative set regulator and mineral addition in cement production

    • Journal of Cleaner Production

    • Author(s): J. Rosales, S.M. Pérez, M. Cabrera, M.J. Gázquez, J.P. Bolivar, J. de Brito, F. Agrela

      Abstract

      Various treatments of phosphogypsum samples extracted in Huelva, Spain, curing conditions and incorporation ratios were studied to evaluate the viability of being used as set regulator or as supplementary cementitious material to improve the mechanical behaviour of cement mortars.

  13. Assessment and mechanism analysis of municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash as aggregate in cement stabilized macadam

    • Journal of Cleaner Production

    • Author(s): Kezhen Yan, Hao Sun, Fengqian Gao, Dongdong Ge, Lingyun You

  14. UV-C irradiation is able to inactivate pathogens found in commercially collected porcine plasma as demonstrated by swine bioassay

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Author(s): E. Blázquez, C. Rodríguez, J. Ródenas, N. Navarro, R. Rosell, S. Pina-Pedrero, J.M. Campbell, M. Sibila, J. Segalés, J. Pujols, J. Polo

      • Hepatitis
      • Viruses

  15. What do we know about health risks related to thebaine in food?

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Andreas Eisenreich, Benjamin Sachse, Rainer Gürtler, Birgit Dusemund, Oliver Lindtner, Bernd Schäfer

  16. Analysis of bacterial diversity during fermentation of Chinese traditional fermented chopped pepper

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology

    • Significance and Impact of the Study: Fermented chopped pepper is an important ingredient in traditional Chinese foods. As of yet, the bacterial community dynamics that take place during the fermentation of chopped pepper have not been described. In this study, we used high‐throughput sequencing to investigate the bacterial community, deepening our understanding of the microbial mechanisms underlying the fermentation of traditional chopped pepper.

  17. Transcriptional profiling of zearalenone-induced inhibition of IPEC-J2 cell proliferation

    • Toxicon

    • Author(s): Xin Wang, Hao Yu, Hengtong Fang, Yun Zhao, Yongcheng Jin, Jinglin Shen, Changhai Zhou, Yongfeng Zhou, Yurong Fu, Junmei Wang, Jing Zhang

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  18. First complete genome sequence and comparative analysis of Salmonella enterica subsp. diarizonae serovar 61:k:1,5,(7) indicates host adaptation traits to sheep

    • Gut Pathogens

    • The Salmonella enterica subsp. diarizonae serovar 61:k:1,5,(7) (SASd) has been found to be host-adapted to sheep, with a high prevalence in sheep herds worldwide. Infections are usually sub-clinical, however the ...

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Identification and functional characterization of the transcription factor NF-κB subunit p65 in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)

    • Fish & Shellfish Immunology

    • Author(s): Shijuan Shan, Rongrong Liu, Hanxiao Feng, Yonghuan Zhang, Fumiao Zhang, Cui Lv, Guiwen Yang

      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Clone, identification and functional character of two toll-like receptor 5 molecules in Schizothorax prenanti

    • Fish & Shellfish Immunology

    • Author(s): Xiaogang Du, Dong Li, Yunkun Li, Jiayu Wu, Anqi Huang, Guixian Bu, Fengyan Meng, Fanli Kong, Xiaohan Cao, Xingfa Han, Xiaofu Pan, Wei fan, Shiyong Yang, Xianyin Zeng

      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Caspase-3C gene from red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarki: Characterization and expression in response to pathogenic infection

    • Fish & Shellfish Immunology

    • Author(s): Yu-Lei Chen, Keke Han, Xin Huang, Zhuoxing Zhang, Xihe Wan, Qian Ren

      • Vibrio
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Dietary Ginkgo biloba leaf extract alters immune-related gene expression and disease resistance to Aeromonas hydrophila in common carp Cyprinus carpio

    • Fish & Shellfish Immunology

    • Author(s): Lingsheng Bao, Yuanhua Chen, Honghui Li, Jianshe Zhang, Ping Wu, Ke Ye, Honglian Ai, Wuying Chu

      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. A new antimicrobial peptide isoform, Pc-crustin 4 involved in antibacterial innate immune response in fresh water crayfish, Procambarus clarkii

    • Fish & Shellfish Immunology

    • Author(s): Zhi-qiang Du, Bo Li, Xiu-li Shen, Kai Wang, Jie Du, Xiao-dong Yu, Jian-jun Yuan

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Ultra-lightweight porous materials fabrication and hazardous lead-stabilization through alkali-activation/sintering of different industrial solid wastes

    • Journal of Cleaner Production

    • Author(s): Hamdy A. Abdel-Gawwad, Mona S. Mohammed, Mohamed Heikal

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  25. Effect of organic matter release from natural cork used on bisphenol a removal from aqueous solution

    • Journal of Cleaner Production

    • Author(s): Carla Pirozzi, Ludovico Pontoni, Massimiliano Fabbricino, Anna Bogush, Luiza C. Campos

      • Chemical contaminants