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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. Genetic diversity of symbiotic bacteria nodulating common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in western Kenya

    • PLOS ONE

    • Fanuel Kawaka, Huxley Makonde, Mathews Dida, Peter Opala, Omwoyo Ombori, John Maingi, John Muoma

      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Chromate Resistance Mechanisms in Leucobacter chromiiresistens [Environmental Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Chromate is one of the major anthropogenic contaminants on Earth. Leucobacter chromiiresistens is a highly chromate-resistant strain, tolerating chromate concentrations in LB medium of up to 400 mM. In response to chromate stress, L. chromiiresistens forms biofilms, which are held together via extracellular DNA. Inhibition of biofilm formation leads to drastically decreased chromate tolerance. Moreover, chromate is reduced intracellularly to the less-toxic Cr(III).

  3. Divergent Nrf Family Proteins and MtrCAB Homologs Facilitate Extracellular Electron Transfer in Aeromonas hydrophila [Physiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Extracellular electron transfer (EET) is a strategy for respiration in which electrons generated from metabolism are moved outside the cell to a terminal electron acceptor, such as iron or manganese oxide. EET has primarily been studied in two model systems, Shewanella oneidensis and Geobacter sulfurreducens.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. A Cotransformation Method To Identify a Restriction-Modification Enzyme That Reduces Conjugation Efficiency in Campylobacter jejuni [Genetics and Molecular Biology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Conjugation is an important mechanism for horizontal gene transfer in Campylobacter jejuni, the leading cause of human bacterial gastroenteritis in developed countries. However, to date, the factors that significantly influence conjugation efficiency in Campylobacter spp. are still largely unknown. Given that multiple recombinant loci could independently occur within one recipient cell during natural transformation, the genetic materials from a high-frequency conjugation (HFC) C.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Campylobacter

  5. Transcriptional and Functional Analysis of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis Exposure to Tetracycline [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Commercial probiotic bacteria must be tested for acquired antibiotic resistance elements to avoid potential transfer to pathogens. The European Food Safety Authority recommends testing resistance using microdilution culture techniques previously used to establish inhibitory thresholds for the Bifidobacterium genus. Many Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis strains exhibit increased resistance to tetracycline, historically attributed to the ribosomal protection gene tet(W).

  6. CRISPR-Cas9 and CRISPR-Assisted Cytidine Deaminase Enable Precise and Efficient Genome Editing in Klebsiella pneumoniae [Methods]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Klebsiella pneumoniae is a promising industrial microorganism as well as a major human pathogen. The recent emergence of carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae has posed a serious threat to public health worldwide, emphasizing a dire need for novel therapeutic means against drug-resistant K. pneumoniae.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Catalase Expression in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 Is Regulated by a Network Consisting of OxyR and Two RpoH Paralogs and Including an RpoE1->RpoH5 Regulatory Cascade [Genetics and Molecular Biology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • The genome of Azospirillum brasilense encodes five RpoH sigma factors: two OxyR transcription regulators and three catalases. The aim of this study was to understand the role they play during oxidative stress and their regulatory interconnection. Out of the 5 paralogs of RpoH present in A. brasilense, inactivation of only rpoH1 renders A. brasilense heat sensitive. While transcript levels of rpoH1 were elevated by heat stress, those of rpoH3 and rpoH5 were upregulated by H2O2.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Methanogens and Iron-Reducing Bacteria: the Overlooked Members of Mercury-Methylating Microbial Communities in Boreal Lakes [Environmental Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Methylmercury is a potent human neurotoxin which biomagnifies in aquatic food webs. Although anaerobic microorganisms containing the hgcA gene potentially mediate the formation of methylmercury in natural environments, the diversity of these mercury-methylating microbial communities remains largely unexplored. Previous studies have implicated sulfate-reducing bacteria as the main mercury methylators in aquatic ecosystems.

      • Chemical contaminants

  9. Understanding the Relation between Establishment Food Safety Management and Risk Factor Violations Cited during Routine Inspections

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 81, Issue 12, Page 1936-1940, December 2018.

  10. Paradigm Shift in Drug Re-purposing From Phenalenone to Phenaleno-Furanone to Combat Multi-Drug Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

    • Shama Mujawar, Derek Gatherer, Chandrajit Lahiri

      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Microwave heat treatment application to pasteurization of human milk

    • Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies

    • Publication date: Available online 14 November 2018

      Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies

      Author(s): Malinowska-Pańczyk Edyta, Królik Klaudia, Skorupska Katarzyna, Puta Małgorzata, Martysiak-Żurowska Dorota, Kiełbratowska Bogumiła

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Effects of pH Variability on Peracetic Acid Reduction of Human Norovirus GI, GII RNA, and Infectivity Plus RNA Reduction of Selected Surrogates

    • Food and Environmental Virology

    • Abstract

      • Norovirus
      • Viruses

  13. Toxins, Vol. 10, Pages 475: Patulin in Apples and Apple-Based Food Products: The Burdens and the Mitigation Strategies

    • Toxins

    • Toxins, Vol. 10, Pages 475: Patulin in Apples and Apple-Based Food Products: The Burdens and the Mitigation Strategies

      Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins10110475

      Authors:
      Lei Zhong
      Jason Carere
      Zhaoxin Lu
      Fengxia Lu
      Ting Zhou

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  14. Toxins, Vol. 10, Pages 476: A Rapid, Sensitive, and Portable Biosensor Assay for the Detection of Botulinum Neurotoxin Serotype A in Complex Food Matrices

    • Toxins

    • Toxins, Vol. 10, Pages 476: A Rapid, Sensitive, and Portable Biosensor Assay for the Detection of Botulinum Neurotoxin Serotype A in Complex Food Matrices

      Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins10110476

      Authors:
      Christina C. Tam
      Andrew R. Flannery
      Luisa W. Cheng

      • Clostridium botulinum
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Botulinum toxin A-induced muscle paralysis stimulates Hdac4 and differential miRNA expression

    • PLOS ONE

    • Leah E. Worton, Edith M. Gardiner, Ronald Y. Kwon, Leah M. Downey, Brandon J. Ausk, Steven D. Bain, Ted S. Gross

      • Clostridium botulinum
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. OCCURRENCE AND SEASONALITY OF AFLATOXIN M1 IN MILK IN TWO DIFFERENT CLIMATE ZONE

    • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

    • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Volume 0, Issue ja, -Not available-.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  17. Immobilization of cadmium and lead by Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 mitigates apical-to-basolateral heavy metal translocation in a Caco-2 model of the intestinal epithelium

    • Gut Microbes

    • .

      • Chemical contaminants

  18. Purification and Characterization of Plantaricin ZJ316, a Novel Bacteriocin against Listeria monocytogenes from Lactobacillus plantarum ZJ316

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 81, Issue 12, Page 1929-1935, December 2018.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Control of Listeria monocytogenes in Caramel Apples by Use of Sticks Pretreated with Potassium Sorbate

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 81, Issue 12, Page 1921-1928, December 2018.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Flow Cytometric Assessment of the Morphological and Physiological Changes of Listeria monocytogenes and Escherichia coli in Response to Natural Antimicrobial Exposure

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Giacomo Braschi, Francesca Patrignani, Lorenzo Siroli, Rosalba Lanciotti, Oliver Schlueter, Antje Froehling

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Tetrodotoxin and its analogues profile in nemertean species from the sea of Japan

    • Toxicon

    • Publication date: Available online 12 November 2018

      Source:

      Author(s): A.E. Vlasenko, P.V. Velansky, A.V. Chernyshev, V.G. Kuznetsov, T. Yu. Magarlamov

      • Natural toxins

  22. Identification of fish species of sushi products in Hong Kong

    • Food Control

    • Available online 12 November 2018

      Author(s): Grace Wing-Chiu But, Hoi-Yan Wu, Pang-Chui Shaw

  23. Consumer concern about food safety in Hanoi,Vietnam

    • Food Control

    • Available online 12 November 2018

      Author(s): Thanh Mai Ha, Shamim Shakur, Kim Hang Pham Do

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  24. Use of RT-qPCR with combined intercalating dye and sodium lauroyl sarcosinate pretreatment to evaluate the virucidal activity of halophyte extracts against norovirus

    • Food Control

    • Available online 12 November 2018

      Author(s): Hae-Won Lee, So-Ra Yoon, Hee-Min Lee, Jae Young Lee, Sung Hyun Kim, Ji-Hyoung Ha

      • Norovirus
      • Viruses

  25. Development of a direct loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for rapid and simple on-site detection of chicken in processed meat products

    • Food Control

    • Available online 12 November 2018

      Author(s): SuYeon Sul, Mi-Ju Kim, Hae-Yeong Kim