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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. Orthologues of Bacillus subtilis Spore Crust Proteins Have a Structural Role in the Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 Spore Exosporium [Physiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • The exosporium of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 spores is morphologically distinct from exosporia observed for the spores of many other species. Previous work has demonstrated that unidentified genes carried on one of the large indigenous plasmids are required for the assembly of the Bacillus megaterium exosporium.

      • Bacillus cereus

  2. A Q Fever Outbreak with a High Rate of Abortions at a Dairy Goat Farm: Coxiella burnetii Shedding, Environmental Contamination, and Viability [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • This study describes a Q fever outbreak in a herd of 77 Alpine goats which suffered a high rate of abortions (81% [58/72]) in January 2017 and presents the results of monitoring the contamination and viability of Coxiella burnetii in the farm environment several months after the outbreak. Over the course of 7 months, we studied bacterial shedding by 35 dams with abortions to monitor C. burnetii infection dynamics and the duration of excretion.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Elevated Inactivation Efficacy of a Pulsed UVC Light-Emitting Diode System for Foodborne Pathogens on Selective Media and Food Surfaces [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • UVC light, a strong surface disinfection technology, is used worldwide to ensure not only environmental safety but also food safety. Several drawbacks associated with the use of mercury-containing UV lamps, especially human and environmental health risks, led to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, which prohibits the manufacture and import/export of products containing mercury.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Mesophilic Sporeformers Identified in Whey Powder by Using Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing [Methods]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Spoilage and pathogenic spore-forming bacteria are a major cause of concern for producers of dairy products. Traditional agar-based detection methods employed by the dairy industry have limitations with respect to their sensitivity and specificity. The aim of this study was to identify low-abundance sporeformers in samples of a powdered dairy product, whey powder, produced monthly over 1 year, using novel culture-independent shotgun metagenomics-based approaches.

      • Bacillus cereus

  5. Prevalence and Concentration of Salmonella on Raw, Shelled Peanuts in the United States

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 81, Issue 11, Page 1755-1760, November 2018.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Presence of Multidrug-Resistant Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli, Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, and Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli on Fresh Cheeses from Local Retail Markets in Mexico

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 81, Issue 11, Page 1748-1754, November 2018.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Effect of Chlorine Dioxide (ClO2) on Patulin Produced by Penicillum expansum and Involved Mechanism

    • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

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

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  8. Multifunctional alkyl ferulate esters as potential food additives: Antibacterial activity and mode of action against Listeria monocytogenes and its application on American sturgeon caviar preservation

    • Food Control

    • Available online 29 September 2018

      Author(s): Yu-gang Shi, Li-qing Bian, Yun-jie Zhu, Run-run Zhang, Shi-yin Shao, Yu Wu, Yue-wen Chen, Ya-li Dang, Yue Ding, Hao Sun

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. A nano-carrier platform for the targeted delivery of nature-inspired antimicrobials using Engineered Water Nanostructures for food safety applications

    • Food Control

    • Available online 29 September 2018

      Author(s): Nachiket Vaze, Georgios Pyrgiotakis, Lucas Mena, Robert Baumann, Alexander Demokritou, Maria Ericsson, Yipei Zhang, Dhimiter Bello, Mary Eleftheriadou, Philip Demokritou

  10. Multiresidue Analysis of 113 Pesticides in Different Maturity Levels of Mangoes Using an Optimized QuEChERS Method with GC-MS/MS and UHPLC-MS/MS

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  11. Spectral Detection Techniques for Non-Destructively Monitoring the Quality, Safety, and Classification of Fresh Red Meat

    • Food Analytical Methods

  12. Graphitic Carbon Nitride as a New Sensitive Material for Electrochemical Determination of Trace Amounts of Tartrazine in Food Samples

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Chemical contaminants

  13. Investigation of Chlorpyrifos and Its Transformation Products in Fruits and Spices by Combining Electrochemistry and Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Tandem Mass Spectrometry

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  14. Pre-concentration and Extraction of Aflatoxins from Rice Using Air-Assisted Dispersive Liquid–Liquid Microextraction

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  15. In vitro antibacterial activity of nut by-products against foodborne pathogens and their application in fresh-cut fruit model

    • Journal of Food Science and Technology

    • Abstract

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. A novel β-propeller phytase from the dioxin-degrading bacterium Sphingomonas wittichii RW-1

    • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

    • Abstract

      • Dioxins
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants

  17. A likely placental barrier against methylmercury in pregnant rats exposed to fish-containing diets

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 29 September 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Sébastien Cambier, Masatake Fujimura, Jean-Paul Bourdineaud

      • Chemical contaminants

  18. Growth and Survival of Bacillus cereus from Spores in Cooked Rice – One-Step Dynamic Analysis and Predictive Modeling

    • Food Control

    • Available online 28 September 2018

      Author(s): Cheng-An Hwang, Lihan Huang

      • Bacillus cereus

  19. Application of X-ray for inactivation of foodborne pathogens in ready-to-eat sliced ham and mechanism of the bactericidal action

    • Food Control

    • Available online 28 September 2018

      Author(s): Ga-Lam Cho, Jae-Won Ha

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Staphylococcus aureus carriage among food handlers in a pasta company: Pattern of virulence and resistance to linezolid

    • Food Control

    • Available online 28 September 2018

      Author(s): Daniela Bencardino, Luca Agostino Vitali

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Removal of cadmium from rice by Lactobacillus plantarum fermentation

    • Food Control

    • Available online 28 September 2018

      Author(s): Qixiao Zhai, Yue Guo, Xiaoshu Tang, Fengwei Tian, Jianxin Zhao, Hao Zhang, Wei Chen

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  22. Safety and Growth Optimization of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated From Feedlot Cattle for Probiotic Formula Design

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Cecilia Aristimuño Ficoseco, Flavia I. Mansilla, Natalia C. Maldonado, Hortencia Miranda, María E. Fátima Nader-Macias, Graciela M. Vignolo

  23. Comparative assessment of innovative and conventional food preservation technologies: Process energy performance and greenhouse gas emissions

    • Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies

    • Publication date: Available online 26 September 2018

      Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies

      Author(s): James C. Atuonwu, Craig Leadley, Andrew Bosman, Savvas A. Tassou, Estefania Lopez-Quiroga, Peter J. Fryer

  24. Provision of microbiologically safe food for vulnerable people.

    • Food Control

    • Available online 27 September 2018

      Author(s): Barbara M. Lund

  25. Large-scan-area sub-terahertz imaging system for nondestructive food quality inspection

    • Food Control

    • Available online 28 September 2018

      Author(s): Gyeongsik Ok, Hee Jun Shin, Min-Cheol Lim, Sung-Wook Choi