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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. Inhibition of Salmonella Typhimurium growth in coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) water by hurdle technology

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2018
      , Volume 92

      Author(s): S. Beristaín-Bauza, A. Martínez-Niño, A.P. Ramírez-González, R. Ávila-Sosa, H. Ruíz-Espinosa, I.I. Ruiz-López, C.E. Ochoa-Velasco

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Co-occurrence of nivalenol, deoxynivalenol and deoxynivalenol-3-glucoside in beer samples

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2018
      , Volume 92

      Author(s): Marcin Bryła, Edyta Ksieniewicz-Woźniak, Agnieszka Waśkiewicz, Krystyna Szymczyk, Renata Jędrzejczak

  3. Effect of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast products in reducing direct colonization and horizontal transmission of Salmonella Heidelberg in broilers

    • Journal of Applied Poultry Research

    • SUMMARYThis study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of different levels of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast cell wall or a yeast culture in reducing the direct colonization and horizontal transmission of Salmonella Heidelberg in broiler chickens. At d of hatch, 2,000 male broiler chicks were randomly assigned into 5 treatment groups with 8 replicate pens per treatment.

  4. Structural studies and molecular dynamics simulations suggest a processive mechanism of exolytic lytic transglycosylase from Campylobacter jejuni

    • PLOS ONE

    • Jagamya Vijayaraghavan, Vijay Kumar, Nikhil P. Krishnan, Ross T. Kaufhold, Ximin Zeng, Jun Lin, Focco van den Akker

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Genetic variation in humoral response to an Escherichia coli O157:H7 vaccine in beef cattle

    • PLOS ONE

    • Kara B. Marley, Larry A. Kuehn, John W. Keele, Benjamin W. Wileman, Michael G. Gonda

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. A 3’ UTR-derived non-coding RNA RibS increases expression of cfa and promotes biofilm formation of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi

    • Research in Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 8 May 2018
      Source:

      Author(s): Xin Zhao, Rui Liu, Hao Tang, George Osei-Adjei, Shungao Xu, Ying Zhang, Xinxiang Huang

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. The transcriptional regulator VarN contributes to Salmonella Typhimurium growth in macrophages and virulence in mice

    • Research in Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 8 May 2018
      Source:

      Author(s): Xiaohan Jiang, Xiaomin Li, Shuangyong Sun, Lingyan Jiang

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Updates to Clostridium difficile Spore Germination

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • Germination of Clostridium difficile spores is a crucial early requirement for colonization of the gastrointestinal tract. Likewise, C. difficile cannot cause disease pathologies unless their spores germinate into metabolically active, toxin-producing cells. Recent advances in our understanding of C. difficile spore germination mechanisms indicate that this process is both complex and unique. This review defines unique aspects of the germination pathways of C.

      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Association of Mycobacterium proteins to lipid droplets

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a global pathogen of significant medical importance. A key aspect of its lifecycle is the ability to enter into an altered physiological state of non-replicating persistence during latency and resist elimination by the host immune system. One mechanism by which M. tuberculosis facilitates its survival during latency is by producing and metabolizing intracytoplasmic lipid droplets (LDs).

      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Molecular and Phenotypic Analysis of Hemolytic Aeromonas Strains Isolated from Food in Egypt Revealed Clinically Important Multidrug Resistance and Virulence Profiles

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 81, Issue 6, Page 1015-1021, June 2018.

  11. A Quantitative Risk Assessment of Human Salmonellosis from Consumption of Pistachios in the United States

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 81, Issue 6, Page 1001-1014, June 2018.

  12. Inactivation of Escherichia coli by Ultrasound Combined with Nisin

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 81, Issue 6, Page 993-1000, June 2018.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Thermal Inactivation of Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli in Ground Beef with Varying Fat Content

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 81, Issue 6, Page 986-992, June 2018.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Epithelial Keratins Modulate cMet Expression and Signaling and Promote InlB-Mediated Listeria monocytogenes Infection of HeLa Cells

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

    • Rui Cruz, Isabel Pereira-Castro, Maria T. Almeida, Alexandra Moreira, Didier Cabanes, Sandra Sousa

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. The Novel Anaerobiosis-Responsive Overlapping Gene ano Is Overlapping Antisense to the Annotated Gene ECs2385 of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Sakai

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Sarah M. Hücker, Sonja Vanderhaeghen, Isabel Abellan-Schneyder, Siegfried Scherer, Klaus Neuhaus

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Persistence of Hepatitis A Virus in Fresh Produce and Production Environments, and the Effect of Disinfection Procedures: A Review

    • Food and Environmental Virology

    • Abstract

      • Hepatitis
      • Viruses

  17. Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance profile and comparison of selective plating media for the isolation of Salmonella spp. in free-ranging waterfowl from Entre Rios, Argentina

    • Poultry Science

    • ABSTRACTThe present study was conducted to estimate the apparent prevalence of Salmonella spp. in free-ranging waterfowl that inhabitant Entre Ríos, Argentina, determine the antimicrobial resistance of the isolated, and compare the performance of two selective plating media used for Salmonella isolation. Five hundred ninety nine free-living waterfowl were sampled one time by cloacal swab from April 2014 to July 2016.

      • Salmonella
      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Economic evaluation of low pathogenic avian influenza in northeastern US live bird markets

    • Journal of Applied Poultry Research

    • SUMMARYAvian influenza in domestic poultry can have varied impacts on the health and welfare of birds and an economic burden on producers, consumers, and animal health agencies including the cost to control and eradicate avian influenza. Low pathogenic avian influenza has historically been a recurring issue in U.S. live bird markets, but rarely studied.

  19. Evaluation of Correlations Between Nutrients, Fatty Acids, Heavy Metals, and Deoxynivalenol in Corn (Zea mays L.)

    • Journal of Applied Poultry Research

    • SUMMARYThis study was conducted to develop linear regression equations to estimate nutrients, fatty acids, heavy metals, color characteristics (L,* a,* b*), and deoxynivalenol (DON) level of corn grains (n = 54) collected from different feed mills in Turkey. Procc corr and reg procedures were used to analyze the data. Among the nutrients, asit detergent lignin, Ca, and P had the highest variability.

  20. Monitoring and risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in processed foods and their raw materials

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2018
      , Volume 92

      Author(s): Jaewook Lee, Jun-Hyun Jeong, Shinwoong Park, Kwang-Geun Lee

      • Chemical contaminants

  21. Influence of salt of different origin on the microbiological characteristics, histamine generation and volatile profile of salted anchovies (Engraulis encrasicolus L.)

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2018
      , Volume 92

      Author(s): Antonio Alfonzo, Raimondo Gaglio, Nicola Francesca, Marcella Barbera, Filippo Saiano, Andrea Santulli, Michele Matraxia, Francesco Rallo, Giancarlo Moschetti

      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Investigation into the antibacterial activity of silver, zinc oxide and copper oxide nanoparticles against poultry-relevant isolates of Salmonella and Campylobacter

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2018
      , Volume 92

      Author(s): Lesley L. Duffy, Megan J. Osmond-McLeod, Jonathan Judy, Thea King

      • Campylobacter
      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Toxins, Vol. 10, Pages 198: Label-Free G-Quadruplex Aptamer Fluorescence Assay for Ochratoxin A Using a Thioflavin T Probe

    • Toxins

    • Toxins, Vol. 10, Pages 198: Label-Free G-Quadruplex Aptamer Fluorescence Assay for Ochratoxin A Using a Thioflavin T Probe

      Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins10050198

      Authors:
      Kefeng Wu
      Changbei Ma
      Han Zhao
      Hailun He
      Hanchun Chen

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  24. The effect of the timing of exposure to Campylobacter jejuni on the gut microbiome and inflammatory responses of broiler chickens

    • Microbiome

    • Background
      Campylobacters are an unwelcome member of the poultry gut microbiota in terms of food safety. The objective of this study was to compare the microbiota, inflammatory responses, and zootechnical parameters of broiler chickens not exposed to Campylobacter jejuni with those exposed either early at 6 days old or at the age commercial broiler chicken flocks are frequently observed to become colonized at 20 days old.

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Rapid identification of artificial and natural food colorants with surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2018
      , Volume 92

      Author(s): Joshua C. Gukowsky, Tonya Xie, Siyue Gao, Yanqi Qu, Lili He