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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. Application of Pediococcus acidilactici LUHS29 immobilized in apple pomace matrix for high value wheat-barley sourdough bread

    • LWT

    • Publication date: 15 September 2017
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 83

      Author(s): Elena Bartkiene, Donata Vizbickiene, Vadims Bartkevics, Iveta Pugajeva, Vita Krungleviciute, Daiva Zadeike, Paulina Zavistanaviciute, Grazina Juodeikiene

      • Chemical contaminants

  2. Competitive Exclusion Reduces Transmission and Excretion of Extended-Spectrum-{beta}-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Broilers [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) and plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamases (pAmpC) are enzymes able to hydrolyze a large variety of β-lactam antibiotics, including third-generation cephalosporins and monobactams. Broilers and broiler meat products can be highly contaminated with ESBL- and pAmpC-producing Escherichia coli strains, also known as extended-spectrum cephalosporin (ESC)-resistant E. coli strains, and can be a source for human infections.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Contamination of Fresh Produce by Microbial Indicators on Farms and in Packing Facilities: Elucidation of Environmental Routes [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • To improve food safety on farms, it is critical to quantify the impact of environmental microbial contamination sources on fresh produce. However, studies are hampered by difficulties achieving study designs with powered sample sizes to elucidate relationships between environmental and produce contamination. Our goal was to quantify, in the agricultural production environment, the relationship between microbial contamination on hands, soil, and water and contamination on fresh produce.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity Based on a Synergistic Combination of Sublethal Levels of Stresses Induced by UV-A Light and Organic Acids [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • The reduction of microbial load in food and water systems is critical for their safety and shelf life. Conventionally, physical processes such as heat or light are used for the rapid inactivation of microbes, while natural compounds such as lactic acid may be used as preservatives after the initial physical process.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Mechanisms for Pseudoalteromonas piscicida-Induced Killing of Vibrios and Other Bacterial Pathogens [Environmental Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Pseudoalteromonas piscicida is a Gram-negative gammaproteobacterium found in the marine environment. Three strains of pigmented P. piscicida were isolated from seawater and partially characterized by inhibition studies, electron microscopy, and analysis for proteolytic enzymes. Growth inhibition and death occurred around colonies of P.

      • Vibrio
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Efficacy of a Sonicating Swab for Removal and Capture of Listeria monocytogenes in Biofilms on Stainless Steel [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Listeria monocytogenes is of great concern in food processing facilities because it persists in biofilms, facilitating biotransfer. Stainless steel is commonly used for food contact surfaces and transport containers. L. monocytogenes biofilms on stainless steel served as a model system for surface sampling, to test the performance of a sonicating swab in comparison with a standard cotton swab. Swab performance and consistency were determined using total viable counts.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Impact of bioactive packaging systems based on EVOH films and essential oils in the control of aflatoxigenic fungi and aflatoxin production in maize

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 2 August 2017
      , Volume 254

      Author(s): Eva M. Mateo, José V. Gómez, Irene Domínguez, Jose V. Gimeno-Adelantado, Rufino Mateo-Castro, Rafael Gavara, Misericordia Jiménez

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  8. Organic whey as a source of Lactobacillus strains with selected technological and antimicrobial properties

    • International Journal of Food Science & Technology

    • Abstract

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Efficacy of Syringe Filtration for the Selective Isolation of Campylobacter from Chicken Carcass Rinse

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 80, Issue 6, Page 1050-1053, June 2017.

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Molecular Typing of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strains Isolated from Mollusks in the North Adriatic Sea

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Impact of Nutrient Restriction on the Structure of Listeria monocytogenes Biofilm Grown in a Microfluidic System

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Tamazight Cherifi, Mario Jacques, Sylvain Quessy, Philippe Fravalo

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  12. Recurring Necrotic Enteritis Outbreaks in Commercial Broiler Chicken Flocks Strongly Influence Toxin Gene Carriage and Species Richness in the Resident Clostridium perfringens Population

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Marie-Lou Gaucher, Gabriel G. Perron, Julie Arsenault, Ann Letellier, Martine Boulianne, Sylvain Quessy

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Clostridium perfringens

  13. Synergistic effect of spice extracts and modified atmospheric packaging towards non-thermal preservation of chicken meat under refrigerated storage

    • Poultry Science

    • AbstractThis study investigates the integrated approach of spice extracts and modified atmospheric packaging (MAP) chicken meat preservation. Specifically, extracts from clove (CL), cinnamon (CI) individually and in combination (3% w/w) along with MAP (30% CO2/70% N2 and 10% O2/30% CO2/60% N2) were used to increase the shelf life of fresh chicken meat stored at 4°C.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 166: Tetrodotoxin-Producing Bacteria: Detection, Distribution and Migration of the Toxin in Aquatic Systems

    • Toxins

    • This review is devoted to the marine bacterial producers of tetrodotoxin (TTX), a potent non-protein neuroparalytic toxin. In addition to the issues of the ecology and distribution of TTX-producing bacteria, this review examines issues relating to toxin migration from bacteria to TTX-bearing animals.

      • Natural toxins

  15. The efficacy of bacterial and yeasts strains and their combination to bind aflatoxin B1 and B2 in artificially contaminated infants food

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • Abstract

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  16. A novel approach for the determination of freshness and identity of trouts by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2017
      , Volume 80

      Author(s): Sebastian Ulrich, Philipp–Michael Beindorf, Barbara Biermaier, Karin Schwaiger, Manfred Gareis, Christoph Gottschalk

  17. Development and performance of whey protein active coatings with Origanum virens essential oils in the quality and shelf life improvement of processed meat products

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2017
      , Volume 80

      Author(s): Marcelo D. Catarino, Jorge M. Alves-Silva, Rui P. Fernandes, Maria José Gonçalves, Lígia R. Salgueiro, Marta F. Henriques, Susana M. Cardoso

  18. Efficacy of cleaning methods for the removal of Bacillus cereus biofilm from polyurethane conveyor belts in bakeries

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2017
      , Volume 80

      Author(s): Rok Fink, Martina Oder, Eva Stražar, Sebastjan Filip

      • Bacillus cereus

  19. Nonthermal pasteurization of tender coconut water using a continuous flow coiled UV reactor

    • LWT

    • Publication date: 15 September 2017
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 83

      Author(s): Dibash Gautam, Arosha L. Umagiliyage, Rajiv Dhital, Prabesh Joshi, Dennis G. Watson, Derek J. Fisher, Ruplal Choudhary

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  20. Imaging and Detection of Carboxylesterase in LivingCells and Zebrafish Pretreated with Pesticides by a New Near-InfraredFluorescence Off–On Probe

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

    • A new near-infrared fluorescence off–on probe was developed and applied to fluorescence imaging of carboxylesterase in living HepG-2 cells and zebrafish pretreated with pesticides (carbamate, organophosphorus, and pyrethroid). The probe was readily prepared by connecting (4-acetoxybenzyl)oxy as a quenching and recognizing moiety to a stable hemicyanine skeleton that can be formed via the decomposition of IR-780.

  21. Imaging and Detection of Carboxylesterase in Living Cells and Zebrafish Pretreated with Pesticides by a New Near-Infrared Fluorescence Off–On Probe

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

    • TOC Graphic

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  22. NmeA, a novel efflux transporter specific for nucleobases and nucleosides, contributes to metal resistance in Aspergillus nidulans

    • Molecular Microbiology

    • Summary

      • Chemical contaminants

  23. Factors influencing the Salmonella internalization into seedpods and whole plants of Arachis hypogaea (L.)

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: September 2017
      , Volume 66

      Author(s): Jonathan D. Rossbach, Ryan C. Fink, Michael J. Sadowsky, Cindy Tong, Francisco Diez-Gonzalez

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Campylobacter multi-locus sequence types and antimicrobial susceptibility of broiler cecal isolates: A two year study of 143 commercial flocks

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • Abstract

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Characterisation of microemulsion nanofilms based on Tilapia fish skin gelatine and ZnO nanoparticles incorporated with ginger essential oil: meat packaging application

    • International Journal of Food Science & Technology

    • Summary

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes