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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. Contamination by Salmonella spp., Campylobacter spp. and Listeria spp. of most popular chicken- and pork-sausages sold in Reunion Island

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 27 March 2017


      Author(s): A. Trimoulinard, M. Beral, I. Henry, L. Atiana, V. Porphyre, C. Tessier, A. Leclercq, E. Cardinale

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Campylobacter
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Salmonella

  2. Adsorption of aflatoxin B1, zearalenone and ochratoxin A by microorganisms isolated from Kefir grains

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 28 March 2017


      Author(s): Fadia Ben Taheur, Kais Fedhila, Kamel Chaieb, Bochra Kouidhi, Amina Bakhrouf, Luís Abrunhosa

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins

  3. Risk Assessment or Assessment of Risk? Developing an Evidence-Based Approach for Primary Producers of Leafy Vegetables To Assess and Manage Microbial Risks

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 80, Issue 5, Page 725-733, May 2017.

  4. Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from Retail Pepper in Vietnam

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 80, Issue 5, Page 716-724, May 2017.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Antibacterial Action of Jineol Isolated from Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans against Selected Foodborne Pathogens

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Vivek K. Bajpai, Shruti Shukla, Woon K. Paek, Jeongheui Lim, Pradeep Kumar, MinKyun Na

  6. Antimicrobial Resistance of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium in Shanghai, China

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Jinyan Wang, Yongrui Li, Xuebin Xu, Beibei Liang, Fuli Wu, Xiaoxia Yang, Qiuxia Ma, Chaojie Yang, Xiaofeng Hu, Hongbo Liu, Hao Li, Chunyu Sheng, Jing Xie, Xinying Du, Rongzhang Hao, Shaofu Qiu, Hongbin Song

      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. The Periplasmic Chaperone Network of Campylobacter jejuni: Evidence that SalC (Cj1289) and PpiD (Cj0694) Are Involved in Maintaining Outer Membrane Integrity

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Aidan J. Taylor, Shadi A. I. Zakai, David J. Kelly

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Campylobacter

  8. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 118: Ergot Alkaloids in Fattening Chickens (Broilers): Toxic Effects and Carry over Depending on Dietary Fat Proportion and Supplementation with Non-Starch-Polysaccharide (NSP) Hydrolyzing Enzymes

    • Toxins

    • Ergot alkaloids (EA) are mycotoxins produced by Claviceps purpurea. EA-toxicity is poorly characterized for fattening chickens. Therefore, a dose–response study was performed to identify the lowest, and no observed adverse effect levels (LOAEL and NOAEL, respectively) based on several endpoints. Non-starch-polysaccharide (NSP) cleaving enzyme addition and dietary fat content were additionally considered as factors potentially influencing EA-toxicity.

  9. Outbreak of Campylobacteriosis Following a Dairy Farm Visit: Confirmation by Genotyping

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Campylobacter

  10. Vibrio cholerae VciB mediates iron reduction

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent of the severe diarrheal disease cholera. V. cholerae thrives within the human host where it replicates to high numbers but also persists within the aquatic environments of ocean and brackish water. To survive within these nutritionally diverse environments, V. cholerae must encode the necessary tools to acquire the essential nutrient iron in all forms it may encounter. A prior study of systems involved in iron transport in V.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Effect of sub-inhibitory concentrations of biocides on the architecture and viability of MRSA biofilms

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: August 2017
      , Volume 65

      Author(s): Laura Buzón-Durán, Carlos Alonso-Calleja, Félix Riesco-Peláez, Rosa Capita

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Characterization of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium Isolated from Fresh Produces and Human Fecal Samples

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

  13. Spatial molecular epidemiology of carbapenem resistant and New Delhi Metallo Beta-lactamase (blaNDM) producing Escherichia coli strains from farmed piglets of India

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      Aim

      A cross-sectional study was conducted in ten government organized pig farms between 2014 and 2016 representing seven states of India to understand the epidemiology of carbapenem resistance in Escherichia coli isolates.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Risk Analysis and Occurrence of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) in Domestic Swine in Northeast Brazil

    • Food and Environmental Virology

    • Abstract

      Anti-HEV antibodies were detected in animals from abattoir and in farms from northeast Brazil. Our results suggest that HEV is highly disseminated in the swine population and might present a great risk to animal handlers and for consumption of raw or undercooked meat and meat products in northeast Brazil.

      • Viruses
      • Hepatitis

  15. Quantitative proteomics reveals new insights into calcium-mediated resistance mechanisms in Aspergillus flavus against the antifungal protein PgAFP in cheese

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: September 2017
      , Volume 66

      Author(s): Josué Delgado, Rebecca A. Owens, Sean Doyle, Félix Núñez, Miguel A. Asensio

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  16. Survival of Listeria monocytogenes strains in ultra-filtered white cheese: Effect of Lactobacillus plantarum and incubation period

    • Journal of Food Processing and Preservation

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Is Follow-Up Testing with the FilmArray Gastrointestinal Multiplex PCR Panel Necessary? [Bacteriology]

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • The FilmArray gastrointestinal (GI) panel (BioFire Diagnostics, Salt Lake City, UT) is a simple, sample-to-answer, on-demand, multiplex, nucleic acid amplification test for syndromic diagnosis of infectious gastroenteritis. The aim of this study was to measure the yield of follow-up testing with FilmArray GI panel within 4 weeks of an initial test. Consecutive adult and pediatric patients tested at an academic institution between August 2015 and June 2016 were included in this study.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Biocontrol of the internalization of Salmonella enterica and Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli in mung bean sprouts with an endophytic Bacillus subtilis

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 24 March 2017


      Author(s): Zhenyu Shen, Azlin Mustapha, Mengshi Lin, Guolu Zheng

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Salmonella
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Nuggets of Wisdom: Salmonella Enteritidis Outbreaks and the Case for New Rules on Uncooked Frozen Processed Chicken

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 80, Issue 4, Page 703-709, April 2017.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. How Do the Virulence Factors of Shigella Work Together to Cause Disease?

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

    • Emily Mattock, Ariel J. Blocker

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 111: Mycotoxin Biotransformation by Native and Commercial Enzymes: Present and Future Perspectives

    • Toxins

    • Worldwide mycotoxins contamination has a significant impact on animal and human health, and leads to economic losses accounted for billions of dollars annually. Since the application of pre- and post- harvest strategies, including chemical or physical removal, are not sufficiently effective, biological transformation is considered the most promising yet challenging approach to reduce mycotoxins accumulation.

  22. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 117: Survey on Urinary Levels of Aflatoxins in Professionally Exposed Workers

    • Toxins

    • Feed mill workers may handle or process maize contaminated with aflatoxins (AFs). This condition may lead to an unacceptable intake of toxins deriving from occupational exposure. This study assessed the serological and urinary levels of AFs in workers exposed to potentially contaminated dusts in two mills. From March to April 2014, blood and urine samples were collected, on Monday and Friday morning of the same working week from 29 exposed workers and 30 non-exposed controls.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  23. Macrophage origin limits functional plasticity in helminth-bacterial co-infection

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • Dominik Rückerl, Sharon M. Campbell, Sheelagh Duncan, Tara E. Sutherland, Stephen J. Jenkins, James P. Hewitson, Tom A. Barr, Lucy H. Jackson-Jones, Rick M. Maizels, Judith E. Allen

      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Distinct Roles of the Antiapoptotic Effectors NleB and NleF from Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli [Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • During infection, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) translocates effector proteins directly into the cytosol of infected enterocytes using a type III secretion system (T3SS). Once inside the host cell, these effector proteins subvert various immune signaling pathways, including death receptor-induced apoptosis. One such effector protein is the non-locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE)-encoded effector NleB1, which inhibits extrinsic apoptotic signaling via the FAS death receptor.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Lipopolysaccharide O-Antigen Modification Impact on Serum Resistance and Antibody Recognition [Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi is a human-restricted Gram-negative bacterial pathogen responsible for causing an estimated 27 million cases of typhoid fever annually, leading to 217,000 deaths, and current vaccines do not offer full protection. The O-antigen side chain of the lipopolysaccharide is an immunodominant antigen, can define host-pathogen interactions, and is under consideration as a vaccine target for some Gram-negative species.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens