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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. Investigation of handling practices for fresh produce and the efficacy of commercially available produce washes on removal of pathogens and natural microflora on whole cantaloupe surfaces

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2016
      , Volume 68

      Author(s): Keyla Lopez, Kyle Phalen, Christopher I. Vahl, Kevin R. Roberts, Kelly J.K. Getty

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Vibrio cholerae non-O1 bacteraemia: description of three cases in the Netherlands and a literature review

    • Eurosurveillance

    • Vibrio cholerae non-O1 serogroup (VCNO) bacteraemia is a severe condition with a high case-fatality rate. We report three cases diagnosed in the Netherlands, identified during a national microbiological congress, and provide a literature review on VCNO bacteraemia. A search strategy including synonyms for 'VCNO' and 'bacteraemia' was applied to PubMed, Medline, Web of Science and Embase databases.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Outbreak of unusual Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium monophasic variant 1,4 [5],12:i:-, Italy, June 2013 to September 2014

    • Eurosurveillance

    • Monophasic variant of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhimurium (monophasic S. Typhimurium), with antigenic structure 1,4,[5],12:i:-, appears to be of increasing importance in Europe. In Italy, monophasic S. Typhimurium represented the third most frequent Salmonella serovar isolated from human cases between 2004 and 2008. From June 2013 to October 2014, a total of 206 human cases of salmonellosis were identified in Abruzzo region (Central Italy).

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Transfer RNA Bound to MnmH Protein Is Enriched with Geranylated tRNA – A Possible Intermediate in Its Selenation?

    • PLOS ONE

    • Gunilla Jäger, Peng Chen, Glenn R. Björk

      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. C-Terminal Amino Acids 471-507 of Avian Hepatitis E Virus Capsid Protein Are Crucial for Binding to Avian and Human Cells

    • PLOS ONE

    • Xinquan Zhang, Ivana Bilic, Ana Marek, Martin Glösmann, Michael Hess

      • Hepatitis
      • Viruses

  6. IL-12p40/IL-10 Producing preCD8α/Clec9A+ Dendritic Cells Are Induced in Neonates upon Listeria monocytogenes Infection

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • David Torres, Arnaud Köhler, Sandrine Delbauve, Irina Caminschi, Mireille H. Lahoud, Ken Shortman, Véronique Flamand

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Antibacterial Constituents of Hainan Morinda citrifolia (Noni) Leaves

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Abstract

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Nonclinical Safety Assessment of Morus alba L. Fruits: Study of 90-D Toxicity in Sprague Dawley Rats and Genotoxicity in Salmonella

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Abstract

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Effects of High Hydrostatic Pressure on the Physical, Microbial, and Chemical Attributes of Oysters (Crassostrea virginica)

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Abstract

  10. Hurdle Effect of Antimicrobial Activity Achieved by Time Differential Releasing of Nisin and Chitosan Hydrolysates from Bacterial Cellulose

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Abstract

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Invasive Fungal Infections Acquired from Contaminated Food or Nutritional Supplements: A Review of the Literature

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

  12. The Distribution of 18 Enterotoxin and Enterotoxin-Like Genes in Staphylococcus aureus Strains from Different Sources in East China

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Apr 2016, Vol. 13, No. 4: 171-176.

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Toxins, Vol. 8, Pages 107: Review Over a 3-Year Period of European Union Proficiency Tests for Detection of Staphylococcal Enterotoxins in Food Matrices

    • Toxins

    • Staphylococcal food poisoning outbreaks are a major cause of foodborne illnesses in Europe and their notifications have been mandatory since 2005. Even though the European regulation on microbiological criteria for food defines a criterion on staphylococcal enterotoxin (SE) only in cheese and dairy products, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) data reported that various types of food matrices are involved in staphylococcal food poisoning outbreaks.

  14. The Translocation Domain of Botulinum Neurotoxin A Moderates the Propensity of the Catalytic Domain to Interact with Membranes at Acidic pH

    • PLOS ONE

    • Anne Araye, Amélie Goudet, Julien Barbier, Sylvain Pichard, Bruno Baron, Patrick England, Javier Pérez, Sophie Zinn-Justin, Alexandre Chenal, Daniel Gillet

      • Clostridium botulinum
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Genome Wide Host Gene Expression Analysis in Chicken Lungs Infected with Avian Influenza Viruses

    • PLOS ONE

    • Pradip B. Ranaware, Anamika Mishra, Periyasamy Vijayakumar, Pradeep N. Gandhale, Himanshu Kumar, Diwakar D. Kulkarni, Ashwin Ashok Raut

      • Viruses

  16. ToxR Antagonizes H-NS Regulation of Horizontally Acquired Genes to Drive Host Colonization

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • Misha I. Kazi, Aaron R. Conrado, Alexandra R. Mey, Shelley M. Payne, Bryan W. Davies

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Isolation and characterization of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens ZDS-1: Exploring the degradation of Zearalenone by Bacillus spp.

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2016
      , Volume 68

      Author(s): Jianhong Xu, Hongjie Wang, Ziwei Zhu, Fang Ji, Xianchao Yin, Qing Hong, Jianrong Shi

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  18. Prevalence, genetic diversity, and antibiotic resistance of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in retail ready-to-eat foods in China

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2016
      , Volume 68

      Author(s): Shuhong Zhang, Qingping Wu, Jumei Zhang, Zebing Lai, Xuemei Zhu

      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy coupled with gold nanoparticles for rapid detection of phosmet and thiabendazole residues in apples

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2016
      , Volume 68

      Author(s): Hairui Luo, Yiqun Huang, Keqiang Lai, Barbara A. Rasco, Yuxia Fan

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  20. Multiple Plasmids Contribute to Antibiotic Resistance and Macrophage Survival In Vitro in CMY2-Bearing Salmonella enterica

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Temporal trend of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin/polychlorinated dibenzofuran and dioxin like-polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations in food from Taiwan markets during 2004–2012

    • Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

    • The levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) and polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDF) or polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) in foodstuffs have decreased over the past decade in many countries. However, the trend for the levels of these compounds in foodstuffs in Taiwan remains unknown. In this study, we compared the distribution of PCDD/F and PCB in nine foodstuff categories acquired from Taiwan markets from 2004 to 2012.

      • Dioxins
      • Chemical contaminants

  22. Impacts of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium and Its speG Gene on the Transcriptomes of In Vitro M Cells and Caco-2 Cells

    • PLOS ONE

    • Ke-Chuan Wang, Chih-Hung Huang, Ching-Jou Huang, Shiuh-Bin Fang

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Analysis of the spore membrane proteome in Clostridium perfringens implicates cyanophycin in spore assembly

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • Heat resistant endospore formation plays an important role in Clostridium perfringens-associated foodborne illnesses. The spores allow the bacterium to survive heating during normal cooking processes followed by germination and outgrowth of the bacterium in contaminated foods. To identify proteins associated with germination and other spore functions, comparative spore membrane proteome analysis of C.

      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Functional Characterization of 2-Hydroxy-1-naphthoic Acid Non-oxidative Decarboxylase from Burkholderia sp. Strain BC1: A Novel Member of Amidohydrolase-2 Protein Family

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • The gene encoding a non-oxidative decarboxylase capable of catalyzing the transformation of 2-hydroxy-1-naphthoic acid (2H1NA) to 2-naphthol was identified, recombinantly expressed and purified to homogeneity. The putative gene sequence of the decarboxylase (hndA) encodes a 316 amino acid protein (HndA) with a predicted molecular mass of 34 kDa. HndA exhibited high identity with uncharacterized amidohydrolase-2 proteins of various Burkholderia sp.

      • Chemical contaminants

  25. Combined Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli Rapid Testing and Molecular Epidemiology in Conventional Broiler Flocks

    • Zoonoses and Public Health

    • Summary

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens