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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. The effect of a low iron diet and early life methylmercury exposure in Daphnia pulex

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: March 2016
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 89

      Author(s): Sherri L. Hudson, Dzigbodi A. Doke, Julia M. Gohlke

      • Chemical contaminants

  2. The Risk Analysis of Metallic Foreign Bodies in Food Products

    • Journal of Food Quality

    • Abstract

  3. Prevalence, Molecular Characterization, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolated from Milk and Dairy Products

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Isolation of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli from Ground Beef Using Multiple Combinations of Enrichment Broths and Selective Agars

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Dietary Probiotics Affect Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Histological Structure and Shell Mineralization in Turtles

    • PLOS ONE

    • Mateusz Rawski, Bartosz Kierończyk, Jakub Długosz, Sylwester Świątkiewicz, Damian Józefiak

      • Campylobacter
      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Minicells, Back in Fashion

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) has emerged as a leading technique for three-dimensional visualization of large macromolecular complexes and their conformational changes in their native cellular environment. However, the resolution and potential applications of cryo-ET are fundamentally limited by specimen thickness, preventing high-resolution in situ visualization of macromolecular structures in many bacteria (such as Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica).

      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Listeria monocytogenes {sigma}H contributes to expression of competence genes and intracellular growth

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • The alternative sigma factor H has two functions in Gram-positive bacteria: it regulates sporulation or the development of genetic competence. Listeria monocytogenes is a non-sporulating species in which competence has not yet been detected. Nevertheless, the main competence regulators and a series of orthologous genes that form the competence machinery are present in its genome; some of the competence genes play a role in optimal phagosomal escape.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Vibrio cholerae FeoA, FeoB, and FeoC interact to form a complex

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • Feo is the major ferrous iron transport system in prokaryotes. Despite being discovered over 25 years ago and found to be widely distributed among bacteria, Feo is poorly understood, as its structure and mechanism of iron transport have not been determined. The feo operon in V. cholerae is made up of three genes, encoding the FeoA, FeoB, and FeoC proteins, which are all required for Feo system function. FeoA and FeoC are both small cytoplasmic proteins and their function remains unclear.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Effects of a novel marine probiotic, Lactobacillus plantarum AH 78, on growth performance and immune response of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      Aims

      evaluation of the efficacy of marine LAB, Lactobacillus plantarum AH 78, on growth performance and immune response of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) challenged with Aeromonas hydrophila.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Retention of deoxynivalenol and its derivatives during storage of wheat grain and flour

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: July 2016
      , Volume 65

      Author(s): Huijie Zhang, Juan Sun, Yan Zhang, Meibin Lu, Lijuan Sun, Weixi Li, Xuexu Hu, Bujun Wang

  11. Determination of halogenated flame retardants in food: Optimization and validation of a method based on a two-step clean-up and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: July 2016
      , Volume 65

      Author(s): Giulia Poma, Govindan Malarvannan, Stefan Voorspoels, Nils Symons, Svetlana V. Malysheva, Joris Van Loco, Adrian Covaci

  12. Carbapenem-Resistant Bacteria Recovered from Faeces of Dairy Cattle in the High Plains Region of the USA

    • PLOS ONE

    • Hattie E. Webb, Marie Bugarel, Henk C. den Bakker, Kendra K. Nightingale, Sophie A. Granier, H. Morgan Scott, Guy H. Loneragan

      Objective

      A study was conducted to recover carbapenem-resistant bacteria from the faeces of dairy cattle and identify the underlying genetic mechanisms associated with reduced phenotypic susceptibility to carbapenems.

      Methods

      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Protozoan Predation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Is Unaffected by the Carriage of Shiga Toxin-Encoding Bacteriophages

    • PLOS ONE

    • Carrie E. Schmidt, Smriti Shringi, Thomas E. Besser

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back; Xeno-MicroRNAs Reported in Breast Milk Are Artifacts

    • PLOS ONE

    • Caner Bağcı, Jens Allmer

      Background

      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Parasites

  15. A Novel High-Throughput Method for Molecular Detection of Human Pathogenic Viruses Using a Nanofluidic Real-Time PCR System

    • PLOS ONE

    • Coralie Coudray-Meunier, Audrey Fraisse, Sandra Martin-Latil, Sabine Delannoy, Patrick Fach, Sylvie Perelle

      • Norovirus
      • Viruses

  16. Detection and quantification of viable Bacillus cereus group species in milk by propidium monoazide quantitative real-time PCR

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: Available online 29 January 2016


      Author(s): Fernanda Cattani, Valdir C. Barth, Jéssica S.R. Nasário, Carlos A.S. Ferreira, Sílvia D. Oliveira

      • Bacillus cereus

  17. A comparison of fresh, pasta filata, and aged Hispanic cheeses using sensory, chemical, functional, and microbiological assessments

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: Available online 29 January 2016


      Author(s): L.A. Jimenez-Maroto, A. Lopez-Hernandez, D.L. Borneman, S.A. Rankin

      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Antagonistics against pathogenic Bacillus cereus in milk fermentation by Lactobacillus plantarum ZDY2013 and its anti-adhesion effect on Caco-2 cells against pathogens

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: Available online 29 January 2016


      Author(s): Zhihong Zhang, Xueying Tao, Nagendra P. Shah, Hua Wei

      • Bacillus cereus

  19. Functional expression of recombinant goat chymosin in Pichia pastoris bioreactor cultures: A commercially viable alternate

    • LWT

    • Publication date: June 2016
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 69

      Author(s): Ashish Tyagi, Ashwani Kumar, Ashok Kumar Yadav, Asha Chandola Saklani, Sunita Grover, Virender Kumar Batish

      • Chemical contaminants

  20. Pectic oligosaccharides hydrolyzed from orange peel by fungal multi-enzyme complexes and their prebiotic and antibacterial potentials

    • LWT

    • Publication date: June 2016
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 69

      Author(s): Pei-jun Li, Jin-lan Xia, Zhen-yuan Nie, Yang Shan

      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Phenotypic and Molecular Aspects of Staphylococcus spp. Isolated from Hospitalized Patients and Beef in the Brazilian Amazon

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Fresh Produce–Associated Listeriosis Outbreaks, Sources of Concern, Teachable Moments, and Insights

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Foodborne transmission of Listeria monocytogenes was first demonstrated through the investigation of the 1981 Maritime Provinces outbreak involving coleslaw. In the following two decades, most listeriosis outbreaks involved foods of animal origin, e.g., deli meats, hot dogs, and soft cheeses. L. monocytogenes serotype 4b, especially epidemic clones I, II, and Ia, were frequently implicated in these outbreaks.

  23. Combating Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Microorganisms

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • This review addresses an important public health hazard affecting food safety. Antimicrobial agents are used in foods to reduce or eliminate microorganisms that cause disease. Many traditional organic compounds, novel synthetic organic agents, natural products, peptides, and proteins have been extensively studied for their effectiveness as antimicrobial agents against foodborne Campylobacter spp., Escherichia coli, Listeria spp. and Salmonella.

  24. Quality Control of Trichinella Testing at the Slaughterhouse Laboratory: Evaluation of the Use of a 400-Micrometer-Mesh-Size Sieve in the Magnetic Stirrer Method

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • The performance of a 400-μm-mesh-size sieve (sieve400) has not previously been compared with that of a 180-μm-mesh-size sieve (sieve180). Using pork samples spiked with 0 to 10 Trichinella muscle larvae and an artificial digestion method, sieve performance was evaluated for control of Trichinella in meat-producing animals. The use of a sieve400 resulted in 12% lower larval counts, 147% more debris, and 28% longer counting times compared with the use of a sieve180.

  25. Antimicrobial Activity of Individual and Combined Essential Oils against Foodborne Pathogenic Bacteria

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • The antimicrobial activities of essential oils from Mexican oregano (Lippia berlandieri Schauer), mustard (Brassica nigra), and thyme (Thymus vulgaris) were evaluated alone and in binary combinations against Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, or Salmonella Enteritidis. Chemical compositions of the essential oils were analyzed by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. The MICs of the evaluated essential oils ranged from 0.05 to 0.50% (vol/vol).