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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. Quantitative assessment of human and pet exposure to Salmonella associated with dry pet foods

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 4 January 2016
      , Volume 216
      Author(s): Elisabetta Lambertini, Robert L. Buchanan, Clare Narrod, Randall M. Ford, Robert C. Baker, Abani K. Pradhan

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  2. Response of Vibrio cholerae towards the catecholamine hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • In Escherichia coli or Salmonella enterica, the stress associated mammalian hormones epinephrine (E) and norepinephrine (NE) trigger a signaling cascade by interacting with the QseC sensor protein. Here we show that V. cholerae, the causative agent of cholera, exhibits a specific response towards E and NE. These catecholates (0.1 mM) enhanced growth and swimming motility on soft agar of V. cholerae strain O395 in medium containing calf serum which simulated the environment within the host.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Vibrio

  3. FlhG Employs Diverse Intrinsic Domains and Influences FlhF GTPase Activity to Numerically Regulate Polar Flagellar Biogenesis in Campylobacter jejuni

    • Molecular Microbiology

    • Flagellation in polar flagellates is one of the rare biosynthetic processes known to be numerically regulated in bacteria. Polar flagellates must spatially and numerically regulate flagellar biogenesis to create flagellation patterns for each species that are ideal for motility. FlhG ATPases numerically regulate polar flagellar biogenesis, yet FlhG orthologs are diverse in motif composition.

      • Campylobacter
      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Pathogen Loading From Canada Geese Faeces in Freshwater: Potential Risks to Human Health Through Recreational Water Exposure

    • Zoonoses and Public Health

    • Canada geese (Branta canadensis) faeces have been shown to contain pathogenic protozoa and bacteria in numerous studies over the past 15 years. Further, increases in both the Canada geese populations and their ideal habitat requirements in the United States (US) translate to a greater presence of these human pathogens in public areas, such as recreational freshwater beaches.

      • Campylobacter
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites

  5. Cutting procedures might be responsible for Listeria monocytogenes contamination of foods: The case of Gorgonzola cheese

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: March 2016
      , Volume 61
      Author(s): Valentina Bernini, Elena Dalzini, Camilla Lazzi, Benedetta Bottari, Monica Gatti, Erasmo Neviani

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Determining motivation to engage in safe food handling behaviour

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: March 2016
      , Volume 61
      Author(s): Barbara Mullan, Vanessa Allom, Kirby Sainsbury, Lauren A. Monds

  7. Consumer preferences for food labeling: What ranks first?

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: March 2016
      , Volume 61
      Author(s): Azucena Gracia, Tiziana de-Magistris

  8. Salmonella and Campylobacter: Antimicrobial resistance and bacteriophage control in poultry

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: February 2016
      , Volume 53, Part B
      Author(s): Ar’Quette Grant, Fawzy Hashem, Salina Parveen

      • Campylobacter
      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Interspecies Gene Name Extrapolation—A New Approach

    • PLOS ONE

    • Roxana Cojocneanu Petric, Cornelia Braicu, Cristian Bassi, Laura Pop, Ionelia Taranu, Nicolae Dragos, Dan Dumitrascu, Massimo Negrini, Ioana Berindan-Neagoe

      • Mycotoxins
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Natural toxins

  10. Pulsed electric field technology in the manufacturing processes of wine, beer, and rice wine: A review

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: March 2016
      , Volume 61
      Author(s): Nannan Yang, Kang Huang, Chenang Lyu, Jianping Wang

  11. Prevalence and characterization of Yersinia enterocolitica isolated from retail foods in China

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: March 2016
      , Volume 61
      Author(s): Qinghua Ye, Qingping Wu, Huijuan Hu, Jumei Zhang, Huixian Huang

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. The efficacy of EO waters on inactivating norovirus and hepatitis A virus in the presence of organic matter

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: March 2016
      , Volume 61
      Author(s): Jianlong Fang, Jennifer L. Cannon, Yen-Con Hung

      • Viruses
      • Norovirus
      • Hepatitis

  13. Effect of high pressure processing in combination with Weissella viridescens as a protective culture against Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat salads of different pH

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: March 2016
      , Volume 61
      Author(s): Alexandros Ch. Stratakos, Mark Linton, Girum Tadesse Tessema, Taran Skjerdal, Margaret F. Patterson, Anastasios Koidis

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Bacterial Diversity Analysis during the Fermentation Processing of Traditional Chinese Yellow Rice Wine Revealed by 16S rDNA 454 Pyrosequencing

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Rice wine is a traditional Chinese fermented alcohol drinkSpontaneous fermentation with the use of the Chinese starter and wheat Qu lead to the growth of various microorganisms during the complete brewing process. It's of great importance to fully understand the composition of bacteria diversity in rice wine in order to improve the quality and solve safety problems.

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Combination Inhibition Activity of Nisin and Ethanol on the Growth Inhibition of Pathogenic Gram Negative Bacteria and Their Application as Disinfectant Solution

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Nisin and ethanol have been used as antimicrobial agents in food industryHowever, nisin alone could not inhibit the growth of gram-negative bacteria, except in combination with a chelating agent, EDTA, or organic acid.

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Deep Sequencing for Evaluation of Genetic Stability of Influenza A/California/07/2009 (H1N1) Vaccine Viruses

    • PLOS ONE

    • Laassri Majid, Tatiana Zagorodnyaya, Ewan P. Plant, Svetlana Petrovskaya, Bella Bidzhieva, Zhiping Ye, Vahan Simonyan, Konstantin Chumakov

      • Viruses

  17. Pathogenicity and tissue tropism of currently circulating highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (H5N1; clade 2.3.2) in tufted ducks ( Aythya fuligula)

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 25 September 2015

      Author(s): Caroline Bröjer, Geert van Amerongen, Marco van de Bildt, Peter van Run, Albert Osterhaus, Dolores Gavier-Widén, Thijs Kuiken

      • Viruses

  18. Live poultry market workers are susceptible to both avian and swine influenza viruses, Guangdong Province, China

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 25 September 2015

      Author(s): Jidang Chen, Jun Ma, Sarah K. White, Zhenpeng Cao, Yun Zhen, Shuyi He, Wanjun Zhu, Changwen Ke, Yongbiao Zhang, Shuo Su, Guihong Zhang

      • Viruses

  19. Hazard identification of cis/trans-zearalenone through the looking-glass

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 25 September 2015
      Food and Chemical Toxicology
      Author(s): Luca Dellafiora, Gianni Galaverna, Chiara Dall'Asta, Pietro Cozzini

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  20. The cabABC Operon Essential for Biofilm and Rugose Colony Development in Vibrio vulnificus

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • Jin Hwan Park, Youmi Jo, Song Yee Jang, Haenaem Kwon, Yasuhiko Irie, Matthew R. Parsek, Myung Hee Kim, Sang Ho Choi

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Effects of dietary fats rich in lauric and myristic acid on performance, intestinal morphology, gut microbes, and meat quality in broilers

    • Poultry Science

    • This study investigated the hypothesis that dietary fats rich in lauric (C12) and myristic acid (C14) increase broiler performance and that the underlying mechanism involves antimicrobial effects on gut bacteria and changes in gut morphology. One hundred eighty 1-day-old Cobb-500 broilers were allotted to 3 groups.

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Effects of dietary fiber on cecal short-chain fatty acid and cecal microbiota of broiler and laying-hen chicks

    • Poultry Science

    • This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding dietary fiber on cecal short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) concentration and cecal microbiota of broiler and laying-hen chicks. The lower fiber diet was based on corn-soybean meal (SBM) and the higher fiber diet was formulated using corn-SBM-dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) and wheat bran to contain 60.0 g/kg of both DDGS and wheat bran from 1 to 12 d and 80.0 g/kg of both DDGS and wheat bran from 13 to 21 d.

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. High pressure spray with water shows similar efficiency to trimming in controlling microorganisms on poultry carcasses

    • Poultry Science

    • A study was conducted to evaluate a high pressure spray (HPS) with water as an alternative to trimming to remove gastrointestinal contamination on poultry carcasses and improve microbiological quality. The study was conducted under commercial conditions in 5 slaughter plants with one plant presenting approximately 5% of carcasses with visible gastrointestinal contamination (VGC), and the others showing approximately 12% of VGC.

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Evaluation of yeast dietary supplementation in broilers challenged or not with Salmonella on growth performance, cecal microbiota composition and Salmonella in ceca, cloacae and carcass skin

    • Poultry Science

    • The dietary supplementation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii was evaluated in broilers challenged or not challenged with Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) using a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement. Depending on yeast inclusion at 0 (C) or 1 x 109 cfu/kg diet (Y) and SE challenge (0 or log 6.3 cfu/bird) on d 15, the experiment had four treatments C, Y, C-SE, and Y-SE, respectively. Each treatment had seven replicate floor pens with 15 broilers.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Effect of dietary probiotic and high stocking density on the performance, carcass yield, gut microflora, and stress indicators of broilers

    • Poultry Science

    • A study was carried out to evaluate the effect of dietary probiotic supplementation and stocking density on the performance, relative carcass yield, gut microflora, and stress markers of broilers. One-day-old Ross 308 male broiler chickens (n = 480) were allocated to 4 experimental groups for 42 d. Each treatment had 8 replicates of 15 chicks each.

      • Bacterial pathogens