Research Publications (Food Safety)

Author(s): Jing Wang, Yue Jiang, Ruo-Yun Ji, Zhen-Yu Wang, Meng-Jun Lu, Han Wu, Cai-Yue Mei, Qiu-Chun Li, Xinan Jiao Colistin and tigecycline are regarded as the last-resort antibiotics for the treatment of serious clinical infections caused by enxtensively drug-resistant Gram-negative organisms, particularly carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter isolates, but the emergence and spread of plasmid-mediated colistin (mcr) or tigecycline [tet(X) and tmexCD1-toprJ1] res

Author(s): Elahe Abedi, Kiana Pourmohammadi, Mehran Sayadi

Author(s): Baigang Zhang, Hairong Liang, Ke Huang, Jinliang Li, Dongmei Xu, Chenghui Huang, Yi Li

Author(s): Aparajhitha Sudarsan, Kevin M. Keener Leafy greens are ideal hosts for pathogens like Salmonella enterica and E. coli O157:H7. In the current study, baby spinach leaves inoculated with Salmonella enterica serovars and E. coli 25,922 (an E. coli O157:H7 surrogate) were subjected to a high voltage atmospheric cold plasma (HVACP) with 100% nitrogen gas at high humidity at 80 kV for 5 min in the indirect exposure.

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Accepted Article.

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Accepted Article. Brucellosis is a zoonotic and contagious infectious disease caused by Brucella spp, which causes substantial economic losses to animal husbandry and leads to severe public health problems. Brucella have evolved multiple strategies to escape host immunity and survive within host cells. Elucidating the immune evasion strategies during Brucella infection will facilitate the control of brucellosis.

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, EarlyView. Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is a pulse consumed all over the world, representing a good source of protein, as well as fat, fiber, and other carbohydrates. As a result of the growing global population the demand for the protein component of this pulse is increasing and various approaches have been proposed and developed to extract same.

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, EarlyView. Gaseous and volatile active compounds are versatile to enhance safety and preserve quality of agri-food products during storage and distribution. However, the use of these compounds is limited by their high vapor pressure and/or chemical instability, especially in active packaging (AP) applications.

Author(s): Ning-Xia Xiong, Jie Ou, Lan-Fen Fan, Xu-Ying Kuang, Zi-Xuan Fang, Sheng-Wei Luo, Zhuang-Wen Mao, Shao-Jun Liu, Shi Wang, Ming Wen, Kai-Kun Luo, Fang-Zhou Hu, Chang Wu, Qing-Feng Liu

Author(s): Kye-Hwan Byun, Sang Ha Han, Min Woo Choi, Si Hong Park, Sang-Do Ha

Author(s): Mingli Wei, Yuan Li, Bowei Yu, Lei Liu, Qiang Xue, Yanjun Du

Author(s): Pasara Vijitvarasan, Sarawut Cheunkar, Sukunya Oaew

Author(s): Davide Bernasconi, Caterina Caviglia, Enrico Destefanis, Angelo Agostino, Renato Boero, Nicoletta Marinoni, Costanza Bonadiman, Alessandro Pavese

Author(s): Laurel L. Dunn, Loretta M. Friedrich, Laura K. Strawn, Michelle D. Danyluk

Author(s): Yun Zhang, Ming Yan, Weiyan Shan, Tao Zhang, Yunchen Shen, Ruirong Zhu, Jian Fang, Hongjiao Mao

Author(s): Phirabhat Saengsawang, Decha Pangjai, Gunn Kaewmongkol, Tawin Inpankaew

Author(s): Viviana Maresca, Erika Bellini, Simone Landi, Giorgia Capasso, Piergiorgio Cianciullo, Federica Carraturo, Stergios Pirintsos, Sergio Sorbo, Luigi Sanità di Toppi, Sergio Esposito, Adriana Basile

Author(s): Xiongkai Zheng, Mengyao Zou, Bowen Zhang, Weibin Lai, Xianming Zeng, Siyuan Chen, Mengting Wang, Xiaoyun Yi, Xueqin Tao, Guining Lu

Abstract

Despite the enormous burden of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) on patients, caregivers, and society, only a few treatments with limited efficacy are currently available. While drug development conventionally focuses on disease-associated proteins, RNA has recently been shown to be druggable for therapeutic purposes as well.

Larvae of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella, are a convenient in vivo model for assessing the activity and toxicity of antimicrobial agents and for studying the immune response to pathogens and provide results similar to those from mammals. G. mellonella larvae are now widely used in academia and industry and their use can assist in the identification and evaluation of novel antimicrobial agents.

Biosurfactants derived from different microbes are an alternative to chemical surfactants, which have broad applications in food, oil, biodegradation, cosmetic, agriculture, pesticide and medicine/pharmaceutical industries. This is due to their environmentally friendly, biocompatible, biodegradable, effectiveness to work under various environmental conditions and non-toxic nature.

Urinary tract infection (UTI) develops after a pathogen adheres to the inner lining of the urinary tract. Cases of UTIs are predominantly caused by several Gram-negative bacteria and account for high morbidity in the clinical and community settings. Of greater concern are the strains carrying antimicrobial resistance (AMR)-conferring genes. The gravity of a UTI is also determined by a spectrum of other virulence factors.

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a causative pathogen of several human infectious diseases including community-acquired pneumonia. Pneumolysin (PLY), a pore-forming toxin, plays an important role in the pathogenesis of pneumococcal pneumonia. In recent years, the use of traditional natural substances for prevention has drawn attention because of the increasing antibacterial drug resistance of S. pneumoniae. According to some studies, green tea exhibits antibacterial and antitoxin activities.

Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing bacteria is a group of highly dangerous antibiotic resistant Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae. They cause infections associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Therefore, the rapid detection of KPC-producing bacteria plays a key role in clinical microbiology.