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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. Structural Insights into Catalytic Relevances of Substrate Poses in ACC-1

    • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

    • ACC-1 is a plasmid-encoded class C β-lactamase identified in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Salmonella enterica, and Escherichia coli. ACC-1-producing bacteria are susceptible to cefoxitin, whereas they are resistant to oxyimino cephalosporins. Here, we depict crystal structures of apo ACC-1, adenylylated ACC-1, and acylated ACC-1 complexed with cefotaxime and cefoxitin.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  2. Potent LpxC Inhibitors with In Vitro Activity against Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

    • New drugs with novel mechanisms of resistance are desperately needed to address both community and nosocomial infections due to Gram-negative bacteria. One such potential target is LpxC, an essential enzyme that catalyzes the first committed step of lipid A biosynthesis. Achaogen conducted an extensive research campaign to discover novel LpxC inhibitors with activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  3. Validating the AMRFinder Tool and Resistance Gene Database by Using Antimicrobial Resistance Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in a Collection of Isolates

    • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

    • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health problem that requires publicly available tools for rapid analysis. To identify AMR genes in whole-genome sequences, the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) has produced AMRFinder, a tool that identifies AMR genes using a high-quality curated AMR gene reference database.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Campylobacter
      • Salmonella

  4. Detection of Toxoplasma gondii infection in semen of rams used for natural mating in commercial sheep farms in Tunisia

    • Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports

    • Author(s): Mariem Rouatbi, Safa Amairia, Mustapha Lahmer, Narjess Lassoued, Mourad Rekik, Barbara Wieland, Joram M. Mwacharo, Mohamed Gharbi

      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Parasites

  5. Retrospective investigation of listeriosis outbreaks in small ruminants using different analytical approaches for whole genome sequencing-based typing of Listeria monocytogenes

    • Infection, Genetics and Evolution

    • Author(s): Bojan Papić, Darja Kušar, Irena Zdovc, Majda Golob, Mateja Pate

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  6. Molecular epidemiology of mycobacteria among herds in Marajó Island, Brazil, reveals strains genetically related and potential zoonotic risk of clinical relevance

    • Infection, Genetics and Evolution

    • Author(s): Ismari Perini Furlaneto, Marília Lima da Conceição, Emilyn Costa Conceição, Maria Luíza Lopes, Yan Corrêa Rodrigues, Beatriz Reis Macelino, Harrison Magdinier Gomes, Philip Noel Suffys, Ricardo José de Paula Souza e Guimarães, Marlei Gomes da Silva, Rafael Silva Duarte, Loreno da Costa Francez, Alexandre do Rosário Casseb, Volney de Magalhães Câmara, Washington Luiz Assunção Pereira, Ana Roberta Fusco da Costa, Karla Valéria Batista Lima

      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Cell wall hydrolase as a surface-associated protein target for the specific detection of Lactobacillus rhamnosus using flow cytometry

    • Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies

    • Author(s): Raquel Marcos-Fernández, Lorena Ruiz, Aitor Blanco-Míguez, Abelardo Margolles, Borja Sánchez

      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Transcriptomic analysis of smooth versus rough Brucella melitensis Rev.1 vaccine strains reveals insights into virulence attenuation

    • International Journal of Medical Microbiology

    • Author(s): Mali Salmon-Divon, David Kornspan

      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Guidelines for the design of (optimal) isothermal inactivation experiments

    • Food Research International

    • Author(s): Jose Lucas Peñalver-Soto, Alberto Garre, Arturo Esnoz, Pablo S. Fernández, Jose A. Egea

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  10. Effect of Aspergillus carbonarius on ochratoxin a levels, volatile profile and antioxidant activity of the grapes and respective wines

    • Food Research International

    • Author(s): Bruna Dachery, Karolina Cardoso Hernandes, Flávio Fonseca Veras, Luana Schmidt, Paula Rossini Augusti, Vitor Manfroi, Claudia Alcaraz Zini, Juliane Elisa Welke

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  11. Lead contamination in food consumed and produced in Brazil: Systematic review and meta-analysis

    • Food Research International

    • Author(s): Milton Cabral de Vasconcelos Neto, Thales Brendon Castano Silva, Vânia Eloísa de Araújo, Scheilla Vitorino Carvalho de Souza

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  12. Inactivation of Salmonella spp. in wheat flour by 395 nm pulsed light emitting diode (LED) treatment and the related functional and structural changes of gluten

    • Food Research International

    • Author(s): Lihui Du, Amritha Jaya Prasad, Michael Gänzle, M.S. Roopesh

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  13. The impact of fermentation on the distribution of cadmium in cacao beans

    • Food Research International

    • Author(s): Ruth Vanderschueren, Vincent De Mesmaeker, Sandra Mounicou, Marie-Pierre Isaure, Emmanuel Doelsch, Daniela Montalvo, Jan A. Delcour, Eduardo Chavez, Erik Smolders

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  14. Changes of the bacterial community diversity on chicken carcasses through an Australian poultry processing line

    • Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): Stanley H. Chen, Narelle Fegan, Chawalit Kocharunchitt, John P. Bowman, Lesley L. Duffy

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Campylobacter

  15. Cinnamaldehyde Inhibits Type Three Secretion System in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium by Affecting the Expression of Key Effector Proteins

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Author(s): Yan Liu, Yong Zhang, Yonglin Zhou, Tingting Wang, Xuming Deng, Xiao Chu, Tiezhong Zhou

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  16. Study on the molecular interactions of hydroxylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with catalase using multi-spectral methods combined with molecular docking

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Jing Zhang, Linfeng Chen, Yaxian Zhu, Yong Zhang

      • Chemical contaminants

  17. A facile one-pot green synthesis of β-cyclodextrin decorated porous graphene nanohybrid as a highly efficient adsorbent for extracting aflatoxins from maize and animal feeds

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Najmeh Sheibani Tezerji, Mohammad Mehdi Foroughi, Rasoul Rezaei Bezenjani, Nezhat Jandaghi, Ebrahim Rezaeipour, Forogh Rezvani

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  18. Effect of acrylamide on glucose homeostasis in female rats and its mechanisms

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Author(s): Zonghao Yue, Yanjuan Chen, Yujuan Song, Jie Zhang, Xingdong Yang, Jian Wang, Lili Li, Zhongke Sun

      • Chemical contaminants

  19. Quantitative analysis and influences of contact dynamics on bacterial cross-contamination from contaminated fresh produce

    • Journal of Food Engineering

    • Author(s): Jiyoon Yi, Kang Huang, Glenn M. Young, Nitin Nitin

      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Effects of enhancing endogenous and exogenous glutathione in roots on cadmium movement in Arabidopsis thaliana

    • Plant Science

    • Author(s): Shin-ichi Nakamura, Nobuo Suzui, Yong-Gen Yin, Satomi Ishii, Shu Fujimaki, Naoki Kawachi, Hiroki Rai, Takashi Matsumoto, Kanna Izawa-Sato, Naoko Ohkama-Ohtsu

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  21. Production and migration of patulin in Penicillium expansum molded apples during cold and ambient storage

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): Monika Coton, Thibaud Bregier, Elisabeth Poirier, Stella Debaets, Nathalie Arnich, Emmanuel Coton, Philippe Dantigny

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  22. Characterization of Penicillium s.s. and Aspergillus sect. nigri causing postharvest rots of pomegranate fruit in Southern Italy

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): Annamaria Mincuzzi, Antonio Ippolito, Cinzia Montemurro, Simona Marianna Sanzani

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  23. Differences in cadmium accumulation between indica and japonica rice cultivars in the reproductive stage

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Huiru Chen, Yang Yang, Yafeng Ye, Liangzhi Tao, Xiangdong Fu, Binmei Liu, Yuejin Wu

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  24. The Arabidopsis APR2 positively regulates cadmium tolerance through glutathione-dependent pathway

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Ziwei Xu, Meiping Wang, Dongliang Xu, Zongliang Xia

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  25. Physiochemical and antibacterial analysis of gelatin–chitosan edible film with the addition of nitrite and garlic essential oil by response surface methodology

    • Journal of Food Processing and Preservation

    • The mechanical properties of edible films upon variation of gelatin (G) and chitosan (C) concentration (G%/C%) were compared using constrained mixture and response surface methodology (RSM) and their antibacterial activities against P. aeruginosa, B. cereus, and L. monocytogenes by the addition of sodium nitrite and garlic essential oil (GEO) were analyzed.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes