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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. Prevalence of Yersinia enterocolitica in milk and dairy products and the effects of storage temperatures on survival and virulence gene expression

    • International Dairy Journal
    • Publication date: Available online 16 March 2019

      Source:

      Author(s): Heba A. Ahmed, Asmaa B.M.B. Tahoun, Rasha M.M. Abou Elez, Marwa I. Abd El-Hamid, Samah S. Abd Ellatif

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  2. Rapid detection of Yersinia enterocolitica using a single–walled carbon nanotube-based biosensor for Kimchi product

    • LWT
    • Publication date: Available online 15 March 2019

      Source: LWT

      Author(s): Abdus Sobhan, Jinyoung Lee, Mi-Kyung Park, Jun-Hyun Oh

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  3. Automated multi-sample acquisition and analysis using atomic force microscopy for biomedical applications

    • PLOS ONE
    • Antoine Dujardin, Peter De Wolf, Frank Lafont, Vincent Dupres

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Yersinia
  4. Characterization of the Vibrio cholerae phage shock protein response

    • Journal of Bacteriology
    • The phage shock protein (Psp) system is a stress response pathway that senses and responds to inner membrane damage. The genetic components of the Psp system are present in several clinically relevant Gram-negative bacteria, including Vibrio cholerae. However, most of the current knowledge about the Psp response stems from in vitro studies in Escherichia coli and Yersinia enterocolitica. In fact, the Psp response in V. cholerae has remained completely uncharacterized.

      • Yersinia
      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens
  5. Rapid and reasonable molecular identification of bacteria and fungi in microbiological diagnostics using rapid real-time PCR and Sanger sequencing

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods
    • Available online 9 March 2019

      Author(s): Reinhard Sting, Tobias Eisenberg, Maja Hrubenja

      • Yersinia
      • Shigella
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
  6. Aporphinoid alkaloids as antimicrobial agents against Yersinia enterocolitica

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology
    • Letters in Applied Microbiology Aporphinoid alkaloids as antimicrobial agents against Yersinia enterocolitica

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  7. Relationship between Adaptive Changing of Lysophosphatidylethanolamine Content in the Bacterial Envelope and Ampicillin Sensitivity of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

    • Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology
    • The low permeability of porin channels is the possible reason for Gram-negative bacterial resistance to antibiotics. The adaptive accumulation of lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE) in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis induces conformational changes of OmpF porin that may hinder the transport of antibiotics through this channel. The present study was aimed to test whether the changes in LPE content affect the resistance of bacteria to ampicillin.

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  8. Toxigenic and pathogenic potential of enteric bacterial pathogens prevalent in the traditional fermented foods marketed in the Northeast region of India

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology
    • Available online 21 February 2019

      Author(s): Santosh Keisam, Ngangyola Tuikhar, Giasuddin Ahmed, Kumaraswamy Jeyaram

      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Yersinia
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Clostridium botulinum
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Bacillus cereus
  9. Bacterial community analysis for investigating bacterial transfer from tonsils to the pig carcass

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology
    • Available online 4 February 2019

      Author(s): Anne Mette Jakobsen, Martin Iain Bahl, Tasja Buschhardt, Tina Beck Hansen, Waleed Abu Al-Soud, Asker D. Brejnrod, Søren J. Sørensen, Truls Nesbakken, Søren Aabo

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  10. Enhanced bioaccessibility of green tea polyphenols and lipophilic activity of EGCG octaacetate on gram-negative bacteria

    • LWT
    • Publication date: Available online 30 January 2019

      Source: LWT

      Author(s): Kalaiselvi Ignasimuthu, Rajalakshmi Prakash, Pushpa S. Murthy, Nagarajan Subban

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Yersinia
      • Staphylococcus aureus
  11. Conjugal transfer of erm(B) and multiple tet genes from Lactobacillus spp. to bacterial pathogens in animal gut, in vitro and during food fermentation

    • Food Research International
    • Publication date: February 2019

      , Volume 116

      Author(s): Surya Chandra Rao Thumu, Prakash M. Halami

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  12. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Exploits CD209 Receptors for Promoting Host Dissemination and Infection [Host Response and Inflammation]

    • Infection and Immunity
    • Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is a Gram-negative enteropathogen and causes gastrointestinal infections. It disseminates from gut to mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs), spleen, and liver of infected humans and animals. Although the molecular mechanisms for dissemination and infection are unclear, many Gram-negative enteropathogens presumably invade the small intestine via Peyer’s patches to initiate dissemination. In this study, we demonstrate that Y.

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  13. Pulsed light treatment for the reduction of Salmonella typhimurium and Yersinia enterocolitica on pork skin and pork loin

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology
    • Available online 17 December 2018

      Author(s): Franziska Koch, Claudia Wiacek, Peggy G. Braun

      • Salmonella
      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  14. A versatile remote control system for functional expression of bacterial virulence genes based on the tetA promoter

    • International Journal of Medical Microbiology
    • Available online 16 November 2018

      Author(s): Marc Schulte, Torsten Sterzenbach, Katarzyna Miskiewicz, Laura Elpers, Michael Hensel, Nicole Hansmeier

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  15. Microbial contamination of moose (Alces alces) and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) carcasses harvested by hunters

    • Food Microbiology
    • Publication date: April 2019

      , Volume 78

      Author(s): Mikaela Sauvala, Sauli Laaksonen, Riikka Laukkanen-Ninios, Katri Jalava, Roger Stephan, Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa

      • Campylobacter
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  16. Validation of EN ISO method 10273 - Detection of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica in foods

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology
    • Available online 12 January 2018

      Author(s): Saija Hallanvuo, Mirkka Herranen, Anniina Jaakkonen, Maria Nummela, Jukka Ranta, Interlaboratory study group, Nadine Botteldoorn, Lieven De Zutter, Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa, Stefan Hertwig, Gro S. Johannessen, Martina Ludewig, Ute Messelhäußer, Pia Sigvart-Mattila, Susanne Thisted-Lambertz, Tiina Thure, Elina Vatunen

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  17. Fluorescence polarization assay: Diagnostic evaluation for porcine brucellosis

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods
    • Available online 3 December 2018

      Author(s): Triveni Kalleshamurthy, Chaithra Yaranna, Ranjitha Shekar, Krithiga Natesan, Swati Sahay, Bibek Ranjan Shome, Habibur Rahman, Sukhadeo B. Barbuddhe, Nagendra Nath Barman, Sailendra Kumar Das, Rajeswari Shome

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  18. Changes in Transcriptome of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis IP32953 Grown at 3 and 28°C Detected by RNA Sequencing Shed Light on Cold Adaptation

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
    • Jussa-Pekka Virtanen, Riikka Keto-Timonen, Kaisa Jaakkola, Noora Salin, Hannu Korkeala Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is a bacterium that not only survives, but also thrives, proliferates, and remains infective at cold-storage temperatures, making it an adept foodborne pathogen. We analyzed the differences in gene expression between Y. pseudotuberculosis IP32953 grown at 3 and 28°C to investigate which genes were significantly more expressed at low temperature at different phases of growth.

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  19. Caspase-8 induces cleavage of gasdermin D to elicit pyroptosis during Yersinia infection [Immunology and Inflammation]

    • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    • Cell death and inflammation are intimately linked during Yersinia infection. Pathogenic Yersinia inhibits the MAP kinase TGFβ-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) via the effector YopJ, thereby silencing cytokine expression while activating caspase-8–mediated cell death. Here, using Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in corroboration with costimulation of lipopolysaccharide and (5Z)-7-Oxozeaenol, a small-molecule inhibitor of TAK1,...

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  20. PGE2 Augments Inflammasome Activation and M1 Polarization in Macrophages Infected With Salmonella Typhimurium and Yersinia enterocolitica

    • Frontiers in Microbiology
    • Austin E. F. Sheppe, Evangel Kummari, Alyssa Walker, Angela Richards, Winnie W. Hui, Jung Hwa Lee, Lauren Mangum, Abdolsamad Borazjani, Matthew K. Ross, Mariola J. Edelmann

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  21. OmpR-Mediated Transcriptional Regulation and Function of Two Heme Receptor Proteins of Yersinia enterocolitica Bio-Serotype 2/O:9

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
    • Karolina Jaworska, Marta Nieckarz, Marta Ludwiczak, Adrianna Raczkowska, Katarzyna Brzostek

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  22. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis BarA-UvrY Two-Component Regulatory System Represses Biofilms via CsrB

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
    • Jeffrey K. Schachterle, Ryan M. Stewart, M. Brett Schachterle, Joshua T. Calder, Huan Kang, John T. Prince, David L. Erickson

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  23. Inactivation of multidrug-resistant pathogens and Y. enterocolitica with cold atmospheric pressure plasma on stainless steel surfaces

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
    • Available online 31 August 2018

      Author(s): Karolina A. Lis, Corinna Kehrenberg, Annika Boulaaba, Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede, Sylvia Binder, Yangfang Li, Julia L. Zimmermann, Yvonne Pfeifer, Birte Ahlfeld

      • Yersinia
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
  24. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Prevalence and Diversity in Wild Boars in Northeast Germany [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
    • In this study, the prevalence of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in wild boars in northeast Germany was determined. For that purpose, the tonsils of 503 wild boars were sampled. The presence of Y. pseudotuberculosis was studied by diagnostic PCR. Positive samples were analyzed by cultural detection using a modified cold enrichment protocol. Ten Y. pseudotuberculosis isolates were obtained, which were characterized by biotyping, molecular serotyping, and multilocus sequence typing (MLST).

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  25. Formation of Sublethally Injured Yersinia enterocolitica, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Cells after Neutral Electrolyzed Oxidizing Water Treatments [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
    • The impact of neutral electrolyzed oxidizing (NEO) water treatments on the formation of sublethally injured Yersinia enterocolitica, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis cells was evaluated. When pathogens were treated with 6% NEO water, approximately 38% of the treated Yersinia population and 25% of the treated Salmonella population became sublethally injured.

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Salmonella
      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens