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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. Coxiella burnetii Circulation in a Naturally Infected Flock of Sheep: Individual Follow-Up of Antibodies in Serum and Milk [Environmental Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • The control of Q fever, a zoonotic disease caused by the Coxiella burnetii bacterium, remains a scientific challenge. Domestic ruminants are considered the main reservoir, shedding C. burnetii essentially through parturition products during abortion or birth. Sheep are particularly frequently associated with human outbreaks, but there are insufficient field data to fully understand disease dynamics and to instigate efficient control measures.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Impact of the source of organic manure on persistence of E. coli O157:H7 gfp+ in rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) and Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris cicla)

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: November 2017
      , Volume 81

      Author(s): Rahel Hartmann, Lars Mogren, Anna Karin Rosberg, Maria Grudén, Ivar Vågsholm, Crister Olsson, Andreas Fricke, Hartmut Stützel, Beatrix Alsanius

      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Addition of Rifampicin to Bolton Broth to Inhibit Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli for the Detection of Campylobacter

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Abstract

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Nonculturability Might Underestimate the Occurrence of Campylobacter in Broiler Litter

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Inactivation of Nonpathogenic Escherichia coli, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella enterica Typhimurium, and Listeria monocytogenes in Ice Using a UVC Light-Emitting Diode

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 80, Issue 7, Page 1198-1203, July 2017.

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Inactivation of Nondesiccated and Desiccated Cronobacter sakazakii in Reconstituted Infant Formula by Combination of Citral and Mild Heat

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 80, Issue 7, Page 1193-1197, July 2017.

      • Cronobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Effect of pomegranate (Punica granatum) pomace extract as a washing agent on the inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes inoculated on fresh produce

    • International Journal of Food Science & Technology

    • Summary

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Prevalence of non-aureus staphylococci species causing intramammary infections in Canadian dairy herds

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: July 2017
      , Volume 100, Issue 7

      Author(s): Larissa A.Z. Condas, Jeroen De Buck, Diego B. Nobrega, Domonique A. Carson, Sohail Naushad, Sarne De Vliegher, Ruth N. Zadoks, John R. Middleton, Simon Dufour, John P. Kastelic, Herman W. Barkema

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus

  9. Comparison of 4 label-based immunochromatographic assays for the detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in milk

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: July 2017
      , Volume 100, Issue 7

      Author(s): Kai Luo, Liming Hu, Qi Guo, Chenghui Wu, Songsong Wu, Daofeng Liu, Yonghua Xiong, Weihua Lai

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Escherichia coli O157:H7

  10. Molecular characterization and antibiotic resistance of Staphylococcus spp. isolated from cheese processing plants

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: July 2017
      , Volume 100, Issue 7

      Author(s): Marjory Xavier Rodrigues, Nathália Cristina Cirone Silva, Júlia Hellmeister Trevilin, Melina Mary Bravo Cruzado, Tsai Siu Mui, Fábio Rodrigo Sanches Duarte, Carmen J. Contreras Castillo, Solange Guidolin Canniatti-Brazaca, Ernani Porto

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus

  11. Edible wild plant Heracleum pyrenaicum subsp. orsinii as a potential new source of bioactive essential oils

    • Journal of Food Science and Technology

    • Abstract

      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. SopB-Mediated Recruitment of SNX18 Facilitates Salmonella Typhimurium Internalization by the Host Cell

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

    • David Liebl, Xiaying Qi, Yang Zhe, Timothy C. Barnett, Rohan D. Teasdale

      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 193: Characterization of Hemagglutinin Negative Botulinum Progenitor Toxins

    • Toxins

    • Botulism is a disease involving intoxication with botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), toxic proteins produced by Clostridium botulinum and other clostridia. The 150 kDa neurotoxin is produced in conjunction with other proteins to form the botulinum progenitor toxin complex (PTC), alternating in size from 300 kDa to 500 kDa.

      • Clostridium botulinum
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 194: Occurrence of Penicillium brocae and Penicillium citreonigrum, which Produce a Mutagenic Metabolite and a Mycotoxin Citreoviridin, Respectively, in Selected Commercially Available Rice Grains in Thailand

    • Toxins

    • Commercially available rice grains in Thailand were examined to isolate the monoverticillate Penicillium species responsible for toxic yellowed rice. Penicillium species were obtained from seven out of 10 rice samples tested. Among them, one Penicillium citreonigrum isolate and six Penicillium brocae isolates were morphologically identified. The P. citreonigrum isolate produced the mycotoxin citreoviridin on a yeast extract sucrose broth medium.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Natural toxins

  15. Whole genome sequencing analyses of Listeria monocytogenes that persisted in a milkshake machine for a year and caused illnesses in Washington State

    • BMC Microbiology

    • In 2015, in addition to a United States multistate outbreak linked to contaminated ice cream, another outbreak linked to ice cream was reported in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It was a hospital-...

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Molecular cloning, characterization and expression analysis of Frizzled 6 in the small intestine of pigs (Sus scrofa)

    • PLOS ONE

    • Lijun Zou, Xiaocheng Wang, Liping Jiang, Shengping Wang, Xia Xiong, Huansheng Yang, Wei Gao, Min Gong, Chien-An A. Hu, Yulong Yin

      • Clostridium botulinum
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Novel compounds targeting the enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli type three secretion system reveal insights into mechanisms of secretion inhibition

    • Molecular Microbiology

    • Summary

      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Characterization of NDM-5-positive extensively resistant Escherichia coli isolates from dairy cows

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 13 June 2017


      Author(s): Tao He, Ruicheng Wei, Lili Zhang, Lichang Sun, Maoda Pang, Ran Wang, Yang Wang

      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Shifting brucellosis risk in livestock coincides with spreading seroprevalence in elk

    • PLOS ONE

    • Angela Brennan, Paul C. Cross, Katie Portacci, Brandon M. Scurlock, William H. Edwards

      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Deciphering the landscape of host barriers to Listeria monocytogenes infection [Microbiology]

    • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    • Listeria monocytogenes is a common food-borne pathogen that can disseminate from the intestine and infect multiple organs. Here, we used sequence tag-based analysis of microbial populations (STAMP) to investigate L. monocytogenes population dynamics during infection. We created a genetically barcoded library of murinized L. monocytogenes and then used deep sequencing...

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Erythritol Availability in Bovine, Murine and Human Models Highlights a Potential Role for the Host Aldose Reductase during Brucella Infection

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Thibault Barbier, Arnaud Machelart, Amaia Zúñiga-Ripa, Hubert Plovier, Charlotte Hougardy, Elodie Lobet, Kevin Willemart, Eric Muraille, Xavier De Bolle, Emile Van Schaftingen, Ignacio Moriyón, Jean-Jacques Letesson

      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolated from Short Mackerels (Rastrelliger brachysoma) in Malaysia

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Chia W. Tan, Tan T. H. Malcolm, Chee H. Kuan, Tze Y. Thung, Wei S. Chang, Yuet Y. Loo, Jayasekara M. K. J. K. Premarathne, Othman B. Ramzi, Mohd F. S. Norshafawatie, Nordin Yusralimuna, Yaya Rukayadi, Yoshitsugu Nakaguchi, Mitsuaki Nishibuchi, Son Radu

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Original XPCTM Effect on Salmonella Typhimurium and Cecal Microbiota from Three Different Ages of Broiler Chickens When Incubated in an Anaerobic In Vitro Culture System

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Si Hong Park, Sun Ae Kim, Sang In Lee, Peter M. Rubinelli, Stephanie M. Roto, Hilary O. Pavlidis, Donald R. McIntyre, Steven C. Ricke

      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Autoinducer-2 Quorum Sensing Influences Viability of Escherichia coli O157:H7 under Osmotic and In Vitro Gastrointestinal Stress Conditions

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Hyunjoon Park, Kyuyeon Lee, Soyoung Yeo, Heuynkil Shin, Wilhelm H. Holzapfel

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Anaerobic cysteine degradation and potential metabolic coordination in Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • Salmonella enterica has two CutR-activated enzymes that degrade cysteine: the aerobic CdsH and an unidentified anaerobic enzyme; E. coli only has the latter. To identify the anaerobic enzyme, transcript profiling was performed from E. coli without cutR and with overexpressed cutR. 37 genes showed at least a five-fold change in expression, and the cutPA (formerly yhaOM) operon had the greatest differential.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens