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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. Biochemical basis for activation of virulence genes by bile salts in Vibrio parahaemolyticus

    • Gut Microbes

    • Bile salts act as a stressor to bacteria that transit the intestinal tract. Enteric pathogens have hijacked bile as an intestinal signal to regulate virulence factors. We recently demonstrated that Vibrio parahemolyticus senses bile salts via a heterodimeric receptor formed by the periplasmic domains of inner-membrane proteins VtrA and VtrC.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Antimicrobial Activity of Punicalagin Against Staphylococcus aureus and Its Effect on Biofilm Formation

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus

  3. Dysregulation of Systemic and Mucosal Humoral Responses to Microbial and Food Antigens as a Factor Contributing to Microbial Translocation and Chronic Inflammation in HIV-1 Infection

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • Zdenek Hel, Jun Xu, Warren L. Denning, E. Scott Helton, Richard P. H. Huijbregts, Sonya L. Heath, E. Turner Overton, Benjamin S. Christmann, Charles O. Elson, Paul A. Goepfert, Jiri Mestecky

      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Flagellin-Mediated Protection against Intestinal Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infection Does Not Require Interleukin-22 [Host Response and Inflammation]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • Signaling through Toll-like receptors (TLRs), the main receptors in innate immunity, is essential for the defense of mucosal surfaces. It was previously shown that systemic TLR5 stimulation by bacterial flagellin induces an immediate, transient interleukin-22 (IL-22)-dependent antimicrobial response to bacterial or viral infections of the mucosa. This process was dependent on the activation of type 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILCs).

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. The Type III Effector NleD from Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Differentiates between Host Substrates p38 and JNK [Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is a gastrointestinal pathogen that utilizes a type III secretion system (T3SS) to inject an array of virulence effector proteins into host enterocytes to subvert numerous cellular processes for successful colonization and dissemination. The T3SS effector NleD is a 26-kDa zinc metalloprotease that is translocated into host enterocytes, where it directly cleaves and inactivates the mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling proteins JNK and p38.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Influence of controlled atmosphere on thermal inactivation of Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 in almond powder

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: June 2017
      , Volume 64

      Author(s): Teng Cheng, Rui Li, Xiaoxi Kou, Shaojin Wang

      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Antimicrobial and functional properties of lactic acid bacteria isolated from sourdoughs

    • LWT

    • Publication date: June 2017
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 79

      Author(s): Fatmanur Demirbaş, Hümeyra İspirli, Asena Ayşe Kurnaz, Mustafa Tahsin Yilmaz, Enes Dertli

      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Influence of temperature and organic matter load on chlorine dioxide efficacy on Escherichia coli inactivation

    • LWT

    • Publication date: June 2017
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 79

      Author(s): Karin Hassenberg, Martin Geyer, Mareike Mauerer, Ulrike Praeger, Werner B. Herppich

      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Antimicrobial resistance patterns of bovine Salmonella enterica isolates submitted to the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory: 2006–2015

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: February 2017
      , Volume 100, Issue 2

      Author(s): J.R. Valenzuela, A.K. Sethi, N.A. Aulik, K.P. Poulsen

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Short communication: Interaction of the isomers carvacrol and thymol with the antibiotics doxycycline and tilmicosin: In vitro effects against pathogenic bacteria commonly found in the respiratory tract of calves

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: February 2017
      , Volume 100, Issue 2

      Author(s): W. Kissels, X. Wu, R.R. Santos

      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Development and application of a sensitive, rapid, and reliable immunomagnetic separation-PCR detection method for Cronobacter spp.

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: February 2017
      , Volume 100, Issue 2

      Author(s): Qiming Chen, Yuanhong Li, Tingting Tao, Xiaomei Bie, Fengxia Lu, Zhaoxin Lu

      • Cronobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Sensitivity of pathogenic and attenuated E. coli O157:H7 strains to ultraviolet-C light as assessed by conventional plating methods and ethidium monoazide-PCR

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • Abstract

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 49: Efficacy of Urtoxazumab (TMA-15 Humanized Monoclonal Antibody Specific for Shiga Toxin 2) Against Post-Diarrheal Neurological Sequelae Caused by Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection in the Neonatal Gnotobiotic Piglet Model

    • Toxins

    • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) is the most common cause of hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome in human patients, with brain damage and dysfunction the main cause of acute death. We evaluated the efficacy of urtoxazumab (TMA-15, Teijin Pharma Limited), a humanized monoclonal antibody against Shiga toxin (Stx) 2 for the prevention of brain damage, dysfunction, and death in a piglet EHEC infection model.

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Identification of Escherichia coli and Shigella Species from Whole-Genome Sequences [Bacteriology]

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • Escherichia coli and Shigella species are closely related and genetically constitute the same species. Differentiating between these two pathogens and accurately identifying the four species of Shigella are therefore challenging. The organism-specific bioinformatics whole-genome sequencing (WGS) typing pipelines at Public Health England are dependent on the initial identification of the bacterial species by use of a kmer-based approach. Of the 1,982 Escherichia coli and Shigella sp.

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Carvacrol nanoemulsion combined with acid electrolysed water to inactivate bacteria, yeast in vitro and native microflora on shredded cabbages

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: June 2017
      , Volume 76

      Author(s): Li Cheng Sow, Felisa Tirtawinata, Hongshun Yang, Qingsong Shao, Shifei Wang

      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Genetic and serological identification of three Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains as candidates for novel provisional O serotypes

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 20 March 2017
      , Volume 245

      Author(s): Xi Guo, Bin Liu, Min Chen, Yuanyuan Wang, Lu Wang, Hongyou Chen, Yao Wang, Lihong Tu, Xi Zhang, Lu Feng

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Oral Multiple Sclerosis Drugs Inhibit the In vitro Growth of Epsilon Toxin Producing Gut Bacterium, Clostridium perfringens

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

    • Kareem R. Rumah, Timothy K. Vartanian, Vincent A. Fischetti

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Clostridium perfringens

  18. Occurrence of food-borne pathogens and process hygiene indicators in three Italian poultry slaughterhouses

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • Abstract

      • Campylobacter
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Staphylococcus aureus

  19. Use of natural preservatives in low sodium carne-de-sol beef

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • Abstract

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus

  20. Strain-level characterization of cold-stressed Listeria monocytogenes using maldi-tof mass fingerprinting

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • Abstract

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Occurrence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in cattle feces and contamination of carcass and various contact surfaces in abattoir and butcher shops of Hawassa, Ethiopia

    • BMC Microbiology

    • Despite of the sanitation measures in municipal abattoirs to reduce contamination, Escherichia coli continues to be a health hazard. The present study was conducted on 150 apparently healthy slaughtered cattle at...

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Novel Temperate Phages of Salmonella enterica subsp. salamae and subsp. diarizonae and Their Activity against Pathogenic S. enterica subsp. enterica Isolates

    • PLOS ONE

    • Lenka Mikalová, Juraj Bosák, Hana Hříbková, Daniela Dědičová, Oldřich Benada, Jan Šmarda, David Šmajs

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Listeria monocytogenes in Smoked Salmon and Other Smoked Fish at Retail in Italy: Frequency of Contamination and Strain Characterization in Products from Different Manufacturers

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 80, Issue 2, Page 271-278, February 2017.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Evaluation of a Multiplex PCR Assay for the Identification of Salmonella Serovars Enteritidis and Typhimurium Using Retail and Abattoir Samples

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 80, Issue 2, Page 295-301, February 2017.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Characterizing Salmonella Contamination in Two Rendering Processing Plants

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Journal of Food Protection, Volume 80, Issue 2, Page 265-270, February 2017.

      • Bacterial pathogens