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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. Factors Influencing Knowledge, Food Safety Practices and Food Preferences During Warm Weather of Salmonella and Campylobacter Cases in South Australia

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Campylobacter

  2. Antimicrobial, cytotoxic effect and purification of bacteriocin from vancomycin susceptible Enterococcus faecalis and its safety evaluation for probiotization

    • LWT

    • Publication date: May 2017
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 78

      Author(s): Venkatesh Perumal, Arul Venkatesan

      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. ZnO-PLA nanocomposite coated paper for antimicrobial packaging application

    • LWT

    • Publication date: May 2017
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 78

      Author(s): Hai Zhang, Mercedes Hortal, Maria Jordá-Beneyto, Estela Rosa, Marta Lara-Lledo, Inmaculada Lorente

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus

  4. A System Model for Understanding the Role of Animal Feces as a Route of Contamination of Leafy Greens before Harvest [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • The majority of foodborne outbreaks in the United States associated with the consumption of leafy greens contaminated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 have been reported during the period of July to November. A dynamic system model consisting of subsystems and inputs to the system (soil, irrigation, cattle, wild pig, and rainfall) simulating a hypothetical farm was developed.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Differences in Abundances of Total Vibrio spp., V. vulnificus, and V. parahaemolyticus in Clams and Oysters in North Carolina [Microbial Ecology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Filter feeding shellfish can concentrate pathogenic bacteria, including Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus, as much as 100-fold from the overlying water. These shellfish, especially clams and oysters, are often consumed raw, providing a route of entry for concentrated doses of pathogenic bacteria into the human body.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Salmonella enterica Serovar Kentucky Flagella Are Required for Broiler Skin Adhesion and Caco-2 Cell Invasion [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Nontyphoidal Salmonella strains are the main source of pathogenic bacterial contamination in the poultry industry. Recently, Salmonella enterica serovar Kentucky has been recognized as the most prominent serovar on carcasses in poultry-processing plants. Previous studies showed that flagella are one of the main factors that contribute to bacterial attachment to broiler skin. However, the precise role of flagella and the mechanism of attachment are unknown.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Use of a lytic bacteriophage to control Salmonella Enteritidis in retail food

    • LWT

    • Publication date: May 2017
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 78

      Author(s): Tze Young Thung, Jayasekara Mudiyanselage Krishanthi Jayarukshi Kumari Premarathne, Wei San Chang, Yuet Ying Loo, Yih Zhet Chin, Chee Hao Kuan, Chia Wanq Tan, Dayang Fredalina Basri, Che Wan Jasimah Wan Mohamed Radzi, Son Radu

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Detection and molecular characterisation of Livestock-Associated MRSA in raw meat on retail sale in North West England

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus

  9. Influence of electro-activated solutions of weak organic acid salts on microbial quality and overall appearance of blueberries during storage

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: June 2017
      , Volume 64

      Author(s): Viacheslav Liato, Riadh Hammami, Mohammed Aïder

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Entry of Botulinum Neurotoxin Subtypes A1 and A2 into Neurons [Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are the most toxic proteins for humans but also are common therapies for neurological diseases. BoNTs are dichain toxins, comprising an N-terminal catalytic domain (LC) disulfide bond linked to a C-terminal heavy chain (HC) which includes a translocation domain (HN) and a receptor binding domain (HC).

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Clostridium botulinum

  11. Listeria monocytogenes-Induced Cell Death Inhibits the Generation of Cell-Mediated Immunity [Microbial Immunity and Vaccines]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • The influence of cell death on adaptive immunity has been studied for decades. Despite these efforts, the intricacies of how various cell death pathways shape immune responses in the context of infection remain unclear, particularly with regard to more recently discovered pathways such as pyroptosis.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Calcium Enhances Bile Salt-Dependent Virulence Activation in Vibrio cholerae [Molecular Pathogenesis]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • Vibrio cholerae is the causative bacteria of the diarrheal disease cholera, but it also persists in aquatic environments, where it displays an expression profile that is distinct from that during infection. Upon entry into the host, a tightly regulated circuit coordinates the induction of two major virulence factors: cholera toxin and a toxin-coregulated pilus (TCP). It has been shown that a set of bile salts, including taurocholate, serve as host signals to activate V.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Tricellular Tight Junction Protein Tricellulin Is Targeted by the Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Effector EspG1, Leading to Epithelial Barrier Disruption [Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC)-induced diarrhea is often associated with disruption of intestinal epithelial tight junctions. Although studies have shown alterations in the expression and localization of bicellular tight junction proteins during EPEC infections, little is known about whether tricellular tight junction proteins (tTJs) are affected. Using Caco-2 cell monolayers, we investigated if EPEC is capable of targeting the tTJ protein tricellulin.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Induction of spotty liver disease in layer hens by infection with Campylobacter hepaticus

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 28 December 2016


      Author(s): Thi Thu Hao Van, Eltaher Elshagmani, Mian-Chee Gor, Arif Anwar, Peter C. Scott, Robert J. Moore

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Campylobacter

  15. High Incidence of Respiratory Involvement in a Cluster of Brucella suis-Infected Workers from a Pork Processing Plant in Argentina

    • Zoonoses and Public Health

    • Summary

      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Inactivation of Staphylococcus saprophyticus in chicken meat and purge using thermal processing, high pressure processing, gamma radiation, and ultraviolet light (254 nm)

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: May 2017
      , Volume 75

      Author(s): Christopher Sommers, Shiowshuh Sheen, O. Joseph Scullen, William Mackay

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus

  17. Antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of procyanidins extracted from laurel wood against a selection of foodborne microorganisms

    • International Journal of Food Science & Technology

    • Summary

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Edible film incorporated with chitosan and Artemisia annua oil nanoliposomes for inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on cherry tomato

    • International Journal of Food Science & Technology

    • Summary

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Escherichia coli O157:H7

  19. Antimicrobial treatments to control Listeria monocytogenes in queso fresco

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: June 2017
      , Volume 64

      Author(s): António Lourenço, Mary B. Kamnetz, Camila Gadotti, Francisco Diez-Gonzalez

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Dynamic predictive model for growth of Salmonella spp. in scrambled egg mix

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: June 2017
      , Volume 64

      Author(s): Lin Li, Jihan Cepeda, Jeyamkondan Subbiah, Glenn Froning, Vijay K. Juneja, Harshavardhan Thippareddi

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Application of a 222-nm krypton-chlorine excilamp to control foodborne pathogens on sliced cheese surfaces and characterization of the bactericidal mechanisms

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 21 February 2017
      , Volume 243

      Author(s): Jae-Won Ha, Jae-Ik Lee, Dong-Hyun Kang

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Effects of Menthol Supplementation in Feedlot Cattle Diets on the Fecal Prevalence of Antimicrobial-Resistant Escherichia coli

    • PLOS ONE

    • C. C. Aperce, R. Amachawadi, C. L. Van Bibber-Krueger, T. G. Nagaraja, H. M. Scott, J. Vinasco-Torre, J. S. Drouillard

      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Clinical Microbiology Laboratories' Adoption of Culture-Independent Diagnostic Tests Is a Threat to Foodborne-Disease Surveillance in the United States [Point-Counterpoint]

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • INTRODUCTION

      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Quantitative assessment of the impact of cross-contamination during the washing step of ready-to-eat leafy greens on the risk of illness caused by Salmonella

    • Food Research International

    • Publication date: Available online 28 December 2016


      Author(s): Daniele F. Maffei, Anderson S. Sant'Ana, Bernadette D.G.M. Franco, Donald W. Schaffner

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Airborne soil particulates as vehicles for Salmonella contamination of tomatoes

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 21 February 2017
      , Volume 243

      Author(s): Govindaraj Dev Kumar, Robert C. Williams, Hamzeh M. Al Qublan, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, Renee R. Boyer, Joseph D. Eifert

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens