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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. Foodborne enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: from gut pathogenesis to new preventive strategies involving probiotics

    • Future Microbiology

    • Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) are a major cause of traveler's diarrhea and infant mortality in developing countries. Given the rise of antibiotic resistance worldwide, there is an urgent need for the development of new preventive strategies. Among them, a promising approach is the use of probiotics.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Salmonella enterica Serotype Napoli is the First Cause of Invasive Nontyphoidal Salmonellosis in Lombardy, Italy (2010–2014), and Belongs to Typhi Subclade

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Production of Bacterial Ghosts from Gram-Positive Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Structural and Functional Characterization of the Bacterial Type III Secretion Export Apparatus

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • Tobias Dietsche, Mehari Tesfazgi Mebrhatu, Matthias J. Brunner, Patrizia Abrusci, Jun Yan, Mirita Franz-Wachtel, Charlotta Schärfe, Susann Zilkenat, Iwan Grin, Jorge E. Galán, Oliver Kohlbacher, Susan Lea, Boris Macek, Thomas C. Marlovits, Carol V. Robinson, Samuel Wagner

      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Deciphering upper respiratory tract microbiota complexity in healthy calves and calves that develop respiratory disease using shotgun metagenomics

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: Available online 14 December 2016


      Author(s): Natália C. Gaeta, Svetlana F. Lima, Andre G. Teixeira, Erika K. Ganda, Georgios Oikonomou, Lilian Gregory, Rodrigo C. Bicalho

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Survival and detection of coliforms, Enterobacteriaceae, and gram-negative bacteria in Greek yogurt

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: Available online 14 December 2016


      Author(s): C.J. Hervert, N.H. Martin, K.J. Boor, M. Wiedmann

      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Inactivation Strategies for Clostridium perfringens Spores and Vegetative Cells [Minireviews]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Clostridium perfringens is an important pathogen to human and animals and causes a wide array of diseases, including histotoxic and gastrointestinal illnesses. C. perfringens spores are crucial in terms of the pathogenicity of this bacterium because they can survive in a dormant state in the environment and return to being live bacteria when they come in contact with nutrients in food or the human body. Although the strategies to inactivate C.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Clostridium perfringens

  8. Curli Temper Adherence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to Squamous Epithelial Cells from the Bovine Recto-Anal Junction in a Strain-Dependent Manner [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Our recent studies have shown that intimin and the locus of enterocyte effacement-encoded proteins do not play a role in Escherichia coli O157:H7 (O157) adherence to the bovine recto-anal junction squamous epithelial (RSE) cells. To define factors that play a contributory role, we investigated the role of curli, fimbrial adhesins commonly implicated in adherence to various fomites and plant and human epithelial cells, in O157 adherence to RSE cells.

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Salad Leaf Juices Enhance Salmonella Growth, Colonization of Fresh Produce, and Virulence [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • We show in this report that traces of juices released from salad leaves as they become damaged can significantly enhance colonization of salad leaves by Salmonella enterica. Salad juices in water increased Salmonella growth by 110% over the level seen with the unsupplemented control and in host-like serum-based media by more than 2,400-fold over control levels.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Exploring the Impacts of Postharvest Processing on the Microbiota and Metabolite Profiles during Green Coffee Bean Production [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • The postharvest treatment and processing of fresh coffee cherries can impact the quality of the unroasted green coffee beans. In the present case study, freshly harvested Arabica coffee cherries were processed through two different wet and dry methods to monitor differences in the microbial community structure and in substrate and metabolite profiles.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Extended-Spectrum-Beta-Lactamase- and Plasmid-Encoded Cephamycinase-Producing Enterobacteria in the Broiler Hatchery as a Potential Mode of Pseudo-Vertical Transmission [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Antimicrobial resistance through extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) and transferable (plasmid-encoded) cephamycinases (pAmpCs) represents an increasing problem in human and veterinary medicine. The presence of ESBL-/pAmpC-producing commensal enterobacteria in farm animals, such as broiler chickens, is considered one possible source of food contamination and could therefore also be relevant for human colonization.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Evaluation of molecular typing of foodborne pathogens in European reference laboratories from 2012 to 2013

    • Eurosurveillance

    • In 2012, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) initiated external quality assessment (EQA) schemes for molecular typing including the National Public Health Reference Laboratories in Europe. The overall aim for these EQA schemes was to enhance the European surveillance of food-borne pathogens by evaluating and improving the quality and comparability of molecular typing. The EQAs were organised by Statens Serum Institut (SSI) and included Salmonella enterica subsp.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Structure-Function Analysis of the Transmembrane Protein AmpG from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    • PLOS ONE

    • Peizhen Li, Jun Ying, Guangjian Yang, Aifang Li, Jian Wang, Junwan Lu, Junrong Wang, Teng Xu, Huiguang Yi, Kewei Li, Shouguang Jin, Qiyu Bao, Kaibo Zhang

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. A minireview on the in vitro and in vivo experiments with anti-Escherichia coli O157:H7 phages as potential biocontrol and phage therapy agents

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 21 February 2017
      , Volume 243

      Author(s): Salehe Sabouri, Zargham Sepehrizadeh, Sahar Amirpour-Rostami, Mikael Skurnik

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Genetic characterization of the galactitol utilization pathway of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • Galactitol degradation by salmonellae remains underinvestigated, although this metabolic capability contributes to growth in animals (1). The genes responsible for this metabolic capability are part of a 9.6-kb gene cluster that spans from gatY to gatR (STM3253 to STM3262) and encodes a phosphotransferase system, four enzymes, and a transporter of the major facilitator superfamily. Genome comparison revealed the presence of this genetic determinant in nearly all Salmonella strains.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. The hot oyster: levels of virulent Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains in individual oysters

    • FEMS Microbiology Ecology

    • Vibrio parahaemolyticus is the leading cause of seafood-associated gastroenteritis and is most commonly transmitted by raw oysters. Consequently, detection of virulent strains of this organism in oysters is a primary concern for seafood safety. Vibrio parahaemolyticus levels were determined in 110 individual oysters harvested from two sampling sites in SC, USA. The majority of oysters (98%) contained low levels of presumptive V. parahaemolyticus.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Molecular identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in cattle

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 11 December 2016


      Author(s): N. Sweetline Anne., B.S.M. Ronald, T.M.A. Senthil Kumar, P. Kannan, A. Thangavelu

      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. COX-2 Inhibition Reduces Brucella Bacterial Burden in Draining Lymph Nodes

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Aurélie Gagnaire, Laurent Gorvel, Alexia Papadopoulos, Kristine Von Bargen, Jean-Louis Mège, Jean-Pierre Gorvel

      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Catecholamine-Stimulated Growth of Aeromonas hydrophila Requires the TonB2 Energy Transduction System but Is Independent of the Amonabactin Siderophore

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

    • Yuhao Dong, Jin Liu, Maoda Pang, Hechao Du, Nannan Wang, Furqan Awan, Chengping Lu, Yongjie Liu

      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Bacillus sp. QSI-1 Modulate Quorum Sensing Signals Reduce Aeromonas hydrophila Level and Alter Gut Microbial Community Structure in Fish

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

    • Shuxin Zhou, An Zhang, Hongping Yin, Weihua Chu

      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Immunization with the MipA, Skp, or ETEC_2479 Antigens Confers Protection against Enterotoxigenic E. coli Strains Expressing Different Colonization Factors in a Mouse Pulmonary Challenge Model

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

    • Michael P. Hays, Amit Kumar, Francisco J. Martinez-Becerra, Philip R. Hardwidge

      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Comparative genomics analyses revealed two virulent Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated from ready-to-eat food

    • Gut Pathogens

    • Listeria monocytogenes is an important foodborne pathogen that causes considerable morbidity in humans with high mortality rates. In this study, we have sequenced the genomes and perfo...

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. The Expression of Longus type 4 pilus of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli is regulated by LngR and LngS, and by H-NS, CpxR, and CRP global regulators

    • Environmental Microbiology

    • SUMMARY

      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. A novel CMOS image sensor system for quantitative loop-mediated isothermal amplification assays to detect food-borne pathogens

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 10 December 2016


      Author(s): Tiantian Wang, Sanghyo Kim, Jeong Ho An

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Evaluating the efficacy of beef slaughter line interventions by quantifying the six major non-O157 Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli serogroups using real-time multiplex PCR

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: May 2017
      , Volume 63

      Author(s): Kaushi S.T. Kanankege, Kelly S. Anklam, Catherine M. Fick, Megan J. Kulow, Charles W. Kaspar, Barbara H. Ingham, Andrew Milkowski, Dörte Döpfer

      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens