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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. Cellular and Matrix Response of the Mandibular Condylar Cartilage to Botulinum Toxin

    • PLOS ONE

    • Eliane H. Dutra, Mara H. O’ Brien, Alexandro Lima, Zana Kalajzic, Aditya Tadinada, Ravindra Nanda, Sumit Yadav

      Objectives

      To evaluate the cellular and matrix effects of botulinum toxin type A (Botox) on mandibular condylar cartilage (MCC) and subchondral bone.

      Materials and Methods

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Clostridium botulinum

  2. A Rapid and Sensitive Method for Simultaneous Screening of Nine Foodborne Pathogens Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Assay

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Shigella
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Cronobacter

  3. The effect of different matrices on the growth kinetics and heat resistance of Listeria monocytogenes and Lactobacillus plantarum

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 5 December 2016
      , Volume 238

      Author(s): D.C. Aryani, M.H. Zwietering, H.M.W den Besten

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  4. Comparison by multi-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis and antimicrobial resistance among atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from foods and human and animal faecal specimens

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      Aim

      This study assessed whether multi-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing discriminated diarrhoeagenic atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (aEPEC) from aEPEC indigenous to domestic animals or healthy people.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Semi-industrial microwave treatments positively affect the quality of orange-colored smoothies

    • Journal of Food Science and Technology

    • Abstract

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  6. Acute Infectious Gastroenteritis Potentiates a Crohn's Disease Pathobiont to Fuel Ongoing Inflammation in the Post-Infectious Period

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • Cherrie L. Small, Lydia Xing, Joseph B. McPhee, Hong T. Law, Brian K. Coombes

      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Vasodilator-Stimulated Phosphoprotein Activity Is Required for Coxiella burnetii Growth in Human Macrophages

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • Punsiri M. Colonne, Caylin G. Winchell, Joseph G. Graham, Frances I. Onyilagha, Laura J. MacDonald, Heike R. Doeppler, Peter Storz, Richard C. Kurten, Paul A. Beare, Robert A. Heinzen, Daniel E. Voth

      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Anti-Campylobacter activity of resveratrol and an extract from waste Pinot noir grape skins and seeds, and resistance of C. jejuni planktonic and biofilm cells, mediated via the CmeABC efflux pump

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      Aims

      To define anti-Campylobacter jejuni activity of an extract from waste skins and seeds of Pinot noir grapes (GSS) and of resveratrol, and possible resistance mechanisms, and the influence of these on C. jejuni morphology.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Campylobacter

  9. The First Report of a Fully Sequenced Resistance Plasmid from Shigella boydii

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Li Wang, Lei Liu, Dong Liu, Zhe Yin, Jiao Feng, Defu Zhang, Haihong Fang, Yefeng Qiu, Weijun Chen, Ruisheng Yang, Jinglin Wang, Yunzhi Fa, Dongsheng Zhou

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Shigella

  10. Molecular Interaction and Cellular Location of RecA and CheW Proteins in Salmonella enterica during SOS Response and Their Implication in Swarming

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Oihane Irazoki, Jesús Aranda, Timo Zimmermann, Susana Campoy, Jordi Barbé

      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Environmental Occurrence and Antibiotic Susceptibility Profile of Listeria monocytogenes at a Slaughterhouse Raw Processing Plant in Romania

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • This survey was conducted to investigate the occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes isolates in the environment of a pig slaughterhouse raw processing plant complex in western Romania. A total of 97 environmental samples from food contact (n = 60) and nonfood contact (n = 37) surfaces were examined with standard methods. The susceptibility of the isolates to 17 antimicrobial agents was determined with the VITEK 2 automated system.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  12. Is There a Relation between the Microscopic Leaf Morphology and the Association of Salmonella and Escherichia coli O157:H7 with Iceberg Lettuce Leaves?

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • et al.

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Campylobacter spp. Prevalence and Levels in Raw Milk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Campylobacteriosis is the leading bacterial gastrointestinal disease internationally, contributing significantly to the enteric illness burden. Cases have been associated with the consumption of raw milk, a behavior that has garnered attention recently. Estimates of the prevalence and levels of Campylobacter spp. in raw milk are lacking, which hinders risk assessment attempts.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Campylobacter

  14. Listeria monocytogenes Isolates Carrying Virulence-Attenuating Mutations in Internalin A Are Commonly Isolated from Ready-to-Eat Food Processing Plant and Retail Environments

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Listeria monocytogenes is a human foodborne pathogen that may cause an invasive disease known as listeriosis in susceptible individuals. Internalin A (InlA; encoded by inlA) is a virulence factor that facilitates crossing of host cell barriers by L. monocytogenes. At least 19 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in inlA that result in a premature stop codon (PMSC) have been described worldwide.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  15. Genotypic and Phenotypic Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Bovine Mastitic Milk in Korea

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Staphylococcus aureus is a major etiological pathogen for bovine mastitis, foodborne illness, and various clinical infections. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has been isolated from bovine mastitic milk, and the presence of MRSA in milk is a major public health concern. We investigated the frequency of MRSA isolation from mastitic raw milk in Korea and characterized the patterns of antimicrobial resistance, virulence, and genotypes of the MRSA isolates.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus

  16. Survival Kinetics of Salmonella enterica and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli on a Plastic Surface at Low Relative Humidity and on Low–Water Activity Foods

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • We investigated the survival kinetics of Salmonella enterica and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli under various water activity (aw) conditions to elucidate the net effect of aw on pathogen survival kinetics and to pursue the development of a predictive model of pathogen survival as a function of aw. Four serotypes of S. enterica (Stanley, Typhimurium, Chester, and Oranienburg) and three serotypes of enterohemorrhagic E. coli (E. coli O26, E. coli O111, and E. coli O157:H7) were examined.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Thermal and Starvation Stress Response of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolates Selected from Agricultural Environments

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • et al.

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Use of the Escherichia coli Identification Microarray for Characterizing the Health Risks of Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli Isolated from Foods

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • More than 470 serotypes of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) have been identified, but not all cause severe illness in humans. Most STEC that cause severe diseases can adhere to epithelial cells, produce specific stx subtypes, and belong to certain serotypes; therefore, these traits appear to be critical STEC risk factors. However, testing for these traits is labor intensive, and serotyping is inadequate because of extensive variations among E. coli O and H antigen types.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Salmonella Infection in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Incidence and Risk Factors from the 45 and Up Study

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Effect of small chain N acyl homoserine lactone quorum sensing signals on biofilms of food-borne pathogens

    • Journal of Food Science and Technology

    • Abstract

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis linked to the consumption of frozen beefburgers received from a food bank and originating from Poland: northern France, December 2014 to April 2015

    • Eurosurveillance

    • A prolonged outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis occurred in northern France between December 2014 and April 2015. Epidemiological investigations following the initial notification on 30 December 2014 of five cases of salmonellosis (two confirmed S. Enteritidis) in young children residing in the Somme department revealed that all cases frequented the same food bank A.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  22. Efficiency of a cleaning protocol for the removal of enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus strains in dairy plants

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 5 December 2016
      , Volume 238

      Author(s): José Guilherme Prado Martin, Gabriela de Oliveira e Silva, Carolina Rodrigues da Fonseca, Caio Baptista Morales, Caroline Souza Pamplona Silva, Daniel Lima Miquelluti, Ernani Porto

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus

  23. Induction and stability of oxidative stress adaptation in Listeria monocytogenes EGD (Bug600) and F1057 in sublethal concentrations of H2O2 and NaOH

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 5 December 2016
      , Volume 238

      Author(s): Piumi De Abrew Abeysundara, Ramakrishna Nannapaneni, Kamlesh A. Soni, Chander S. Sharma, Barakat Mahmoud

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  24. Applicability of the EN ISO 11290-1 standard method for Listeria monocytogenes detection in presence of new Listeria species

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 5 December 2016
      , Volume 238

      Author(s): Léna Barre, Apostolos S. Angelidis, Djouher Boussaid, Emilie Decourseulles Brasseur, Eléonore Manso, Nathalie Gnanou Besse

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  25. Characterization of nonpathogenic Listeria species isolated from food and food processing environment

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 5 December 2016
      , Volume 238

      Author(s): Dorota Korsak, Magdalena Szuplewska

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Heavy Metals