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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. Effect of Power Levels on Inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella Typhimurium, and Listeria monocytogenes in Tomato Paste Using 915-Megahertz Microwave and Ohmic Heating

    • Journal of Food Protection
    • et al.

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens
  2. Thermal Resistance of Clostridium difficile Spores in Peptone Water and Pork Meat

    • Journal of Food Protection
    • The thermal resistance of four strains of Clostridium difficile spores (three hypervirulent and one nonhypervirulent) in peptone water (PW) and pork meat was evaluated individually at 70, 75, 80, 85, and 90°C using two recovery methods (taurocholate and lysozyme). PW or meat was inoculated with C. difficile spores and mixed to obtain ca. 5.0 log CFU/ml or 4.0 log CFU/g, respectively. The D-values of C.

      • Bacterial pathogens
  3. ERRATUM - Internalization of Listeria monocytogenes in Whole Avocado

    • Journal of Food Protection
    • This article is currently available as a free download on Ingenta Connect et al.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens
  4. Inhibition effect of tea tree oil on Listeria monocytogenes growth and exotoxin proteins listeriolysin O and p60 secretion

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology
    • Abstract

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens
  5. Black tea processing waste as a source of antioxidant and antimicrobial phenolic compounds

    • European Food Research and Technology
    • Abstract

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
  6. Virulence of Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease PirAB-like Relies on Secreted Proteins Not on Gene Copy Number

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology
    • Abstract

      Aims

      To investigate the virulence of the Vp_PirAB-like genes in Vibrio parahaemolyticus-AHPND causing strain and factors that associate with the virulence level.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens
  7. Genetic features of livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus ST9 isolates from Chinese pigs that carry the lsa(E) gene for quinupristin/dalfopristin resistance

    • International Journal of Medical Microbiology
    • Publication date: Available online 10 August 2016


      Author(s): Xiaomei Yan, Zongwei Li, Monika A. Chlebowicz, Xiaoxia Tao, Ming Ni, Yuan Hu, Zhen Li, Hajo Grundmann, Susan Murray, Ben Pascoe, Samuel K. Sheppard, Xiaochen Bo, Jan Maarten van Dijl, Pengcheng Du, Minli Zhang, Yuanhai You, Xiaojie Yu, Fanliang Meng, Shengqi Wang, Jianzhong Zhang

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
  8. Elevated Risk for Antimicrobial Drug–Resistant Shigella Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men, United States, 2011–2015

    • Emerging Infectious Diseases
    • Shigella spp. cause ≈500,000 illnesses in the United States annually, and resistance to ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone, and azithromycin is emerging. We investigated associations between transmission route and antimicrobial resistance among US shigellosis clusters reported during 2011–2015. Of 32 clusters, 9 were caused by shigellae resistant to ciprofloxacin (3 clusters), ceftriaxone (2 clusters), or azithromycin (7 clusters); 3 clusters were resistant to >1 of these drugs.

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens
  9. Toxins, Vol. 8, Pages 237: Chloroquine Analog Interaction with C2- and Iota-Toxin in Vitro and in Living Cells

    • Toxins
    • C2-toxin from Clostridium botulinum and Iota-toxin from Clostridium perfringens belong both to the binary A-B-type of toxins consisting of two separately secreted components, an enzymatic subunit A and a binding component B that facilitates the entry of the corresponding enzymatic subunit into the target cells. The enzymatic subunits are in both cases actin ADP-ribosyltransferases that modify R177 of globular actin finally leading to cell death.

      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Clostridium botulinum
      • Bacterial pathogens
  10. Salmonella Bacterial Monotherapy Reduces Autochthonous Prostate Tumor Burden in the TRAMP Mouse Model

    • PLOS ONE
    • Robert A. Kazmierczak, Bettina Gentry, Tyler Mumm, Heide Schatten, Abraham Eisenstark

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens
  11. Molecular Evolution of a Klebsiella pneumoniae ST278 Isolate Harboring blaNDM-7 and Involved in Nosocomial Transmission

    • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
    • During 2013, ST278 Klebsiella pneumoniae with blaNDM-7 was isolated from the urine (KpN01) and rectum (KpN02) of a patient in Calgary, Canada. The same strain (KpN04) was subsequently isolated from another patient in the same unit. Interestingly, a carbapenem-susceptible K. pneumoniae ST278 (KpN06) was obtained 1 month later from the blood of the second patient.

      • Bacterial pathogens
  12. Phenotypic and Genetic Heterogeneity in Vibrio cholerae O139 Isolated from Cholera Cases in Delhi, India during 2001–2006

    • Frontiers in Microbiology
    • Raikamal Ghosh, Naresh C. Sharma, Kalpataru Halder, Rupak K. Bhadra, Goutam Chowdhury, Gururaja P. Pazhani, Sumio Shinoda, Asish K. Mukhopadhyay, G. Balakrish Nair, Thadavarayan Ramamurthy

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens
  13. Prophylactic Bacteriophage Administration More Effective than Post-infection Administration in Reducing Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis Shedding in Quail

    • Frontiers in Microbiology
    • Mosab Ahmadi, M. Amir Karimi Torshizi, Shaban Rahimi, John J. Dennehy

      • Bacterial pathogens
  14. Effect of Feed Form and Whole Grain Feeding on Gastrointestinal Weight and the Prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni in Broilers Orally Infected

    • PLOS ONE
    • Marta Isabel Gracia, Jaime Sánchez, Carlos Millán, Óscar Casabuena, Peter Vesseur, Ángel Martín, Francisco Javier García-Peña, Pedro Medel

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens
  15. Efficacy of Tumor-Targeting Salmonella A1-R on a Melanoma Patient-Derived Orthotopic Xenograft (PDOX) Nude-Mouse Model

    • PLOS ONE
    • Mako Yamamoto, Ming Zhao, Yukihiko Hiroshima, Yong Zhang, Elizabeth Shurell, Fritz C. Eilber, Michael Bouvet, Makoto Noda, Robert M. Hoffman

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens
  16. Transcriptomic and phenotypic analysis reveals new functions for the Tat pathway in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

    • Journal of Bacteriology
    • The Twin-arginine translocation (Tat) system mediates secretion of folded proteins that in bacteria, plants and archaea are identified via an N-terminal signal peptide. Tat systems are associated with virulence in many bacterial pathogens and our previous studies revealed that Tat deficient Yersinia pseudotuberculosis was severely attenuated for virulence.

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
  17. Beneficial effects of live and dead Salmonella-based vector strain on the course of colitis in mice

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology
    • Abstract

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens
  18. Shoe soles as a potential vector for pathogen transmission: A systematic review

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology
    • Abstract

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
  19. The Antimicrobial Effect of Essential Oils Against Listeria monocytogenes in Sous vide Cook-Chill Beef During Storage

    • Journal of Food Processing and Preservation
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens
  20. Recovery Estimation of Dried Foodborne Pathogens Is Directly Related to Rehydration Kinetics

    • PLOS ONE
    • Emilie Lang, Fiona Zoz, Cyril Iaconelli, Stéphane Guyot, Pablo Alvarez-Martin, Laurent Beney, Jean-Marie Perrier-Cornet, Patrick Gervais

      • Cronobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens
  21. Purified rutin and rutin-rich asparagus attenuates disease severity and tissue damage following dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis

    • Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
    • Scope

      This study investigated the effects of cooked whole asparagus (ASP) versus its equivalent level of purified flavonoid glycoside, rutin (RUT), on dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis and subsequent colitis recovery in mice.

      • Bacterial pathogens
  22. Cluster Analysis of Campylobacter jejuni Genotypes Isolated from Small and Medium-Sized Mammalian Wildlife and Bovine Livestock from Ontario Farms

    • Zoonoses and Public Health
    • Summary

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens
  23. Internalization of Listeria monocytogenes in Whole Avocado

    • Journal of Food Protection
    • In recent years, tree fruits have emerged as a new concern for Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the potential internalization of L. monocytogenes from the surface of avocados into the edible portions of the fruit during certain postharvest practices simulated in a laboratory setting. One set of intact avocados was spot inoculated with L. monocytogenes on the stem scar, and the second set was hydrocooled in water contaminated with L.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens
  24. Prevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant Fecal Escherichia coli Isolates from Penned Broiler and Scavenging Local Chickens in Arusha, Tanzania

    • Journal of Food Protection
    • We compared the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli isolates from household-level producers of broiler (commercial source breeds) and local chickens in the Arusha District of Tanzania. Households were composed of a single dwelling or residence with independent, penned broiler flocks. Free-range, scavenging chickens were mixed breed and loosely associated with individual households. A total of 1,800 E.

      • Bacterial pathogens
  25. Characterization of Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli O157 Isolates from Bovine Carcasses

    • Journal of Food Protection
    • The main purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of Escherichia coli O157 on bovine carcasses before and after chilling at a large slaughterhouse located in the city of Barcelona, Spain, to assess the effectiveness of dry chilling on reducing E. coli O157 contamination of carcasses. In addition, the study characterized the E. coli O157 strains isolated in terms of virulence factors, antibiotic susceptibility, and their genetic diversity.

      • Bacterial pathogens