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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. Virulence Gene Profiles and Clonal Relationships of Escherichia coli O26:H11 Isolates from Feedlot Cattle as Determined by Whole-Genome Sequencing [Environmental Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Escherichia coli O26 is the second most important enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) serogroup worldwide. Serogroup O26 strains are categorized mainly into two groups: enteropathogenic (EPEC) O26, carrying a locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) and mostly causing mild diarrhea, and Shiga-toxigenic (STEC) O26, which carries the Shiga toxin (STX) gene (stx), responsible for more severe outcomes. stx-negative O26 strains can be further split into two groups.

      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Genotypic and Phenotypic Markers of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC9 in Humans [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Use of antimicrobials in industrial food animal production is associated with the presence of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among animals and humans. The livestock-associated (LA) methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) clonal complex 9 (CC9) is associated with animals and related workers in Asia. This study aimed to explore the genotypic and phenotypic markers of LA-MRSA CC9 in humans. We conducted a cross-sectional study of livestock workers and controls in Guangdong, China.

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Increased Biomass Production by Mesophilic Food-Associated Bacteria through Lowering the Growth Temperature from 30{degrees}C to 10{degrees}C [Environmental Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Five isolates from chilled food and refrigerator inner surfaces and closely related reference strains of the species Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus xylosus, Bacillus cereus, Pedobacter nutrimenti, and Pedobacter panaciterrae were tested for the effect of growth temperature (30°C and 10°C) on biomass formation.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Bacillus cereus

  4. Use of Colistin and Other Critical Antimicrobials on Pig and Chicken Farms in Southern Vietnam and Its Association with Resistance in Commensal Escherichia coli Bacteria [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health problem, and emerging semi-intensive farming systems in Southeast Asia are major contributors to the AMR burden.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Identification and functional analysis of two toxin-antitoxin systems in Campylobacter jejuni

    • Molecular Microbiology

    • Abstract

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Salmonella spp. from Agricultural Environments in Fruit Production Systems

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Tracing Back Clinical Campylobacter jejuni in the Northwest of Italy and Assessing Their Potential Source

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Elisabetta Di Giannatale, Giuliano Garofolo, Alessandra Alessiani, Guido Di Donato, Luca Candeloro, Walter Vencia, Lucia Decastelli, Francesca Marotta

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. High-pressure processing effects on foodborne bacteria by mid-infrared spectroscopy analysis

    • LWT

    • Publication date: November 2016
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 73

      Author(s): Catarina Moreirinha, Adelaide Almeida, Jorge A. Saraiva, Ivonne Delgadillo

      • Bacillus cereus
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Effect of rapid surface cooling on Campylobacter numbers on poultry carcasses

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: December 2016
      , Volume 70

      Author(s): Dean Burfoot, Jeremy Hall, Keith Nicholson, Kirsty Holmes, Cedric Hanson, Simon Handley, Elizabeth Mulvey

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Prevalence and molecular characterization of Listeria spp. and Listeria monocytogenes isolated from fish, shrimp, and cooked ready-to-eat (RTE) aquatic products in Iran

    • LWT

    • Publication date: November 2016
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 73

      Author(s): Esmail Abdollahzadeh, Seyed Mahdi Ojagh, Hedayat Hosseini, Gholamreza Irajian, Ezzat Allah Ghaemi

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes growth on fresh-cut produce with thyme essential oil and essential oil compound verbenone

    • Postharvest Biology and Technology

    • Publication date: October 2016
      , Volume 120

      Author(s): J. Scollard, O. McManamon, A. Schmalenberger

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Heavy metal and disinfectant resistance genes among livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 9 June 2016


      Author(s): M. Angeles Argudín, Birgit Lauzat, Britta Kraushaar, Patricia Alba, Yvonne Agerso, Lina Cavaco, Patrick Butaye, M. Concepción Porrero, Antonio Battisti, Bernd-Alois Tenhagen, Alexandra Fetsch, Beatriz Guerra

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Heavy Metals
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants

  13. Acidic pH sensing in the bacterial cytoplasm is required for Salmonella virulence

    • Molecular Microbiology

    • Summary

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Use of Potential Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) Biofilms for the Control of Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella Typhimurium, and Escherichia coli O157:H7 Biofilms Formation

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Natacha C. Gómez, Juan M. P. Ramiro, Beatriz X. V. Quecan, Bernadette D. G. de Melo Franco

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Novel antimicrobial peptides showed promising activity against multidrug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis and its stress response mechanism revealed

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      Aims

      To evaluate the antibacterial efficacy of novel antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) against multidrug-resistant (MDR) Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis (S. Choleraesuis) and to delineate the AMP-responsive mechanisms of wild-type (WT) and MDR strains.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  16. Genetic Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Retail Meat in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Muhabat A. Raji, Ghada Garaween, Ralf Ehricht, Stefan Monecke, Atef M. Shibl, Abiola Senok

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus

  17. Effect of nisin and perilla oil combination against Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus in milk

    • Journal of Food Science and Technology

    • Abstract

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Staphylococcus aureus

  18. Outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Sequence Type 120, Peru, 2009

    • Emerging Infectious Diseases

    • N. Gonzalez-Escalona et al.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Vibrio

  19. Two Linked Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli Outbreaks, Nottingham, UK, June 2014

    • Emerging Infectious Diseases

    • S. Newitt et al.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthesis Genes of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Promote Resistance to Antimicrobial Chemokines

    • PLOS ONE

    • David L. Erickson, Cynthia S. Lew, Brittany Kartchner, Nathan T. Porter, S. Wade McDaniel, Nathan M. Jones, Sara Mason, Erin Wu, Eric Wilson

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. CXCR2 Mediates Brucella-Induced Arthritis in Interferon {gamma}-Deficient Mice

    • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

    • Background. Brucella species are facultative intracellular gram-negative bacteria that cause brucellosis, a common global zoonosis. Infection of the joints is the most common focal complication of brucellosis in humans. The purpose of this study was to identify mediators of focal inflammation during brucellosis.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Retail Ready-to-Eat Foods in China

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Xiaojuan Yang, Jumei Zhang, Shubo Yu, Qingping Wu, Weipeng Guo, Jiahui Huang, Shuzhen Cai

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Plant-Derived Polyphenols Interact with Staphylococcal Enterotoxin A and Inhibit Toxin Activity

    • PLOS ONE

    • Yuko Shimamura, Natsumi Aoki, Yuka Sugiyama, Takashi Tanaka, Masatsune Murata, Shuichi Masuda

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Antimicrobial Activity of Serbian Propolis Evaluated by Means of MIC, HPTLC, Bioautography and Chemometrics

    • PLOS ONE

    • Petar Ristivojević, Ivica Dimkić, Jelena Trifković, Tanja Berić, Irena Vovk, Dušanka Milojković-Opsenica, Slaviša Stanković

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Coxiella modulates PI(3)P metabolism [Microbiology]

    • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    • The Q fever bacterium Coxiella burnetii replicates inside host cells within a large Coxiella-containing vacuole (CCV) whose biogenesis relies on the Dot/Icm-dependent secretion of bacterial effectors. Several membrane trafficking pathways contribute membranes, proteins, and lipids for CCV biogenesis. These include the endocytic and autophagy pathways, which are characterized by phosphatidylinositol...

      • Bacterial pathogens