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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. Fabrication of PDMS surfaces with micro patterns and the effect of pattern sizes on bacteria adhesion

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2016
      , Volume 68

      Author(s): Naiyan Lu, Wei Zhang, Yuyan Weng, Xiaoxia Chen, Yao Cheng, Peng Zhou

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Carotenoids of indigenous citrus species from Aceh and its in vitro antioxidant, antidiabetic and antibacterial activities

    • European Food Research and Technology

    • Abstract

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Curcumin Reduces the Motility of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium by Binding to the Flagella thereby Leading to Flagellar Fragility and Shedding

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • One of the important virulence properties of the pathogen is its ability to travel to a favorable environment, cross the viscous mucus barrier (intestinal barrier for enteric pathogen) and reach the epithelia to initiate the pathogenesis with the help of an appendage like flagella. Nonetheless, flagella can act as an "Achilles heel", revealing the pathogen's presence to the host through the stimulation of innate and adaptive immune responses.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Diversity of Clinical and Environmental Isolates of Vibrio cholerae in Natural Transformation and Contact-Dependent Bacterial Killing Indicative of Type VI Secretion System Activity [Environmental Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • The bacterial pathogen Vibrio cholerae can occupy both the human gut and aquatic reservoirs, where it may colonize chitinous surfaces that induce the expression of factors for three phenotypes: chitin utilization, DNA uptake by natural transformation, and contact-dependent bacterial killing via a type VI secretion system (T6SS).

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Transcriptional Repression of the VC2105 Protein by Vibrio FadR Suggests that It Is a New Auxiliary Member of the fad Regulon [Genetics and Molecular Biology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Recently, our group along with others reported that the Vibrio FadR regulatory protein is unusual in that, unlike the prototypical fadR product of Escherichia coli, which has only one ligand-binding site, Vibrio FadR has two ligand-binding sites and represents a new mechanism for fatty acid sensing. The promoter region of the vc2105 gene, encoding a putative thioesterase, was mapped, and a putative FadR-binding site (AA CTG GTA AGA GCA CTT) was proposed.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Packaging of Campylobacter jejuni into Multilamellar Bodies by the Ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis [Environmental Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Campylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. Transmission to humans occurs through consumption of contaminated food or water. The conditions affecting the persistence of C. jejuni in the environment are poorly understood. Some protozoa package and excrete bacteria into multilamellar bodies (MLBs). Packaged bacteria are protected from deleterious conditions, which increases their survival. We hypothesized that C.

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Isolation and Structural Elucidation of Brevibacillin, an Antimicrobial Lipopeptide from Brevibacillus laterosporus That Combats Drug-Resistant Gram-Positive Bacteria [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • A new environmental bacterial strain exhibited strong antimicrobial characteristics against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant strains of Enterococcus faecalis and Lactobacillus plantarum, and other Gram-positive bacteria. The producer strain, designated OSY-I1, was determined to be Brevibacillus laterosporus via morphological, biochemical, and genetic analyses.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Antibiotic residues
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Bacillus cereus

  8. Visualizing the Translocation and Localization of Bacterial Type III Effector Proteins by Using a Genetically Encoded Reporter System [Methods]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Bacterial type III secretion system (T3SS) effector proteins are critical determinants of infection for many animal and plant pathogens. However, monitoring of the translocation and delivery of these important virulence determinants has proved to be technically challenging. Here, we used a genetically engineered LOV (light-oxygen-voltage) sensing domain derivative to monitor the expression, translocation, and localization of bacterial T3SS effectors.

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Does antibiotic resistance influence shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli O26 and O103 survival to stress environments?

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2016
      , Volume 68

      Author(s): Mastura Akhtar, Alice Maserati, Francisco Diez-Gonzalez, Fernando Sampedro

      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Engineering of operation condition in milk pasteurization with PEF treatment

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2016
      , Volume 68

      Author(s): Takayuki Ohshima, Takanori Tanino, Tsuyoshi Kameda, Hiroyuki Harashima

      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Approaches to Removal and Killing of Salmonella Spp. Biofilms

    • Journal of Food Processing and Preservation

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Toxins, Vol. 8, Pages 104: Detection of Enterotoxigenic Potential and Determination of Clonal Profile in Staphylococcus aureus and Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Isolated from Bovine Subclinical Mastitis in Different Brazilian States

    • Toxins

    • Epidemiological studies have identified Staphylococcus aureus as the most common agent involved in food poisoning. However, current research highlights the importance of toxigenic coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) isolated from food. The aim of this study was to characterize Staphylococcus spp.

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Application of edible coating with starch and carvacrol in minimally processed pumpkin

    • Journal of Food Science and Technology

    • Abstract

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. An overview of Salmonella thermal destruction during food processing and preparation

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2016
      , Volume 68

      Author(s): Nathan A. Jarvis, Corliss A. O'Bryan, Turki M. Dawoud, Si Hong Park, Young Min Kwon, Philip G. Crandall, Steven C. Ricke

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Investigation of handling practices for fresh produce and the efficacy of commercially available produce washes on removal of pathogens and natural microflora on whole cantaloupe surfaces

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2016
      , Volume 68

      Author(s): Keyla Lopez, Kyle Phalen, Christopher I. Vahl, Kevin R. Roberts, Kelly J.K. Getty

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Vibrio cholerae non-O1 bacteraemia: description of three cases in the Netherlands and a literature review

    • Eurosurveillance

    • Vibrio cholerae non-O1 serogroup (VCNO) bacteraemia is a severe condition with a high case-fatality rate. We report three cases diagnosed in the Netherlands, identified during a national microbiological congress, and provide a literature review on VCNO bacteraemia. A search strategy including synonyms for 'VCNO' and 'bacteraemia' was applied to PubMed, Medline, Web of Science and Embase databases.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Outbreak of unusual Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium monophasic variant 1,4 [5],12:i:-, Italy, June 2013 to September 2014

    • Eurosurveillance

    • Monophasic variant of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhimurium (monophasic S. Typhimurium), with antigenic structure 1,4,[5],12:i:-, appears to be of increasing importance in Europe. In Italy, monophasic S. Typhimurium represented the third most frequent Salmonella serovar isolated from human cases between 2004 and 2008. From June 2013 to October 2014, a total of 206 human cases of salmonellosis were identified in Abruzzo region (Central Italy).

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Transfer RNA Bound to MnmH Protein Is Enriched with Geranylated tRNA – A Possible Intermediate in Its Selenation?

    • PLOS ONE

    • Gunilla Jäger, Peng Chen, Glenn R. Björk

      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. IL-12p40/IL-10 Producing preCD8α/Clec9A+ Dendritic Cells Are Induced in Neonates upon Listeria monocytogenes Infection

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • David Torres, Arnaud Köhler, Sandrine Delbauve, Irina Caminschi, Mireille H. Lahoud, Ken Shortman, Véronique Flamand

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Antibacterial Constituents of Hainan Morinda citrifolia (Noni) Leaves

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Abstract

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Nonclinical Safety Assessment of Morus alba L. Fruits: Study of 90-D Toxicity in Sprague Dawley Rats and Genotoxicity in Salmonella

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Abstract

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Hurdle Effect of Antimicrobial Activity Achieved by Time Differential Releasing of Nisin and Chitosan Hydrolysates from Bacterial Cellulose

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Abstract

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. The Distribution of 18 Enterotoxin and Enterotoxin-Like Genes in Staphylococcus aureus Strains from Different Sources in East China

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Apr 2016, Vol. 13, No. 4: 171-176.

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. The Translocation Domain of Botulinum Neurotoxin A Moderates the Propensity of the Catalytic Domain to Interact with Membranes at Acidic pH

    • PLOS ONE

    • Anne Araye, Amélie Goudet, Julien Barbier, Sylvain Pichard, Bruno Baron, Patrick England, Javier Pérez, Sophie Zinn-Justin, Alexandre Chenal, Daniel Gillet

      • Clostridium botulinum
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. ToxR Antagonizes H-NS Regulation of Horizontally Acquired Genes to Drive Host Colonization

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • Misha I. Kazi, Aaron R. Conrado, Alexandra R. Mey, Shelley M. Payne, Bryan W. Davies

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens