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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. Identification and characterization of psychrotolerant coliform bacteria isolated from pasteurized fluid milk

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: January 2016
      , Volume 99, Issue 1

      Author(s): S.N. Masiello, N.H. Martin, A. Trmčić, M. Wiedmann, K.J. Boor

      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Transformation of serum-susceptible Escherichia coli O111 with p16Slux plasmid to allow for real-time monitoring of complement-based inactivation of bacterial growth in bovine milk

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: January 2016
      , Volume 99, Issue 1

      Author(s): S. Maye, C. Stanton, G.F. Fitzgerald, P.M. Kelly

      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Starch-halloysite nanocomposites containing nisin: Characterization and inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes in soft cheese

    • LWT

    • Publication date: May 2016
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 68

      Author(s): Stela Maris Meister Meira, Gislene Zehetmeyer, Jóice Maria Scheibel, Júlia Orlandini Werner, Adriano Brandelli

      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Isolation and identification of some antibacterial peptides in the plasmin-digest of β-casein

    • LWT

    • Publication date: May 2016
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 68

      Author(s): M. Sedaghati, H. Ezzatpanah, M. Mashhadi Akbar Boojar, M. Tajabadi Ebrahimi, F. Kobarfard

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Isotopologue profiling of the listerial N-metabolism

    • Molecular Microbiology

    • Abstract

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Salmonella enterica Infections in the United States and Assessment of Coefficients of Variation: A Novel Approach to Identify Epidemiologic Characteristics of Individual Serotypes, 1996–2011

    • PLOS ONE

    • Amy L. Boore, R. Michael Hoekstra, Martha Iwamoto, Patricia I. Fields, Richard D. Bishop, David L. Swerdlow

      Background

      Despite control efforts, salmonellosis continues to cause an estimated 1.2 million infections in the United States (US) annually. We describe the incidence of salmonellosis in the US and introduce a novel approach to examine the epidemiologic similarities and differences of individual serotypes.

      Methods

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. A Comparison of the Beneficial Effects of Live and Heat-Inactivated Baker’s Yeast on Nile Tilapia: Suggestions on the Role and Function of the Secretory Metabolites Released from the Yeast

    • PLOS ONE

    • Chao Ran, Lu Huang, Zhi Liu, Li Xu, Yalin Yang, Philippe Tacon, Eric Auclair, Zhigang Zhou

      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Genetic Diversity of Clostridium sporogenes PA 3679 Isolates Obtained from Different Sources as Resolved by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and High-Throughput Sequencing [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Clostridium sporogenes PA 3679 is a nonpathogenic, nontoxic model organism for proteolytic Clostridium botulinum used in the validation of conventional thermal food processes due to its ability to produce highly heat-resistant endospores. Because of its public safety importance, the uncertain taxonomic classification and genetic diversity of PA 3679 are concerns. Therefore, isolates of C.

      • Clostridium botulinum
      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Influence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium ssrB on Colonization of Eastern Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) as Revealed by a Promoter Probe Screen [Invertebrate Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Although Salmonella has been isolated from 7.4 to 8.6% of domestic raw oysters, representing a significant risk for food-borne illness, little is known about the factors that influence their initial colonization by Salmonella. This study tested the hypothesis that specific regulatory changes enable a portion of the invading Salmonella population to colonize oysters. An in vivo promoter probe library screen identified 19 unique regions as regulated during colonization.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. The Connection between Persistent, Disinfectant-Resistant Listeria monocytogenes Strains from Two Geographically Separate Iberian Pork Processing Plants: Evidence from Comparative Genome Analysis [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • The aim of this study was to investigate the basis of the putative persistence of Listeria monocytogenes in a new industrial facility dedicated to the processing of ready-to-eat (RTE) Iberian pork products. Quaternary ammonium compounds, which included benzalkonium chloride (BAC), were repeatedly used as surface disinfectants in the processing plant. Clean and disinfected surfaces were sampled to evaluate if resistance to disinfectants was associated with persistence.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. A Dual Microscopy-Based Assay To Assess Listeria monocytogenes Cellular Entry and Vacuolar Escape [Methods]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive bacterium and a facultative intracellular pathogen that invades mammalian cells, disrupts its internalization vacuole, and proliferates in the host cell cytoplasm. Here, we describe a novel image-based microscopy assay that allows discrimination between cellular entry and vacuolar escape, enabling high-content screening to identify factors specifically involved in these two steps. We first generated L.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. A Novel Bacteriophage Targeting Cronobacter sakazakii Is a Potential Biocontrol Agent in Foods [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Cronobacter sakazakii is an important pathogen that causes high mortality in infants. Due to its occasional antibiotic resistance, a bacteriophage approach might be an alternative effective method for the control of this pathogen. To develop a novel biocontrol agent using bacteriophages, the C. sakazakii-infecting phage CR5 was newly isolated and characterized. Interestingly, this phage exhibited efficient and relatively durable host lysis activity.

      • Cronobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Influence of Vacuum Cooling on Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infiltration in Fresh Leafy Greens via a Multiphoton-Imaging Approach [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Microbial pathogen infiltration in fresh leafy greens is a significant food safety risk factor. In various postharvest operations, vacuum cooling is a critical process for maintaining the quality of fresh produce. The overall goal of this study was to evaluate the risk of vacuum cooling-induced infiltration of Escherichia coli O157:H7 into lettuce using multiphoton microscopy. Multiphoton imaging was chosen as the method to locate E.

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Combination Therapy of LysGH15 and Apigenin as a New Strategy for Treating Pneumonia Caused by Staphylococcus aureus [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Pneumonia is one of the most prevalent Staphylococcus aureus-mediated diseases, and the treatment of this infection is becoming challenging due to the emergence of multidrug-resistant S. aureus, especially methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains. It has been reported that LysGH15, the lysin derived from phage GH15, displays high efficiency and a broad lytic spectrum against MRSA and that apigenin can markedly diminish the alpha-hemolysin of S. aureus.

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Genotyping and Distribution of Coxiella burnetii Strains from Field Samples in Belgium [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • The genotypic characterization of Coxiella burnetii provides useful information about the strains circulating at the farm, region, or country level and may be used to identify the source of infection for animals and humans. The aim of the present study was to investigate the strains of C. burnetii circulating in caprine and bovine Belgian farms using a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) technique.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Using UVC Light-Emitting Diodes at Wavelengths of 266 to 279 Nanometers To Inactivate Foodborne Pathogens and Pasteurize Sliced Cheese [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • UVC light is a widely used sterilization technology. However, UV lamps have several limitations, including low activity at refrigeration temperatures, a long warm-up time, and risk of mercury exposure. UV-type lamps only emit light at 254 nm, so as an alternative, UV light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) which can produce the desired wavelengths have been developed.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Fundamental Characteristics of Deep-UV Light-Emitting Diodes and Their Application To Control Foodborne Pathogens [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Low-pressure mercury UV (LP-UV) lamps have long been used for bacterial inactivation, but due to certain disadvantages, such as the possibility of mercury leakage, deep-UV-C light-emitting diodes (DUV-LEDs) for disinfection have recently been of great interest as an alternative.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Typing of Campylobacter jejuni Isolated from Turkey by Genotypic Methods, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, and Virulence Gene Patterns: A Retrospective Study

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Biofilm-producing ability and tolerance to industrial sanitizers in Salmonella spp. isolated from Brazilian poultry processing plants

    • LWT

    • Publication date: May 2016
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 68

      Author(s): Rosangela Estel Ziech, Ana Paula Perin, Camila Lampugnani, Mallu Jagnow Sereno, Cibeli Viana, Vanessa Mendonça Soares, Juliano Gonçalves Pereira, José Paes de Almeida Nogueira Pinto, Luciano dos Santos Bersot

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Assessment of the inhibitory effect of free and encapsulated commercial nisin (Nisaplin®), tested alone and in combination, on Listeria monocytogenes and Bacillus cereus in refrigerated milk

    • LWT

    • Publication date: May 2016
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 68

      Author(s): Rafael Chacon Ruiz Martinez, Verônica Ortiz Alvarenga, Marcelo Thomazini, Carmen Sílvia Fávaro-Trindade, Anderson de Souza Sant'Ana

      • Bacillus cereus
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Antimicrobial citric acid/poly(vinyl alcohol) crosslinked films: Effect of cyclodextrin and sodium benzoate on the antimicrobial activity

    • LWT

    • Publication date: May 2016
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 68

      Author(s): C. Birck, S. Degoutin, M. Maton, C. Neut, M. Bria, M. Moreau, F. Fricoteaux, V. Miri, M. Bacquet

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Characterization of Lactobacillus pentosus as a starter culture for the fermentation of edible oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus spp.)

    • LWT

    • Publication date: May 2016
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 68

      Author(s): Ying Liu, Xiao-xiao Xie, Salam A. Ibrahim, Shahzor Gul Khaskheli, Hong Yang, Yan-feng Wang, Wen Huang

      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. One Health in Practice: A Pilot Project for Integrated Care of Zoonotic Infections in Immunocompromised Children and Their Pets in Chile

    • Zoonoses and Public Health

    • Summary

      • Campylobacter
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites

  24. Vigilance for Salmonella in Feedstuffs Available in Costa Rica: Prevalence, Serotyping and Tetracycline Resistance of Isolates Obtained from 2009 to 2014

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Characterization of the Microbial Flora from Suan Yu, a Chinese Traditional Low-Salt Fermented Fish

    • Journal of Food Processing and Preservation

      • Bacterial pathogens