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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. Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian commercial Pork Processing Plants

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology
    • Abstract

      Aims

      This study investigated the prevalence of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), their spa-types, and antimicrobial resistance profiles at various steps during commercial pork production from three plants designated as A, B and C.

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
  2. Biomedical Applications of Nisin

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology
    • Abstract

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
  3. Insights into the smooth-to-rough transitioning in Mycobacterium bolletii unravels a functional Tyr residue conserved in all mycobacterial MmpL family members

    • Molecular Microbiology
    • Summary

      • Bacterial pathogens
  4. Evaluation of Diluents and A Selective Agar for Enumerating the Viable Number of Vibrio Spp. in Laboratory Broth and on Mackerel

    • Journal of Food Safety
    • Abstract

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Vibrio
  5. Effect of Plasma Nitriding Surface Modification on the Adhesion of Food Pathogens to Stainless Steel AISI 316 and AISI 304

    • Journal of Food Safety
    • Abstract

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes
  6. Improvement of the Detection Sensitivity for Staphylococcus aureus in Spices and Herbs

    • Food Analytical Methods
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus
  7. Molecular tracking of Salmonella spp. in chicken meat chain: from slaughterhouse reception to end cuts

    • Journal of Food Science and Technology
    • Abstract

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens
  8. Coxiella burnetii Phagocytosis Is Regulated by GTPases of the Rho Family and the RhoA Effectors mDia1 and ROCK

    • PLOS ONE
    • Romina P. Salinas, Rodolfo M. Ortiz Flores, Jesús S. Distel, Milton O. Aguilera, María I. Colombo, Walter Berón

      • Bacterial pathogens
  9. Shiga toxigenic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in water and fish from pay-to-fish ponds

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology
    • Abstract

      • Bacterial pathogens
  10. An experimental validated in silico model to assess Staphylococcus aureus growth kinetics on different pork products

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology
    • Abstract

      Aims

      To gain an understanding of the growth kinetics of Staphylococcus aureus to ensure the safety of pork, and to develop a predictive growth model of S. aureus in raw pork, ham, and sausage pork under specific storage time and temperature conditions.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus
  11. Optimizing buffering chemistry to maintain near neutral pH of broiler feed during pre-enrichment for Salmonella

    • Poultry Science
    • Salmonella is a human pathogen that can accompany live broilers to the slaughter plant, contaminating fully processed carcasses. Feed is one potential source of Salmonella to growing broilers. Monitoring feed for the presence of Salmonella is part of good agricultural practice. The first step in culturing feed for Salmonella (which may be at low numbers and sub-lethally stressed) is to add it to a pre-enrichment broth which is incubated for 24 h.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella
  12. Presence of pathogenicity islands and virulence genes of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) in isolates from avian organic fertilizer

    • Poultry Science
    • Poultry litter is commonly used as fertilizer in agriculture. However, this poultry litter must be processed prior to use, since poultry have a large number of pathogenic microorganisms. The aims of this study were to isolate and genotypically and phenotypically characterize Escherichia coli from avian organic fertilizer. Sixty-four E.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  13. Effects of co-fermented Pleurotus eryngii stalk residues and soybean hulls by Aureobasidium pullulans on performance and intestinal morphology in broiler chickens

    • Poultry Science
    • Soybean hulls are a by-product of soybean processing for oil and meal production; Pleurotus eryngii stalk residues (PESR) are by-products of the edible portion of the fruiting body enriched in bioactive metabolites. This study evaluated the effects of co-fermented PESR and soybean hulls with Aureobasidium pullulans on performance and intestinal morphology in broiler chickens.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Clostridium perfringens
  14. Outbreak of Listeria Monocytogenes in Pheasants

    • Poultry Science
    • Listeria monocytogenes is capable of infecting almost all animals. However, outbreaks of listeriosis are infrequent in birds. This report describes an outbreak of listeriosis in a small pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) breeder farm with more than 2,000 pheasants from Hubei province of the People's Republic of China. The affected flock consisted of adult and young birds. Approximately 300 young birds and a few adult birds were found dead within a few days of the onset of clinical signs.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes
  15. The effect of dietary fructooligosaccharide supplementation on growth performance, intestinal morphology, and immune responses in broiler chickens challenged with Salmonella Enteritidis lipopolysaccharides

    • Poultry Science
    • This study was conducted to examine the effects of fructooligosaccharide (FOS) supplementation on growth performance, lymphoid organ weight, intestinal morphology, and immunological status in broilers (n = 180) challenged with Salmonella Enteritidis lipopolysaccharides (LPS).

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella
  16. Identification of Source of Brucella suis Infection in Human by Whole-Genome Sequencing, United States and Tonga

    • Emerging Infectious Diseases
    • C. Quance et al.

      • Bacterial pathogens
  17. Characterization of antimicrobial efficacy of photocatalytic polymers against food-borne biofilms

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

      Author(s): Xuan Weng, Jan van Niekerk, Suresh Neethirajan, Keith Warriner

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens
  18. Antimicrobial Activity of Lactic Acid against Pathogen and Spoilage Microorganisms

    • Journal of Food Processing and Preservation
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
  19. Detection of Virulence Genes and Growth Potential in Listeria monocytogenes Strains Isolated from Ricotta Salata Cheese

    • Journal of Food Science
    • Abstract

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens
  20. Pathogenicity island cross-talk mediated by recombination directionality factors (RDFs) facilitates excision from the chromosome

    • Journal of Bacteriology
    • Pathogenicity islands (PAIs) are mobile integrated genetic elements (MIGEs) that contain a diverse range of virulence factors and are essential in the evolution of pathogenic bacteria. PAIs are widespread among bacteria and integrate into the host genome, commonly at a tRNA locus, via integrase mediated site-specific recombination. The excision of PAIs is the first step in the horizontal transfer of these elements and is not well understood.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens
  21. Molecular Characterization of Salmonella enterica Serovars Isolated from a Turkey Production Facility in the Absence of Selective Antimicrobial Pressure

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Bacterial pathogens
  22. Molecular Characterization of β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Collected from 2001 to 2011 from Pigs in Korea

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Bacterial pathogens
  23. Ziziphora clinopodioides Essential Oil and Nisin as Potential Antimicrobial Agents against Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Doogh (Iranian Yoghurt Drink)

    • Journal of Pathogens
    • The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of Ziziphora clinopodioides essential oil (0.1 and 0.2%) and nisin (250 and 500 IU/mL) separately and in combination on survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 inoculated in Doogh (Iranian yoghurt drink) during storage under refrigerated temperature (4 ± 1°C) for 9 days. Viability of Lactobacillus casei at different concentrations of Z. clinopodioides essential oil (0.1 and 0.2%) in Doogh was also examined.

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens
  24. Absorbent food pads containing bacteriophages for potential antimicrobial use in refrigerated food products

    • LWT
    • Publication date: April 2016
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 67

      Author(s): Delaine Meireles Gouvêa, Regina Célia Santos Mendonça, Maryoris Elisa Soto Lopez, Laís Silva Batalha

      • Bacterial pathogens
  25. Detection of Salmonella spp., Yersinia enterocolitica, Listeria monocytogenes and Campylobacter spp. by real-time multiplex PCR using amplicon DNA melting analysis and probe-based assay

    • International Journal of Food Science & Technology
    • Summary

      • Campylobacter
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Salmonella
      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens