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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. Biofilm formation of the L. monocytogenes strain 15G01 is influenced by changes in environmental conditions

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: December 2015
      , Volume 119

      Author(s): Jessika Nowak, Cristina D. Cruz, Jon Palmer, Graham C. Fletcher, Steve Flint

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Efficacy of a typing scheme for Campylobacter based on the combination of true and questionable CRISPR

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: December 2015
      , Volume 119

      Author(s): Inés de Cárdenas, José F. Fernández-Garayzábal, María-Luisa de la Cruz, Lucas Domínguez, María Ugarte-Ruiz, Susana Gómez-Barrero

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Prevalence and Characterization of Salmonella Isolated from Feral Pigs Throughout Texas

    • Zoonoses and Public Health

    • Summary

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Microbial dynamics in mixed culture biofilms of bacteria surviving sanitation of conveyor belts in salmon processing plants

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      Aims

      The microbiota surviving sanitation of salmon processing conveyor belts was identified and its growth dynamics further investigated in a model mimicking processing surfaces in such plants.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Antibacterial effect of roselle extracts (Hibiscus sabadariffa), sodium hypochlorite and acetic acid against multidrug-resistant Salmonella strains isolated from tomatoes

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Biodegradation of Ochratoxin A by Bacterial Strains Isolated from Vineyard Soils

    • Toxins

    • Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin with a main nephrotoxic activity contaminating several foodstuffs. In the present report, five soil samples collected from OTA-contaminated vineyards were screened to isolate microorganisms able to biodegrade OTA. When cultivated in OTA-supplemented medium, OTA was converted in OTα by 225 bacterial isolates.

      • Mycotoxins
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Natural toxins

  7. Effects of electron beam irradiation on microbial inactivation and quality of kimchi paste during storage

    • International Journal of Food Science & Technology

    • Summary

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  8. The utility of multiple molecular methods including whole genome sequencing as tools to differentiate Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreaks

    • Eurosurveillance

    • A standardised method for determining Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain relatedness using whole genome sequencing or virulence gene profiling is not yet established. We sought to assess the capacity of either high-throughput polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of 49 virulence genes, core-genome single nt variants (SNVs) or k-mer clustering to discriminate between outbreak-associated and sporadic E. coli O157:H7 isolates.

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Serosurvey of Smooth Brucella, Leptospira spp. and Toxoplasma gondii in Free-Ranging Jaguars (Panthera onca) and Domestic Animals from Brazil

    • PLOS ONE

    • Mariana Malzoni Furtado, Solange Maria Gennari, Cassia Yumi Ikuta, Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo, Zenaide Maria de Morais, Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena, Grasiela Edith de Oliveira Porfírio, Leandro Silveira, Rahel Sollmann, Gisele Oliveira de Souza, Natália Mundim Tôrres, José Soares Ferreira Neto

      • Parasites
      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Comparative Characterization of Vibrio cholerae O1 from Five Sub-Saharan African Countries Using Various Phenotypic and Genotypic Techniques

    • PLOS ONE

    • Anthony M. Smith, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade, Martin A. Mengel, Bradford D. Gessner, Delphine Sauvageot, Bawimodom Bidjada, Berthe N. Miwanda, Diallo M. Saliou, Adèle Kacou N’Douba, José P. Langa, Husna Ismail, Nomsa Tau, Arvinda Sooka, Karen. H. Keddy

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Seroprevalence in Chickens against Campylobacter jejuni Flagellar Capping Protein (FliD) in Selected Areas of the United States

    • Zoonoses and Public Health

    • Summary

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. An immunomagnetic separation/loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for rapid direct detection of thermotolerant Campylobacter spp. during poultry production

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      Aims

      To develop a rapid test for thermotolerant Campylobacter in poultry faeces.

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Assessing the performance of novel software strain solution on automated discrimination of Escherichia coli serotypes and their mixtures using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 10 November 2015


      Author(s): Teruyo Ojima-Kato, Naomi Yamamoto, Yoshio Iijima, Hiroto Tamura

      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Selection of fluorescent DNA dyes for real-time LAMP with portable and simple optics

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 10 November 2015


      Author(s): Gregoire Seyrig, Robert D. Stedtfeld, Dieter M. Tourlousse, Farhan Ahmad, Keara Towery, Alison M. Cupples, James M. Tiedje, Syed A. Hashsham

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites

  15. EUCAST recommendations for antimicrobial susceptibility testing applied to the three main Campylobacter species isolated in humans

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 11 November 2015


      Author(s): Elodie Sifré, Salha Ben Amor, Astrid Ducournau, Pauline Floch, Hubert Chardon, Francis Mégraud, Philippe Lehours

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Three supplementary methods for analyzing cytotoxicity of Escherichia coli O157:H7

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 17 November 2015


      Author(s): Xin Zhang, Yuxia Li, Bingjuan Li, Yan Mao, Xun Wu, Xiaohua Zou, Peng Gao, Hexin Yan, Dan Yang, Yan Ling, Huipeng Chen

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Serological diagnosis of bovine brucellosis using B. melitensis strain B115

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: December 2015
      , Volume 119

      Author(s): Marialaura Corrente, Costantina Desario, Antonio Parisi, Erika Grandolfo, Domenico Scaltrito, Gesualdo Vesco, Valeriana Colao, Domenico Buonavoglia

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Isolation of Coxiella burnetii from serum of patients with acute Q fever

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: December 2015
      , Volume 119

      Author(s): Gemma A. Vincent, Stephen R. Graves, Jennifer M. Robson, Chelsea Nguyen, Hazizul Hussain-Yusuf, Aminul Islam, Stanley G. Fenwick, John Stenos

      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Functional analysis of bacteriophage immunity through a type I-E CRISPR-Cas system in Vibrio cholerae and its application in bacteriophage genome engineering

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • Classical and El Tor biotypes of V. cholerae serogroup O1, the etiological agent of cholera, are responsible for the sixth and current seventh pandemics, respectively. A genomic island (GI), GI-24, previously identified in a classical biotype strain of V. cholerae, is predicted to encode CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)-associated proteins; however experimental evidence in support of CRISPR activity in V. cholerae has not been documented.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. The global regulatory system Csr senses glucose through the phosphoenolpyruvate: carbohydrate phosphotransferase system

    • Molecular Microbiology

    • Summary

      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Tannin-Rich Fraction from Pomegranate Rind Inhibits Quorum Sensing in Chromobacterium violaceum and Biofilm Formation in Escherichia coli

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Growth Potential Assessment of Listeria in Milk Fat Products by Challenge Testing

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • Abstract

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Inactivation of Escherichia coli O157 Bacteriophages by Using a Mixture of Ferrous Sulfate and Tea Extract

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Bacteriophages (phages) have been used for biocontrol of Escherichia coli O157 and other pathogenic bacteria in many different matrices and foods, but few studies have included inactivation of residual phages in culture medium before plating and enumeration of surviving host bacteria for the assessment of phage efficacy. This oversight may lead to overestimation of phage efficacy.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Examination of Listeria monocytogenes in Seafood Processing Facilities and Smoked Salmon in the Republic of Ireland

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that causes listeriosis, a relatively rare but life-threatening disease primarily affecting immunocompromised individuals. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of L. monocytogenes in the seafood processing industry in the Republic of Ireland. The occurrence of L. monocytogenes was determined by regular sampling of both food samples and processing environment swabs at eight seafood processing facilities over two calendar years.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Shoot Injury Increases the Level of Persistence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Sofia and Listeria innocua on Cos Lettuce and of Salmonella enterica Serovar Sofia on Chive

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Minor shoot injury significantly (P < 0.05) increased the level at which Salmonella enterica serovar Sofia persisted on cos lettuce in the greenhouse. Initial mean counts of the Salmonella on the injured and uninjured cos lettuce were on the order of 6 log CFU/g. After 3 days, the mean count decreased to 4.8 log CFU/g on the injured plants compared with the significantly (P < 0.05) smaller count of 3.4 log CFU/g on the uninjured plants.

      • Bacterial pathogens