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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. Outbreak of Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Shigella sonnei Associated with Travel to Vietnam, South Korea

    • Emerging Infectious Diseases

    • We investigated an October 2014 outbreak of illness caused by Shigella sonnei in a daycare center in the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The outbreak strain was resistant to extended-spectrum cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones and was traced to a child who had traveled to Vietnam. Improved hygiene and infection control practices are needed for prevention of shigellosis.

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Probiotic features of Lactobacillus strains isolated from Ragusano and Pecorino Siciliano cheeses

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: September 2015
      , Volume 50
      Author(s): C. Caggia , M. De Angelis , I. Pitino , A. Pino , C.L. Randazzo

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Genetic diversity of Escherichia coli isolates of animal and environmental origins from an integrated poultry production chain

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 18 May 2015

      Author(s): Frédérique Pasquali , Alex Lucchi , Simonetta Braggio , Davide Giovanardi , Achille Franchini , Maurizio Stonfer , Gerardo Manfreda

      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Co-prevalance of PMQR and 16S rRNA Methylase Genes in Clinical Escherichia coli Isolates with High Diversity of CTX-M from Diseased Farmed Pigeons

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 18 May 2015

      Author(s): Ling Yang , Lei Yang , Dian-Hong Lü , Wen-Hui Zhang , Si-Qi Ren , Ya-Hong Liu , Zhen-Ling Zeng , Hong-Xia Jiang

      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is associated with low within-herd prevalence of intra-mammary infections in dairy cows: genotyping of isolates.

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 18 May 2015

      Author(s): M. Luini , P. Cremonesi , G. Magro , V. Bianchini , G. Minozzi , B. Castiglioni , R. Piccinini

      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Enumeration of viable non-culturable Vibrio cholerae using propidium monoazide combined with quantitative PCR

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 19 May 2015

      Author(s): Bin Wu , Weili Liang , Biao Kan

      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Highly specific and rapid immuno-fluorescent visualization and detection of E. coli O104: H4 with protein-A coated magnetic beads based LST-MUG assay

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 19 May 2015

      Author(s): Syed Barizuddin , Baskar Balakrishnan , R. Cody Stringer , Majed Dweik

      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Growth potential of Yersinia enterocolitica in blue cheese and in blue cheese with probiotic - Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-5®

    • Journal of Food Science and Technology

    • Abstract

      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils on Clostridium perfringens Type A Inoculated in Mortadella

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • The antimicrobial activity of essential oils on Clostridium perfringens type A and the influence of such oils on mortadella quality were assessed. The anticlostridial effects of several essential oils and their combinations were identified and some essential oils and their combinations were selected for further study in mortadellas supplemented with 75 ppm sodium nitrite and inoculated with C. perfringens.

      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Repression by H-NS of genes required for the biosynthesis of the Vibrio cholerae biofilm matrix is modulated by the second messenger cyclic diguanylic acid

    • Molecular Microbiology

    • Expression of Vibrio cholerae genes required for the biosynthesis of exopolysacchide (vps) and protein (rbm) components of the biofilm matrix is enhanced by cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP). In a previous study, we reported that the H-NS protein represses the transcription of vpsA, vpsL and vpsT.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. RpoS and quorum sensing control expression and polar localization of Vibrio cholerae chemotaxis cluster III proteins in vitro and in vivo

    • Molecular Microbiology

    • The diarrheal pathogen Vibrio cholerae contains 3 gene clusters that encode chemotaxis-related proteins, but only cluster II appears to be required for chemotaxis. Here, we present the first characterization of V. cholerae's “cluster III” chemotaxis system. We found that cluster III proteins assemble into foci at bacterial poles, like those formed by cluster II proteins, but the two systems assemble independently and do not colocalize.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Catecholate siderophore esterases Fes, IroD and IroE are required for salmochelins secretion following utilisation, but only IroD contributes to virulence of extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli

    • Molecular Microbiology

    • Salmochelins are glucosylated forms of enterobactin (enterochelin) and contribute to virulence of Salmonella enterica and some extra-intestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC). Fes, IroD and IroE esterases degrade salmochelins and enterobactin to release iron. We investigated the apparently redundant role of these esterases in virulence and in salmochelin production and utilisation of the ExPEC strain χ7122.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Inactivation of Vibrio parahaemolyticus by anti-microbial photodynamic technology using methylene blue

    • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

    • Xi Deng, Shuze Tang, Qian Wu, Juan Tian, William W. Riley, Zhenqiang Chen Vibrio parahaemolyticus is the leading causative pathogen of gastroenteritis often related to contaminated seafood. Photodynamic inactivation has been recently proposed as a strategy for killing cells and viruses. The objective of this study was to verify the bactericidal effects caused by photodynamic inactivation using methylene blue (MB) over V.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Bulk tank milk surveillance as a measure to detect Coxiella burnetii shedding dairy goat herds in the Netherlands between 2009 and 2014

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: June 2015
      , Volume 98, Issue 6
      Author(s): R. Van den Brom , I. Santman-Berends , S. Luttikholt , L. Moll , E. Van Engelen , P. Vellema

      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. A comparison of fluctuations of Campylobacter and Escherichia coli concentrations on broiler chicken carcasses during processing in two slaughterhouses

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 16 July 2015
      , Volume 205
      Author(s): Ewa Pacholewicz , Arno Swart , Maarten Schipper , Betty G.M. Gortemaker , Jaap A. Wagenaar , Arie H. Havelaar , Len J.A. Lipman

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. A systematic review of studies on Escherichia coli and Enterobacteriaceae on beef carcasses at the slaughterhouse

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 17 August 2015
      , Volume 207
      Author(s): Lisa Barco , Simone Belluco , Anna Roccato , Antonia Ricci

      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Control of pathogens in biofilms on the surface of stainless steel by levulinic acid plus sodium dodecyl sulfate

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 17 August 2015
      , Volume 207
      Author(s): Dong Chen , Tong Zhao , Michael P. Doyle

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Reduction of Salmonella on chicken meat and chicken skin by combined or sequential application of lytic bacteriophage with chemical antimicrobials

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 17 August 2015
      , Volume 207
      Author(s): Anuraj T. Sukumaran , Rama Nannapaneni , Aaron Kiess , Chander Shekhar Sharma

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Effectiveness of a spontaneous carvacrol nanoemulsion against Salmonella enterica Enteritidis and Escherichia coli O157:H7 on contaminated broccoli and radish seeds

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: October 2015
      , Volume 51
      Author(s): Kyle S. Landry , Sean Micheli , David Julian McClements , Lynne McLandsborough

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. The Recent Evolution of a Maternally-Inherited Endosymbiont of Ticks Led to the Emergence of the Q Fever Pathogen, Coxiella burnetii

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • Olivier Duron, Valérie Noël, Karen D. McCoy, Matteo Bonazzi, Karim Sidi-Boumedine, Olivier Morel, Fabrice Vavre, Lionel Zenner, Elsa Jourdain, Patrick Durand, Céline Arnathau, François Renaud, Jean-François Trape, Abel S. Biguezoton, Julie Cremaschi, Muriel Dietrich, Elsa Léger, Anaïs Appelgren, Marlène Dupraz, Elena Gómez-Díaz, Georges Diatta, Guiguigbaza-Kossigan Dayo, Hassane Adakal, Sébastien Zoungrana, Laurence Vial, Christine Chevillon

      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Use of a nanoparticulate carboxymethyl cellulose film containing sinigrin as an antimicrobial precursor to kill E. coli O157:H7 on fresh beef

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology

    • Nanocomposite carboxymethyl cellulose films containing sinigrin (SNG) were prepared by stirring 2% (w/v) carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and 2% (w/v) glycerol (as a plasticizer) in distilled water with or without SNG (an antimicrobial precursor) as a 99% pure reagent (pSNG) or as a crude extract (cSNG). These films plus normal CMC film with or without SNG were tested on Escherichia coli O157:H7- inoculated beef for antimicrobial activity.

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Use of Whole-Genome Phylogeny and Comparisons for Development of a Multiplex PCR Assay To Identify Sequence Type 36 Vibrio parahaemolyticus [Bacteriology]

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • Vibrio parahaemolyticus sequence type 36 (ST36) strains that are native to the Pacific Ocean have recently caused multistate outbreaks of gastroenteritis linked to shellfish harvested from the Atlantic Ocean. Whole-genome comparisons of 295 genomes of V. parahaemolyticus, including several traced to northeastern U.S. sources, were used to identify diagnostic loci, one putatively encoding an endonuclease (prp), and two others potentially conferring O-antigenic properties (cps and flp).

      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. First Case Report of Campylobacter volucris Bacteremia in an Immunocompromised Patient [Case Reports]

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • We report a case of Campylobacter volucris bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient with polycythemia vera and alcoholic liver cirrhosis. To our knowledge, this is the first case report in which this organism has been isolated from a human clinical specimen.

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. What Is the Origin of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Complex 398 Isolates from Humans without Livestock Contact? An Epidemiological and Genetic Analysis [Epidemiology]

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • Fifteen percent of all methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal complex 398 (CC398) human carriers detected in The Netherlands had not been in direct contact with pigs or veal calves. To ensure low MRSA prevalence, it is important to investigate the likely origin of this MRSA of unknown origin (MUO). Recently, it was shown that CC398 strains originating from humans and animals differ in the presence of specific mobile genetic elements (MGEs).

      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Perfringolysin O: The Underrated Clostridium perfringens Toxin?

    • Toxins

    • The anaerobic bacterium Clostridium perfringens expresses multiple toxins that promote disease development in both humans and animals. One such toxin is perfringolysin O (PFO, classically referred to as θ toxin), a pore-forming cholesterol-dependent cytolysin (CDC). PFO is secreted as a water-soluble monomer that recognizes and binds membranes via cholesterol.

      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Bacterial pathogens