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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. Effect of High Pressure Processing on the survival of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (Big Six vs. O157:H7) in ground beef

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: June 2015
      , Volume 48
      Author(s): HsinYun Hsu , Shiowshuh Sheen , Joseph Sites , Jennifer Cassidy , Butch Scullen , Christopher Sommers

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

  2. Cinnamon bark oil and its components inhibit biofilm formation and toxin production

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 16 February 2015
      , Volume 195
      Author(s): Yong-Guy Kim , Jin-Hyung Lee , Soon-Il Kim , Kwang-Hyun Baek , Jintae Lee

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Escherichia coli O157:H7

  3. Predictive model and optimization of a combined treatment of caprylic acid and citric acid for the reduction of Escherichia coli O157:H7 using the response surface methodology

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 16 March 2015
      , Volume 197
      Author(s): S.A. Kim , M.S. Rhee

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Escherichia coli O157:H7

  4. Characteristics and phylogeny of Bacillus cereus strains isolated from Maari, a traditional West African food condiment

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 2 March 2015
      , Volume 196
      Author(s): Line Thorsen , Christine Kere Kando , Hagrétou Sawadogo , Nadja Larsen , Bréhima Diawara , Georges Anicet Ouédraogo , Niels Bohse Hendriksen , Lene Jespersen

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Bacillus cereus

  5. Risk ranking of pathogens in ready-to-eat unprocessed foods of non-animal origin (FoNAO) in the EU: Initial evaluation using outbreak data (2007–2011)

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 16 February 2015
      , Volume 195
      Author(s): M.T. Da Silva Felício , T. Hald , E. Liebana , A. Allende , M. Hugas , C. Nguyen-The , G. Skoien Johannessen , T. Niskanen , M. Uyttendaele , J. McLauchlin

      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Risk assessment of Salmonella in Danish meatballs produced in the catering sector

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 2 March 2015
      , Volume 196
      Author(s): Cleide O. de A. Møller , Maarten J. Nauta , Donald W. Schaffner , Paw Dalgaard , Bjarke B. Christensen , Tina B. Hansen

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  7. Assessment of region, farming system, irrigation source and sampling time as food safety risk factors for tomatoes

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 2 March 2015
      , Volume 196
      Author(s): Sivaranjani Pagadala , Sasha C. Marine , Shirley A. Micallef , Fei Wang , Donna M. Pahl , Meredith V. Melendez , Wesley L. Kline , Ruth A. Oni , Christopher S. Walsh , Kathryne L. Everts , Robert L. Buchanan

      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Survival of Salmonella Typhimurium in poultry-based meat preparations during grilling, frying and baking

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 16 March 2015
      , Volume 197
      Author(s): Anna Roccato , Mieke Uyttendaele , Veronica Cibin , Federica Barrucci , Veronica Cappa , Paola Zavagnin , Alessandra Longo , Antonia Ricci

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  9. Prevalence of subtilase cytotoxin-encoding subAB variants among Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from wild ruminants and sheep differs from that of cattle and pigs and is predominated by the new allelic variant subAB2-2

    • International Journal of Medical Microbiology

    • Publication date: January 2015
      , Volume 305, Issue 1
      Author(s): Magdalena T. Nüesch-Inderbinen , Joschua Funk , Nicole Cernela , Taurai Tasara , Jochen Klumpp , Herbert Schmidt , Roger Stephan

      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Microbial growth parameters obtained from the analysis of time to detection data using a novel rearrangement of the Baranyi–Roberts model

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Aims
      To explore the predictions of a novel rearrangement of the Baranyi–Roberts model (BRM) with time to detection data obtained from optical density data of microbial growth.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Isolation of lactic acid bacteria from pao cai, a Chinese traditional fermented vegetable, with inhibitory activity against Salmonella associated with fresh cut apple, using modeling study

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Aims
      This study was to isolate lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from pao cai, a Chinese traditional fermented vegetable, with outstanding inhibitory activity against Salmonella inoculated on fresh cut apple, using modeling method.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  12. Identification of a second two-component signal transduction system that controls fosfomycin tolerance and glycerol-3-phosphate uptake

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • Fosfomycin resurfaced in particular interest because it is a great beneficial antibiotic for refractory infectious diseases caused by pathogens that are resistant to other commonly used antibiotics. Cells that are resistant to fosfomycin by chromosomal mutation have a high biological cost. We previously found that a bacterial two-component system, CpxAR induces fosfomycin tolerance of enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) O157:H7.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Clinical Isolates of Salmonella enterica Serovar Agona Producing NDM-1 Metallo-{beta}-Lactamase: First Report from Pakistan [Case Reports]

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • We report two cases of infantile diarrhea due to multidrug-resistant, NDM-1 metallo-β-lactamase-producing Salmonella enterica serovar Agona from Pakistan. This study alerts toward possible risk of NDM-1 transmission to enteric fever pathogens and encourages microbiologists to consider active screening of carbapenem resistance in nontyphoidal Salmonella isolates.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  14. Genomic Signature of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Isolates Related to a Massive Outbreak in Zambia between 2010 and 2012 [Bacteriology]

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • Retrospectively, we investigated the epidemiology of a massive Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi outbreak in Zambia during 2010 to 2012. Ninety-four isolates were susceptibility tested by MIC determinations. Whole-genome sequence typing (WGST) of 33 isolates and bioinformatic analysis identified the multilocus sequence type (MLST), haplotype, plasmid replicon, antimicrobial resistance genes, and genetic relatedness by single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis and genomic deletions.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  15. Comparative Analysis of Subtyping Methods against a Whole-Genome-Sequencing Standard for Salmonella enterica Serotype Enteritidis [Epidemiology]

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • A retrospective investigation was performed to evaluate whole-genome sequencing as a benchmark for comparing molecular subtyping methods for Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis and survey the population structure of commonly encountered S. enterica serotype Enteritidis outbreak isolates in the United States. A total of 52 S.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  16. Impact of plasma processed air (PPA) on quality parameters of fresh produce

    • Postharvest Biology and Technology

    • Publication date: February 2015
      , Volume 100
      Author(s): Matthias Baier , Jörg Ehlbeck , Dietrich Knorr , Werner B. Herppich , Oliver Schlüter

      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Evolution of host adaptation [Microbiology]

    • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    • Many bacterial pathogens are specialized, infecting one or few hosts, and this is often associated with more acute disease presentation. Specific genomes show markers of this specialization, which often reflect a balance between gene acquisition and functional gene loss. Within Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica, a single lineage exists that includes...

      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Reconstructing pathogen evolution from the ruins [Microbiology]

    • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    • Advances in high-throughput sequencing have made genomic comparison an increasingly powerful tool for understanding pathogen evolution. From these analyses, elevated genome degradation has surfaced as a common trait among pathogens with a specialized lifestyle. Prime examples of this trend can be found within the species Salmonella enterica, wherein genomes of...

      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Shiga Toxin 2-Induced Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Is Minimized by Activated Protein C but Does Not Correlatewith Lethal Kidney Injury

    • Toxins

    • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli produce ribotoxic Shiga toxins (Stx), which are responsible for kidney injury and development of hemolytic uremic syndrome. The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response is hypothesized to induce apoptosis contributing to organ injury; however, this process has been described only in vitro.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Influence of the major nitrite transporter NirC on the virulence of a Swollen Head Syndrome Avian Pathogenic E. coli (APEC) strain

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: 30 January 2015
      , Volume 175, Issue 1
      Author(s): Jacqueline Boldrin de Paiva , Janaína Luisa Leite , Livia Pilatti Mendes da Silva , Thais Cabrera Galvão Rojas , Fernanda de Pace , Rogério Arcuri Conceição , Vanessa Sperandio , Wanderley Dias da Silveira

      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. High-level fluoroquinolone resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Kentucky ST198 epidemic clone with IncA/C conjugative plasmid carrying blaCTX-M-25 gene

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: 30 January 2015
      , Volume 175, Issue 1
      Author(s): Dariusz Wasyl , Izabela Kern-Zdanowicz , Katarzyna Domańska-Blicharz , Magdalena Zając , Andrzej Hoszowski

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  22. Association between animal age and the prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in a cohort of beef cattle

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: 25 February 2015
      , Volume 175, Issues 2–4
      Author(s): Raies A. Mir , Thomas A. Weppelmann , Minyoung Kang , Todd M. Bliss , Nicolas DiLorenzo , G. Cliff Lamb , Soohyoun Ahn , Kwang Cheol Jeong

      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Effects of oxygen-depleted atmospheres on survival and growth of Listeria monocytogenes on fresh-cut Iceberg lettuce stored at mild abuse commercial temperatures

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: June 2015
      , Volume 48
      Author(s): David O'Beirne , Vicente Gomez-Lopez , Juan A. Tudela , Ana Allende , Maria I. Gil

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  24. Evaluation of aqueous and alcohol-based quaternary ammonium sanitizers for inactivating Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Listeria monocytogenes on peanut and pistachio shells

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: May 2015
      , Volume 47
      Author(s): Rachel McEgan , Michelle D. Danyluk

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Salmonella
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  25. Application of an oregano oil nanoemulsion to the control of foodborne bacteria on fresh lettuce

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: May 2015
      , Volume 47
      Author(s): Kanika Bhargava , Denise S. Conti , Sandro R.P. da Rocha , Yifan Zhang

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Listeria monocytogenes