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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. Browning inhibition and microbial control in fresh-cut persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb. cv. Rojo Brillante) by apple pectin-based edible coatings

    • Postharvest Biology and Technology

    • Publication date: February 2016
      , Volume 112

      Author(s): Elena Sanchís, Sara González, Christian Ghidelli, Chirag C. Sheth, Milagros Mateos, Lluís Palou, María B. Pérez-Gago

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. The Impact of Carvacrol on Ammonia and Biogenic Amine Production by Common Foodborne Pathogens

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Abstract

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Structure of the bacterial cell division determinant GpsB and its interaction with penicillin binding proteins

    • Molecular Microbiology

    • Summary

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Prevalence and Distribution of Listeria monocytogenes inlA Alleles Prone to Phase Variation and inlA Alleles with Premature Stop Codon Mutations among Human, Food, Animal, and Environmental Isolates [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • In Listeria monocytogenes, 18 mutations leading to premature stop codons (PMSCs) in the virulence gene inlA have been identified to date. While most of these mutations represent nucleotide substitutions, a frameshift deletion in a 5' seven-adenine homopolymeric tract (HT) in inlA has also been reported. This HT may play a role in phase variation and was first identified among L. monocytogenes lineage II ribotype DUP-1039C isolates.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Effect of Chitosan Incorporated with Cumin and Eucalyptus Essential Oils As Antimicrobial Agents on Fresh Chicken Meat

    • Journal of Food Processing and Preservation

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Antimicrobial effect of essential oils in combinations against five bacteria and their effect on sensorial quality of ground meat

    • LWT

    • Publication date: March 2016
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 66

      Author(s): Mina Ghabraie, Khanh Dang Vu, Lina Tata, Stéphane Salmieri, Monique Lacroix

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Disease Burden of Invasive Listeriosis and Molecular Characterization of Clinical Isolates in Taiwan, 2000-2013

    • PLOS ONE

    • Yu-Tsung Huang, Wen-Chien Ko, Yu-Jiun Chan, Jang-Jih Lu, Hsih-Yeh Tsai, Chun-Hsing Liao, Wang-Huei Sheng, Lee-Jene Teng, Po-Ren Hsueh

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Foodborne Pathogens Prevention and Sensory Attributes Enhancement in Processed Cheese via Flavoring with Plant Extracts

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Abstract

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Anti-Listeria Activity of Bioactive Food Packaging on Artificially Contaminated Sliced Cheese

    • Journal of Food Processing and Preservation

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Phenotypes associated with the essential diadenylate cyclase CdaA and its potential regulator CdaR in the human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • Cyclic diadenylate monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is a second messenger utilized by diverse bacteria. In many species, including the Gram-positive human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, c-di-AMP is essential for growth. Here we show that the single diadenylate cyclase of L. monocytogenes, CdaA, is an integral membrane protein that interacts with its potential regulatory protein, CdaR, via the transmembrane protein domain.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Predominance and Distribution of a Persistent Listeria monocytogenes Clone in a Commercial Fresh Mushroom Processing Environment

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • A longitudinal study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Listeria spp. in a commercial fresh mushroom slicing and packaging environment. Samples were collected at three different sampling periods within a 13-month time interval. Of the 255 environmental samples collected, 18.8% tested positive for L. monocytogenes, 4.3% for L. innocua, and 2.0% for L. grayi. L. monocytogenes was most often found on wet floors within the washing and slicing and packaging areas. Each of the 171 L.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Effect of X-ray treatments on Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, Shigella flexneri, Salmonella enterica and inherent microbiota on whole mangoes

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

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

  13. Listeria monocytogenes isolates from food and food environment harboring tetM and ermB resistance genes

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Meta-analysis of the Effects of Sanitizing Treatments on Salmonella, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Listeria monocytogenes Inactivation in Fresh Produce [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • The aim of this study was to perform a meta-analysis of the effects of sanitizing treatments of fresh produce on Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Listeria monocytogenes. From 55 primary studies found to report on such effects, 40 were selected based on specific criteria, leading to more than 1,000 data on mean log reductions of these three bacterial pathogens impairing the safety of fresh produce.

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

  15. The intrinsic cephalosporin resistome of Listeria monocytogenes in the context of stress response, gene regulation, pathogenesis and therapeutics

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Summary

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Clonal Clustering Using 10-Gene Multilocus Sequence Typing Reveals an Association Between Genotype and Listeria monocytogenes Maximum Growth Rate in Defined Medium

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  17. Blood Volume Required for Detection of Low Levels and Ultralow Levels of Organisms Responsible for Neonatal Bacteremia by Use of Bactec Peds Plus/F, Plus Aerobic/F Medium, and the BD Bactec FX System: an In Vitro Study [Bacteriology]

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • We used an in vitro technique to investigate blood volumes required to detect bacteremia and fungemia with low concentrations of an organism. At 1 to 10 CFU/ml, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, Candida albicans, and Candida parapsilosis isolates were detected in volumes as low as 0.5 ml. Detection of Streptococcus agalactiae and detection of bacteremia at <1 CFU/ml were unreliable.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. It Is Not All about Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms: Comparison of Mobile Genetic Elements and Deletions in Listeria monocytogenes Genomes Links Cases of Hospital-Acquired Listeriosis to the Environmental Source [Epidemiology]

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • The control of food-borne outbreaks caused by Listeria monocytogenes in humans relies on the timely identification of food or environmental sources and the differentiation of outbreak-related isolates from unrelated ones. This study illustrates the utility of whole-genome sequencing for examining the link between clinical and environmental isolates of L. monocytogenes associated with an outbreak of hospital-acquired listeriosis in Sydney, Australia.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Antilisterial Peptides Released by Enzymatic Hydrolysis from Grass Carp Proteins and Activity on Controlling L. monocytogenes Inoculated in Surimi Noodle

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Abstract

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Use of a miniature laboratory fresh cheese model for investigating antimicrobial activities

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: Available online 9 October 2015


      Author(s): M.L. Van Tassell, L.A. Ibarra-Sánchez, S.R. Takhar, S.L. Amaya-Llano, M.J. Miller

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  21. Inactivation kinetics of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium on fresh-cut bell pepper treated with slightly acidic electrolyzed water combined with ultrasound and mild heat

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: February 2016
      , Volume 53, Part B

      Author(s): Ke Luo, Deog-Hwan Oh

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  22. Transit temperatures experienced by fresh-cut leafy greens during cross-country shipment

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: March 2016
      , Volume 61

      Author(s): W. Brown, E. Ryser, L. Gorman, S. Steinmaus, K. Vorst

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  23. Survival and High-Hydrostatic Pressure Inactivation of Foodborne Pathogens in Salmorejo, a Traditional Ready-to-Eat Food

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Abstract

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  24. Growth Potential of Listeria Monocytogenes and Staphylococcus Aureus on Fresh-Cut Tropical Fruits

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Abstract

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  25. An Advanced Visual Qualitative and EVA Green-Based Quantitative Isothermal Amplification Method to Detect Listeria Monocytogenes

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • The purpose of this study is to apply the visual qualitative (LFD-LAMP) and advanced quantitative loop-mediated isothermal amplification (EVA-LAMP) methods to detect Listeria monocytogenes, which is an important pathogenic foodborne bacterium. This research designed a new set of primers to amplify the hlyA gene of L. monocytogenes. The LFD-LAMP products were detected by lateral flow device (LFD) with the naked eyes, and the test results were consistent with agarose gel electrophoresis.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens