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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. Role of Bentonite on the Mobility of Antibiotic Resistance Genes, and Microbial Community in Oxytetracycline and Cadmium Contaminated Soil

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Honghong Guo, Shuhong Xue, Mubasher Nasir, Jialong Lv, Jei Gu

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  2. Effect of removing cadmium with citric acid on the physicochemical and microstructure properties of rice bran

    • Food Control

    • Available online 22 November 2018

      Author(s): Yucheng Zou, Cheng Zhang, Xingrong Ju, Zhigao Wang, Ying Wu, Jian Yuan, Wenye Chen, Rong He

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  3. Evaluation of mineral bioavailability and heavy metal content in indigenous food plant wild yams ( Dioscorea spp.) from Koraput, India

    • Journal of Food Science and Technology

    • Abstract

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  4. Synergistic Microbicidal Effect of Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides and Teicoplanin against Planktonic and Biofilm-Encased Staphylococcus aureus

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Available online 10 October 2018

      Author(s): Bruce C. Koppen, Patrick P.G. Mulder, Leonie de Boer, Martijn Riool, Jan W. Drijfhout, Sebastian A.J. Zaat

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Heavy Metals
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants

  5. Successive detection of benzoic acid and total parabens in foodstuffs using mercaptosuccinic acid capped cadmium telluride quantum dots

    • Food Control

    • Available online 8 October 2018

      Author(s): Kanlaya Prapainop, Wid Mekseriwattana, Weena Siangproh, Orawon Chailapakul, Kriangsak Songsrirote

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  6. In response to, “systematic review and health risk assessment of arsenic and lead in the fished shrimps from the Persian Gulf,” by Fakhri et al

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 3 October 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Matthew Dietrich

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  7. Removal of cadmium from rice by Lactobacillus plantarum fermentation

    • Food Control

    • Available online 28 September 2018

      Author(s): Qixiao Zhai, Yue Guo, Xiaoshu Tang, Fengwei Tian, Jianxin Zhao, Hao Zhang, Wei Chen

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  8. Arsenic species in herbal tea leaves and infusions determination by HPLC-ICP-MS

    • LWT

    • Publication date: December 2018

      Source: LWT, Volume 98

      Author(s): Raquel Fernanda Milani, Esther Lima de Paiva, Leandro Iagê Peron, Marcelo Antonio Morgano, Solange Cadore

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  9. Corrigendum to “Concentration of lead and mercury in collected vegetables and herbs from Markazi province, Iran: A non-carcinogenic risk assessment” [Food Chem. Toxicol. 113 (2018) 204–210]

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 18 September 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Bahareh Ghasemidehkordi, Ali Akbar Malekirad, Habibollah Nazem, Mohammad Fazilati, Hossein Salavati, Nabi Shariatifar, Mohammad Rezaei, Yadolah Fakhri, Amin Mousavi Khaneghah

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  10. Cadmium alters heat shock protein pathways in SN56 cholinergic neurons, leading to Aβ and phosphorylated Tau protein generation and cell death

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: November 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 121

      Author(s): Paula Moyano, José Manuel García, Margarita Lobo, María José Anadón, Emma Sola, Adela Pelayo, Jimena García, María Teresa Frejo, Javier del Pino

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  11. [ASAP] Eugenol Confers Cadmium Tolerance via Intensifying Endogenous Hydrogen Sulfide Signaling in Brassica rapa

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

    • Eugenol, a plant-derived small compound, shows great medicinal potential. However, whether and how eugenol regulates crop physiology remains elusive. Here we reported that eugenol induced Cd (cadmium) tolerance in the root of Brassica rapa. Roots were treated with eugenol and CdCl2 simultaneously (eugenol + Cd) or pretreated with eugenol followed by CdCl2 treatment (eugenol → Cd).

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  12. The Consequences of Missing Children With Elevated Blood Lead Levels

    • American Journal of Public Health

    • For at least 20 years, the majority of California children with elevated blood lead levels have grown up unaware of this burden.

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  13. N6-Furfuryladenine is protective in Huntington’s disease models by signaling huntingtin phosphorylation [Cell Biology]

    • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    • The huntingtin N17 domain is a modulator of mutant huntingtin toxicity and is hypophosphorylated in Huntington’s disease (HD). We conducted high-content analysis to find compounds that could restore N17 phosphorylation. One lead compound from this screen was N6-furfuryladenine (N6FFA). N6FFA was protective in HD model neurons, and N6FFA treatment of...

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  14. Identification and Characterization of Human Monoclonal Antibodies for Immunoprophylaxis against Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Infection [Microbial Immunity and Vaccines]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) causes diarrheal illness in infants in the developing world and travelers to countries where the disease is endemic, including military personnel. ETEC infection of the host involves colonization of the small intestinal epithelium and toxin secretion, leading to watery diarrhea. There is currently no vaccine licensed to prevent ETEC infection. CFA/I is one of the most common colonization factor antigens (CFAs).

      • Heavy Metals
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants

  15. Cadmium Tolerance of Perennial Ryegrass Induced by Aspergillus aculeatus

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Shijuan Han, Xiaoning Li, Erick Amombo, Jinmin Fu, Yan Xie

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  16. Limited carbon source retards inorganic arsenic release during roxarsone degradation in Shewanella oneidensis microbial fuel cells

    • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

    • Abstract

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  17. Identification and bioevaluation of SRI-12742 as an antimicrobial agent against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: July 2018

      , Volume 52, Issue 1

      Author(s): Manjulika Shukla, Isha Soni, Karen Matsuyama, Tran Tran, Mary Tanga, Leyi Gong, Sidharth Chopra

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  18. Genome-wide association study for milking speed in French Holstein cows

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: July 2018
      , Volume 101, Issue 7

      Author(s): Andrew Marete, Goutam Sahana, Sébastien Fritz, Rachel Lefebvre, Anne Barbat, Mogens Sandø Lund, Bernt Guldbrandtsen, Didier Boichard

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  19. The quality and safety of food contact materials – paper and cardboard coated with paraffin emulsion

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: November 2018
      , Volume 93

      Author(s): M. Nowacka, K. Rybak, A. Wiktor, A. Mika, P. Boruszewski, J. Woch, K. Przybysz, D. Witrowa-Rajchert

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  20. Cadmium Exposure-Sedum alfredii Planting Interactions Shape the Bacterial Community in the Hyperaccumulator Plant Rhizosphere [Plant Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Rhizospheric bacteria play important roles in plant tolerance and activation of heavy metals. Understanding the bacterial rhizobiome of hyperaccumulators may contribute to the development of optimized phytoextraction for metal-polluted soils. We used 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing to investigate the rhizospheric bacterial communities of the cadmium (Cd) hyperaccumulating ecotype (HE) Sedum alfredii in comparison to its nonhyperaccumulating ecotype (NHE).

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  21. Microbial Dynamics during Industrial Rearing, Processing, and Storage of Tropical House Crickets (Gryllodes sigillatus) for Human Consumption [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • In this study, the microbiota during industrial rearing, processing, and storage of the edible tropical house cricket, Gryllodes sigillatus, was investigated. To this end, we analyzed samples from the cricket feed, obtained before feeding as well as from the cages, and from the crickets during rearing, after harvest, and after processing into frozen, oven-dried, and smoked and oven-dried (smoked/dried) end products.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Heavy Metals
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Bacillus cereus

  22. Dietary supplementation of Yucca schidigera extract enhances productive and reproductive performances, blood profile, immune function, and antioxidant status in laying Japanese quails exposed to lead in the diet

    • Poultry Science

    • ABSTRACTThe present study investigated the toxic impacts of lead (LD) on the productive and reproductive performances of Japanese quails and the role of Yucca schidigera extract (YSE) in reducing these impacts. A total of 360 mature Japanese quails (at 2 months of age) were used and the experiment was lasted for 8 wk.

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  23. Correction for Ishikawa et al., Ion-beam irradiation, gene identification, and marker-assisted breeding in the development of low-cadmium rice [Correction]

    • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    • AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES Correction for “Ion-beam irradiation, gene identification, and marker-assisted breeding in the development of low-cadmium rice,” by Satoru Ishikawa, Yasuhiro Ishimaru, Masato Igura, Masato Kuramata, Tadashi Abe, Takeshi Senoura, Yoshihiro Hase, Tomohito Arao, Naoko K. Nishizawa, and Hiromi Nakanishi, which was first published November 6, 2012; 10.1073/pnas.1211132109 (Proc Natl...

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  24. [ASAP] Inoculation with Bacillus subtilis and Azospirillum brasilense Produces Abscisic Acid That Reduces Irt1-Mediated Cadmium Uptake of Roots

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

    • TOC Graphic

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  25. Lead absorption mechanisms in bacteria as strategies for lead bioremediation

    • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

    • Abstract

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals