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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. Detection of leishmania-specific DNA and surface antigens using a combination of functionalized magnetic beads and cadmium selenite quantum dots

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 2 December 2015


      Author(s): Margarita Andreadou, Emmanouil Liandris, Maria Gazouli, Antonia Mataragka, Ilias Tachtsidis, Nikolaοs Goutas, Dimitrios Vlachodimitropoulos, John Ikonomopoulos

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Development and validation of two SYBR green PCR assays and a multiplex real-time PCR for the detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in meat

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: December 2015
      , Volume 119

      Author(s): Victoria Brusa, Lucía Galli, Luciano H. Linares, Emanuel E. Ortega, Juan P. Lirón, Gerardo A. Leotta

      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Evaluation of an immunochromatographic assay for direct identification of thermostable direct hemolysin-producing Vibrio parahaemolyticus colonies on selective agar plates

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: December 2015
      , Volume 119

      Author(s): Kentaro Kawatsu, Junko Sakata, Taro Yonekita, Yuko Kumeda

      We evaluated the utility of an immunochromatographic assay (NH IC TDH) in identifying thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH)-producing Vibrio parahaemolyticus colonies on selective agar plates. The sensitivity of the NH IC TDH assay was 100% (189 samples) and its specificity was 100% (41 samples) compared with the presence of tdh.



      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Development of a dry-reagent-based nucleic acid-sensing platform by coupling thermostabilised LATE-PCR assay to an oligonucleotide-modified lateral flow biosensor

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 3 September 2015

      Author(s): Geik Yong Ang, Choo Yee Yu, Kok Gan Chan, Kirnpal Kaur Banga Singh, Chan Yean Yean

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. A Probe-free Four-tube Real-Time PCR Assay for Simultaneous Detection of Twelve Enteric Viruses and Bacteria

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 3 September 2015

      Author(s): Chen Zhang, Peihua Niu, Yanying Hong, Ji Wang, Jingyun Zhang, Xuejun Ma

      • Campylobacter
      • Yersinia
      • Vibrio
      • Norovirus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Shigella
      • Viruses

  14. Quantification of Listeria monocytogenes cells with digital PCR and their biofilms cells with real-time PCR

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 22 August 2015

      Author(s): Anja Klančnik, Nataša Toplak, Minka Kovač, Hélène Marquis, Barbara Jeršek

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Pathogen enrichment device (PED) enables one-step growth, enrichment and separation of pathogen from food matrices for detection using bioanalytical platforms

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 23 July 2015

      Author(s): Byoung-Kwon Hahm, Hyochin Kim, Atul K. Singh, Arun K. Bhunia

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

  16. Application of Ethidium Bromide Monoazide for Quantification of Viable and Dead Cells of Salmonella enterica by real-time loop-mediated isothermal amplification

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 14 July 2015

      Author(s): Guo Ping Wu , Su Hua Chen , Robert E. Levin

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. SILAC-based comparative analysis of pathogenic Escherichia coli secretomes

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 2 July 2015

      Author(s): Anders Boysen , Jonas Borch , Thøger Jensen Krogh , Karin Hjernø , Jakob Møller-Jensen

      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Development of a rapid and simple immunochromatographic assay to identify Vibrio parahaemolyticus

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 18 June 2015

      Author(s): Junko Sakata , Kentaro Kawatsu , Tadashi Iwasaki , Yuko Kumeda

      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Purification and characterization of lipopolysaccharides from six strains of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 18 June 2015

      Author(s): Loreen R. Stromberg , Zachary R. Stromberg , Afsheen Banisadr , Steven W. Graves , Rodney A. Moxley , Harshini Mukundan

      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Simple and rapid preparation of red fluorescence and red color S.aureus derived nanobioparticles for pathogen detection

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 21 May 2015

      Author(s): Wei Hu , Yun Zhang , Hang Yang , Junping Yu , Hongping Wei

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Development of Selective and Differential Medium for Shigella sonnei using Three Carbohydrates (Lactose, Sorbitol, and Xylose) and X-Gal

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 21 May 2015

      Author(s): G.N. Na , S.A. Kim , O.C. Kwon , M.S. Rhee

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. Development of a quantitative real time PCR assay to detect and enumerate Escherichia coli O157 and O26 serogroups in bovine recto-anal swabs

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: July 2015
      , Volume 114
      Author(s): Dolapo Lawal , Catherine Burgess , Evonne McCabe , Paul Whyte , Geraldine Duffy

      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Microbial food safety: Potential of DNA extraction methods for use in diagnostic metagenomics

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 1 May 2015

      Author(s): Mathilde H. Josefsen , Sandra C. Andersen , Julia Christensen , Jeffrey Hoorfar

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Campylobacter