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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. Virulence profile of Escherichia coli O157 strains isolated from surface water in cattle breeding areas

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

  2. Prophage induction reduces Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Salmonella enterica on tomatoes and spinach: A model study

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: July 2018
      , Volume 89

      Author(s): Brigitte Cadieux, Anna Colavecchio, Julie Jeukens, Luca Freschi, Jean-Guillaume Emond-Rheault, Irena Kukavica-Ibrulj, Roger C. Levesque, Sadjia Bekal, Jeffrey C. Chandler, Shannon M. Coleman, Bledar Bisha, Lawrence D. Goodridge

  3. Validation of Whole-Genome Sequencing for Identification and Characterization of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli To Produce Standardized Data To Enable Data Sharing [Epidemiology]

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is rapidly becoming the method of choice for outbreak investigations and public health surveillance of microbial pathogens. The combination of improved cluster resolution and prediction of resistance and virulence phenotypes provided by a single tool is extremely advantageous.

  4. Foodborne pathogens and their risk exposure factors associated with farm vegetables in Rwanda

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: July 2018
      , Volume 89

      Author(s): James Noah Ssemanda, Martine W. Reij, Gerrieke van Middendorp, El Bouw, Rozemarijn van der Plaats, Eelco Franz, Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Mark Cyubahiro Bagabe, Marcel H. Zwietering, Han Joosten

  5. Isolation, molecular characterization and antimicrobial resistance of enterobacteriaceae isolated from fish and seafood

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: June 2018
      , Volume 88

      Author(s): Amira Leila Dib, Amir Agabou, Amina Chahed, Cemil Kurekci, Elena Moreno, Miguel Espigares, Elena Espigares

  6. Investigation of prevalence of free Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)-specific bacteriophages and its correlation with STEC bacterial hosts in a produce-growing area in Salinas, California

    • PLOS ONE

    • Yen-Te Liao, Irwin A. Quintela, Kimberly Nguyen, Alexandra Salvador, Michael B. Cooley, Vivian C. H. Wu

  7. Low prevalence of the “gang of seven” and absence of the O80:H2 serotypes amongst Shigatoxigenic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (STEC and EPEC) in intestinal contents of healthy cattle at two slaughterhouses in Belgium, 2014

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      Aims

      The purpose of this survey was to estimate the respective prevalence of the “gang of seven” and “non-gang of seven” serotypes of Shigatoxigenic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and to identify the O80:H2 serotype in 245 intestinal contents collected at two slaughterhouses in Belgium in 2014.

      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Tellurite resistance profiles and performance of different chromogenic agars for detection of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 17 December 2017


      Author(s): Ruyue Fan, Xiangning Bai, Shanshan Fu, Yanmei Xu, Hui Sun, Hong Wang, Yanwen Xiong

      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Putative virulence factors and clonal relationship of O174 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from human, food and animal sources

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 9 December 2017


      Author(s): Cecilia Cundon, Claudia Carolina Carbonari, Gisela Zolezzi, Marta Rivas, Adriana Bentancor

      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Conditional Function of Autoaggregative Protein Cah and Common cah Mutations in Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Cah is a calcium-binding autotransporter protein involved in autoaggregation and biofilm formation. Although cah is widespread in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), we detected mutations in cah at a frequency of 31.3% in this pathogen. In STEC O157:H7 supershedder strain SS17, a large deletion results in a smaller coding sequence, encoding a protein lacking the C-terminal 71 amino acids compared with Cah in STEC O157:H7 strain EDL933.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. An Assessment of the Microbiological Quality and Safety of Raw Drinking Milk on Retail Sale in England

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      Aims

      This study aimed to review the microbiological results for raw drinking milk (RDM) samples submitted to Public Health England laboratories between 2014 and 2016 in order to produce up-to-date data on the microbiological safety of RDM and inform future risk assessments on its sale.

      • Campylobacter
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Molecular Ecology of Listeria spp., Salmonella, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and non-O157 Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia coli in Pristine Natural Environments in Northern Colorado

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      Aims

      Molecular subtyping is commonly used in foodborne disease surveillance and microbial source tracking. There is a knowledge gap regarding the molecular ecology of foodborne pathogens in non-food associated environments. The objective of this study was to isolate and subtype foodborne pathogens from pristine natural environments with minimal anthropogenic inputs.

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

  13. Genetic Susceptibility to Postdiarrheal Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome After Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli Infection: A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention FoodNet Study

    • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

    • AbstractBackgroundPostdiarrheal hemolytic-uremic syndrome (D+HUS) following Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection is a serious condition lacking specific treatment. Host immune dysregulation and genetic susceptibility to complement hyperactivation are implicated in non–STEC-related HUS.

  14. Heat inactivation of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in a selection of low moisture foods

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: March 2018
      , Volume 85

      Author(s): Hossein Daryaei, Walter Peñaloza, Ian Hildebrandt, Kathiravan Krishnamurthy, Preethi Thiruvengadam, Jason Wan

      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. High-resolution melt curve PCR assay for specific detection of E. coli O157:H7 in beef

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: April 2018
      , Volume 86

      Author(s): Yuejiao Liu, Prashant Singh, Azlin Mustapha

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Prevalence and characteristics of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in finishing pigs: Implications on public health

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 2 January 2018
      , Volume 264

      Author(s): Wonhee Cha, Pina M. Fratamico, Leah E. Ruth, Andrew S. Bowman, Jacqueline M. Nolting, Shannon D. Manning, Julie A. Funk

      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Multiplex real-time PCR assay for detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and screening for non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli

    • BMC Microbiology

    • Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), including E. coli O157:H7, are responsible for numerous foodborne outbreaks annually worldwide. E. coli O157:H7, as well as pathogenic non-O157:H7 STECs, can cause l...

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Screening for the presence of mcr-1/mcr-2 genes in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli recovered from a major produce-production region in California

    • PLOS ONE

    • Daniela Mavrici, Jaszemyn C. Yambao, Bertram G. Lee, Beatriz Quiñones, Xiaohua He

      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Wildlife as Source of Human Escherichia coli O157 Infection

    • Emerging Infectious Diseases

    • To the Editor: The article by Probert et al. (1) highlighted that wild animals (in this case, deer) can act as a reservoir of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 infection. Our previous research (2) broadens this to include wild animals as STEC O157 carriers. In our study, an outbreak of STEC O157 infection in eastern England was epidemiologically linked to visiting a wildlife park. Unlike in petting zoos, the visitors had no direct contact with the animals.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. The structure and membrane topography of the Vibrio-type secretin complex from the T2SS of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC).

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • The β-barrel assembly machinery (BAM) complex is the core machinery for the assembly of β-barrel membrane proteins, and inhibition of BAM complex activity is lethal to bacteria. Discovery of integral membrane proteins that are key to pathogenesis yet do not require assistance from the BAM complex raises the question of how these proteins assemble into bacterial outer membranes.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Resistance of phages lytic to pathogenic Escherichia coli to sanitisers used by the food industry and in home settings

    • International Journal of Food Science & Technology

    • Summary

      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Persistence and reduction of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotype O26:H11 in different types of raw fermented sausages

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 16 November 2017
      , Volume 261

      Author(s): Christina Böhnlein, Jan Kabisch, Stefanie Müller-Herbst, Gregor Fiedler, Charles M.A.P. Franz, Rohtraud Pichner

      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Rapid and simple method by combining FTA™ card DNA extraction with the adaptation of a two set multiplex PCR for simultaneous detection of non-O157 shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli strains and virulence genes from food samples

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 291: Shiga Toxin Therapeutics: Beyond Neutralization

    • Toxins

    • Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 291: Shiga Toxin Therapeutics: Beyond Neutralization

      Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins9090291

      Authors:
      Gregory Hall
      Shinichiro Kurosawa
      Deborah Stearns-Kurosawa

      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Attribution of human infections with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) to livestock sources and identification of source-specific risk factors, The Netherlands (2010–2014)

    • Zoonoses and Public Health

    • Summary

      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens