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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. FDA Escherichia coli Identification (FDA-ECID) Microarray: a Pangenome Molecular Toolbox for Serotyping, Virulence Profiling, Molecular Epidemiology, and Phylogeny [Methods]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Most Escherichia coli strains are nonpathogenic. However, for clinical diagnosis and food safety analysis, current identification methods for pathogenic E. coli either are time-consuming and/or provide limited information. Here, we utilized a custom DNA microarray with informative genetic features extracted from 368 sequence sets for rapid and high-throughput pathogen identification.

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Effects of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Mixtures on Degradation, Gene Expression, and Metabolite Production in Four Mycobacterium Species [Biodegradation]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread environmental contaminants that are hazardous to human health. It has been demonstrated that members of the Mycobacterium genus are among the most effective degraders of PAHs, but few studies have focused on the degradation of PAH mixtures.

      • Chemical contaminants

  3. Virulence Gene-Associated Mutant Bacterial Colonies Generate Differentiating Two-Dimensional Laser Scatter Fingerprints [Methods]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • In this study, we investigated whether a laser scatterometer designated BARDOT (bacterial rapid detection using optical scattering technology) could be used to directly screen colonies of Listeria monocytogenes, a model pathogen, with mutations in several known virulence genes, including the genes encoding Listeria adhesion protein (LAP; lap mutant), internalin A (inlA strain), and an accessory secretory protein (secA2 strain).

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. A Nonautochthonous U.S. Strain of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolated from Chesapeake Bay Oysters Caused the Outbreak in Maryland in 2010 [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • In the summer of 2010, Vibrio parahaemolyticus caused an outbreak in Maryland linked to the consumption of oysters. Strains isolated from both stool and oyster samples were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). However, the oysters contained other potentially pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus strains exhibiting different PFGE patterns. In order to assess the identity, genetic makeup, relatedness, and potential pathogenicity of the V.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. CTX-M-15-Type Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli as Causative Agent of Bovine Mastitis

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Specific Single-Cell Isolation of Escherichia coli O157 from Environmental Water Samples by Using Flow Cytometry and Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. European alerting and monitoring data as inputs for the risk assessment of microbiological and chemical hazards in spices and herbs

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: November 2016
      , Volume 69

      Author(s): J.L. Banach, I. Stratakou, H.J. van der Fels-Klerx, H.M.W. den Besten, M.H. Zwietering

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Natural toxins

  8. Optimizing the use of Sinapis alba seed meal extracts as a source of thiocyanate (SCN−) for the lactoperoxidase system

    • LWT

    • Publication date: October 2016
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 72

      Author(s): Amir Golmohamadi, Matthew J. Morra, Inna Popova, Caleb I. Nindo

  9. Ecological Dynamics of Campylobacter in Integrated Mixed Crop–Livestock Farms and Its Prevalence and Survival Ability in Post-Harvest Products

    • Zoonoses and Public Health

    • Summary

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. SigmaB regulates ccrAB expression and SCCmec excision in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    • International Journal of Medical Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 13 May 2016


      Author(s): Shijie Zhang, Xueqin Shu, Baolin Sun

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Visible and Near-Infrared Hyper-Spectral Imaging for the Identification of the Type of Wax on Pears

    • Journal of Food Processing and Preservation

  12. Bacillus licheniformis Contains Two More PerR-Like Proteins in Addition to PerR, Fur, and Zur Orthologues

    • PLOS ONE

    • Jung-Hoon Kim, Chang-Jun Ji, Shin-Yeong Ju, Yoon-Mo Yang, Su-Hyun Ryu, Yumi Kwon, Young-Bin Won, Yeh-Eun Lee, Hwan Youn, Jin-Won Lee

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Effect of chitosan-gelatin film incorporated with ethanolic red grape seed extract and Ziziphora clinopodioides essential oil on survival of Listeria monocytogenes and chemical, microbial and sensory properties of minced trout fillet

    • LWT

    • Publication date: October 2016
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 72

      Author(s): Shabnam Kakaei, Yasser Shahbazi

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Seroprevalence in Household Raised Pigs Indicate High Exposure to GII Noroviruses in Rural Nicaragua

    • Zoonoses and Public Health

    • Summary

      • Norovirus
      • Viruses

  15. In vitro activity of dalbavancin against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and streptococci from patients with documented infections in Europe and surrounding regions (2011–2013)

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 12 May 2016


      Author(s): Michael D. Huband, Mariana Castanheira, David J. Farrell, Robert K. Flamm, Ronald N. Jones, Helio S. Sader, Rodrigo E. Mendes

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Dual Identification and Analysis of Differentially Expressed Transcripts of Porcine PK-15 Cells and Toxoplasma gondii during in vitro Infection

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Chun-Xue Zhou, Hany M. Elsheikha, Dong-Hui Zhou, Qing Liu, Xing-Quan Zhu, Xun Suo

      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Parasites

  17. Toxins, Vol. 8, Pages 150: Sensitive, Rapid, Quantitative and in Vitro Method for the Detection of Biologically Active Staphylococcal Enterotoxin Type E

    • Toxins

    • Staphylococcus aureus is a major bacterial cause of clinical infections and foodborne illnesses through its production of a group of enterotoxins (SEs) which cause gastroenteritis and also function as superantigens to massively activate T cells. In the present study, we tested Staphylococcal enterotoxin type E (SEE), which was detected in 17 of the 38 suspected staphylococcal food poisoning incidents in a British study and was the causative agent in outbreaks in France, UK and USA.

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Inhibition of Fusarium culmorum by carboxylic acids released from lactic acid bacteria in a barley malt substrate

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: November 2016
      , Volume 69

      Author(s): Lorenzo C. Peyer, Claudia Axel, Kieran M. Lynch, Emanuele Zannini, Fritz Jacob, Elke K. Arendt

  19. Inactivation of stressed Escherichia coli O157:H7 in tahini (sesame seeds paste) by gamma irradiation

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: November 2016
      , Volume 69

      Author(s): Tareq M. Osaili, Anas Al-Nabulsi

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Response of long-term acid stress to biofilm formation of meat-related Salmonella Enteritidis

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: November 2016
      , Volume 69

      Author(s): Huhu Wang, Na Wu, Yun Jiang, Keping Ye, Xinglian Xu, Guanghong Zhou

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Droplet digital PCR for routine analysis of genetically modified foods (GMO) – A comparison with real-time quantitative PCR

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: November 2016
      , Volume 69

      Author(s): Azuka Iwobi, Lars Gerdes, Ulrich Busch, Sven Pecoraro

  22. Thermo-mechanical, structural characterization and antibacterial performance of solvent casted polylactide/cinnamon oil composite films

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: November 2016
      , Volume 69

      Author(s): Jasim Ahmed, Mehrajfatema Zafar Mulla, Yasir Ali Arfat

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Epidemiology and Resistance Patterns of Bacterial and Fungal Colonization of Biliary Plastic Stents: A Prospective Cohort Study

    • PLOS ONE

    • Christoph Lübbert, Karolin Wendt, Jürgen Feisthammel, Annette Moter, Norman Lippmann, Thilo Busch, Joachim Mössner, Albrecht Hoffmeister, Arne C. Rodloff

      Background

      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Free-Living Species of Carnivorous Mammals in Poland: Red Fox, Beech Marten, and Raccoon as a Potential Reservoir of Salmonella, Yersinia, Listeria spp. and Coagulase-Positive Staphylococcus

    • PLOS ONE

    • Aneta Nowakiewicz, Przemysław Zięba, Grażyna Ziółkowska, Sebastian Gnat, Marta Muszyńska, Krzysztof Tomczuk, Barbara Majer Dziedzic, Łukasz Ulbrych, Aleksandra Trościańczyk

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Salmonella
      • Yersinia
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Lactococcus piscium: a psychotrophic lactic acid bacterium with bioprotective or spoilage activity in food – a review

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens