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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. Genetic Structure and Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli and Cryptic Clades in Birds with Diverse Human Associations [Microbial Ecology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • The manner and extent to which birds associate with humans may influence the genetic attributes and antimicrobial resistance of their commensal Escherichia communities through strain transmission and altered selection pressures.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Microbiota at Multiple Body Sites during Pregnancy in a Rural Tanzanian Population and Effects of Moringa-Supplemented Probiotic Yogurt [Microbial Ecology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • The nutritional status of pregnant women is vital for healthy outcomes and is a concern for a large proportion of the world's population. The role of the microbiota in pregnancy and nutrition is a promising new area of study with potential health ramifications. In many African countries, maternal and infant death and morbidity are associated with malnutrition.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Feline Calicivirus, Murine Norovirus, Porcine Sapovirus, and Tulane Virus Survival on Postharvest Lettuce [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Human norovirus (HuNoV) is the leading cause of foodborne illnesses, with an increasing number of outbreaks associated with leafy greens. Because HuNoV cannot be routinely cultured, culturable feline calicivirus (FCV), murine norovirus (MNV), porcine sapovirus (SaV), and Tulane virus (TV) have been used as surrogates. These viruses are generated in different cell lines as infected cell lysates, which may differentially affect their stability.

      • Norovirus

  4. A Versatile Family 3 Glycoside Hydrolase from Bifidobacterium adolescentis Hydrolyzes {beta}-Glucosides of the Fusarium Mycotoxins Deoxynivalenol, Nivalenol, and HT-2 Toxin in Cereal Matrices [Enzymology and Protein Engineering]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Glycosylation plays a central role in plant defense against xenobiotics, including mycotoxins. Glucoconjugates of Fusarium toxins, such as deoxynivalenol-3-O-β- d -glucoside (DON-3G), often cooccur with their parental toxins in cereal-based food and feed. To date, only limited information exists on the occurrence of glucosylated mycotoxins and their toxicological relevance.

  5. Safety and quality evaluation of large meat joints cooled by a precommercial immersion vacuum cooling prototype

    • International Journal of Food Science & Technology

    • A series of independent studies were conducted to document the performance of an immersion vacuum cooling (IVC) prototype. Pork hams of commercial size were cured, cooked and then cooled using either a chill cabinet, a chilling room or the IVC prototype. Cooking and cooling losses, temperature profiles and selected product quality properties were compared.

  6. Physical, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of starch-based film containing ethanolic propolis extract

    • International Journal of Food Science & Technology

    • Propolis is a natural product that meets the requirements as functional additive for food packaging due to its antioxidant and antimicrobial activities. In this work, ethanolic propolis extract (EPE) was incorporated in cassava starch films, and characterisations with respect to their microstructure, mechanical properties, water vapour permeability (WVP), moisture sorption kinetics as well as antimicrobial and antioxidant capacities were performed.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Identification and Antimicrobial Resistance of Bacteria Isolated from Probiotic Products Used in Shrimp Culture

    • PLOS ONE

    • Gazi Md. Noor Uddin, Marianne Halberg Larsen, Henrik Christensen, Frank M. Aarestrup, Tran Minh Phu, Anders Dalsgaard

  8. A Unique Human Norovirus Lineage with a Distinct HBGA Binding Interface

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • Wu Liu, Yutao Chen, Xi Jiang, Ming Xia, Yang Yang, Ming Tan, Xuemei Li, Zihe Rao

      • Norovirus

  9. DNA-binding protein HU coordinates pathogenicity in Vibrio parahaemolyticus

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • HU is one of the most abundant nucleoid-associated proteins in bacterial cells and regulates the expression of many genes involved in growth, motility, metabolism, and virulence. It is known that V. parahaemolyticus pathogenicity is related to its characteristic rapid growth, and that a type III secretion system 1 (T3SS1) contributes to its cytotoxicity. However, it is not known if HU plays a role in the pathogenicity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Bacteriophage cocktail significantly reduces or eliminates Listeria monocytogenes contamination on lettuce, apples, cheese, smoked salmon and frozen foods

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: December 2015
      , Volume 52
      Author(s): Meenu N. Perera , Tamar Abuladze , Manrong Li , Joelle Woolston , Alexander Sulakvelidze

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Transfer, composition and technological characterization of the lactic acid bacterial populations of the wooden vats used to produce traditional stretched cheeses

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: December 2015
      , Volume 52
      Author(s): Maria Luisa Scatassa , Raimondo Gaglio , Giusi Macaluso , Nicola Francesca , Walter Randazzo , Cinzia Cardamone , Antonino Di Grigoli , Giancarlo Moschetti , Luca Settanni

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Effect of Avishane Shirazi (Zataria Multiflora) and Clove (Syzygium Aromaticum) Essential Oils on Microbiological, Chemical and Sensory Properties of Ground Sheep Meat During Refrigerated Storage

    • Journal of Food Quality

    • The objectives of this study were to examine the efficacy of Avishane shiraziAEO) and clove (CEO) essential oils in controlling the microbial growth as well as in inhibiting the lipid oxidation and metmyoglobin (MetMb) formation in ground sheep meat during refrigerated storage. Total mesophilic counts (TMC), lactic acid bacteria (LAB) counts, coliform counts, yeast counts and Listeria counts were determined.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. The Perceived Value of Passive Animal Health Surveillance: The Case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Vietnam

    • Zoonoses and Public Health

    • Economic evaluations are critical for the assessment of the efficiency and sustainability of animal health surveillance systems and the improvement of their efficiency. Methods identifying and quantifying costs and benefits incurred by public and private actors of passive surveillance systems (i.e. actors of veterinary authorities and private actors who may report clinical signs) are needed.

  14. Efficacy of Some Essential Oil Components as Food Preservatives Against Food Contaminating Molds, Aflatoxin B1 Production and Free Radical Generation

    • Journal of Food Quality

    • This study explores the efficacy of essential oil componentsviz. Z-citral, E-citral, methyl cinnamate and fenchone individually and in combination (1:1:1:1), against food contaminating molds, aflatoxin B1 production and as antioxidant.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  15. Hepatotoxic effect of ochratoxin A and citrinin, alone and in combination, and protective effect of vitamin E: In vitro study in HepG2 cell

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: September 2015
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 83
      Author(s): Loganathan Gayathri , Rajakumar Dhivya , Dharumadurai Dhanasekaran , Vaiyapuri S. Periasamy , Ali A. Alshatwi , Mohammad A. Akbarsha

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  16. Phylogenetic analysis of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus outbreak strains provides evidence for four separate introductions and one between-poultry farm transmission in the Netherlands, November 2014

    • Eurosurveillance

    • Phylogenetic analysis of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus strains causing outbreaks in Dutch poultry farms in 2014 provides evidence for separate introduction of the virus in four outbreaks in farms located 16–112 km from each other and for between-farm transmission between the third and fourth outbreak in farms located 550 m from each other.

  17. Decreased Resistance to Broad-Spectrum Cephalosporin in Escherichia coli from Healthy Broilers at Farms in Japan After Voluntary Withdrawal of Ceftiofur

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease Jul 2015, Vol. 12, No. 7: 639-643.

  18. Microbiota and metabolome of un-started and started Greek-type fermentation of Bella di Cerignola table olives

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: December 2015
      , Volume 52
      Author(s): Maria De Angelis , Daniela Campanella , Lucrezia Cosmai , Carmine Summo , Carlo Giuseppe Rizzello , Francesco Caponio

      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Expression of the Blood-Group-Related Gene B4galnt2 Alters Susceptibility to Salmonella Infection

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • Philipp Rausch, Natalie Steck, Abdulhadi Suwandi, Janice A. Seidel, Sven Künzel, Kirandeep Bhullar, Marijana Basic, Andre Bleich, Jill M. Johnsen, Bruce A. Vallance, John F. Baines, Guntram A. Grassl

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Type VI Secretion System Transports Zn2+ to Combat Multiple Stresses and Host Immunity

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • Tietao Wang, Meiru Si, Yunhong Song, Wenhan Zhu, Fen Gao, Yao Wang, Lei Zhang, Weipeng Zhang, Gehong Wei, Zhao-Qing Luo, Xihui Shen

      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Development and validation of a novel pedometer algorithm to quantify extended characteristics of the locomotor behavior of dairy cows

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: Available online 2 July 2015

      Author(s): M. Alsaaod , J.J. Niederhauser , G. Beer , N. Zehner , G. Schuepbach-Regula , A. Steiner

      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Stability of nonfouling electroless nickel-polytetrafluoroethylene coatings after exposure to commercial dairy equipment sanitizers

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: Available online 2 July 2015

      Author(s): Kang Huang , Julie M. Goddard

  23. Effect of essential oils of Syzygium aromaticum and Cinnamomum zeylanicum and their major components on biofilm production in Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from milk of cows with mastitis

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: Available online 2 July 2015

      Author(s): P.E. Budri , N.C.C. Silva , E.C.R. Bonsaglia , A. Fernandes Júnior , J. P. Araújo Júnior , J.T. Doyama , J.L. Gonçalves , M.V. Santos , D. Fitzgerald-Hughes , V.L.M. Rall

      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. In vitro probiotic characteristics of Lactobacillus plantarum ZDY 2013 and its modulatory effect on gut microbiota of mice

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: Available online 2 July 2015

      Author(s): Renhui Huang , Xueying Tao , Cuixiang Wan , Shengjie Li , Hengyi Xu , Feng Xu , Nagendra P. Shah , Hua Wei

      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Shigella
      • Cronobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. 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