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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. Discovery of Novel Pyrazole Carboxylate Derivatives Containing Thiazole as Potential Fungicides

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

    • Inspired by commercially established fluxapyroxad as the lead compound of novel efficient antifungal ingredients, novel pyrazole carboxylate derivatives containing a flexible thiazole backbone were successfully designed, synthesized, and detected for their in vitro and in vivo biological activities against eight agricultural fungi.

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  2. A sensitive chemiluminescence immunoassay based on immunomagnetic beads for quantitative detection of zearalenone

    • European Food Research and Technology

    • Sensitive and rapid analysis of zearalenone (ZEN) in grains and feed is essential to guarantee the food security for human health. Herein a chemiluminescence method was demonstrated to measure the content of zearalenone in food samples. An immunomagnetic beads-anti-ZEN monoclonal antibody complex was prepared.

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  3. Microbiome for sustainable agriculture: a review with special reference to the corn production system

    • Archives of Microbiology

    • Microbial diversity formed by ages of evolution in soils plays an important role in sustainability of crop production by enriching soil and alleviating biotic and abiotic stresses. This diversity is as an essential part of the agro-ecosystems, which is being pushed to edges by pumping agrochemicals and constant soil disturbances.

  4. Antibacterial Activity of Low-Density Polyethylene and Low-Density Polyethylene-co-maleic Anhydride Films Incorporated with ZnO Nanoparticles

    • Food and Bioprocess Technology

    • This study innovatively produced polymeric active antibacterial films by incorporating zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NP) into linear low-density polyethylene grafted with maleic anhydride (LLDPE-MA) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) using polymer melting and coating of ZnO-NP.

      • Salmonella
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Produce Safety
      • Ethylene Sensitive

  5. Pathogen Challenge and Dietary Shift Alter Microbiota Composition and Activity in a Mucin-Associated in vitro Model of the Piglet Colon (MPigut-IVM) Simulating Weaning Transition

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is the principal pathogen responsible for post-weaning diarrhea in newly weaned piglets. Expansion of ETEC at weaning is thought to be the consequence of various stress factors such as transient anorexia, dietary change or increase in intestinal inflammation and permeability, but the exact mechanisms remain to be elucidated.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Temperature and Nutrient Limitations Decrease Transfer of Conjugative IncP-1 Plasmid pKJK5 to Wild Escherichia coli Strains

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Plasmid-mediated dissemination of antibiotic resistance among fecal Enterobacteriaceae in natural ecosystems may contribute to the persistence of antibiotic resistance genes in anthropogenically impacted environments. Plasmid transfer frequencies measured under laboratory conditions might lead to overestimation of plasmid transfer potential in natural ecosystems.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Biodegradation of Deoxynivalenol by Nocardioides sp. ZHH-013: 3-keto-Deoxynivalenol and 3-epi-Deoxynivalenol as Intermediate Products

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Deoxynivalenol (DON) is one of the most devastating and notorious contaminants in food and animal feed worldwide. A novel DON-degrading strain, Nocardioides sp. ZHH-013, which exhibited complete mineralization of DON, was isolated from soil samples. The intermediate products of DON generated by this strain were identified by high-performance liquid chromatography and ultra-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry analyses.

  8. Applications of Raman Spectroscopy in Bacterial Infections: Principles, Advantages, and Shortcomings

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Infectious diseases caused by bacterial pathogens are important public issues. In addition, due to the overuse of antibiotics, many multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens have been widely encountered in clinical settings. Thus, the fast identification of bacteria pathogens and profiling of antibiotic resistance could greatly facilitate the precise treatment strategy of infectious diseases.

  9. Germplasm evaluation for crop improvement: analysis of grain quality and cadmium toxicity in barley

    • Journal of Cereal Science

    • Author(s): Kazuhiro Sato, Kazuyoshi Takeda, Jian Feng Ma

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  10. Identification and Characterization of Novel Proteins from Arizona Bark Scorpion Venom That Inhibit Nav1.8, a Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Regulator of Pain Signaling

    • Toxins

    • The voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.8 is linked to neuropathic and inflammatory pain, highlighting the potential to serve as a drug target. However, the biophysical mechanisms that regulate Nav1.8 activation and inactivation gating are not completely understood. Progress has been hindered by a lack of biochemical tools for examining Nav1.8 gating mechanisms.

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  11. In silico molecular docking and in vitro antimicrobial efficacy of phytochemicals against multi-drug-resistant enteroaggregative Escherichia coli and non-typhoidal Salmonella spp.

    • Gut Pathogens

    • Background
      In the wake of emergence of antimicrobial resistance, bioactive phytochemical compounds are proving to be important therapeutic agents. The present study envisaged in silico molecular docking as well as in vitro antimicrobial efficacy screening of identified phytochemical ligands to the dispersin (aap) and outer membrane osmoporin (OmpC) domains of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) and non-typhoidal Salmonella spp. (NTS), respectively.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Therapeutic target identification via differential genome analysis of antibiotic resistant Shigella sonneii and inhibitor evaluation against a selected drug target

    • Infection, Genetics and Evolution

    • Author(s): Zarrin Basharat, Muhammad Jahanzaib, Noor Rahman

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Antibiofilm effect of sodium butyrate against Vibrio parahaemolyticus

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Wenxiu Zhu, Jingzhu Gao, Hongli Liu, Jiaxiu Liu, Tong Jin, Ningbo Qin, Xiaomeng Ren, Xiaodong xia

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Control of Listeria monocytogenes in low-moisture foods

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Michael H. Taylor, Mei-Jun Zhu

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Dual quantum dot nanobeads-based fluorescence-linked immunosorbent assay for simultaneous detection of aflatoxin B1 and zearalenone in feedstuffs

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Runxian Li, Yang Wen, Luqing Yang, Anguo Liu, Fenglai Wang, Pingli He

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  16. The combinations of sulfur and molybdenum fertilizations improved antioxidant capacity of grazing Guizhou semi-fine wool sheep under copper and cadmium stress

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Yuanfeng Li, Yachao Wang, Xiaoyun Shen, Fuyuan Liu

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  17. Size-exclusion chromatography selective cleanup of aflatoxins in oilseeds followed by HPLC determination to assess the potential health risk

    • Toxicon

    • Author(s): Omar Tawfik Kholif, Ahmed Salem Sebaei, Fawzy I. Eissa, Osama H. Elhamalawy

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  18. Application of high hydrostatic pressure for the reduction of STEC on raw ground beef patties and its impact on physicochemical properties: pH and color

    • LWT

    • Author(s): Inés Martínez Bernié, Paula Mussio, Santiago Jorcin, Mikaela Rajchman, Tomás López-Pedemonte

      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Biosensors for Deoxynivalenol and Zearalenone Determination in Feed Quality Control

    • Toxins

    • Mycotoxin contamination of cereals used for feed can cause intoxication, especially in farm animals; therefore, efficient analytical tools for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of toxic fungal metabolites in feed are required. Current trends in food/feed analysis are focusing on the application of biosensor technologies that offer fast and highly selective and sensitive detection with minimal sample treatment and reagents required.

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  20. Antibacterial Peptides Produced by Alcalase from Cowpea Seed Proteins

    • Antibiotics

    • Cowpea seed protein hydrolysates (CPH) were output from cowpea seeds applying alcalase® from Bacillus licheniformis. CPH with an elevated level of hydrolysis was fractionated by size exclusion chromatography (SEC). Both CPH and SEC-portions showed to contain antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as they inhibited both Gram-positive bacteria, such as Listeria monocytogenes LMG10470 (L. monocytogenes), Listeria innocua. LMG11387 (L.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Salmonella
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Virulence factors and molecular characteristics of Shigella flexneri isolated from calves with diarrhea

    • BMC Microbiology

    • Background
      The natural hosts of Shigella are typically humans and other primates, but it has been shown that the host range of Shigella has expanded to many animals. Although Shigella is becoming a major threat to animals, there is limited information on the genetic background of local strains. The purpose of this study was to assess the presence of virulence factors and the molecular characteristics of S. flexneri isolated from calves with diarrhea.

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Microbially induced calcite precipitation performance of multiple landfill indigenous bacteria compared to a commercially available bacteria in porous media

    • PLOS ONE

    • by Adharsh Rajasekar, Charles K. S. Moy, Stephen Wilkinson, Raju Sekar

  23. Modeling inactivation of Clostridium botulinum and vitamin destruction of non-Newtonian liquid-solid food mixtures by convective sterilization in cans

    • Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies

    • Author(s): Fátima Rodríguez-Ramos, Edgardo J. Tabilo, Nelson O. Moraga

      • Clostridium botulinum
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Assessment of risk to humans related to Salmonella from bile on pig carcasses

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Lis Alban, Maybritt Kiel Poulsen, Jesper Valentin Petersen, Lene Lund Lindegaard, Lene Meinert, Anette Granly Koch, Vibeke Møgelmose

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Chemometric QSAR modeling of acute oral toxicity of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) to rat using simple 2D descriptors and interspecies toxicity modeling with mouse

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Guohui Sun, Yifan Zhang, Luyu Pei, Yuqing Lou, Yao Mu, Jiayi Yun, Feifan Li, Yachen Wang, Zhaoqi Hao, Sha Xi, Chen Li, Chuhan Chen, Lijiao Zhao, Na Zhang, Rugang Zhong, Yongzhen Peng

      • Chemical contaminants