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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. The avenue of fruit wastes to worth for synthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles and their antimicrobial application against foodborne pathogens: A review

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Shujat Ali, Xiaojing Chen, Muhammad Ajmal Shah, Mumtaz Ali, Muhammad Zareef, Muhammad Arslan, Shujaat Ahmad, Tianhui Jiao, Huanhuan Li, Quansheng Chen

  2. Development of an in-situ signal amplified electrochemical assay for detection of Listeria monocytogenes with label-free strategy

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Qiming Chen, Chenhui Yao, Cuiyun Yang, Zhanmin Liu, Sibao Wan

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Cadmium-induced toxicity to amphibian tadpoles might be exacerbated by alkaline not acidic pH level

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Hongliang Lu, Yingchao Hu, Chunquan Kang, Qinyuan Meng, Zhihua Lin

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  4. Bacillus amyloliquefaciens B10 can alleviate aflatoxin B1-induced kidney oxidative stress and apoptosis in mice

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Yeqi Zhao, Tiancheng Wang, Peng Li, Jia Chen, Eugenie Nepovimova, Miao Long, Wenda Wu, Kamil Kuca

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  5. Modeling Enteropathy or Diarrhea with the Top Bacterial and Protozoal Pathogens: Differential Determinants of Outcomes

    • ACS Infectious Diseases

    • Developing effective therapeutics or preventive interventions for important health threats is greatly enhanced whenever accessible models can enable the assessment of clinically important outcomes. While no non-human model is ever perfect, inexpensive in vivo small animal models in such as mice are often of great help in assessing the relevant efficacy of potential interventions.

      • Campylobacter
      • Shigella
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites

  6. Protective role of tebuconazole and trifloxystrobin in wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) under cadmium stress via enhancement of antioxidant defense and glyoxalase systems

    • Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

    • Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic metal and an environmental pollutant that significantly reduces plant growth and productivity. Proper management can ameliorate dysfunction and improve the plant growth and productivity exposed to Cd. Therefore, the present study was conducted to explore the protective role of the fungicides tebuconazole (TEB) and trifloxystrobin (TRI) in helping wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Norin 61) seedlings to tolerate Cd.

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  7. Distinct Resistomes and Microbial Communities of Soils, Wastewater Treatment Plants and Households Suggest Development of Antibiotic Resistances Due to Distinct Environmental Conditions in Each Environment

    • Antibiotics

    • The use of antibiotics in humans and animals results in a release of excess antibiotic residues into the environment through wastewaters and insufficient removal in wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), leading to increasing numbers of bacteria enriched in antibiotic resistance genes (ARG). However, the potential transfer of ARG and their host bacteria between different environments remains largely unexplored.

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  8. Salmonella enters a dormant state within human epithelial cells for persistent infection

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • by Chak Hon Luk, Camila Valenzuela, Magdalena Gil, Léa Swistak, Perrine Bomme, Yuen-Yan Chang, Adeline Mallet, Jost Enninga

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Genotypic Characterization of Clinical Klebsiella spp. Isolates Collected From Patients With Suspected Community-Onset Sepsis, Sweden

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Klebsiella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria known to be opportunistic pathogens that may cause a variety of infections in humans. Highly drug-resistant Klebsiella species, especially K. pneumoniae, have emerged rapidly and are becoming a major concern in clinical management. Although K.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Prevalence and Genetic Analysis of Chromosomal mcr-3/7 in Aeromonas From U.S. Animal-Derived Samples

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • The prevalence of mcr-positive bacteria in 5,169 domestic animal-derived samples collected by USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service between October 2018 and May 2019 was investigated. A procedure including enriched broth culture and real-time PCR targeting mcr-1 to mcr-8 were used for the screening.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Biphenyl 2,3-Dioxygenase in Pseudomonas alcaliphila JAB1 Is Both Induced by Phenolics and Monoterpenes and Involved in Their Transformation

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • The involvement of bacterial aromatic ring-hydroxylating dioxygenases (ARHDs) in the degradation of aromatic pollutants, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), has been well studied. However, there is considerable speculation as to the origin of this ability. One hypothesis is centered on a connection between the ability to degrade aromatic pollutants and the necessity of soil bacteria to cope with and/or utilize secondary plant metabolites (SPMs).

      • Chemical contaminants

  12. Combined Effects of Microplastics and Biochar on the Removal of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Phthalate Esters and Its Potential Microbial Ecological Mechanism

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Microplastics (MPs) have been attracting wide attention. Biochar (BC) application could improve the soil quality in the contaminated soil. Currently, most studies focused on the effect of MPs or BC on the soil properties and microbial community, while they neglected the combined effects.

      • Chemical contaminants

  13. TolCV1 Has Multifaceted Roles During Vibrio vulnificus Infection

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

    • RtxA1 is a major cytotoxin of Vibrio vulnificus (V. vulnificus) causing fatal septicemia and necrotic wound infections. Our previous work has shown that RpoS regulates the expression and secretion of V. vulnificus RtxA1 toxin. This study was conducted to further investigate the potential mechanisms of RpoS on RtxA1 secretion. First, V. vulnificus TolCV1 and TolCV2 proteins, two Escherichia coli TolC homologs, were measured at various time points by Western blotting.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Alterations of the Human Gut Microbiota in Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

    • Background and Aims

      Women with severe intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) are at higher risks of fetal complications and without effective treatments. Changes in gut microbiota in pregnancy were found to be related to the altered intestinal bile acid composition, so we aimed to explore the alterations of microbiota in the gut of ICP patients.

      Methods

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Draft Genome Sequences of Three Strains of Campylobacter jejuni Isolated from Patients with Guillain-Barre Syndrome in Bangladesh

    • Microbiology Resource Announcements

    • Campylobacter jejuni is the pathogen most commonly associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). The present work describes the draft genome sequences of 3 C. jejuni strains, BD39, BD67, and BD75, isolated from stool specimens of patients with C. jejuni-triggered GBS using Illumina technologies.

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Prophages integrating into prophages: A mechanism to accumulate type III secretion effector genes and duplicate Shiga toxin-encoding prophages in Escherichia coli

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • by Keiji Nakamura, Yoshitoshi Ogura, Yasuhiro Gotoh, Hayashi Tetsuya

      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Characterization of the roles of activated charcoal and Chelex in the induction of PrfA regulon expression in complex medium

    • PLOS ONE

    • by Ahmed Gaballa, Sriya Sunil, Etienne Doll, Sarah I. Murphy, Tyler Bechtel, Veronica Guariglia-Oropeza, Martin Wiedmann

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. The effect of neomycin inclusion in milk replacer on the health, growth, and performance of male Holstein calves during preweaning

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • The prophylactic use of oral antimicrobials, such as neomycin, in milk replacer (MR) or whole milk is a common practice in calf-rearing that is thought to aid in preventing disease. Heavy reliance on antimicrobials is of concern not only because of the development of antimicrobial resistance, but also because of the potentially negative effects on health.

  19. Antimicrobial resistance and virulence characteristics in 3 collections of staphylococci from bovine milk samples

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Mastitis is a prevalent disease in dairy cattle, and staphylococci are among the most common causative pathogens. Staphylococci can express resistance to a range of antimicrobials, of which methicillin resistance is of particular public health concern. Additionally, Staphylococcus aureus carries a variety of virulence factors, although less is understood about the virulence of non-aureus staphylococci (NAS).

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Efficient regulation of copper homeostasis underlies accession-specific sensitivities to excess copper and cadmium in roots of Arabidopsis thaliana

    • Journal of Plant Physiology

    • Author(s): Rafaela Amaral dos Reis, Sophie Hendrix, Miguel Pedro Mourato, Luísa Louro Martins, Jaco Vangronsveld, Ann Cuypers

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  21. Rapid Nucleic Acid Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Based on CRISPR/Cas12a System

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Shujuan Wang, Yiling Fan, Zhen Feng, Minghui Song, Qiongqiong Li, Bo Jiang, Feng Qin, Hao Liu, Lefu Lan, Meicheng Yang

      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Residue changes and processing factors of eighteen field-applied pesticides during the production of Chinese Baijiu from rice

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Aijuan Bai, Shaowen Liu, Ang Chen, Wuying Chen, Xiangwen Luo, Yong Liu, Deyong Zhang

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  23. Solid-phase microextraction of eleven organochlorine pesticides from fruit and vegetable samples by a coated fiber with boron nitride modified multiwalled carbon nanotubes

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Xiaohuan Zang, Qingyun Chang, Yachao Pang, Ling Wang, Shuaihua Zhang, Chun Wang, Zhi Wang

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  24. Chlorine dioxide, peroxyacetic acid, and calcium oxychloride for post-harvest decontamination of citrus fruit against Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri, causal agent of citrus canker

    • Crop Protection

    • Author(s): Franklin Behlau, Alexandre Paloschi, Tamiris.G.S. Marin, Talita A. Santos, Henrique Ferreira, Lenice M. do Nascimento

  25. Multiple Factors Influence the Accumulation of Heavy Metals (Cu, Pb, Ni, Zn) in Forest Soils in the Vicinity of Roadways

    • Water, Air, & Soil Pollution

    • Intensified vehicular traffic causes increased heavy metal contamination of the environment. We investigated the heavy metal chemistry of soils located under silver fir stands in the vicinity of Poland’s S7 roadway. Three sampling sites were located in fir stands in central Poland. Fieldwork included soil sampling of the organic (O) horizon and mineral (A) topsoil.

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants