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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. Circulatory cadmium positively correlates with epithelial-mesenchymal transition in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Ling Zheng, Ya-Lin Jiang, Jun Fei, Peng Cao, Chen Zhang, Guo-Fang Xie, Li-Xiang Wang, Wei Cao, Lin Fu, Hui Zhao

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  2. Quantitative source apportionment of heavy metals in cultivated soil and associated model uncertainty

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Lei Chai, Yuhong Wang, Xin Wang, Liang Ma, Zhenxiang Cheng, Limin Su, Minxia Liu

  3. Plastic shed production systems: The migration of heavy metals from soil to vegetables and human health risk assessment

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Min Meng, Linsheng Yang, Binggan Wei, Zhiqiang Cao, Jiangping Yu, Xiaoyong Liao

  4. Exploring Galleria mellonella larval model to evaluate antibacterial efficacy of Cecropin A (1-7)-Melittin against multi-drug resistant enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

    • Pathogens and Disease

    • ABSTRACT High throughput in vivo laboratory models is need for screening and identification of effective therapeutic agents to overcome microbial drug-resistance. This study was undertaken to evaluate in vivo antimicrobial efficacy of short-chain antimicrobial peptide- Cecropin A (1–7)-Melittin (CAMA) against three multi-drug resistant enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (MDR-EAEC) field isolates in a Galleria mellonella larval model.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Endolysin LysSTG2: Characterization and application to control Salmonella Typhimurium biofilm alone and in combination with slightly acidic hypochlorous water

    • Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): Yu Zhang, Hung-Hsin Huang, Hoang Minh Duc, Yoshimitsu Masuda, Ken-ichi Honjoh, Takahisa Miyamoto

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Efficacy of Ultraviolet C exposure for inactivating Senecavirus A on experimentally contaminated surfaces commonly found on swine farms

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Author(s): Chelsea Ruston, Jianqiang Zhang, Jenna Scott, Min Zhang, Katyann Graham, Daniel Linhares, Mary Breuer, Locke Karriker, Derald Holtkamp

      The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of ultraviolet C light (UVC) for inactivating Senecavirus A (SVA) on three different experimentally contaminated surfaces commonly found in swine farms.

  7. Heat stress aggravates intestinal inflammation through TLR4-NF-κB signaling pathway in Ma chickens infected with Escherichia coli O157:H7

    • Poultry Science

    • Author(s): Lu-Ping Tang, Wei-Hao Li, Yi-Lei Liu, Jian-Chi Lun, Yong-Ming He

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Recent Innovations in Bacterial Infection Detection and Treatment

    • ACS Infectious Diseases

    • Bacterial infections are a major threat to human health, exacerbated by increasing antibiotic resistance. These infections can result in tremendous morbidity and mortality, emphasizing the need to identify and treat pathogenic bacteria quickly and effectively. Recent developments in detection methods have focused on electrochemical, optical, and mass-based biosensors.

  9. Histological Effects of Light Crude Oil on Sciaenops ocellatus Under Experimental Conditions

    • Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

    • The health status of Sciaenops ocellatus was studied by qualitative and quantitative histopathological analysis through histological damage prevalence and degree of tissue change (DTC) in response to 96 h and 9 days of exposure to 0.1, 0.8, and 8 g/L of light crude oil in seawater. The histology of the liver, spleen, kidney, and gills of the fish were analyzed and compared between treatments.

      • Chemical contaminants

  10. On the Consequences of Poorly Defined Breakpoints for Rifampin Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • In a recent report of a systematic review of critical concentrations (CCs), the World Health Organization (WHO) lowered the rifampin (RIF) CC for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex using Middlebrook 7H10 medium and the Bactec Mycobacterial Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) 960 system from 1 to 0.5 μg/ml. The previous RIF CC for 7H10 had been in use for over half a century.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Low-Level Rifampin Resistance and rpoB Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an Analysis of Whole-Genome Sequencing and Drug Susceptibility Test Data in New York

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • Rapid and reliable detection of rifampin (RIF) resistance is critical for the diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant and multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis. Discordant RIF phenotype/genotype susceptibility results remain a challenge due to the presence of rpoB mutations that do not confer high levels of RIF resistance, as have been exhibited in strains with mutations such as Ser450Leu.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Performance of Two Novel Chromogenic Media for the Identification of Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris Compared with Other Commercially Available Formulations

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • Non-albicans Candida species are emerging in the nosocomial environment, with the multidrug-resistant (MDR) species Candida auris being the most notorious example. Consequently, rapid and accurate species identification has become essential. The objective of this study was to evaluate five commercially available chromogenic media for the presumptive identification of C. auris. Two novel chromogenic formulations, CHROMagar Candida Plus (CHROMagar) and HiCrome C.

  13. A New SARS-CoV-2 Dual-Purpose Serology Test: Highly Accurate Infection Tracing and Neutralizing Antibody Response Detection

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • Many severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) serology tests have proven to be less accurate than expected and do not assess antibody function as neutralizing, correlating with protection from reinfection. A new assay technology measuring the interaction of the purified SARS-CoV-2 spike protein receptor binding domain (RBD) with the extracellular domain of the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2) receptor detects these important antibodies.

  14. Transmission and Antibiotic Resistance of Achromobacter in Cystic Fibrosis

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • Achromobacter species are increasingly being detected in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), and this emerging pathogen is associated with antibiotic resistance and more-severe disease outcomes. Nonetheless, little is known about the extent of transmission and antibiotic resistance development in Achromobacter infections.

  15. Ultrasensitive Diagnostics for Low-Density Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum Infections in Low-Transmission Settings

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • The emergence of multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Southeast Asia (SEA) has accelerated regional malaria elimination efforts. Most malaria in this and other low-transmission settings exists in asymptomatic individuals, which conventional diagnostic tests lack the sensitivity to detect. This has led to the development of new ultrasensitive diagnostics that are capable of detecting these low-parasitemia infections.

  16. Resident bacteria contribute to opportunistic infections of the respiratory tract

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • by Yifan Wu, Yongqiang Wang, Huiming Yang, Qian Li, Xiaoxia Gong, Guozhong Zhang, Kui Zhu

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Pathoadaptation of the passerine-associated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium lineage to the avian host

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • by Emiliano Cohen, Shalevet Azriel, Oren Auster, Adiv Gal, Carmel Zitronblat, Svetlana Mikhlin, Felix Scharte, Michael Hensel, Galia Rahav, Ohad Gal-Mor

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  18. Characterization of Brucella abortus S19 as a challenge strain for use in a mouse model of brucellosis

    • Microbes and Infection

    • Author(s): Jessica M. Jacob, Roy Curtiss

      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Design and simulation of a secondary resource recycling system: A case study of lead-acid batteries

    • Waste Management

    • Author(s): Xi Tian, He Xiao, Yaobin Liu, Weirong Ding

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  20. Contamination of fresh produce sold on the Italian market with Cyclospora cayetanensis and Echinococcus multilocularis

    • Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): Alessandra Barlaam, Tamirat T. Temesgen, Kristoffer R. Tysnes, Laura Rinaldi, Nicola Ferrari, Anna R. Sannella, Giovanni Normanno

      • Parasites
      • Cyclospora cayetanensis

  21. Novel fluorescence immunoassay for the detection of zearalenone using HRP-mediated fluorescence quenching of gold−silver bimetallic nanoclusters

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Zhenjiang Liu, Xiaoyan Wang, Xuexiang Ren, Weibin Li, Jianfan Sun, Xinwei Wang, Yuqian Huang, Yanguo Guo, Huawei Zeng

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  22. Development of a quantum dot nanobead-based fluorescent strip immunosensor for on-site detection of aflatoxin B1 in lotus seeds

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Boyu Jia, Xiaofang Liao, Chaonan Sun, Ling Fang, Lidong Zhou, Weijun Kong

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins

  23. Proteomic analysis reveals differential responses of Listeria monocytogenes to free and nanoencapsulated nisin

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): Cristian Mauricio Barreto Pinilla, Paolo Stincone, Adriano Brandelli

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  24. Evaluation of nanopore sequencing technology to identify Salmonella enterica Choleraesuis var. Kunzendorf and Orion var. 15+, 34+

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): Feng Xu, Chongtao Ge, Shaoting Li, Silin Tang, Xingwen Wu, Hao Luo, Xiangyu Deng, Guangto Zhang, Abigail Stevenson, Robert C. Baker

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  25. The protective effect of baicalin on duck hepatitis A virus type 1-induced duck hepatic mitochondria dysfunction by activating nuclear erythroid 2-related factor 2/antioxidant responsive element signaling pathway

    • Poultry Science

    • Author(s): Linglin Su, Rui Wang, Tianxin Qiu, Jinli Wang, Jinwu Meng, Jinyue Zhu, Deyun Wang, Yi Wu, Jiaguo Liu

      • Viruses
      • Hepatitis