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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. Kinetics of Staphylococcus aureus growth and Enterotoxin A production in milk under shaking and static conditions

    • Food Research International
    • Author(s): Lu Lin, Min Chen, Jie Ou, Weiling Yan

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
  2. Single, dual and multi-emission carbon dots based optosensing for food safety

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology
    • Author(s): Xuecheng Zhu, Wei Jiang, Yuan Zhao, Huilin Liu, Baoguo Sun

  3. Advanced Application of Raman Spectroscopy and Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in Plant Disease Diagnostics: A Review

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
    • Plant diseases result in 20–40% of agricultural loss every year worldwide. Timely detection of plant diseases can effectively prevent the development and spread of diseases and ensure the agricultural yield. High-throughput and rapid methods are in great demand. This review investigates the advanced application of Raman spectroscopy (RS) and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) in the detection of plant diseases.

  4. Efficacy of Chlorine Dioxide Gas Against Hepatitis A Virus on Blueberries, Blackberries, Raspberries, and Strawberries

    • Food and Environmental Virology
    • Seeking a means of sanitizing berries, the effectiveness of steady state levels of gaseous chlorine dioxide (ClO2) against hepatitis A virus (HAV) on laboratory-contaminated berries was determined. The generated ClO2 was maintained with 1 or 2 mg/l air inside a 269-l glove box to treat 50 g batches of blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries, and 100 g batches of strawberries that were immersion coated with HAV.

      • Hepatitis
      • Viruses
  5. Exposure to Parabens Through The Use of Personal Care Products Among Iranian Men

    • Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
    • Despite the widespread use of parabens as antimicrobial preservatives in personal care products (PCP) and foodstuffs, recent studies have shown that exposure to parabens can play a role in the endocrine disruption process. In the present study, the urinary concentrations of methylparaben (MP), ethylparaben (EP), propylparaben (PP), and butylparaben (BP) were measured among 125 men, and their relationship with the use of 13 distinct PCPs was examined.

  6. A Review on Recent Developments and Applications of Nanozymes in Food Safety and Quality Analysis

    • Food Analytical Methods
    • Food is intricate, and food quality and safety are indispensable elements. With the rising public demands for safe and nutritious food products, a range of innovative, interdisciplinary, and multidimensional concepts have emerged in the last few decades. Nanozymes, apart from their therapeutic efficacies, are gaining increasing interest in safety and quality monitoring in the agri-food sector.

  7. Evaluation of the Properties of Diatomaceous Earth in Relation to Their Performance in the Removal of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Effluents

    • Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
    • This research analyzes the behavior of different diatomite from Peru, and their potential use for the removal of heavy metals from contaminated effluents. Seven different diatomites were characterized by X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, scanning electron microscopy, specific surface area, and cation exchange capacity.

  8. Zearalenone Induces Apoptosis and Cytoprotective Autophagy in Chicken Granulosa Cells by PI3K-AKT-mTOR and MAPK Signaling Pathways

    • Toxins
    • Zearalenone (ZEA) is a nonsteroidal estrogenic mycotoxin found in several food commodities worldwide. ZEA causes reproductive disorders, genotoxicity, and testicular toxicity in animals. However, little is known about the functions of apoptosis and autophagy after exposure to ZEA in granulosa cells. This study investigated the effects of ZEA on chicken granulosa cells.

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins
  9. Rapid Molecular Tests for Detecting Respiratory Pathogens Reduced the Use of Antibiotics in Children

    • Antibiotics
    • Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (mPCR) is increasingly being used to diagnose infections caused by respiratory pathogens in pediatric inpatient facilities. mPCR assays detect a broader array of viruses, with higher specificity and sensitivity and faster turnaround than previous assays. We adapted the FilmArray Respiratory Panel (FA-RP) for diagnosing respiratory infections.

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants
  10. Possibilities for the Biological Control of Mycotoxins in Food and Feed

    • Toxins
    • Seeking useful biological agents for mycotoxin detoxification has achieved success in the last twenty years thanks to the participation of many multidisciplinary teams. We have recently witnessed discoveries in the fields of bacterial genetics (inclusive of next-generation sequencing), protein encoding, and bioinformatics that have helped to shape the latest perception of how microorganisms/mycotoxins/environmental factors intertwine and interact, so the road is opened for new breakthroughs.

  11. Nanomotion Detection-Based Rapid Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing

    • Antibiotics
    • Rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) could play a major role in fighting multidrug-resistant bacteria. Recently, it was discovered that all living organisms oscillate in the range of nanometers and that these oscillations, referred to as nanomotion, stop as soon the organism dies. This finding led to the development of rapid AST techniques based on the monitoring of these oscillations upon exposure to antibiotics.

  12. Occurrence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Arcobacter spp. Recovered from Aquatic Environments

    • Antibiotics
    • Arcobacter spp. are emerging waterborne and foodborne zoonotic pathogens responsible for gastroenteritis in humans. In this work, we evaluated the occurrence and the antimicrobial resistance profile of Arcobacter isolates recovered from different aquatic sources. Besides, we searched for Arcobacter spp. in seaweeds and the corresponding seawater samples. Bacteriological and molecular methods applied to 100 samples led to the isolation of 28 Arcobacter isolates from 27 samples.

  13. Rapid label‐free detection of Salmonella enterica with biolayer interferometry

    • Journal of Food Safety
    • Journal of Food Safety, EarlyView. Salmonella enterica is an important foodborne pathogen. Its rapid and reliable detection in food is critical for the effective prevention of the outbreak of foodborne diseases. Here, we report a novel method for the rapid, specific, label‐free, and real‐time detection of S. enterica with biolayer interferometry (BLI) using an antibody as the receptor. The limit of detection for S. enterica in buffer was 1.6 × 105 CFU/ml at a binding time of 300 s.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens
  14. Isolation and Characterization of Six Vibrio parahaemolyticus Lytic Bacteriophages From Seafood Samples

    • Frontiers in Microbiology
    • Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a foodborne pathogen that is frequently isolated from a variety of seafood. To control this pathogenic Vibrio spp., the implementation of bacteriophages in aquaculture and food industries have shown a promising alternative to antibiotics. In this study, six bacteriophages isolated from the seafood samples demonstrated a narrow host range specificity that infecting only the V. parahaemolyticus strains.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens
  15. Evaluation of Salmonella Serotype Prediction With Multiplex Nanopore Sequencing

    • Frontiers in Microbiology
    • The use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) data generated by the long-read sequencing platform Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) has been shown to provide reliable results for Salmonella serotype prediction in a previous study.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens
  16. Characterization of a Deep Sea Bacillus toyonensis Isolate: Genomic and Pathogenic Features

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
    • Bacillus toyonensis is a group of Gram-positive bacteria belonging to the Bacillus cereus group and used in some cases as probiotics or biocontrol agents. To our knowledge, B. toyonensis from the deep sea (depth >1,000 m) has not been documented. Here, we report the isolation and characterization of a B. toyonensis strain, P18, from a deep sea hydrothermal field. P18 is aerobic, motile, and able to grow at low temperatures (4°C) and high concentrations of NaCl (8%).

      • Bacillus cereus
  17. Genetic characterisation of a subset of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from clinical and poultry sources in Ireland

    • PLOS ONE
    • by Brendha Truccollo, Paul Whyte, Catherine Burgess, Declan Bolton

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Campylobacter
  18. Quantification of Brucella abortus population structure in a natural host

    • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    • Cattle are natural hosts of the intracellular pathogen Brucella abortus, which inflicts a significant burden on the health and reproduction of these important livestock. The primary routes of infection in field settings have been described, but it is not known how the bovine host shapes the structure of B. abortus...

      • Bacterial pathogens
  19. Live and Wet Markets: Food Access versus the Risk of Disease Emergence

    • Trends in Microbiology
    • Emerging zoonotic diseases exert a significant burden on human health and have considerable socioeconomic impact worldwide. In Asia, live animals as well as animal products are commonly sold in informal markets. The interaction of humans, live domestic animals for sale, food products, and wild and scavenging animals, creates a risk for emerging infectious diseases.

      • Viruses
  20. Changes in protein expression due to metformin treatment and hyperinsulinemia in a human endometrial cancer cell line

    • PLOS ONE
    • by Carsten Lange, Amanda Machado Weber, Ronny Schmidt, Christoph Schroeder, Thomas Strowitzki, Ariane Germeyer

  21. Contamination and Biofilm Formation of Foodborne and Opportunistic Pathogens in Yellow-Feathered Chicken Carcass

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
    • This study aims to analyze the contamination and biofilm formation of foodborne and opportunistic pathogens in yellow-feathered chicken carcasses sampled in different seasons and to prove the relationship between biofilm-forming ability and bacterial extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) production. A total of 78 strains were isolated from chicken samples.

  22. Global transcriptomic response of Listeria monocytogenes exposed to Fingered Citron (Citrus medica L. var. sarcodactylis Swingle) essential oil

    • Food Research International
    • Author(s): Jiajing Guo, Xiao Hu, Zhipeng Gao, Gaoyang Li, Fuhua Fu, Xuebo Shang, Zengenni Liang, Yang Shan

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens
  23. Bioremediation of organophosphorus pesticides in contaminated foodstuffs using probiotics

    • Food Control
    • Author(s): Zahra Sarlak, Kianoush Khosravi-Darani, Milad Rouhi, Farhad Garavand, Reza Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza Sobhiyeh

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues
  24. Establishment and validation of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay targeting the ttrRSBCA locus for rapid detection of Salmonella spp. in food

    • Food Control
    • Author(s): Antonia Kreitlow, André Becker, Ulrich Schotte, Burkhard Malorny, Madeleine Plötz, Amir Abdulmawjood

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens
  25. Exposure assessment and risk characterization of aflatoxin M1 through consumption of market milk and milk products in Ludhiana, Punjab

    • Food Control
    • Author(s): Simranjot Kaur, Jasbir Singh Bedi, Pankaj Dhaka, Deepthi Vijay, Rabinder Singh Aulakh

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins