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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 Distinctive Evolution of orfX Clostridium parabotulinum Strains and Their Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A and F Gene Clusters Is Influenced by Environmental Factors and Gene Interactions via Mobile Genetic Elements

    • Frontiers in Microbiology
    • Of the seven currently known botulinum neurotoxin-producing species of Clostridium, C. parabotulinum, or C. botulinum Group I, is the species associated with the majority of human botulism cases worldwide. Phylogenetic analysis of these bacteria reveals a diverse species with multiple genomic clades. The neurotoxins they produce are also diverse, with over 20 subtypes currently represented.

      • Clostridium botulinum
      • Bacterial pathogens
  2. A Novel Molecular Method for Simultaneous Identification of Vibrio parahaemolyticus 57 K-Serogroups Using Probe Melting Curve Analysis

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
    • The serotyping of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, which is crucial to the surveillance and detection of outbreaks of vibriosis infection, has been widely used in many countries. In this study, we developed a molecular assay, named multiplex ligation reaction based on probe melting curve analysis (MLMA), for simultaneous identification of V. parahaemolyticus 57 K-serogroups.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens
  3. Biochemical and Virulence Characterization of Vibrio vulnificus Isolates From Clinical and Environmental Sources

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
    • Vibrio vulnificus is a deadly human pathogen for which infections occur via seafood consumption (foodborne) or direct contact with wounds. Virulence is not fully characterized for this organism; however, there is evidence of biochemical and genotypic correlations with virulence potential. In this study, biochemical profiles and virulence genotype, based on 16S rRNA gene (rrn) and virulence correlated gene (vcg) types, were determined for 30 clinical and 39 oyster isolates.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens
  4. Phylogeography of Human and Animal Coxiella burnetii Strains: Genetic Fingerprinting of Q Fever in Belgium

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
    • Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacteria Coxiella burnetii. Domestic ruminants are the primary source for human infection, and the identification of likely contamination routes from the reservoir animals the critical point to implement control programs. This study shows that Q fever is detected in Belgium in abortion of cattle, goat and sheep at a different degree of apparent prevalence (1.93%, 9.19%, and 5.50%, respectively).

      • Bacterial pathogens
  5. Lactate Metabolism and Signaling in Tuberculosis and Cancer: A Comparative Review

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
    • Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) leading to tuberculosis (TB) disease continues to be a major global health challenge. Critical barriers, including but not limited to the development of multi-drug resistance, lack of diagnostic assays that detect patients with latent TB, an effective vaccine that prevents Mtb infection, and infectious and non-infectious comorbidities that complicate active TB, continue to hinder progress toward a TB cure.

      • Bacterial pathogens
  6. Pulsed-electromagnetic-field induced osteoblast differentiation requires activation of genes downstream of adenosine receptors A2A and A3

    • PLOS ONE
    • by Niladri S. Kar, Daniel Ferguson, Nianli Zhang, Erik I. Waldorff, James T. Ryaby, Joseph A. DiDonato

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants
  7. Cancer cluster among small village residents near the fertilizer plant in Korea

    • PLOS ONE
    • by Hyungryul Lim, Yong-Han Lee, Sanghyuk Bae, Do-Hyun Koh, Mira Yoon, Bo-Eun Lee, Jeong-Soo Kim, Ho-Jang Kwon

      Objectives

      • Chemical contaminants
  8. Optical multi-channel interrogation instrument for bacterial colony characterization

    • PLOS ONE
    • by Iyll-Joon Doh, Huisung Kim, Jennifer Sturgis, Bartek Rajwa, J. Paul Robinson, Euiwon Bae

      • Salmonella
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
  9. Degradation of benzo[a]pyrene by halophilic bacterial strain Staphylococcus haemoliticus strain 10SBZ1A

    • PLOS ONE
    • by Alexis Nzila, Musa M. Musa, Saravanan Sankara, Marwan Al-Momani, Lei Xiang, Qing X. Li

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants
  10. Development of an optimized method for processing peripheral blood mononuclear cells for 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance-based metabolomic profiling

    • PLOS ONE
    • by León Gabriel Gómez-Archila, Martina Palomino-Schätzlein, Wildeman Zapata-Builes, Elkin Galeano

  11. Candida albicans, a reservoir of Listeria monocytogenes?

    • Infection, Genetics and Evolution
    • Author(s): Susana Castro-Seriche, Alonso Jerez-Morales, Carlos T. Smith, Kimberly Sánchez-Alonzo, Apolinaria García-Cancino

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens
  12. A turn-on upconversion fluorescence sensor for acrylamide in potato chips based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer and thiol-ene Michael addition

    • Food Chemistry
    • Author(s): Yawen Rong, Shujat Ali, Qin Ouyang, Li Wang, Bing Wang, Quansheng Chen

      • Chemical contaminants
  13. A computational insight into endocrine disruption by polychlorinated biphenyls via non-covalent interactions with human nuclear receptors

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
    • Author(s): Lukman K. Akinola, Adamu Uzairu, Gideon A. Shallangwa, Stephen E. Abechi

      • Chemical contaminants
  14. Development of Monoclonal Antibodies against Pea Globulins for Multiplex Assays Targeting Legume Proteins

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
    • Legume proteins are widely used as food ingredients, but only some (soybean, lupin, and peanut) must be declared under consumer safety regulations to protect allergy sufferers. It is not yet mandatory to declare pea proteins as allergens even though they are predicted to be allergenic based on cross-reactivity in sensitized people.

  15. Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Spread and Genetic Diversity in Game Animals in Northern Italy

    • Food and Environmental Virology
    • Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the causative agent of hepatitis E, an emerging public health infection which has an increasing incidence across Europe. Because of the apparent lack of species barriers, HEV was characterized as a zoonotic agent. Swine are recognized as the main reservoir, but HEV is also found in wild animals such as ungulates, lagomorphs, and bats.

      • Hepatitis
      • Viruses
  16. Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Ruminants with Mastitis in Northern Greece Dairy Herds: Genetic Relatedness and Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization

    • Toxins
    • Staphylococcus aureus is the most common mastitis-related pathogen in dairy cattle, goats, and sheep worldwide. However, the population structure and genomic characteristics of mastitis-associated S. aureus in small ruminants are limited. Furthermore, the genotypic and phenotypic characteristics involved in the pathogenicity of S. aureus have been thoroughly defined, yet their association with the severity of mastitis is not fully established.

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
  17. blaNDM and mcr-1 to mcr-5 Gene Distribution Characteristics in Gut Specimens from Different Regions of China

    • Antibiotics
    • Antibiotic resistance has become a global public health concern. To determine the distribution characteristics of mcr and blaNDM in China, gene screening was conducted directly from gut specimens sourced from livestock and poultry, poultry environments, human diarrhea patients, and wild animals from 10 regions, between 2010–2020.

  18. Plant-Derivatives Small Molecules with Antibacterial Activity

    • Antibiotics
    • The vegetal world constitutes the main factory of chemical products, in particular secondary metabolites like phenols, phenolic acids, terpenoids, and alkaloids. Many of these compounds are small molecules with antibacterial activity, although very few are actually in the market as antibiotics for clinical practice or as food preservers.

  19. Moisture‐sensitive metal–organic framework constructed from cobalt and 4‐(4‐pyridyl) benzoic acid for dispersive solid phase extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in apple

    • Journal of Separation Science
    • Journal of Separation Science, Accepted Article. A moisture‐sensitive metal‐organic framework CoII(pybz)2·2DMF was synthesized and applied as the adsorbent of dispersive solid phase extraction. The structure changed after water treatment due to the fact that two chelate carboxylate groups on the skeleton were transformed to monodentate because of the coordination of water molecules.

      • Chemical contaminants
  20. Development and Field Evaluation of Near-Isogenic Lines of GR2-EBRRI dhan29 Golden Rice

    • Frontiers in Plant Science
    • Vitamin A deficiency remains a common public health problem among the rice-dependent poor people in the developing countries of Asia. Conventional milled rice does not contain provitamin A (β-carotene) in is edible part (endosperm) and is also deficient in essential minerals, such as iron and zinc.

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants
  21. Effects of Xylo-Oligosaccharides on Growth and Gut Microbiota as Potential Replacements for Antibiotic in Weaning Piglets

    • Frontiers in Microbiology
    • Xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS) is a well-known kind of oligosaccharide and extensively applied as a prebiotic. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of XOS supplementation substituting chlortetracycline (CTC) on growth, gut morphology, gut microbiota, and hindgut short chain fatty acid (SCFA) contents of weaning piglets.

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens
  22. Chemotranscriptomic Profiling Defines Drug-Specific Signatures of the Glycopeptide Antibiotics Dalbavancin, Vancomycin and Chlorobiphenyl-Vancomycin in a VanB-Type-Resistant Streptomycete

    • Frontiers in Microbiology
    • Dalbavancin, vancomycin and chlorobiphenyl-vancomycin share a high degree of structural similarity and the same primary mode of drug action. All inhibit bacterial cell wall biosynthesis through complexation with intermediates in peptidoglycan biosynthesis mediated via interaction with peptidyl-d-alanyl–d-alanine (d-Ala–d-Ala) residues present at the termini of the intermediates.

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants
  23. Studying the Ability of Thymol to Improve Fungicidal Effects of Tebuconazole and Difenoconazole Against Some Plant Pathogenic Fungi in Seed or Foliar Treatments

    • Frontiers in Microbiology
    • Thymol, a secondary plant metabolite possessing antifungal and chemosensitizing activities, disrupts cell wall or membrane integrity and interferes with ergosterol biosynthesis. Thymol also functions as a redox-active compound inducing generation of reactive oxygen species and lipid peroxidation in fungal cells. Previously, we showed thymol significantly enhanced the in vitro growth inhibitory effect of difenoconazole against Bipolaris sorokiniana and Parastagonospora nodorum.

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins
  24. Comparative Genomics of Emerging Lineages and Mobile Resistomes of Contemporary Broiler Strains of Salmonella Infantis and E. coli

    • Frontiers in Microbiology
    • Introduction

      Commensal and pathogenic strains of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli and non-typhoid strains of Salmonella represent a growing foodborne threat from foods of poultry origin. MDR strains of Salmonella Infantis and E. coli are frequently isolated from broiler chicks and the simultaneous presence of these two enteric bacterial species would potentially allow the exchange of mobile resistance determinants.

      Objectives

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens
  25. Evidence for Involvement of the Salmonella enterica Z-Ring Assembly Factors ZapA and ZapB in Resistance to Bile

    • Frontiers in Microbiology
    • Genes annotated as ygfE and yiiU in the genome of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium encode proteins homologous to Escherichia coli cell division factors ZapA and ZapB, respectively. ZapA− and ZapB− mutants of S. enterica are bile-sensitive. The amount of zapB mRNA increases in the presence of a sublethal concentration of sodium deoxycholate (DOC) while zapA mRNA remains unaffected.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens