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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. Multiplex Immunoassay Techniques for On-Site Detection of Security Sensitive Toxins

    • Toxins

    • Biological toxins are a heterogeneous group of high molecular as well as low molecular weight toxins produced by living organisms. Due to their physical and logistical properties, biological toxins are very attractive to terrorists for use in acts of bioterrorism. Therefore, among the group of biological toxins, several are categorized as security relevant, e.g., botulinum neurotoxins, staphylococcal enterotoxins, abrin, ricin or saxitoxin.

      • Clostridium botulinum
      • Shellfish toxins
      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Comparative Profiling and Discovery of Novel Glycosylated Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids in Two Strains of the Cyanobacterium Scytonema cf. crispum [Genetics and Molecular Biology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • The mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) are a group of small molecules with a diverse ecological distribution among microorganisms. MAAs have a range of physiological functions, including protection against UV radiation, making them important from a biotechnological perspective. In the present study, we identified a putative MAA (mys) gene cluster in two New Zealand isolates of Scytonema cf. crispum (UCFS10 and UCFS15).

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Shellfish toxins
      • Natural toxins

  3. Toxins, Vol. 8, Pages 24: Exposure to the Paralytic Shellfish Toxin Producer Alexandrium catenella Increases the Susceptibility of the Oyster Crassostrea gigas to Pathogenic Vibrios

    • Toxins

    • The multifactorial etiology of massive Crassostrea gigas summer mortalities results from complex interactions between oysters, opportunistic pathogens and environmental factors. In a field survey conducted in 2014 in the Mediterranean Thau Lagoon (France), we evidenced that the development of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella, which produces paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs), was concomitant with the accumulation of PSTs in oyster flesh and the occurrence of C.

      • Vibrio
      • Shellfish toxins
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Natural toxins

  4. Elevated Na+ and pH influence the production and transport of saxitoxin in the cyanobacteria Anabaena circinalis AWQC131C and Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii T3

    • Environmental Microbiology

    • Saxitoxins (STX), neurotoxic alkaloids, fall under the umbrella of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins (PSTs) produced by marine dinoflagellates and freshwater cyanobacteria. The genes responsible for the production of saxitoxin have been proposed, but factors that influence their expression and induce toxin efflux remain unclear. Here we characterise the putative STX NorM-like MATE transporters SxtF and SxtM.

      • Shellfish toxins
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Natural toxins