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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. Porcine Gastric Mucin Triggers Toxin Production of Enteropathogenic Bacillus cereus [Bacterial Infections]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • Enteropathogenic Bacillus cereus causes foodborne infections due to the production of pore-forming enterotoxins in the intestine. Before that, spores have to be ingested, survive the stomach passage, and germinate. Thus, before reaching epithelial cells, B. cereus comes in contact with the intestinal mucus layer. In the present study, different aspects of this interaction were analyzed. Total RNA sequencing revealed major transcriptional changes of B.

      • Bacillus cereus

  2. Certhrax Is an Antivirulence Factor for the Anthrax-Like Organism Bacillus cereus Strain G9241 [Molecular Pathogenesis]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • Bacillus cereus G9241 caused a life-threatening anthrax-like lung infection in a previously healthy human. This strain harbors two large virulence plasmids, pBCXO1 and pBC210, that are absent from typical B. cereus isolates. The pBCXO1 plasmid is nearly identical to pXO1 from Bacillus anthracis and carries genes (pagA1, lef, and cya) for anthrax toxin components (protective antigen [called PA1 in G9241], lethal factor [LF], and edema factor [EF], respectively).

      • Bacillus cereus

  3. Erratum for Chang et al., "Whole-Genome Characterization of Bacillus cereus Associated with Specific Disease Manifestations" [Errata]

    • Infection and Immunity
      • Bacillus cereus