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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 prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus with mucoid phenotype in the airways of patients with cystic fibrosis—A prospective study

    • International Journal of Medical Microbiology

    • Author(s): Farina E. Lennartz, Bianca Schwartbeck, Angelika Dübbers, Jörg Große-Onnebrink, Christina Kessler, Peter Küster, Holger Schültingkemper, Georg Peters, Barbara C. Kahl

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Genetic features of livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus ST9 isolates from Chinese pigs that carry the lsa(E) gene for quinupristin/dalfopristin resistance

    • International Journal of Medical Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 10 August 2016


      Author(s): Xiaomei Yan, Zongwei Li, Monika A. Chlebowicz, Xiaoxia Tao, Ming Ni, Yuan Hu, Zhen Li, Hajo Grundmann, Susan Murray, Ben Pascoe, Samuel K. Sheppard, Xiaochen Bo, Jan Maarten van Dijl, Pengcheng Du, Minli Zhang, Yuanhai You, Xiaojie Yu, Fanliang Meng, Shengqi Wang, Jianzhong Zhang

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. SigmaB regulates ccrAB expression and SCCmec excision in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    • International Journal of Medical Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 13 May 2016


      Author(s): Shijie Zhang, Xueqin Shu, Baolin Sun

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Antimicrobial activity of plumbagin, a naturally occurring naphthoquinone from Plumbago rosea, against Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans

    • International Journal of Medical Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 10 May 2016


      Author(s): Sweatha V Nair, Gaurav Baranwal, Maitrayee Chatterjee, Arun Sachu, Anil Kumar Vasudevan, Chinchu Bose, Asoke Banerji, Raja Biswas

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Are cases of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex (CC) 398 among humans still livestock-associated?

    • International Journal of Medical Microbiology

    • Publication date: January 2015
      , Volume 305, Issue 1
      Author(s): Christian Deiters , Volker Günnewig , Alexander W. Friedrich , Alexander Mellmann , Robin Köck

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus