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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 stm4195 gene product (PanS) transports Coenzyme A precursors in Salmonella enterica

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • Coenzyme A (CoA) is a ubiquitous coenzyme involved in fundamental metabolic processes. CoA is synthesized from pantothenic acid by a pathway that is largely conserved among bacteria and eukaryotes, and consists of five enzymatic steps. While higher organisms, including humans, must scavenge pantothenate from the environment, most bacteria and plants are capable of de novo pantothenate biosynthesis.

  2. SepD/SepL-dependent secretion signals of the type III secretion system translocator proteins in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • The type III protein secretion system (T3SS) encoded by the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) is essential for the pathogenesis of attaching/effacing bacterial pathogens, including enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), and Citrobacter rodentium.

  3. Uptake of Clostridium botulinum C3 Exoenzyme intoIntact HT22 and J774A.1 Cells

    • Toxins

    • The Clostridium botulinum C3 exoenzyme selectively ADP-ribosylates low molecular weight GTP-binding proteins RhoA, B and C. This covalent modification inhibits Rho signaling activity, resulting in distinct actin cytoskeleton changes. Although C3 exoenzyme has no binding, the translocation domain assures that C3 enters cells and acts intracellularly. C3 uptake is thought to occur due to the high concentration of the C3 enzyme.

  4. Emerging DNA-based technologies to characterize food ecosystems

    • Food Research International

    • Publication date: Available online 31 January 2015

      Author(s): Andrea Galimberti , Antonia Bruno , Valerio Mezzasalma , Fabrizio De Mattia , Ilaria Bruni , Massimo Labra

  5. Analysis of plasticiser migration to meat roasted in plastic bags by SPME–GC/MS

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 1 July 2015
      , Volume 178
      Author(s): Miriany Avelino Moreira , Leiliane Coelho André , Zenilda de Lourdes Cardeal

  6. Effect of exposure to stress conditions on propidium monoazide (PMA)-qPCR based Campylobacter enumeration in broiler carcass rinses

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: June 2015
      , Volume 48
      Author(s): A. Duarte , N. Botteldoorn , W. Coucke , S. Denayer , K. Dierick , M. Uyttendaele

  7. Effects of the Diet on the Microbiota of the Red Palm Weevil (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae)

    • PLOS ONE

    • Matteo Montagna, Bessem Chouaia, Giuseppe Mazza, Erica Maria Prosdocimi, Elena Crotti, Valeria Mereghetti, Violetta Vacchini, Annamaria Giorgi, Alessio De Biase, Santi Longo, Rita Cervo, Giuseppe Carlo Lozzia, Alberto Alma, Claudio Bandi, Daniele Daffonchio

  8. Traceability of organic fish – Authenticating the production origin of salmonids by chemical and isotopic analyses

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: July 2015
      , Volume 53
      Author(s): Joachim Molkentin , Ines Lehmann , Ute Ostermeyer , Hartmut Rehbein

  9. Seasonal abundance of Vibrio cholerae non O1/non O139 chxA+ in oysters harvested in a coastal lagoon of Mexico's Gulf coast: A seafood safety risk concern

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: July 2015
      , Volume 53
      Author(s): Karla María López-Hernández , Violeta Pardío-Sedas , Leonardo Lizárraga-Partida , José de Jesús Williams , David Martínez-Herrera , Argel Flores-Primo , Roxana Uscanga-Serrano

  10. Prevalence, seasonality and antibiotic susceptibility of Campylobacter spp. isolates of retail broiler meat in Iran

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: July 2015
      , Volume 53
      Author(s): Bamdad Zendehbad , Jina Khayatzadeh , Adeleh Alipour

  11. Associations between Campylobacter levels on chicken skin, underlying muscle, caecum and packaged fillets

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: June 2015
      , Volume 48
      Author(s): I. Hansson , A. Nyman , E. Lahti , P. Gustafsson , E. Olsson Engvall

  12. Horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance from Enterococcus faecium of fermented meat origin to clinical isolates of E. faecium and Enterococcus faecalis

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 16 April 2015
      , Volume 199
      Author(s): Musarrat Jahan , George G. Zhanel , Richard Sparling , Richard A. Holley

  13. Salmonella surveillance on fresh produce in retail in Turkey

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 16 April 2015
      , Volume 199
      Author(s): Elif Gunel , Gozde Polat Kilic , Ece Bulut , Bora Durul , Sinem Acar , Hami Alpas , Yeşim Soyer

  14. Influence of storage temperature on growth of Penicillium polonicum and Penicillium glabrum and potential for deterioration of frozen chicken nuggets

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 4 May 2015
      , Volume 200
      Author(s): Fernanda Saccomori , Évelin Francine Wigmann , Angélica Olivier Bernardi , María de Jesús Alcano-González , Marina Venturini Copetti

  15. Afterglow corona discharge air plasma (ACDAP) for inactivation of common food-borne pathogens

    • Food Research International

    • Publication date: Available online 30 January 2015

      Author(s): Chulkyoon Mok , Taehoon Lee , Pradeep Puligundla

  16. Application of chitosan–alginate microspheres for the sustained release of bacteriophage in simulated gastrointestinal conditions

    • International Journal of Food Science & Technology

    • This study was designed to evaluate the acid stability, release property and antimicrobial efficacy of Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacteriophages encapsulated in chitosan–alginate microspheres under the simulated gastrointestinal conditions. The bacteriophages belonging to Myoviridae family were stable at the pH above 4 in trypticase soy broth.

  17. Isolation of antimicrobial agent from the marine algae Cystoseira hakodatensis

    • International Journal of Food Science & Technology

    • Cystoseira hakodatensis is an unutilised brown algae belonging to family Sargassaceae. A crude methanol extract from the algae showed inhibitory effects on the growths of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus licheniformis. To isolate the major antimicrobial agent, a sequential active-guided isolation procedure was applied: liquid–liquid extraction, column chromatography and bio-autography.

  18. Long-Term Persistence of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in Entomopathogenic Nematodes

    • PLOS ONE

    • Samuel Gengler, Anne Laudisoit, Henri Batoko, Pierre Wattiau

  19. Novel Reporter for Identification of Interference with Acyl Homoserine Lactone and Autoinducer-2 Quorum Sensing [Methods]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Two reporter strains were established to identify novel biomolecules interfering with bacterial communication (quorum sensing [QS]). The basic design of these Escherichia coli-based systems comprises a gene encoding a lethal protein fused to promoters induced in the presence of QS signal molecules. Consequently, these E. coli strains are unable to grow in the presence of the respective QS signal molecules unless a nontoxic QS-interfering compound is present.

  20. Prevalence of Carriage of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Serotypes O157:H7, O26:H11, O103:H2, O111:H8, and O145:H28 among Slaughtered Adult Cattle in France [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • The main pathogenic enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) strains are defined as Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing E. coli (STEC) belonging to one of the following serotypes: O157:H7, O26:H11, O103:H2, O111:H8, and O145:H28. Each of these five serotypes is known to be associated with a specific subtype of the intimin-encoding gene (eae).

  21. Individual Predisposition to Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Pigs on the Basis of Quantification, Carriage Dynamics, and Serological Profiles [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Previous research on Staphylococcus aureus in pigs focused on livestock-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and had a qualitative cross-sectional design. This study aimed to elucidate the frequency, load, and stability of S. aureus nasal carriage in pigs over time and investigated possible associations between carriage and immune response. Nasal swabs were collected three times weekly from 480 tagged adult pigs in 20 Danish production farms. S.

  22. Characterization and screening of pyrrolizidine alkaloids and N-oxides from botanicals and dietary supplements using UHPLC-high resolution mass spectrometry

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 1 July 2015
      , Volume 178
      Author(s): Bharathi Avula , Satyanarayanaraju Sagi , Yan-Hong Wang , Jerry Zweigenbaum , Mei Wang , Ikhlas A. Khan

  23. Rapid immunochemical analysis of the sulfonamide-sugar conjugated fraction of antibiotic contaminated honey samples

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 1 July 2015
      , Volume 178
      Author(s): A. Muriano , V. Chabottaux , J-M. Diserens , B. Granier , F. Sanchez-Baeza , M.-P. Marco

  24. Occurrence of Fusarium mycotoxins and their dietary intake through beer consumption by the European population

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 1 July 2015
      , Volume 178
      Author(s): Yelko Rodríguez-Carrasco , Margherita Fattore , Stefania Albrizio , Houda Berrada , Jordi Mañes

  25. Chloramphenicol and tetracycline decrease motility and increase invasion and attachment gene expression in specific isolates of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Brian William Brunelle, Bradley L. Bearson and Shawn M.D. Bearson Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is one of the most common serovars isolated from humans and livestock, and over 35% of these isolates are resistant to three or more antibiotics.