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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. Characterization of European Yersinia enterocolitica 1A strains using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and multi-locus sequence analysis (MLSA)

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Detection of Zoonotic Enteropathogens in Children and Domestic Animals in a Semirural Community in Ecuador [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Animals are important reservoirs of zoonotic enteropathogens, and transmission to humans occurs more frequently in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where small-scale livestock production is common. In this study, we investigated the presence of zoonotic enteropathogens in stool samples from 64 asymptomatic children and 203 domestic animals of 62 households in a semirural community in Ecuador between June and August 2014.

      • Campylobacter
      • Yersinia
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites

  3. Antimicrobial Activity of Processed Spices Used in Traditional Southern Italian Sausage Processing

    • Journal of Food Processing and Preservation

      • Bacillus cereus
      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. RNA structures of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis [Microbiology]

    • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    • RNA structures are fundamentally important for RNA function. Dynamic, condition-dependent structural changes are able to modulate gene expression as shown for riboswitches and RNA thermometers. By parallel analysis of RNA structures, we mapped the RNA structurome of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis at three different temperatures. This human pathogen is exquisitely responsive to...

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Bacterial quality and safety of packaged fresh leafy vegetables at the retail level in Finland

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 2 September 2016
      , Volume 232

      Author(s): L.-L. Nousiainen, S. Joutsen, J. Lunden, M.-L. Hänninen, M. Fredriksson-Ahomaa

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  6. Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthesis Genes of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Promote Resistance to Antimicrobial Chemokines

    • PLOS ONE

    • David L. Erickson, Cynthia S. Lew, Brittany Kartchner, Nathan T. Porter, S. Wade McDaniel, Nathan M. Jones, Sara Mason, Erin Wu, Eric Wilson

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. The presence of yersinia enterocolitica strains potentially virulent for humans and animals in river water

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      Aims

      The aim of this study was to isolate and identify potentially pathogenic strains of Y. enterocolitica in water samples collected from the upstream section of the Drwęca River in Poland.

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Free-Living Species of Carnivorous Mammals in Poland: Red Fox, Beech Marten, and Raccoon as a Potential Reservoir of Salmonella, Yersinia, Listeria spp. and Coagulase-Positive Staphylococcus

    • PLOS ONE

    • Aneta Nowakiewicz, Przemysław Zięba, Grażyna Ziółkowska, Sebastian Gnat, Marta Muszyńska, Krzysztof Tomczuk, Barbara Majer Dziedzic, Łukasz Ulbrych, Aleksandra Trościańczyk

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Salmonella
      • Yersinia
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Mononuclear phagocytes contribute to intestinal invasion and dissemination of Yersinia enterocolitica

    • International Journal of Medical Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 19 April 2016


      Author(s): Doreen Drechsler-Hake, Hanin Alamir, Manina Günter, Samuel Wagner, Monika Schütz, Erwin Bohn, Katja Schenke-Layland, Fabio Pisano, Petra Dersch, Ingo B. Autenrieth, Stella E. Autenrieth

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Prevalence of Pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica in Finnish Slaughter Pigs

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • The prevalence of human pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica was determined in tonsil and intestinal content samples from 388 healthy fattening pigs at the four biggest Finnish slaughterhouses. These slaughterhouses process 73% of pigs in Finland. Tonsil samples were tested by PCR targeted for yadA, and intestinal samples were cultured. All pathogenic Y. enterocolitica isolates represented bioserotype 4/O:3. The prevalence of Y.

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. The YsrS paralog DygS has the capacity to activate expression of the Yersinia enterocolitica Ysa type III secretion system

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • The Yersinia enterocolitica Ysa type III secretion system (T3SS) is associated with intracellular survival, and, like other characterized T3SSs, it is tightly controlled. Expression of the ysa genes is only detected following growth at low temperatures (26°C) and in high concentrations of sodium chloride (290 mM) in the media. The YsrSTR phosphorelay (PR) system is required for ysa expression and likely responds to NaCl.

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Large Diversity of Porcine Yersinia enterocolitica 4/O:3 in Eight European Countries Assessed by Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Yersinia enterocolitica Affects Intestinal Barrier Function in the Colon

    • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

    • Infection with Yersinia enterocolitica causes acute diarrhea in early childhood. A mouse infection model presents new findings on pathological mechanisms in the colon. Symptoms involve diarrhea with watery feces and weight loss that have their functional correlates in decreased transepithelial electrical resistance and increased fluorescein permeability. Y. enterocolitica was present within the murine mucosa of both ileum and colon.

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. N-Glycosylation Improves the Pepsin Resistance of Histidine Acid Phosphatase Phytases by Enhancing Their Stability at Acidic pHs and Reducing Pepsin's Accessibility to Its Cleavage Sites [Enzymology and Protein Engineering]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • N-Glycosylation can modulate enzyme structure and function. In this study, we identified two pepsin-resistant histidine acid phosphatase (HAP) phytases from Yersinia kristensenii (YkAPPA) and Yersinia rohdei (YrAPPA), each having an N-glycosylation motif, and one pepsin-sensitive HAP phytase from Yersinia enterocolitica (YeAPPA) that lacked an N-glycosylation site.

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Far East Scarlet-Like Fever Caused by a Few Related Genotypes of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Russia

    • Emerging Infectious Diseases

    • We used multivirulence locus sequence typing to analyze 68 Yersinia pseudotuberculosis isolated in Russia during 1973–2014, including 41 isolates from patients with Far East scarlet-like fever. Four genotypes were found responsible, with 1 being especially prevalent. Evolutionary analysis suggests that epidemiologic advantages could cause this genotype’s dominance.

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Zoonotic Public Health Hazards in Backyard Chickens

    • Zoonoses and Public Health

    • Summary

      • Campylobacter
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Assessment of antimicrobial activity of Nα -lauroyl arginate ethylester (LAE®) against Yersinia enterocolitica and Lactobacillus plantarum by flow cytometry and transmission electron microscopy

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: May 2016
      , Volume 63

      Author(s): J. Coronel-León, A. López, M.J. Espuny, M.T. Beltran, A. Molinos-Gómez, X. Rocabayera, A. Manresa

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Role of β1 integrins and bacterial adhesins for Yop injection into leukocytes in Yersinia enterocolitica systemic mouse infection

    • International Journal of Medical Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 15 December 2015


      Author(s): Eva Deuschle, Birgit Keller, Alexandra Siegfried, Birgit Manncke, Tanja Spaeth, Martin Köberle, Doreen Drechsler-Hake, Julia Reber, Ralph T. Böttcher, Stella E. Autenrieth, Ingo B. Autenrieth, Erwin Bohn, Monika Schütz

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Development of a TaqMan Array Card for Acute-Febrile-Illness Outbreak Investigation and Surveillance of Emerging Pathogens, Including Ebola Virus [Virology]

    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    • Acute febrile illness (AFI) is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide, yet an etiologic agent is often not identified. Convalescent-phase serology is impractical, blood culture is slow, and many pathogens are fastidious or impossible to cultivate.

      • Yersinia
      • Hepatitis
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  20. A rapid method for the nonselective enumeration of Yersinia enterocolitica, a foodborne pathogen associated with pork

    • Meat Science

    • Publication date: March 2016
      , Volume 113

      Author(s): Haoran Wang, Jon Palmer, Steve Flint

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Detection of Salmonella spp., Yersinia enterocolitica, Listeria monocytogenes and Campylobacter spp. by real-time multiplex PCR using amplicon DNA melting analysis and probe-based assay

    • International Journal of Food Science & Technology

    • Summary

      • Campylobacter
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Salmonella
      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. NqrM (DUF539) Protein is Required for Maturation of Bacterial Na+-translocating NADH:quinone Oxidoreductase

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • Na+-translocating NADH:quinone oxidoreductase (Na+-NQR) catalyzes electron transfer from NADH to ubiquinone in the bacterial respiratory chain, coupled with Na+ translocation across the membrane. Na+-NQR maturation involves covalent attachment of FMN residues, catalyzed by flavin transferase encoded by the nqr-associated apbE gene.

      • Yersinia
      • Vibrio
      • Antibiotic residues
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants

  23. Impact of OmpR on the membrane proteome of Yersinia enterocolitica in different environments: repression of major adhesin YadA and heme receptor HemR

    • Environmental Microbiology

    • Summary

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Serological diagnosis of bovine brucellosis using B. melitensis strain B115

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: December 2015
      , Volume 119

      Author(s): Marialaura Corrente, Costantina Desario, Antonio Parisi, Erika Grandolfo, Domenico Scaltrito, Gesualdo Vesco, Valeriana Colao, Domenico Buonavoglia

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. CCR2+ Inflammatory Dendritic Cells and Translocation of Antigen by Type III Secretion Are Required for the Exceptionally Large CD8+ T Cell Response to the Protective YopE69-77 Epitope during Yersinia Infection

    • PLOS Pathogens

    • Yue Zhang, Jason W. Tam, Patricio Mena, Adrianus W. M. van der Velden, James B. Bliska

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens