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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 N-terminal hydrophobicity modulates a distal structural domain conformation of zearalenone lacton hydrolase and its application in protein engineering

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Zearalenone (ZEN) is one of the most common mycotoxins in maize, wheat, barley, sorghum, rye and other grains. ZEN contamination in feed is an international health issue due to its estrogenicity by competitively binding to estrogen receptors.

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  2. Biochemical characterisation of glycosylated and deglycosylated forms of phytase from Cronobacter turicensis expressed in Pichia pastoris

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Phytases are valuable industrial enzymes widely used in animal feed production, and when expressed in yeast, they undergo glycosylation. Herein, heterologous expression in Pichia pastoris and biochemical characterisation of glycosylated and deglycosylated forms of a novel phytase from Cronobacter turicensis belonging to the histidine acid phosphatase family were successfully carried out.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Cronobacter

  3. Decolourization and biodegradation of methylene blue dye by a ligninolytic enzyme-producing Bacillus thuringiensis: degradation products and pathway

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • In this study, a ligninolytic enzyme-producing strain F5 was isolated and identified as Bacillus thuringiensis, which can efficiently degrade methylene blue (MB) dye. The optimal pH, temperature, rotation speed, NaCl concentration, and inoculum of strain F5 for MB degradation were pH 6.0, 30 °C, 140 rpm, 10 g/L NaCl, 4% inoculum (v/v), and the strain F5 had salt tolerance, the MB decolorization rate reached 95% after 12 h.

      • Produce Safety
      • Ethylene Sensitive

  4. Nanobodies as binding-chaperones stabilize the recombinant Bombyx mori acetylcholinesterase and protect the enzyme activity in pesticide detection

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues

  5. Cloning, expression, and characterization of a glycosaminoglycan lyase from Vibrio sp. H240

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Vibrio

  6. Improving the herbicide resistance of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase SpHPPD by directed evolution

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues

  7. Functional characterization of a GH62 family α-L-arabinofuranosidase from Eupenicillium parvum suitable for monosaccharification of corncob arabinoxylan in combination with key enzymes

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology
      • Parasites
      • Cryptosporidium parvum

  8. Nanobodies as binding-chaperones stabilize the recombinant Bombyx mori acetylcholinesterase and protect the enzyme activity in pesticide detection

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Author(s): Jun Cai, Ema Romão, Guangpei Wu, Jiadong Li, Liping Li, Zhifeng Wang, Yuwei Li, Jinyi Yang, Yudong Shen, Zhenlin Xu, Serge Muyldermans, Hong Wang

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  9. Role of the lactobacilli in food bio-decontamination: friends with benefits

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Author(s): Alaleh Zoghi, Ramona Massoud, Svetoslav Dimitrov Todorov, Michael Leonidas Chikindas, Igor Popov, Stephanie Smith, Kianoush Khosravi-Darani

  10. Elucidating fungal Rigidoporus species FMD21 lignin-modifying enzyme genes and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin degradation by laccase isozymes

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Author(s): Anh T.N. Dao, Miriam Smits, Ha T.C. Dang, Abraham Brouwer, Tjalf E. de Boer

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Dioxins

  11. Preparation of a Bombyx mori acetylcholinesterase enzyme reagent through chaperone protein disulfide isomerase co-expression strategy in Pichia pastoris for detection of pesticides

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Author(s): Jiadong Li, Jun Cai, Minting Ma, Liping Li, Linping Lu, Yu Wang, Chenglong Wang, Jinyi Yang, Zhenlin Xu, Min Yao, Xing Shen, Hong Wang

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues

  12. Efficient preparation of c-di-AMP at gram-scale using an immobilized Vibrio cholerae dinucleotide cyclase DncV

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Author(s): Qichao Sun, Yun Lv, Chenhui Zhang, Weifang Wu, Rui Zhang, Chunyuan Zhu, Yao-yao Li, Huiqing Yuan, Jing Zhu, Deyu Zhu

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Vibrio

  13. Thermal characteristics and cadmium binding behavior of EC-ELP fusion polypeptides

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Author(s): Heelak Choi, Sung-Jin Han, Jong-In Won

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  14. Expression and functional study of VpV262 Pol, a moderately halophilic DNA polymerase from the Vibrio parahaemolyticus phage VpV262

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Author(s): Yaping Gao, Yun He, Igor Ivanov, Xuerui Yang, Hui Tian, Xing Liu

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Regulation of Aureofuscin Production by the PAS-LuxR Family Regulator AurJ3M

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Author(s): Jing Yang, Dexin Xu, Wenchen Yu, Ruobing Hao, Jie Wei

  16. Biochemical characterization of a novel thermostable DFA I-forming inulin fructotransferases from Streptomyces peucetius subsp. caesius ATCC 27952

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Author(s): Mei Cheng, Yingying Zhu, Ziwei Chen, Cuie Guang, Wenli Zhang, Wanmeng Mu

      • Chemical contaminants

  17. A novel green approach for fabricating visible, light sensitive nano-broccoli-like antimony trisulfide by marine Sb(V)-reducing bacteria: revealing potential self-purification in coastal zones

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Author(s): Haikun Zhang, Jingyi Xie, Yanyu Sun, Ailing Zheng, Xiaoke Hu

  18. Saturation mutagenesis to improve the degradation of azo dyes by versatile peroxidase and application in form of VP-coated yeast cell walls

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Author(s): Karla Ilić Đurđić, Raluca Ostafe, Aleksandra Đurđević Đelmaš, Nikolina Popović, Stefan Schillberg, Rainer Fischer, Radivoje Prodanović

  19. Expression and purification of the full-length N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase and galactosyltransferase from Campylobacter jejuni in Escherichia coli

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Author(s): Jong Min Yang, Gi Eob Kim, Kyeong Rok Kim, Chang Sup Kim

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Highly sensitive in situ-synthesized cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanowire photosensor for chemiluminescent immunoassays

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Author(s): Hong-Rae Kim, Byoung-Gi An, Young Wook Chang, Min-Jung Kang, Jae-Gwan Park, Jae-Chul Pyun

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  21. The boosting effect of recombinant hemicellulases on the enzymatic hydrolysis of steam-treated sugarcane bagasse

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Author(s): Lorena Cardoso Cintra, Isabelle Cristine da Costa, Izadora Cristina Moreira de Oliveira, Amanda Gregorim Fernantes, Syd Pereira Faria, Rosália Santos Amorin Jesuíno, Maria Cristina Ravanal, Jaime Eyzaguirre, Luiz Pereira Ramos, Fabrícia Paula de Faria, Cirano José Ulhoa

      • Chemical contaminants

  22. Modulatory Effect of low-shear modeled microgravity on stress resistance, membrane lipid composition, virulence, and relevant gene expression in the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Author(s): Sunirmal Sheet, Yesupatham Sathishkumar, Kuntal Ghosh, Mi-Sook Choi, Kwan Seob Shim, Yang Soo Lee

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Production of L-tyrosine using tyrosine phenol-lyase by whole cell biotransformation approach

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Author(s): Sha Xu, Yu Zhang, Youran Li, Xiaole Xia, Jingwen Zhou, Guiyang Shi

      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. A mediator microbial biosensor for assaying general toxicity

    • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

    • Author(s): A.S. Kharkova, V.A. Arlyapov, A.D. Turovskaya, V.I. Shvets, A.N. Reshetilov