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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. Expression of citrinin biosynthesis gene in Liupao tea and effect of Penicillium citrinum on tea quality

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Similar to Pu-erh tea, Liupao tea is a post-fermented tea that is produced through natural fermentation by microorganisms. Penicillium citrinum has been detected is involved in multiple production processes of Liupao tea that can produce citrinin, a secondary metabolite with renal toxicity; however, the effect of P. citrinum on the quality of Liupao tea has not been investigated yet.

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  2. Intracellular sequestration of cadmium and zinc in ectomycorrhizal fungus Amanita muscaria (Agaricales, Amanitaceae) and characterization of its metallothionein gene

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Amanita muscaria is an ectomycorrhizal mushroom that commonly grows at metal-polluted sites. Sporocarps from the lead smelter-polluted area near Příbram (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic) showed elevated concentrations of Cd and Zn. Size exclusion chromatography of the cell extracts of the sporocarps from both polluted and unpolluted sites indicated that substantial part of intracellular Cd and Zn was sequestered in 6-kDa complexes, presumably with metallothionein(s) (MT).

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  3. Investigation of Citrinin and Monacolin K Gene Clusters Variation among Pigment Producer Monascus Species

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • The filamentous fungi Monascus spp. have been widely used in the production of food colorants. However, the presence of mycotoxin citrinin and the antihypercholestrolemia agent monacolin K in Monascus-fermented products (MFPs) has raised food safety concerns.

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  4. Cadmium hyperaccumulating mushroom Cystoderma carcharias has two metallothionein isoforms usable for cadmium and copper storage

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Author(s): Jan Sácký, Jiří Černý, Jiří Šantrůček, Jan Borovička, Tereza Leonhardt, Pavel Kotrba

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  5. Gain and loss of a transcription factor that regulates late trichothecene biosynthetic pathway genes in Fusarium

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Author(s): Daren W. Brown, Alessandra Villani, Antonia Susca, Antonio Moretti, Guixia Hao, Hye-Seon Kim, Robert H. Proctor, Susan P. McCormick

  6. Trichoderma harzianum transcriptome in response to cadmium exposure

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Author(s): Letícia Harumi Oshiquiri, Karina Roterdanny Araújo dos Santos, Sidnei Alves Ferreira Junior, Andrei Stecca Steindorff, Jomal Rodrigues Barbosa Filho, Thuana Marcolino Mota, Cirano José Ulhoa, Raphaela de Castro Georg

      • Heavy Metals
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants

  7. The epigenetic reader SntB regulates secondary metabolism, development and global histone modifications in Aspergillus flavus

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Available online 18 August 2018

      Author(s): Brandon T. Pfannenstiel, Claudio Greco, Andrew T. Sukowaty, Nancy P. Keller

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  8. Carbon catabolite repression gene creA regulates morphology, aflatoxin biosynthesis and virulence in Aspergillus flavus

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Publication date: Available online 12 April 2018


      Author(s): Opemipo Esther Fasoyin, Bin Wang, Mengguang Qiu, Xiaoyun Han, Kuang-Ren Chung, Shihua Wang

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  9. Multiple nucleobase transporters contribute to boscalid sensitivity in Aspergillus nidulans

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Publication date: Available online 1 March 2018


      Author(s): Ioannis F. Kalampokis, George C. Kapetanakis, Konstantinos A. Aliferis, George Diallinas

  10. An aldo-keto reductase, Bbakr1, is involved in stress response and detoxification of heavy metal chromium but not required for virulence in the insect fungal pathogen, Beauveria bassiana

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Publication date: Available online 3 January 2018


      Author(s): Huifang Wang, Zhangjiang He, Linli Luo, Xin Zhao, Zhuoyue Lu, Tingying Luo, Min Li, Yongjun Zhang

  11. Piperine inhibits Aflatoxin B1 production in Aspergillus flavus by modulating fungal oxidative stress response

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Publication date: Available online 19 August 2017


      Author(s): Isaura Caceres, Rhoda El Khoury, Sylviane Bailly, Isabelle P. Oswald, Olivier Puel, Jean-Denis Bailly

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  12. Evolution of polyketide synthesis in a Dothideomycete forest pathogen

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Publication date: Available online 6 July 2017


      Author(s): I. Kutay Ozturk, Pranav Chettri, Pierre-Yves Dupont, Irene Barnes, Rebecca L. McDougal, Geromy G. Moore, Andre Sim, Rosie E. Bradshaw

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  13. Aspergillus flavus aswA, a gene homolog of Aspergillus nidulans oefC, regulates sclerotial development and biosynthesis of sclerotium-associated secondary metabolites

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Publication date: Available online 22 April 2017


      Author(s): Perng-Kuang Chang, Leslie L. Scharfenstein, Robert W. Li, Natalia Arroyo-Manzanares, Sarah De Saeger, José Diana Di Mavungu

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  14. The high-affinity phosphodiesterase PdeH regulates development and aflatoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus flavus

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Publication date: Available online 14 February 2017


      Author(s): Kunlong Yang, Yinghang Liu, Linlin Liang, Zhenguo Li, Qiuping Qin, Xinyi Nie, Shihua Wang

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins

  15. Disruptions of the genes involved in lysine biosynthesis, iron acquisition, and secondary metabolisms affect virulence and fitness in Metarhizium robertsii.

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Publication date: Available online 19 November 2016


      Author(s): Bruno Giuliano Garisto Donzelli, B. Gillian Turgeon, Donna M. Gibson, Stuart B. Krasnoff

      • Bacillus cereus

  16. LaeA negatively regulates dothistromin production in the pine needle pathogen Dothistroma septosporum.

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Publication date: Available online 3 November 2016


      Author(s): Pranav Chettri, Rosie E. Bradshaw

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  17. Comprehensive curation and analysis of fungal biosynthetic gene clusters of published natural products

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Publication date: Available online 22 January 2016

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  18. Nuclear heterogeneity in conidial populations of Aspergillus flavus

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Publication date: Available online 9 September 2015

      Author(s): Farhana Runa, Ignazio Carbone, Deepak Bhatnagar, Gary A. Payne

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  19. KlGcr1 controls glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity and responses to H2O2, cadmium and arsenate in Kluyveromyces lactis

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Publication date: September 2015
      , Volume 82
      Author(s): Mónica Lamas-Maceiras, Esther Rodríguez-Belmonte, Manuel Becerra, M Isabel González-Siso, M Esperanza Cerdán

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  20. An Aspergillus flavus secondary metabolic gene cluster containing a hybrid PKS-NRPS is necessary for synthesis of the 2-pyridones, leporins

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Publication date: Available online 4 June 2015

      Author(s): Jeffrey W. Cary , Valdet Uka , Zheng Han , Dieter Buyst , Pamela Y. Harris-Coward , Kenneth C. Ehrlich , Qijian Wei , Deepak Bhatnagar , Patrick F. Dowd , Stacey L. Martens , Ana M. Calvo , José C. Martins , Lynn Vanhaecke , Tom Coenye , Sarah De Saeger , José Diana Di Mavungu

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins