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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. Development and standardization of an in-house indirect ELISA for detection of duck antibody to fowl cholera

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 24 August 2017


      Author(s): Pichayanut Poolperm, Thanya Varinrak, Yasushi Kataoka, Khajornsak Tragoolpua, Takuo Sawada, Nattawooti Sthitmatee

      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Development and evaluation of latex agglutination tests for the detection of human antibodies to the lipopolysaccharides of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) serogroups O157 and non-O157

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: September 2017
      , Volume 140

      Author(s): Waldemar Rastawicki, Anna Chróst, Kornelia Gielarowiec

      Latex agglutination tests (LAT) were developed and evaluated for the rapid detection of LPS antibodies against E. coli serogroup O157, O26, O104, O111 and O145. The latex tests have been proved to be sensitive, fast, easy-to-perform and cost-efficient tools for the screening serodiagnosis of VTEC infections causing haemolytic-uraemic syndrome.

      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Rapid detection of Salmonella with Recombinase Aided Amplification

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 12 June 2017


      Author(s): Xiaoping Zhang, Lichuan Guo, Ranran Ma, Lijuan Cong, Zhonghua Wu, Ying Wei, Shijie Xue, Wei Zheng, Saijun Tang

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Multiplex polymerase chain reaction for identification of Escherichia coli, Escherichia albertii and Escherichia fergusonii

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 6 June 2017


      Author(s): Rebecca L. Lindsey, L. Garcia-Toledo, D. Fasulo, L.M. Gladney, N. Strockbine

      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Development of a novel and highly efficient method of isolating bacteriophages from water

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 31 May 2017


      Author(s): Weili Liu, Zhi-Gang Qiu, Min Jin, Jing-Feng Wang, Dong Yang, Zhong-Hai Xiao, Chao Li, Zhao-Kang Yuan, Jun-Wen Li, Qun-Ying Xu, Zhi-Qiang Shen

  6. Identification of Cronobacter species by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry with an optimized analysis method

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 27 May 2017


      Author(s): Qi Wang, Xiao-Juan Zhao, Zi-Wei Wang, Li Liu, Yong-Xin Wei, Xiao Han, Jing Zeng, Wan-Jin Liao

      • Cronobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Subtyping of Canadian isolates of Salmonella Enteritidis using Multiple Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis (MLVA) alone and in combination with Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) and phage typing

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 26 April 2017


      Author(s): Kim Ziebell, Linda Chui, Robin King, Suzanne Johnson, Patrick Boerlin, Roger P. Johnson

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Diagnostic microarray for 14 water and foodborne pathogens using a flatbed scanner

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 23 April 2017


      Author(s): Vidya Srinivasan, Robert D. Stedtfeld, Dieter M. Tourlousse, Samuel W. Baushke, Yu Xin, Sarah M. Miller, Trinh Pham, Jean-Marie Rouillard, Erdogan Gulari, James M. Tiedje, Syed A. Hashsham

  9. Multiple pathogen biomarker detection using an encoded bead array in droplet PCR

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 20 April 2017


      Author(s): Prem Kumar Periyannan Rajeswari, Lovisa M. Soderberg, Alia Yacoub, Mikael Leijon, Helene Andersson Svahn, Haakan N. Joensson

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  10. Comparative diagnostic efficacy of recombinant LLO and PI-PLC-based ELISAs for detection of listeriosis in animals

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 12 April 2017


      Author(s): Rahul D. Suryawanshi, Satya Veer Singh Malik, Bhushan Jayarao, Sandeep P. Chaudhari, Emily Savage, Jess Vergis, Nitin V. Kurkure, Sukhadeo B. Barbuddhe, Deepak B. Rawool

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Chloroform-free permeabilization for improved detection of β-galactosidase activity in Vibrio cholerae

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 21 March 2017


      Author(s): Charlotte Toulouse, Claudia C. Häse, Julia Steuber

      LacZ (β-galactosidase) is used to monitor the transcription of genes in reporter strains carrying the lacZ gene under the control of a promotor of interest. This protocol for LacZ activity determinations in Vibrio cholerae following detergent lysis results in 2.5-fold increase of LacZ activities compared to lysis with chloroform.



      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Rapid typing of Mannheimia haemolytica major genotypes 1 and 2 using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 4 March 2017


      Author(s): John Dustin Loy, Michael L. Clawson

      Genotype 2 M. haemolytica predominantly associate over genotype 1 with the lungs of cattle with respiratory disease and ICEs containing antimicrobial resistance genes. Distinct protein masses were detected by MALDI-TOF MS between genotype 1 and 2 strains. MALDI-TOF MS could rapidly differentiate genotype 2 strains in veterinary diagnostic laboratories.


  13. Live-cell imaging of Salmonella Typhimurium interaction with zebrafish larvae after injection and immersion delivery methods

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 1 February 2017


      Author(s): Macarena Varas, Alonso Fariña, Francisco Díaz-Pascual, Javiera Ortíz-Severín, Andrés E. Marcoleta, Miguel L. Allende, Carlos A. Santiviago, Francisco P. Chávez

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  14. Utilization of a molecular serotyping method for Salmonella enterica in a routine laboratory in Alberta Canada

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 1 February 2017


      Author(s): Christina Ferrato, Linda Chui, Robin King, Marie Louie

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  15. Characterization of the efficiency and uncertainty of skimmed milk flocculation for the simultaneous concentration and quantification of water-borne viruses, bacteria and protozoa

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 16 January 2017


      Author(s): Eloy Gonzales-Gustavson, Yexenia Cardenas-Youngs, Miquel Calvo, Marcelle Figueira Marques da Silva, Ayalkibet Hundesa, Inmaculada Amorós, Yolanda Moreno, Laura Moreno-Mesonero, Rosa Rosell, Lliliane Ganges, Rosa Araujo, Rosina Girones

      • Cryptosporidium parvum
      • Giardia lamblia
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Parasites

  16. Evaluation of an In-house indirect ELISA for detection of antibody against haemorrhagic septicemia in Asian elephants

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 12 January 2017


      Author(s): Pallop Tankaew, Thawatchai Singh-La, Chatchote Titaram, Veerasak Punyapornwittaya, Preeyanat Vongchan, Takuo Sawada, Nattawooti Sthitmatee

      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Identification of heat resistant Escherichia coli by qPCR for the locus of heat resistance

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 22 December 2016


      Author(s): Angela Ma, Linda Chui

      Three qPCR assays targeting the locus of heat resistance to identify heat resistant clinical Escherichia coli isolates are described. Of 613 isolates, 3 (0.5%) possessed the locus. The assays are a rapid, highly sensitive and specific alternative to screening by heat shock and can be used in food safety surveillance.





      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Application of a paper based device containing a new culture medium to detect Vibrio cholerae in water samples collected in Haiti

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 19 December 2016


      Author(s): Romain Briquaire, Rita R. Colwell, Jacques Boncy, Emmanuel Rossignol, Aline Dardy, Isabelle Pandini, François Villeval, Jean-Louis Machuron, Anwar Huq, Shah Rashed, Thierry Vandevelde, Christine Rozand

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Vibrio

  19. Molecular detection assay of five Salmonella serotypes of public interest: Typhimurium, Enteritidis, Newport, Heidelberg, and Hadar

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 18 December 2016


      Author(s): Marie Bugarel, Alex Tudor, Guy H Loneragan, Kendra K Nightingale

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. A novel CMOS image sensor system for quantitative loop-mediated isothermal amplification assays to detect food-borne pathogens

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 10 December 2016


      Author(s): Tiantian Wang, Sanghyo Kim, Jeong Ho An

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Immunochromatographic detection of the heat-labile enterotoxin of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli with cross-detection of cholera toxin

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 8 December 2016


      Author(s): Hideyuki Arimitsu, Keiko Sasaki, Takao Tsuji

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. A novel method for the rapid detection of microbes in blood using pleurocidin antimicrobial peptide functionalized piezoelectric sensor

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 6 December 2016


      Author(s): Xiaohong Shi, Xiaoqing Zhang, Qiongqiong Yao, Fengjiao He

  23. 3D–printed microfluidic magnetic preconcentrator for the detection of bacterial pathogen using an ATP luminometer and antibody-conjugated magnetic nanoparticles

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 3 December 2016


      Author(s): Chanyong Park, Jinyeop Lee, Yonghee Kim, Jaewon Kim, Jinkee Lee, Sungsu Park

      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Assessing the intra-species genetic variability in the clonal pathogen Campylobacter fetus: CRISPRs are highly polymorphic DNA markers

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 17 November 2016


      Author(s): Lucía Calleros, Laura Betancor, Gregorio Iraola, Alejandra Méndez, Claudia Morsella, Fernando Paolicchi, Silvia Silveyra, Alejandra Velilla, Ruben Pérez

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Campylobacter

  25. Visualization of Aspergillus fumigatus biofilms with Scanning Electron Microscopy and Variable Pressure-Scanning Electron Microscopy: a comparison of processing techniques

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 9 November 2016


      Author(s): Lydia-Marie Joubert, Jose AG Ferreira, David A Stevens, Hasan Nazik, Lynette Cegelski