Escherichia Coli Papers and Reports

2021

Juneja, V.K., Osoria, M., Altuntas, E.G., Salazar, J.K., Kumar, G.D., Sehgal, S., and Baker, D. 2021. Inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Salmonella spp. on dates by antimicrobial washes. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 45: e15282.

Streufert, R.K., Keller, S.E., Salazar, J.K. 2021. Relationship of growth conditions to desiccation tolerance of Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli, and Listeria monocytogenes. Journal of Food Protection. 84(8): 1380–1384.

2020

Daryaei, H., Sui, Q., Liu, H., Rehkopf, A., Peñaloza, W., Rytz, A., Luo, Y., and Wan, J. 2020. Heat resistance of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli and potential surrogates in wheat flour at two moisture levels. Food Control. 108.  

Salazar, J.K., Gonsalves, L.G., Natarajan, V., Shazer, A., Reineke, K., Mhetras, T., Sule, C., Carstens, C.K., Schill, K.M., and Tortorello, M.L. 2020. Population dynamics of Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and native microflora during manufacture and aging of gouda cheese made with unpasteurized milk. Journal of Food Protection. 83(2): 266-276.

Suehr, Q.J., Chen, F., Anderson, N.A., and Keller, S.E. 2020. Effect of pH on survival of E. coli O157, O121 and Salmonella enterica during desiccation and short-term storage. Journal of Food Protection. 83: 211-220.

2019

Song, Y.S., Stewart, D., Reineke, K., Wang. L., Ma. C., Lu, Y., Shazer, A., Deng, K., and Tortorello, M.L. 2019. Effects of package atmosphere and storage conditions on minimizing risk of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in packaged fresh baby spinach. Journal of Food Protection. 82(5): 844-853.

Suehr, Q.J., Anderson, N.M., and Keller, S.E. 2019. Desiccation and thermal resistance of E. coli O121 in wheat flour. Journal of Food Protection. 82(8): 1308-1313.

2018

Daryaei, H., Peñaloza, W., Hildebrandt, I., Krishnamurthy, K., Thiruvengadam, P. and Wan, J. (2018). Heat inactivation of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coliin a selection of low moisture foods. Food Control, 58, 48–56.

Fu, T.J., Li, Y., Awad, D., Zhou, T.Y., Liu, L. 2018. Factors Affecting the Performance and Monitoring of Chlorine Wash in Preventing Escherichia coli O157:H7 Cross-contamination During Postharvest Washing of Cut Lettuce. Food Control. 94: 212-221.

2017

Daryaei, H., Hildebrandt, I., Krishnamurthy, K., Thiruvengadam, P., Peñaloza-Izurieta, W., Wan. J. 2017. A study of the survival and heat resistance of Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli in low-moisture foods. Food Control.

Gombas, D., Lou Y., Brennan, J., Shergill, G., Petran, R., Walsh, R., Hau, H., Khurana, K., Zomorodi, B., Rosen, J., Varley, R., and Deng, K. 2017. Guidelines To Validate Control of Cross-Contamination during Washing of Fresh-Cut Leafy Vegetables. Journal of Food Protection. 80 (2): 312–330.

Shazer, A., Stewart, D., Deng, K., Tortorello, M. 2017.  Approaches toward identification of surrogates to validate antimicrobial washes as preventive controls for fresh-cut leafy greens. Journal of Food Protection. 80(10):1600-1604.

Swanson, S., Fu, T.J. 2017. Effect of Water Hardness on Efficacy of Sodium Hypochlorite Inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Water. Journal of Food Protection. 80(3): 497-501.

2014

Deng, K., Wang, X., Yen, L.H., Ding, H., and Tortorello, M.L. 2014. Behavior of Shiga Toxigenic Escherichia coli Relevant to Lettuce Washing Processes and Consideration of Factors for Evaluating Washing Process Surrogates. Journal of Food Protection. 77: 1860-1867.

2011

Grasso, E.M., and R.M. Uribe-Rendon. 2011. Inactivation of Escherichia coli inoculated onto fresh-cut chopped cabbage using electron-beam processing. Journal of Food Protection. 74(1):115-118.

Kaiping Deng, Siyun Wang, Xiaoqian Rui, Wei Zhang, Mary Lou Tortorello. 2011. Functional analysis of ycfR and ycfQ in Escherichia coli O157:H7 linked to outbreaks of illness associated with fresh produce. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77(12):3952-3959.

Pina M. Fratamico, Siyun Wang, Xianghe Yan, Wei Zhang, and Yuesheng Li. 2011. Differential gene expression of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef extract compared to tryptic soy broth. Journal of Food Science. 76 (1): M79-87.

Yingshu He, Dongjing Guo, Jingyun Yang, Mary Lou Tortorello, Wei Zhang. 2011. Survival and heat resistance of Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli O157:H7 in peanut butter. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77(23): 8434-8438.

2009

Setikaite, Ilona, Tatiana Koutchma, Eduardo Patazca, and Brian Parisi. 2009. Effects of water activity in model systems on high-pressure inactivation of Escherichia coli. Food and Bioprocess Technology. 2:2, 213-221.

Wang S, K. Deng, S. Zaremba, X. Deng, C. Lin, Q. Wang, M.L. Tortorello, and W. Zhang. 2009. Transcriptomic response of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to oxidative stress. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75(19): 6110-6123.

2008

Shannon D. Manning, Alifiya S. Motiwala, A. Cody Springman, Weihong Qi, David W. Lacher, Lindsey M. Ouellette, Janice M. Mladonicky, Patricia Somsel, James T. Rudrik, Stephen E. Dietrich, Wei Zhang, David Alland, Thomas S. Whittam. 2008. Variation in virulence among clades of Escherichia coli O157:H7 associated with disease outbreaks. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. 105(12): 4868-4873.

2007

Tatiana Koutchma, Brian Parisi and Eduardo Patazca. 2007. Validation of UV coiled tube reactor for fresh juices. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science. 6:319-328.  

Ye, Z., T. Koutchma, L.J. Forney, B. Parisi, and J. Larkin. 2007. Ultraviolet inactivation kinetcs of E. coli and Y. pseudotuberculosis in annular reactors. Journal of Food Science. 72(5): E271-E278.

2006

Koutchma, T., Parisi, B. and Unluturk, S.K. 2006. Evaluation of UV dose in flow-through reactors for fresh apple juice and cider. Chemical Engineering Communications. 193(6): 715-728.

Koutchma,T, Murakami, E.G., Jackson, L., Madsen, K., Schickedanz, B. 2006. Factors affecting the ultraviolet inactivation of Escherichia coli in apple juice and a model system. Journal of Food Process Engineering. 29(1): 53-71

Murakami, E, C. Schikedanz, and K. Madsen. 2006. Factors affecting the ultraviolet inactivation of escherichia coli K12 in apple juice and a model system. Journal of Food Process Engineering. 29(1): 53-79.

Schlesser, J.E., Gerdes, R., Ravishanker, S., Madsen, K., Mowbray, J., and Teo, Y.-L. 2006. Survival of a five strain cocktail of E. coli O157:H7 durng the 60-day aging preriod of hard cheeses made from unpasteurized milk. Journal of Food Protection. 69(5): 990-998.

2005

Ravishankar, S., and Gupta, S. 2005. A comparison of the antimicrobial activity of garlic, ginger, carrot, and turmeric pastes against Escherichia coli O157:H7 in laboratory buffer and ground beef. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2(4):330-40

2004

Koutchma, T and Parisi, B. 2004. Biodosimetry of E. coli UV inactivation in model juices with regard to dose and RTD distribution in annular UV reactors. Journal of Food Science. 69(1).

Schlesser J., Gerdes R. 2004. Survival of a five-strain cocktail of Escherichia coli O157:H7 during the 60-day aging period of cheddar cheese made from unpasteurized milk.

2002

Ravishankar, S., G.J. Fleischman, and V.M. Balasubramaniam. 2002. The Inactivation of escherichia coli 0157:h7 during pulsed electric field (pef) treatment in a static chamber. Food Microbiology. 19(4):351-361.

2001

Fleischman, G.J., C. Bator, R. Merker, S. E. Keller. (2001) Hot water immersion to eliminate Escherichia coli O157 : H7 on the surface of whole apples: Thermal effects and efficacy. Journal of Food Protection. 64(4):451-455.

Stewart, D. S., K. F.Reineke, J.Ulaszek, T. J. Fu, M. L.Tortorello. 2001. Growth of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 during sprouting of alfalfa seeds. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 33(2): 95-99.

Teo, A. Y., S. Ravishankar, C. E. Sizer. 2001. Effect of low temperature, high pressure,treatment on the survival of escherichia coli 0157:H7 and salmonella in ununpasteurization fruit juices. Journal of Food Protection. 64(8): 1122-1127.

2000

Koutchma, T., and Ramaswamy, H. S. 2000. Combined effects of microwave heating and hydrogen peroxide on the destruction of Escherichia coli. Lebensmittel Wissenschaft und Technologie. 33(1):30 - 36.

1999

Tortorello, M. L. and Stewart, D. S. 1999. An overview of methods for identification of E. coli O157:H7. In New Techniques in the Analysis of Foods. M.H. Tunick, S.A. Palumbo and P.M. Fratamico, Editors, Plenum Publishing Corp., New York, New York, pp. 91-102.

Tortorello, M. L. 1999. Escherichia coli O157:H7. In Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology. R.K. Robinson, C.A. Batt and P.D. Patel, Editors, Academic Press Ltd., London, pp. 646 - 652.

1998

Mary Lou Tortorello, Diana S Stewart, Richard B Raybourne. Quantitative analysis and isolation of escherichia coli 0157:H7 in a food matrix using flow cytometry and cell sorting. Fems Immunology and Medical Microbiology. 1998. 19(4): 267-274.

Stewart, D.S., Tortorello, M.L. and Gendel, S.M. 1998. Evaluation of DNA preparation techniques for Detection of the SLT-1 gene of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in bovine feces using the polymerase chain reaction. Letters Applied. Microbiology. 26(2): 93-97.

Tortorello, M. L., Reineke, K. F., Stewart,D. S., and. Raybourne, R. B. 1998. Comparison of methods for determining the presence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in apple juice. Journal of Food Protection 61(11):1425-1430.

1997

Stewart, D.S., Tortorello, M.L. and Gendel., S.G. 1997. Evaluation of DNA preparation techniques for detection of the SLT-1 gene of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in bovine feces using the polymerase chain reaction. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 26(2):93-97.

Tortorello, M.L., Stewart, D.S., and Raybourne. R.B. 1997. Quantitive analysis and isolation of E. coli O 157 in a food matrix using flow cytometry and cell sorting. FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbioloby. 19(4):267-274.

1996

Restaino, L., Castello H.J., Stewart, D. and Tortorello, M.L. 1996. Anti-body-direct epifluorescent filter technique and immunogenetic separation for 10-h screening and 24-h confirmation of Escherichia coli O157:h7 in beef. Journal of Food Protection 59(10):1072-1075.

Tortorello, M.L., Stewart, D.S. and Cray, W.C. Jr. 1996. Rapid identification of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 in bovine feces using the antibody-direct epifluorescent filter technique (Ab-DEFT). Veterinary Microbiology 51(3-4): 343-349.

1994

Tortorello, Mary Lou, and Diana S. Stewart. 1994. Antibody-direct epiflourescent filter technique for rapid, direct enumeration of Escherichia coli O157:h7 in beef.  Applied & Environmental Microbiology. 60(10): 3553-3559.

1993

Tortorello, Mary L. and Steven M. Gendel. 1993. Flourescent antibodies applied to direct epiflourescent filter techniques for microscopic enumeration of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in milk and juice. Journal of Food Protection. 56(8): 672-677.