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Lester Earl And Veronica Casida Career Development Professor Of Food Safety And Associate Professor Of Food Science, Food Science
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Seasonal variation in the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter species in milk and milk products in Ethiopia
Admasie, A., Tessema, T. S., Vipham, J., Kovac, J. & Zewdu, A., Feb 2024, In: International Dairy Journal. 149, 105826.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Seasonal variation of Salmonella enterica prevalence in milk and cottage cheese along the dairy value chain in three regions of Ethiopia
Admasu, H. N., Bedassa, A., Tessema, T. S., Kovac, J., Vipham, J. L. & Woldegiorgis, A. Z., Dec 2024, In: Food Safety and Risk. 11, 1, 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Comparison of the performance of multiple whole-genome sequence-based tools for the identification of Bacillus cereus sensu stricto biovar Thuringiensis
Chung, T., Salazar, A., Harm, G., Johler, S., Carroll, L. M. & Kovac, J., Apr 2024, In: Applied and environmental microbiology. 90, 4Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
kmerDB: A database encompassing the set of genomic and proteomic sequence information for each species
Mouratidis, I., Baltoumas, F. A., Chantzi, N., Patsakis, M., Chan, C. S. Y., Montgomery, A., Konnaris, M. A., Aplakidou, E., Georgakopoulos, G. C., Das, A., Chartoumpekis, D. V., Kovac, J., Pavlopoulos, G. A. & Georgakopoulos-Soares, I., Dec 2024, In: Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 23, p. 1919-1928 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Context matters: environmental microbiota from ice cream processing facilities affected the inhibitory performance of two lactic acid bacteria strains against Listeria monocytogenes
Rolon, M. L., Chandross-Cohen, T., Kaylegian, K. E., Roberts, R. F. & Kovac, J., Jan 2024, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 12, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Multi-species biofilms of environmental microbiota isolated from fruit packing facilities promoted tolerance of Listeria monocytogenes to benzalkonium chloride
Rolon, M. L., Voloshchuk, O., Bartlett, K. V., LaBorde, L. F. & Kovac, J., Jun 2024, In: Biofilm. 7, 100177.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Genomic characterization of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria innocua isolated from milk and dairy samples in Ethiopia
Wei, X., Hassen, A., McWilliams, K., Pietrzen, K., Chung, T., Acevedo, M. M., Chandross-Cohen, T., Dudley, E. G., Vipham, J., Mamo, H., Tessema, T. S., Zewdu, A. & Kovac, J., Dec 2024, In: BMC Genomic Data. 25, 1, 12.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prevalence of Campylobacter species and associated risk factors for contamination of dairy products collected in a dry season from major milk sheds in Ethiopia
Admasie, A., Eshetu, A., Tessema, T. S., Vipham, J., Kovac, J. & Zewdu, A., Feb 2023, In: Food Microbiology. 109, 104145.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prevalence and associated risk factors for Salmonella enterica contamination of cow milk and cottage cheese in Ethiopia
Bedassa, A., Nahusenay, H., Asefa, Z., Sisay, T., Girmay, G., Kovac, J., Vipham, J. L. & Zewdu, A., Dec 2023, In: Food Safety and Risk. 10, 1, 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Conditional Forest Models Built Using Metagenomic Data Accurately Predicted Salmonella Contamination in Northeastern Streams
Chung, T., Yan, R., Weller, D. L. & Kovac, J., Mar 2023, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 11, 2, 0038123.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evidence for the efficacy of pre-harvest agricultural practices in mitigating food-safety risks to fresh produce in North America
Devarajan, N., Weller, D. L., Jones, M., Adell, A. D., Adhikari, A., Allende, A., Arnold, N. L., Baur, P., Beno, S. M., Clements, D., Olimpi, E. M., Critzer, F., Green, H., Gorski, L., Ferelli Gruber, A., Kovac, J., McGarvey, J., Murphy, C. M., Murphy, S. I. & Navarro-Gonzalez, N. & 13 others, , 2023, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 7, 1101435.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Evaluation of microbial hygiene indicators in raw milk, pasteurised milk and cottage cheese collected across the dairy value chain in Ethiopia
Mengstu, B., Tola, A., Nahusenay, H., Sisay, T., Kovac, J., Vipham, J. & Zewdu, A., Jan 2023, In: International Dairy Journal. 136, 105487.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The composition of environmental microbiota in three tree fruit packing facilities changed over seasons and contained taxa indicative of L. monocytogenes contamination
Rolon, M. L., Tan, X., Chung, T., Gonzalez-Escalona, N., Chen, Y., Macarisin, D., LaBorde, L. F. & Kovac, J., Dec 2023, In: Microbiome. 11, 1, 128.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prevalence of ciprofloxacin resistance and associated genetic determinants differed among Campylobacter isolated from human and poultry meat sources in Pennsylvania
Yan, R., M'ikanatha, N. M., Nachamkin, I., Hudson, L. K., Denes, T. G. & Kovac, J., Dec 2023, In: Food Microbiology. 116, 104349.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Recent paradigm shifts in the perception of the role of Bacillus thuringiensis in foodborne disease
Biggel, M., Jessberger, N., Kovac, J. & Johler, S., Aug 2022, In: Food Microbiology. 105, 104025.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review