Scientific papers

 

L. Baffoni, F. Gaggìa, C. Santini, D. Di Gioia, B. Biavati (2012). A Bifidobacterium-based synbiotic product to reduce the transmission of C. jejuni along the poultry food chain. Accepted for publication in International Journal of Food Microbiology.

 

K. Rantsiou, A. Greppi, M. Garosi, A. Acquadro, M. Mataragas, L. Cocolin (2012). Strain dependent expression of stress response and virulence genes of Listeria monocytogenes in meat juices as determined by microarray. International Journal of Food Microbiology 152, 116–122.

 

M. Schmidt-Heydt, E. Graf, D. Stoll, R. Geisen (2012). The biosynthesis of ochratoxin A by Penicillium as one mechanism for adaptation to NaCl rich foods. Food Microbiology 29, 233-241.

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B. Melero, L. Cocolin, K. Rantsioub, I. Jaime, J. Rovira (2011). Comparison between conventional and qPCR methods for enumerating Campylobacter jejuni in a poultry processing plant. Food Microbiology 28, 1353-1358

 

M. Jakobsen, (2011). Preface to Special Issue PathogenCombat. Trends in Food Science & Technology 22, S1-S2.

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H. Siegumfeldt and N. Arneborg, (2011). Assessment of survival of food-borne microorganisms in the food chain by fluorescence ratio imaging microscopy. Trends in Food Science & Technology 22, S3-S10.
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T. Langerholc, P. A. Maragkoudakis, J. Wollgast, L Gradisnik A. Cencic, (2011). Novel and established intestinal cell line models – An indispensable tool in food science and nutrition. Trends in Food Science & Technology 22, S11-S20.
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K. Rantsiou, M. Mataragas, L. Jespersen, L. Cocolin (2011). Understanding the behavior of foodborne pathogens in the food chain: new information for risk assessment analysis. Trends in Food Science & Technology 22, S21-S29.
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L. Cocolin, A. Rajkovicb, c, K. Rantsiou, M. Uyttendaele, (2011). The challenge of merging food safety diagnostic needs with quantitative PCR platforms. Trends in Food Science & Technology 22, S30-S38.
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M. Schmidt-Heydt, E. Graf, J. Batzler, R. Geisen, (2011). The application of transcriptomics to understand the ecological reasons of ochratoxin a biosynthesis by Penicillium nordicum on sodium chloride rich dry cured foods.
Trends in Food Science & Technology 22, S39-S48.
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F. Widén, I. Vågsholm, S. Belák, S. Muradrasoli, (2011). Achievement V – Methods for breaking the transmission of pathogens along the food chain Detection of viruses in food. Trends in Food Science & Technology 22, S49-S57.

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F. Gaggia, D. Di Gioia, L. Baffoni, B. Biavati (2011).The role of protective and probiotic cultures in food and feed and their impact in food safety. Trends in Food Science & Technology 22, S58-S66.
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P.A. Luning, W.J. Marcelis, J. Rovira, M.A.J.S. van Boekel, M. Uyttendaele, L. Jacxsens, (2011). A tool to diagnose context riskiness in view of food safety activities and microbiological safety output. Trends in Food Science & Technology 22, S67-S79.

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L. Jacxsens, P.A. Luning, W.J. Marcelis, T. van Boekel, J. Rovira, S. Oses, M. Kousta, E. Drosinos, V. Jasson, M. Uyttendaele, (2011). Tools for the performance assessment and improvement of food safety management systems. Trends in Food Science & Technology 22, S80-S89.
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S. Braun and K. Hadwiger (2011). Knowledge transfer from research to industry (SMEs) – An example from the food sector. Trends in Food Science & Technology 22, S90-S96.

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N. Smigic, A. Rajkovic, N. Arneborg, H. Siegumfeldt, F. Devlieghere, D.S. Nielsen (2011). Analysis of intracellular pH in Escherichia coli 0157:H7 to determine the effect of chlorine dioxide decontamination. Food Analytical Methods DOI 10.1007/s12161-011-9295-0

N. Smigic, A. Rajkovic, N. Arneborg, H. Siegumfeldt, F. Devlieghere, D.S. Nielsen (2011). Intracellular pH in Campylobacter jejuni when treated with aqueous chlorine dioxide. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 8, 325-328.

Luning, P.A., Jacxsens, L., Rovira, J., Osés, S.M., Uyttendaele, M., Marcelis, W.J. (2011).
A concurrent diagnosis of microbiological food safety output and food safety management system performance: cases from meat processing industries.
Food Control 22, 555-565.

Marouani-Gadri, N., Firmesse, O., Chassaing, D., Sandris-Nielsen, D., Arenborg, N., Carpentier, B. (2010). Potential of E. coli O157:H7 to persist and to form viable but non-culturable cells on a food-contact surface subjected to cycles of soiling and chemical treatment. International Journal of Food Microbiology 144, 96-103.

Pogačar, M.S., Klančnik, A., Možina, S. S., Avrelija Cencič, A. (2010).
Attachment, invasion, and translocation of Campylobacter jejuni in pig small-intestinal epithelial cells. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 7, 589-595.

Sampers, I., Jacxsens, L., Luning, P.A., Marcelis, W.J., Dumoulin, A., Uyttendaele, M. (2010). Performance of Food Safety Management Systems In Poultry Meat Preparation Processing Plants in Relation to Campylobacter spp. Contamination.
Journal of Food Protection 73, 1447-1457.

Kousta, M., Mataragas, M., Skandamis, P., Drosinos, E.H. (2010). Prevalence and sources of cheese contamination with pathogens at farm and processing levels. Food Control 21, 805–815.

M. Jakobsen (2010). Introduction to the Supplemet Issue PathogenCombat: Reducing food borne disease in Europe - Control and prevention of emerging pathogens at cellular and molecular level throughout the food chain.

International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S1–S3.

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A. Cencič, T. Langerholc (2010). Functional cell models of the gut and their applications in food microbiology — A review
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S4–S14.

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F. Gaggìa, P. Mattarelli, B. Biavati (2010). Probiotics and prebiotics in animal feeding for safe food production.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S15–S28.

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A. Rajkovic, N. Smigic, F. Devlieghere (2010).
Contemporary strategies in combating microbial contamination in food chain.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S29–S42. 
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K. Adam and F. Brülisauer (2010).
The application of food safety interventions in primary production of beef and lamb:
A review. International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S43–S52.

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D. S. Nielsen, G.-S. Cho, A. Hanak, M. Huch, C. M.A.P. Franz, N. Arneborg (2010). The effect of bacteriocin-producing Lactobacillus plantarum strains on the intracellular pH of sessile and planktonic Listeria monocytogenes single cells.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S53–S59.

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I. Olesen, L. Thorsen, L. Jespersen (2010). Relative transcription of Listeria monocytogenes virulence genes in liver pâtés with varying NaCl content.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S60–S68.

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N. Wallin-Carlquist, D. Márta, E. Borch, P. Rådström (2010).
Prolonged expression and production of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin A in
processed pork meat.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S69–S74

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K. Rantsiou, C. Lamberti, L. Cocolin (2010).
Survey of Campylobacter jejuni in retail chicken meat products by application of a
quantitative PCR protocol
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S75–S79.

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P. Kralik, A. Nocker, I. Pavlik (2010).
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis viability determination using F57
quantitative PCR in combination with propidium monoazide treatment
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S80–S86.

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G. Botsaris, I. Slana, M. Liapi, C. Dodd, C. Economides, C. Rees, I. Pavlik (2010). Rapid detection methods for viable Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in milk and cheese.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S87–S90.

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P. A. Maragkoudakis, W. Chingwaru, L. Gradisnik, E. Tsakalidou, A. Cencic (2010). Lactic acid bacteria efficiently protect human and animal intestinal epithelial and immune cells from enteric virus infection.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S91–S97.

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C. Santini, L. Baffoni, F. Gaggia, M. Granata, R. Gasbarri,
D. Di Gioia, B. Biavati (2010). Characterization of probiotic strains: An application as feed additives in poultry against Campylobacter jejuni.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S98–S108.
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P. A. Maragkoudakis, K. C. Mountzouris, C. Rosu, G. Zoumpopoulou, K. Papadimitriou, E. Dalaka, A. Hadjipetrou, G. Theofanous, G. P. Strozzi, N. Carlini, G. Zervas, E. Tsakalidou (2010). Feed supplementation of Lactobacillus plantarum PCA 236 modulates gut microbiota and milk fatty acid composition in dairy goats — a preliminary study.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S109–S116. 
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G.S. Cho, M. Huch, A. Hanak, W. H. Holzapfel 1, C. M.A.P. Franz (2010). Genetic analysis of the plantaricin EFI locus of Lactobacillus plantarum PCS20 reveals an unusual plantaricin E gene sequence as a result of mutation
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S117–S124. 
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K. A. Whitehead, L. A. Smith, J. Verran (2010). The detection and influence of food soils on microorganisms on stainless steel using scanning electron microscopy and epifluorescence microscopy
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S125–S133.
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J. Verran, A. Packer , P. Kelly, K. A. Whitehead (2010).
Titanium-coating of stainless steel as an aid to improved cleanability
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S134–S139.
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N. Smigic, A. Rajkovic, D.S. Nielsen, N. Arneborg, H.Siegumfeldt, F. Devlieghere (2010).
Survival of lactic acid and chlorine dioxide treated Campylobacter jejuni under
suboptimal conditions of pH, temperature and modified atmosphere.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S140–S146. 
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J. Varela Villarreal, T. Schwartz, U. Obst (2010).
Culture-independent techniques applied to food industry water
surveillance — A case study.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S147–S155. 
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V. Alessandria, K. Rantsiou, P. Dolci, L. Cocolin (2010).
Molecular methods to assess Listeria monocytogenes route of contamination in a dairy
processing plant. International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S156–S162.
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S.M. Osés, K. Rantsiou, L. Cocolin, I. Jaime, J. Rovira (2010).
Prevalence and quantification of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli along the
lamb food chain by quantitative PCR.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S163–S169.
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M. Mataragas, M.H. Zwietering, P.N. Skandamis, E.H. Drosinos (2010).
Quantitative microbiological risk assessment as a tool to obtain useful information
for risk managers — Specific application to Listeria monocytogenes and ready-to-eat
meat products.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S170–S179.
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L. Jacxsens, M. Uyttendaele, F. Devlieghere, J. Rovira, S. Oses Gomez, P.A. Luning (2010). Food safety performance indicators to benchmark food safety output of food safety management systems.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S180–S187.
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F. Gaggìa, D. S. Nielsen, B. Biavati, H. Siegumfeldt (2010). Intracellular pH of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis following exposure to antimicrobial compounds monitored at the single cell level.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 141, S188–S192.
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Schmidt-Heydt, M., Abdel-Hadi, A., Magan, N., Geisen, R., (2009).
Complex regulation of the aflatoxin biosynthesis gene cluster of A. flavus in relation to various combinations of water activity and temperature.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 135, 231-237.

Pribylova, R., Kralik, P., Pavlik, I. (2009).
Oligonucleotide microarray technology and its application to Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis research: A review.
Molecular Biotechnology 42, 30-40.

Jasson, V., Rajkovic, A., Debevere, J., Uyttendaele, M. (2009).
Kinetics of resuscitation and growth of L. monocytogenes as a tool to select appropriate enrichment conditions as a prior step to rapid detection methods.
Food Microbiology 26, 88-93.

Jasson, V., Sampers, I., Botteldoorn, N., López-Gálvez, F., Baert, L., Denayer, S., Rajkovic, A., Habib, I., Lieven De Zutter, L., Debevere, J., Uyttendaele, M. (2009).
Characterization of Escherichia coli from raw poultry in Belgium and impact on the detection of Campylobacter jejuni using Bolton broth
International Journal of Food Microbiology 135, 248-253.

Kastbjerg, V.G., Gram, L. (2009).
Model systems allowing quantification of sensitivity to disinfectants and comparison of disinfectant susceptibility of persistent and presumed non-persistent Listeria monocytogenes.
Journal of Applied Microbiology 106, 1667-1681.

Shitaye, J.E., Beran, V., Svobodova, J., Moravkova, M., Babak, V., Pavlik, I. (2009).
Comparison of the conventional culture, the manual fluorescent MGIT system and the automated fluorescent MGIT 960 culture system for the detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium in tissues of naturally infected hens.
Folia Microbiologica 54, 137-141.

Shitaye, J.E., Grymova, V., Grym, M., Halouzka, R., Horvathova, A., Moravkova, M., Beran, V., Svobodova, J., Dvorska-Bartosova, L., Pavlik, I. (2009).
Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis infection in a pet parrot.
Emerging Infectious Diseases 15, 617-619.

Whitehead, K.A., Benson, P., Verran, J., (2009).
Differential fluorescent staining of Listeria monocytogenes and a whey food soil for quantitative analysis of surface hygiene
International Journal of Food Microbiology 13, 75-80.

Zupan, J., Mavri, J., Raspor, P. (2009).
Quantitative cell wall protein profiling of invasive and non-invasive Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains.
Journal of Microbiological Methods 79, 260-265.

Jasson, V., Rajkovic, A., Baert, L., Debevere, J., Uyttendaele, M. (2009).
Comparison of Enrichment Conditions for Rapid Detection of Low Numbers of Sublethally Injured Escherichia coli O157 in Food.
Journal of Food Protection 72, 1862–1868.

Jasson, V., Sampers, I., Botteldoorn, N., López-Gálvez, F., Baert, L., Denayer, S., Rajkovic, A., Habib, I., De Zutter, L., Debevere, J., Uyttendaele, M. (2009).
Characterization of Escherichia coli from raw poultry in Belgium and impact on the detection of Campylobacter jejuni using Bolton broth.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 135, 248–253.

Kastbjerg, V.G., Nielsen, D.S., Arneborg, N., Gram, L. (2009).
Response at the single cell and population level of Listeria monocytogenes to disinfection stress monitored by measurements of intracellular pH and viable counts
Applied Environmental Microbiology 75, 4550-4556.

Rajkovic, A., Smigic, N., Uyttendaele, M., Medic, H., De Zutter, L., Devlieghere, F. (2009).
Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Campylobacter jejuni after exposure to repetitive cycles of mild bactericidal treatments.
Food Microbiology 26, 889-895.

Maragkoudakis, P.A., Mountzouris, K.C., Psyrras, D., Cremonese, S., Fischer, J., Kantor, M.D., Tsakalidou, E. (2009). Functional properties of novel protective lactic acid bacteria and application in raw chicken meat against Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella enteritidis.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 130, 219-226.

Marouani-Gadri, N., Augier, G., Carpentier, B. (2009).
Characterization of bacterial strains isolated from a beef-processing plant following cleaning and disinfection - Influence of isolated strains on biofilm formation by Sakai and EDL 933 E. coli O157:H7.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 133, 62-67.

Nissen, L., Chingwaru, W., Sgorbati, B., Biavati, B., Cencic, A. (2009).
Gut health promoting activity of new putative probiotic/protective Lactobacillus spp. strains: A functional study in the small intestinal cell model.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 135, 288-294.

Schmidt-Heydt, M., Schunck, T., Geisen, R. (2009).
Expression of the gfp gene in P. nordicum under control of the promoter of the ochratoxin A polyketide synthase gene.
Journal of Food Microbiology 133, 161-166.

Smigic, N., Rajkovic, A., Nielsen, D.S.. Siegumfeldt, H., Uyttendaele, M., Devlieghere, F., Arneborg, N. (2009).
Intracellular pH as an indicator of viability and resuscitation of Campylobacter jejuni af
decontamination with lactic acid.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 135, 136-143.

Verran, J., Packer, A., Kelly, P., Whitehead, K.A. (2009).
The retention of bacteria on hygienic surfaces presenting scratches of microbial dimensions.
Letters of Applied Microbiology 50, 258 – 263.

Chapman, B., Ross, T. (2009).
Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica Are Protected against Acetic Acid, but Not Hydrochloric Acid, by Hypertonicity.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75, 3605-3610.

Pipenbaher, N., Moeller Lange, P., Dolinsek, J., Jakobsen, M., Weingartl, H., Cencič, A. (2009).
Nitric oxide (NO) production in mammalian non-tumorigenic epithelial cells of the small intestine and macrophages induced by individual strains of lactobacili and bifidobacteria.
International Dairy Journal 19, 166-171.

Jacxsens, L.; Kussaga, J.; Luning, P.A.; Van der Spiegel, M.; Devlieghere, F.; Uyttendale, M. (2009).
A microbial assessment scheme to support microbial performance measurements of food safety management systems.
International Journal of food Microbiology, 134, 113-125

Luning, P.A., Marcelis, W.J., Rovira, J., Van der Spiegel, M., Uyttendaele, M., Jacxsens, L. (2009).
Systematic assessment of core assurance activities in company specific food safety management systems.
Trends in Food Science & Technology 20, 300-312.

Bowman, J.P., Bittencourt, C., Ross, T. (2008).
Differential gene expression of Listeria monocytogenes during high hydrostatic pressure processing
Microbiology, 154, 462-475.

Luning, P.A., Bango, L., Kussaga, J., Rovira, J., Marcelis, W.J. (2008).
Comprehensive analysis and differentiated assessment of food safety control systems: a diagnostic instrument.
Trends in Food Science & Technology, 19, 522-534.

Mataragas, M., Skandamis, P.N., Drosinos, E.H. (2008).
Risk profiles of pork and poultry meat and risk ratings of various pathogen/product combinations
International Journal of Food Microbiology 126, 1–12.

Moravkova, M., Hlozek, P., Beran, V., Pavlik, I., Preziuso, S., Cuteri, V., Bartos, M. (2008).
Strategy for the detection and differentiation of Mycobacterium avium species in isolates and heavily infected tissues.
Research in Veterinary Science 85, 257-264.


Rantsiou, K., Alessandria, V., Urso, R., Dolci, P., Cocolin, L. (2008).
Detection, quantification and vitality of Listeria monocytogenes in food as determined by quantitative PCR
International Journal of Food Microbiology 121, 99-105.

Verran, J., Airey, P., Packer, A., Whitehead, K.A. (2008).
Microbial retention on open food contact surfaces and implications for food contamination.
Applied Microbiology 64, 223-246.

Whitehead, K.A., Smith, L.A., Verran, J. (2008).
The detection of food soils and cells on stainless steel using industrial methods: UV illumination and ATP bioluminescence.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 127:121-128

Xia, H., Liu, L., Linde, A.M., Belák, S., Norder, H., Widén, F. (2008).
Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of the complete genome of a hepatitis E virus from European swine
Virus Genes 37, 39–48.

Zupan, J., Raspor P. (2008).
Quantitative agar-invasion assay.
Journal of Microbiological Methods 73, 100-104.

Botic, T., Klingberg, T.D., Weingartl, H., Cencič, A. (2007). A Novel eukaryotic cell culture model to study antiviral activity of probiotic and other lactic bacteria
University of Maribor, Slovenia
International Journal of Food Microbiology 115, 227-234.

Cocolin, L., Diez, A., Urso, R., Rantsiou, K., Comi, G., Bermaier, I., Beimfohr, C. (2007).
Optimization of conditions for profiling bacterial populations in food by culture-independent methods.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 120, 100-109.

Garcia-Gonzalez, L. Geeraerd, A.H. Spilimbergo, S. Elst, K. Van Ginneken, L. Debevere, J. Van Impe, J.F. Devlieghere, F. (2007). High pressure carbon dioxide inactivation of microorganisms in foods: The past, the present and the future.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 117, 1-28.

Gyarmati, P., Mohammed, N., Norder, H., Blomberg, J., Belák, S., Widén, F. (2007). Universal detection of hepatitis E virus by two real-time PCR assays: TaqMan® and Primer-Probe Energy Transfer.
Journal of Virological Methods 146, 226–235.

Ivec, M., Botic, T., Koren, S., Jakobsen, M., Weingartl, H., Cencič, A. (2007).
Interactions of macrophages with probiotic bacteria lead to increased antiviral response against vesicular stomatitis virus.
Antiviral Research 75, 266-274.

Jasson, V., Uyttendaele, M., Rajkovic, A., Debevere, J. (2007). Establishment of procedures provoking sub-lethal injury of Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter jejuni and Escherchia coli O157 to serve methogd performance testing.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 118, 241-249.

Schmidt-Heydt, M., Geisen, R. (2007).
A microarray for monitoring the production of mycotoxins in food.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 117, 131-140.

Schmidt-Heydt, M. Baxter, E. Geisen, R. Magan, N. (2007).
Physiological relationship between food preservatives, environmental factors, ochratoxin and otapksPV gene expression by Penicillium verrucosum
International Journal of Food Microbiology 119, 277-283.

Schmidt-Heydt, M., Geisen, R. (2007). Gene expression as an indication for ochratoxin A biosynthesis in Penicillium nordicum.
Mycotoxin Research 23, 13-21.

Bogs, C., Battilani, P., Geisen, R. (2006). Development of a molecular detection and differentiation system for ochratoxin A producing Penicillium species and its application to analyse the occurrence of P. nordicum in cured meats.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 107, 39-47.