Shifts in spinach microbial communities after chlorine washing and storage at compliant and abusive temperatures

Ganyu Gu, Andrea Ottesen, Samantha Bolten, +7

Food Microbiology

Microbial DiversityMicrobial ContaminationMicrobial EcologyEnvironmental MicrobiologyMicrobiology +6

Consumer preference and physicochemical evaluation of organically grown melons

Eun‐Hee Park, Yaguang Luo, Sasha C. Marine, +4

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Food ChemistryConsumer PreferenceRipeningFood QualityMarketing +1

Susceptibility of foodborne pathogens to sanitizers in produce rinse water and potential induction of viable but non-culturable state

Ganyu Gu, Samantha Bolten, Joseph Mowery, +3

Food Control

Microbial ContaminationPotential InductionFoodborne PathogensWaterborne DiseasesFood Microbiology +9

Impact of routine sanitation on the microbiomes in a fresh produce processing facility

Ganyu Gu, Andrea Ottesen, Samantha Bolten, +5

International Journal of Food Microbiology

SanitationRoutine SanitationMicrobial ContaminationEnvironmental EngineeringFood Microbiology +7

Effects of temperature abuse on the growth and survival of Listeria monocytogenes on a wide variety of whole and fresh-cut fruits and vegetables during storage

Brenda Kroft, Ganyu Gu, Samantha Bolten, +4

Food Control

Wide VarietyFoodborne PathogensFoodborne IllnessTemperature AbuseFood Microbiology +8

Salmonella inactivation and cross-contamination on cherry and grape tomatoes under simulated wash conditions

Samantha Bolten, Ganyu Gu, Yaguang Luo, +5

Food Microbiology

Grape TomatoesMicrobial ContaminationSalmonella InactivationFoodborne PathogensFoodborne Illness +9

Growth and inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes in sterile extracts of fruits and vegetables: Impact of the intrinsic factors pH, sugar and organic acid content

Marina Redding, Samantha Bolten, Ganyu Gu, +4

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Microbial ContaminationFoodborne PathogensSterile ExtractsIntrinsic FactorsFoodborne Illness +9

Microbiome convergence following sanitizer treatment and identification of sanitizer resistant species from spinach and lettuce rinse water

Ganyu Gu, Andrea Ottesen, Samantha Bolten, +3

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Lettuce Rinse WaterMicrobial HazardMicrobial ContaminationEnvironmental EngineeringSanitizer Treatment +8

Nonsynonymous Mutations in <i>fepR</i> Are Associated with Adaptation of Listeria monocytogenes and Other <i>Listeria</i> spp. to Low Concentrations of Benzalkonium Chloride but Do Not Increase Survival of L. monocytogenes and Other <i>Listeria</i> spp. after Exposure to Benzalkonium Chloride Concentrations Recommended for Use in Food Processing Environments

Samantha Bolten, Anna Sophia Harrand, Jordan Skeens, +1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Microbiomes in Ground Water and Alternative Irrigation Water, and Spinach Microbiomes Impacted by Irrigation with Different Types of Water

Ganyu Gu, Hsin‐Bai Yin, Andrea Ottesen, +4

Phytobiomes Journal

Bacterial PathogensSpinach SurfaceMicrobiome BiologyAnaerobic CulturingGround Water +16