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Drummond, N., Stephan , R., Haughton, P., Murphy, B., Fanning, S. (2013). Further characterization of three Yersinia enterocolitica strains with a nalidixic acid-resistant phenotype isolated from humans with diarrhea. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 10, 744-746.

Ebner, R., Johler, S., Sihto, H.M., Stephan, R., Zweifel, C. (2013). Microarray-based characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates obtained from chicken carcasses. Journal of Food Protection 76, 1471-1474.

Gallati, Ch., Stephan, R., Hächler, H., Malorny, B., Schroeter, A., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M. (2013). Characterization of Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:i:- clones isolated from human and other sources in Switzerland between 2007 and 2011. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 10, 549-554.

Giovannini, S., Pewsner, M., Hüssy, D., Hächler, H., Ryser, M.-P., von Hirschheydt, J., Origgi, F. C. (2013). Epidemic of salmonellosis in passerine birds in Switzerland with spillover to domestic cats. Veterinary Pathology 50, 597-606.

Glasner, C., Sabat, A.J., Chlebowicz, M.A., Butaye, P., Fetsch, A., Guerra, B., Huber, H., Stephan, R., Torres, C., Vanderhaeghen, W., Voss, A., Wulff, M., van Dijl, J.M. (2013). High-resolution typing by MLVF unveils extensive heterogeneity of European livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates with the sequence type 398. International Journal of Medical Microbiology 303, 124-127.

Gopinath, G.R., Grim, C.J., Tall, B.D., Mammel, M.K., Sathyamoorthy, V., Trach, L.H., Chase, H.R., Fanning, S., Stephan , R. (2013). Genome sequences of two Enterobacter pulveris strains 601/05T (= LMG 24057T = DSM 19144T), and 1160/04 (= LMG 24058 = DSM 19146), isolated from fruit powder. Genome Announcements 5;1(6). doi:pii: e00991-13. 10.1128/genomeA.00991-13.

Grim, C.J., Gopinath, G.R., Mammel, M.K., Sathyamoorthy, V., Trach, L.H., Chase, H.R., Tall, B.D., Fanning, S., Stephan, R. (2013). Genome sequence of an Enterobacter helveticus strain, 1159/04 (= LMG 23733), isolated from fruit powder. Genome Announcements 1(6). pii: e01038-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01038-13.

Grim, C.J., Kotewicz, M.L., Power, K.A., Gopinath, G., Franco, A.A., Jarvis, K.G., Yan, Q.Q., Jackson, S.A., Sathyamoorthy, V., Hu, L., Pagotto, F., Iversen, C., Lehner, A., Stephan, R., Fanning, S., Tall, B.D. (2013). Pan-genome analysis of the emerging foodborne pathogen Cronobacter spp. suggests a species-level bidirectional divergence driven by niche adaptation. BMC Genomics 2013, 14:366.

Guidi, V., Lehner, A., Lüthy, P., Tonolla, M. (2013). Dynamics of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis and Lysinibacillus sphaericus spores in urban catch basins after simultaneous application against mosquito larvae. PLoS One 8(2):e55658. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055658.

Hächler, H., Kotsakis, S.D., Tzouvelekis, L.S., Geser, N., Lehner, A., Miriagou, V., Stephan, R. (2013). Characterization of CTX-M-117, a Pro174Gln Variant of CTX-M-15 Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase from a bovine Escherichia coli isolate. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 41, 94-95.

Hächler, H., Marti, G., Giannini, P., Lehner, A., Jost, M., Beck, J., Weiss, F., Bally, B., Jermini, M., Stephan, R., Baumgartner, A. (2013). Outbreak of listerosis due to imported cooked ham, Switzerland 2011. Eurosurveillance 18(18):pii=20469.

Huber, H., Zweifel, C., Wittenbrink, M.M., Stephan, R. (2013). ESBL-producing uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from dogs and cats in Switzerland. Veterinary Microbiology 162, 992-996.

Johler, S., Tichaczek-Dischinger, P., Rau, J., Sihto, H.M., Lehner, A., Adam, M., Stephan, R. (2013). Outbreak of staphylococcal food poisoning due to SEA producing Staphylococcus aureus. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 10,777-781.

Joutsen, S., Sarno, E., Fredriksson-Ahomaa, M., Cernela, N., Stephan, R.(2013). Pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 isolated from a hunted wild alpine ibex. Epidemiology and Infection 141, 612-617.

Kovacevic, J., Arguedas-Villa C., Wozniak, A., Tasara, T., Allen, KJ. (2013). Examination of food chain-derived L. monocytogenes of different serotypes reveals considerable diversity among inlA genotypes, mutability and adaptation to cold growth. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79, 1915-1922.

Lange, C.E., Tobler, K., Lehner, A., Grest, P., Welle, M.M., Schwarzwald, C., Favrot, C. (2013). EcPV2 DNA in equine papillomas, in situ and invasive squamous cell carcinomas supports Papillomavirus etiology. Veterinary Pathology 50, 686-692.

Margot, H., Cernela, N., Iversen, C., Zweifel, C., Stephan, R. (2013). Evaluation of seven different commercially available real-time PCR assays for detection of Shiga toxin 1 and 2 gene subtypes. Journal of Food Protection 76, 871–873.

Margot, H., Sägesser, G., Zweifel, C., Stephan, R. (2013). Performance of a commercially available latex agglutination test kit for the identification of Salmonella. Journal of Food Safety and Food Quality 64, 75-77.

Margot, H., Stephan, R., Guarino, S., Jagadeesan, B., Chilton, D., O`Mahony, E., Iversen, C. (2013). Inclusivity, exclusivity and limit of detection of commercially available real-time PCR assays for the detection of Salmonella. International Journal of Food Microbiology 165, 221-226.

Margot, H., Stephan, R., O`Mahony, E., Iversen, C. (2013). Comparison of rapid cultural methods for the detection of Salmonella species. International Journal of Food Microbiology 163, 47-50.

Moser, A., Stephan R., Corti, S., Johler, S. (2013). Comparison of genomic and antimicrobial resistance features fo Staphaurex latex test positive and Staphaurex latex test negative S. aureus causing bovine mastitis. Journal of Dairy Science 96, 329-334.

Moser, A., Stephan, R., Corti, S., Lehner, A. (2013). Resistance profiles and genetic diversity of Escherichia coli strains isolated from acute bovine mastitis. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde 155, 351-358.

Moser, A., Stephan, R., Sager, J., Corti, S., Lehner, A.(2013). Arcanobacterium pluranimalium leading to a bovine mastitis: Species identification by a newly developed pla gene based PCR. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde 155, 373-375.

Moser, A., Stephan, R., Ziegler, D., Johler, S. (2013). Species distribution and resistance profiles of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from bovine mastitis in Switzerland. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde 155, 333-338.

Müller, A., Stephan, R., Fricker-Feer, C., Lehner, A. (2013). Genetic diversity of Cronobacter sakazakii isolates collected from a Swiss infant formula production facility. Journal of Food Protection 76, 883–887.

Nüesch-Inderbinen, M.T., Abgottspon, H., Zurfluh, K., Nüesch, H.J., Stephan, R., Hächler, H. (2013). Cross-sectional study on fecal carriage of Enterobacteriaceae with resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins in primary care patients. Microbial Drug Resistance 19, 362-9.

Nüesch-Inderbinen, M.T., Hofer, E., Hächler, H., Beutin, L., Stephan, R. (2013). Characteristics of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli isolated from healthy carriers and from patients with diarrhea. Journal of Medical Microbiology 62, 1828-1834.

Nüesch-Inderbinen, M.T., Zurfluh, K., Hächler, H., Stephan, R. (2013). No evidence so far for the dissemination of carbapenemase-producing Enterobactericeae in the community in Switzerland. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2:23.

Overesch, G., Stephan, R., Perreten, V. (2013). Antimicrobial susceptibility of gram-positive udder pathogens from bovine mastitis milk in Switzerland. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde 155, 339-350.

Peng, S., Hoffmann, W., Bockelmann, W., Hummerjohann, J., Stephan, R., Hammer, P. (2013). Fate of Shiga toxin-producing and generic Escherichia coli during ripening of semi-hard raw milk cheese. Journal of Dairy Science 96, 815-823.

Peng, S., Hummerjohann, J., Stephan, R., Hammer, P. (2013). Heat resistance of Escherichia coli strains in raw milk at different subpasteurization conditions, Journal of Dairy Science 96, 3543-3546.

Peng, S., Schafroth, K., Jakob, E., Stephan, R. Hummerjohann, J. (2013). Behaviour of Escherichia coli strains along the semi-hard and hard raw milk cheese production process. International Dairy Journal 31, 117-120.

Reist, M., Geser, N., Hächler, H., Schärrer, S., Stephan, R.(2013). ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae: occurrence, risk factors for fecal carriage and strain traits in the Swiss slaughter cattle population younger than 2 years sampled at abattoir level. PLoS ONE 10.1371/journal.pone.0071725.

Sarno, E., Keller, S., Wittenbrink, M.M., Stephan, R. (2013). Occurrence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in fecal samples of hunted deer, chamois and ibex in Switzerland. Archiv für Tierheilkunde 155, 523-525.

Schärer, K., Stephan, R., Tasara, T. (2013). Cold shock proteins contribute to the regulation of Listeriolysin O production in L. monocytogenes. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 10, 1023-1029.

Schmid, S., Seiler, C., Gerecke, A., Hächler, H., Hilbi, H., Frey, J., Weidmann, S., Meier, L., Berchtold, Ch., Zenobi R. (2013). Studying the fate of non-volatile organic compounds in a commercial plasma air purifier. Journal of Hazardous Materials 256/257, 76-83.

Schwizer, S., Tasara, T., Zurfluh, K., Stephan, R., Lehner, A. (2013). Identification of genes involved in serum tolerance in the clinical strain Cronobacter sakazakii ES5. BMC Microbiology 13:38.

Stephan , R., Grim, C.J., Gopinath, G.R., Mammel, M.K., Sathyamoorthy, V., Trach, L.H., Chase, H.R., Fanning, S., Tall, B.D. (2013). Genome sequence of Enterobacter turicensis strain 610/05 (= LMG 23731), isolated from fruit powder. Genome Announcements 26;1(6). doi:pii: e00996-13. 10.1128/genomeA.00996-13.

Stephan, R., Joutsen, S., Hofer, E., Säde, E., Björkroth, J., Ziegler, D., Fredriksson-Ahomaa M. (2013). Characteristics of Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 1A isolated from patients and asymptomatic human carriers. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 32, 869–875.

Stephan, R., Sarno, E., Hofer, E., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M.T., Hächler, H. (2013). Lack of evidence so far for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in food-producing animals in Switzerland. Archiv für Tierheilkunde 155, 417-420.

Stritt, A., Kottanattu, L., Bucher, B., Tschumi, S., Steinmann, M., von Steiger, N., Stephan, R., Hächler, H., Simonetti, G.D. (2013). Neonatal hemolytic uremic syndrome after mother-to-child transmission of a low virulent stx2b harbouring Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli. Clinical Infectious Disease 56, 114-116.

Tasara, T., Cernela, N., Stephan, R. (2013). Function impairing mutations in blaZ and blaR genes of penicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from bovine mastitis. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde 155, 359-364.

Tobes, R., Manrique, M., Brozynska, M., Stephan, R., Pareja, E., Johler, S. (2013). Noncontiguous finished genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus KLT6 - a seb positive strain involved in a food poisoning outbreak in Switzerland in 2009. Genome Announcements 1:e00214-13; doi:10.1128/genomeA.00214-13.

Wang, J., Stephan, R., Karczmarczyk, M., Yan, Q., Hächler, H., Fanning, S. (2013). Molecular characterisation of blaESBL-harbouring conjugative plasmids identified in multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli isolated from food-producing animals and healthy humans. Frontiers in Antimicrobials, Resistance and Chemotherapy, DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2013.00188.

Weinmaier, T., Riesing, M., Rattei, T., Bille, J., Arguedas-Villa, C., Stephan, R., Tasara T. (2013). The complete genome sequence of Listeria monocytogenes LL195 - a serotype 4b strain from the 1983 to 1987 listeriosis epidemic in Switzerland. Genome Announcements, 1:e00152-12; doi:10.1128/genomeA.00152-12.

Zarfel, G., Krziwanek, K., Johler, S., Hoenigl, M., Leitner, E., Kittinger, C., Marth, E., Grisold, A.J. (2013). Virulence and antimicrobial resistance genes in human MRSA ST398 isolates in Austria. Epidemiology and Infection 141, 888-892.

Zurfluh, K., Hächler, H., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Stephan, R. (2013). Characteristics of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)- and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolated from rivers and lakes in Switzerland. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79, 3021-3026.

Zurfluh, K., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M.T., Stephan, R., Hächler, H. (2013). Higher generation cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli in feral birds in Switzerland. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 41, 296-297.

Zweifel, C., Cernela, N., Stephan, R. (2013). Detection of the emerging Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26:H11/H- ST29 in human patients and healthy cattle in Switzerland. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79, 5411-5413.

Zweifel, C., Corti, S., Hartnack, S., Stephan, R. (2013). Keimzahlergebnisse aus Ziegentankmilchproben: Ein Vergleich zwischen kultureller Methode und und Bactoscan-Technik. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde 155, 420-422.

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Fredriksson-Ahomaa, M., Stephan, R. Shigatoxin-producing E. coli. in: Meat inspection and control in the slaughterhouse. Ed. Ninios, T., Fredriksson-Ahomaa, M., Lundén J., Korkeala, H., Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, in press.

Johler, S., Grunert, T., Stephan, R. FTIR Spektroskopie zur Identifizierung von Mikroorganismen. in: Mikrobiologische Untersuchung von Lebensmitteln, Hrsg. Baumgart, Becker, Stephan, Behr’s Verlag ISBN: 978-3-86022-160-0. in press.

Lehner , A., Fricker-Feer, C., Stephan , R. Cronobacter spp. ( E. sakazakii ): Ein Lebensmittelinfektionserreger. Behr's Verlag, 1. Auflage, in press

Stephan , R. Yersinia enterocolitica , Y. pseudotuberculosis in: Mikrobiologische Untersuchung von Lebensmitteln, Hrsg. Baumgart, Becker, Stephan, Behr’s Verlag ISBN: 978-3-86022-160-0. in press

Zweifel, C., Stephan, R. Microbial contamination during slaughtering. in: Meat inspection and control in the slaughterhouse. Ed. Ninios, T., Fredriksson-Ahomaa, M., Lundén J., Korkeala, H., Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, in press.

Zweifel, C., Stephan, R. Carcass decontamination. in: Meat inspection and control in the slaughterhouse. Ed. Ninios, T., Fredriksson-Ahomaa, M., Lundén J., Korkeala, H., Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, in press.

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Arguedas Villa, C. (2013). Expression analysis of cold stress responses in L. monocytogenes by microarray analysis and phenotypic characterization associated with cold stres. (Dr. sc. ETH)

Gallati, Ch. (2013). Characterization of Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:i:- clones isolated from human and other sources in Switzerland between 2007 and 2011. (Dr. med. vet.)

Moser, A.N. (2013). Identification and further characterization of selected udder pathogens isolated from bovine mastitis milk. (Dr. med. vet.)

Schärer, K. (2013). Cold shock proteins contribute to the regulation of Listeriolysin O production in L. monocytogenes. (Dr. med. vet.)

Schwizer, S. (2013). Identification of genes involved in serum tolerance in the clinical strain Cronobacter sakazakii ES5. (Dr. med. vet.)

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Ebner, R. (2013). Microarray-based characterization of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from chicken carcasses.

Wanninger, S. (2013). Bedeutung von Nutzgeflügel als Reservoir für Shigatoxin-bildende Escherichia coli (STEC).