2018

Ajdler-Schaeffler, E., Scherrer, A.U., Keller, P.M., Anagnostopoulos, A., Hofmann, M., Rancic, Z., Zinkernagel, A.S., Bloemberg, G.V., Hasse, B.K. and the VASGRA Cohort (2018). Increased pathogen identification in vascular graft infections by the combined use of tissue cultures and 16S rRNA gene polymerase chain reaction. Front. Med. 5:169. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2018.00169

Asare, P.T., Greppi, A., Stettler, M., Schwab, C., Stevens, M.J.A., Lacroix, C. (2018). Bacterial-produced reuterin as biopreservative for decontamination of minimally-processed fresh lettuce. Frontiers in Microbiology 4;9:1421. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01421.

Carroll, L.M., Zurfluh, K., Jang, H., Gopinath, G., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Poirel, L., Nordmann, P., Stephan, R., Guldimann, C. (2018). First detection of an mcr-1 harbouring Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar 4,5,12:i:-strain isolated from blood of a patient in Switzerland. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 52, 740–741.

Egli, A., Blanc, D., Greub, G., Keller, P., Lazarevic, V., Lebrand, A., Leib, S., Neher, R., Perreten, V., Ramette, A., Schrenzel, J., Stephan, R., Wagner, K., Wüthrich, D., Xenarios, I. (2018). Bacterial genome sequencing and analysis: Paving the way for a Swiss-wide molecular epidemiological surveillance platform. Swiss Medical Weekly 148:w14693. doi: smw.2018.14693.

Eshwar, A.K., Wolfrum, N., Stephan, R., Fanning, S., Lehner, A. (2018). Interaction of matrix metalloprotease-9 and Zpx in Cronobacter turicensis LMG 23827T mediated infections in the zebrafish model. Cellular Microbiology 20:e12888. https://doi.org/10.1111/cmi.12888.

Falzon, L.C., Lechner, I., Chantziaras, I., Collineau, L., Courcoul, A., Filippitzi, M.E., Laukkanen-Ninios, R., Peroz, C., Pinto Ferreira, J., Postma, M., Prestmo, P.G., Phythian, C.J., Sarno, E., Vanantwerpen, G., Vergne, T., Grindlay, D.J.C., Brennan, M.L. (2018). The quantitative outcomes of a “One Health” approach to study global health challenges: a systematic review. EcoHealth, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-017-1310-5.

Fetsch, A., Johler, S. (2018). Staphylococcus aureus as a foodborne pathogen. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports 5:88–96. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-809671-0.00001-2.

Ghielmetti, G., Friedel, U., Scherrer, S., Sarno, E., Landolt, P., Dietz, O., Zweifel, C., Stephan, R. (2018). Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria isolated from lymph nodes and fecal samples of healthy slaughtered cattle and the abattoir environment. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 65, 711-718. doi: 10.1111/tbed.12793.

Giannini, P., Jermini, M., Leggeri, L., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Stephan, R. (2018). Detection of Hepatitis E virus (HEV) RNA in raw cured sausages and raw cured sausages containing pig liver at retail stores in Switzerland. Journal of Food Protection 81, 43-45.

Gopinath, G.R., Chase, H.R., Gangiredla, J., Eshwar, A., Jang, H., Patel, I., Negrete, F., Finkelstein, S., Park, E., Chung, T.J., Yoo, Y.J., Woo, J.H, Lee, Y.Y., Park, J., Choi, H., Jeong, S., Jun, S., Kim, M., Lee, C., Jeong, H., Fanning, S., Stephan, R., Iversen, C., Reich, F., Klein, G., Lehner, A., Tall, B.D. (2018). Genomic characterization of malonate positive Cronobacter sakazakii serotype O:2, sequence type 64 strains, isolated from clinical, food, and environment samples. Gut Pathogens, 10:11.

Grunert, T., Jovanovic, D., Sirisarn, W., Johler, S., Weidenmaier, C., Ehling-Schulz, M., Xia, G. (2018). Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus wall teichoic acid glycoepitopes by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy provides novel insights into the staphylococcal glycocode Scientific Reports 8(1):1889. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-20222-6.

Guariglia-Oropeza, V., Hohl Orsi, R., Guldimann, C., Wiedmann, M., Boor, K. (2018). The Listeria monocytogenes bile stimulon under acidic conditions is characterized by strain-specific patterns and the upregulation of motility, cell wall modification functions, and the PrfA regulon. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9:120. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00120.

Guldimann, C., Johler, S. (2018). An introduction to current trends in foodborne pathogens and diseases. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports 5:83–87. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-809671-0.00001-2.

Heini, N., Stephan, R., Ehling-Schulz, M., Johler, S. (2018). Characterization of Bacillus cereus group isolates from powdered food products. International Journal of Food Microbiology 283, 59-64. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2018.06.019.

Heini, N., Stephan, R., Johler, S. (2018). Toxin genes and cytotoxicity levels detected in Bacillus cereus isolates collected from cooked food products delivered by Swiss Army catering facilities. Italian Journal of Food Safety 7:7323.

Horlbog, J.A., Kent, D.J., Stephan, R., Guldimann, C. (2018). Surviving host- and food relevant stresses: phenotype of L. monocytogenes strains isolated from food and clinical sources. Scientific Reports 8(1):12931. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-30723-z.

Huber, B.M., Meyer Sauteur, P.M., Unger, W.J., Hasters, P., Eugster, M.R., Brandt, S., Bloemberg, G.V., Natalucci, G., Berger, Ch. (2018). Vertical transmission of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Neonatology 114, 332-336.

Inglin, R.C., Delbrück, A.I., Fässler, B., Siebenmann, K.E., Lacroix, C., Stevens M.J.A., Meile, L. (2018). An approach to select Lactobacillus Isolates as protective cultures for food fermentations. Journal of Food Safety 38:e12483.

Inglin, R.C., Meile, L., Stevens, M.J.A. (2018). Clustering of pan- and core-genome of Lactobacillus provides novel evolutionary insights in species differentiation. BMC Genomics 19:284. 

Jang, H., Woo, J., Lee, Y., Negrete, F., Finkelstein, S., Chase, H.R., Addy, N., Ewing, L., Gilles Beaubrun, J.J., Patel, I., Gangiredla, J., Eshwar, A., Jaradat, Z.W., Seo, K., Shabarinath, S., Fanning, S., Stephan, R. Lehner, A., Tall, B.D., Gopinath, G.R. (2018). Draft genomes of Cronobacter sakazakii strains isolated from dried spices bring unique insights into the diversity of plant-associated strains. Standards in Genomic Sciences 13:35. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-018-0339-6

Jans, C., Sarno, E., Collineau, L., Meile, L., Stärk, K.D.C., Stephan, R. (2018). Consumer exposure to antimicrobial resistant bacteria from food at Swiss retail level. Frontiers in Microbiology 9:362. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00362

Johler, S., Kalbhenn, E.M., Heini, N., Brodmann, P., Gautsch, S., Bagcioglu, M., Contzen, M., Stephan, R., Ehling-Schulz, M. (2018). Enterotoxin production of Bacillus thuringiensis isolates from biopesticides, foods, and outbreaks. Frontiers in Microbiology 9:1915. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01915.

Johler, S., Macori, G., Bellio, A., Acutis, P.L., Gallina, S., Decastelli, L.. (2018). Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolated along the raw milk cheese production process in artisan dairies in Italy. Journal of Dairy Science 101, 2915-2920.

Lehner, A., Tall, B.D, Fanning, S., Srikumar, S. (2018). Cronobacter spp.- opportunistic foodborne pathogens: an update on evolution, osmotic adaptation and pathogenesis. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 5:97–105. DOI: 10.1007/s40588-018-0089-7.

Morach, M., Stephan, R., Schmitt, S., Ewers, Ch., Zschöck, M., Reyes-Velez, J., Gilli, U., del Pilar Crespo-Ortiz, M., Crumlish, M., Gunturu, R., Daubenberger, C.A., Ip, M., Regli, W., Johler, S. (2018). Population structure and virulence gene profile of Streptococcus agalactiae collected worldwide from different hosts. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 37, 527-536.

Murigu Kamau Njage, P., Opiyo, B., Wangoh, J. Wambui, J. 2018. Scale of production and implementation of food safety programs influence the performance of current food safety management systems: Cas of dairy processors. Food Control 85, 85-97. 

Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Cernela, N., Wüthrich, C., Egli, A., Stephan, R. (2018). Genetic characterization of Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli belonging to the emerging hybrid pathotype O80:H2 isolated from humans 2010-2017 in Switzerland. International Journal of Medical Microbiology 308, 534-538. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2018.05.007

Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Morach, M., Cernela, N., Althaus, D., Jost, M., Mäusezahl, M. Bloemberg, G., Stephan, R. (2018). Serotypes and virulence profiles of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated during 2017 from human infections in Switzerland. International Journal of Medical Microbiology 308, 933-939. 

Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Zurfluh, K., Stevens, M.J.A., Stephan, R. (2018). Complete and assembled genome sequence of an NDM-9 and CTX-M-15 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 147 wastewater isolate from Switzerland. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 13, 53-54.

Onjong, H.A., Ngayo, M.O., Mwaniki, M., Wambui, J., Kamau Njage, P.M. (2018).Microbiological safety of fresh tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from Kenyan fresh water fish value chains.Journal of Food Protection 81, 1973-1981.

Peterhans, S., Stevens, M.J.A., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Schmitt, S., Stephan, R., Zurfluh, K.(2018). First report of a blaNDM-5 harbouring Escherichia coli ST167 isolated from a wound infection in a dog in Switzerland. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 15:226-227. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2018.10.013.

Poirel, L., Larpin, Y., Dobias, J., Stephan, R., Decousser, J.W., Madec, J.Y., Nordmann, P. (2018). Rapid Polymyxin NP test for the detection of polymyxin resistance mediated by the mcr-1/mcr-2 genes. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 90, 7-10.

Scherrer, S., Landolt, P., Carroli, N., Stephan, R. (2018). Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis of two groups of lymph nodes, being intradermal tuberculin or Interferon-Gamma test positive and negative, isolated from Swiss cattle at slaughter. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 5:32. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2018.00032

Spoerry Serrano, N., Zweifel, C., Corti, S., Stephan, R. (2018). Microbiological quality and presence of foodborne pathogens in raw milk cheeses and raw meat products marketed at farm level in Switzerland. Italian Journal of Food Safety 7:7337.

Wambui, J., Lamuka, P., Karuri, E., Matofari, J., Njage, P. (2018). Microbial contamination level profiles attributed to contamination of beef carcasses, personnel and equipment: case of small and medium enterprise slaughterhouses. Journal of Food Protection 81, 684-691.

Wambui, J., Tasara, T., Kamau Njage, P.M., Stephan, R. (2018). Species distribution and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Enterococcus spp. isolates from Kenyan small and medium size enterprises. Journal of Food Protection 81, 1445-1449. doi: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-18-130.

Zhou, X., Stevens, M.J.A., Neuenschwander, S., Schwarm, A., Kreuzer, M., Anna Bratus-Neuenschwander, A., Zeitz, J.O. (2018). The transcriptome response of the ruminal methanogen Methanobrevibacter ruminantium strain M1 to the inhibitor auric acid. BCM Research Notes 11:135. 

Ziegler, M., Rüegg, S., Stephan, R., Guldimann, C. (2018). Growth potential of Listeria monocytogenes in six different RTE fruit products: impact of food matrix, storage temperature and shelf life. Italian Journal of Food Safety 7, 7581.

Zogg, A.L., Simmen, S., Zurfluh, K., Stephan, R., Schmitt, S., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M. (2018).  High prevalence of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae among clinical isolates from cats and dogs admitted to a Veterinary Hospital in Switzerland. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 5:62. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2018.00062.

Zogg, A.L., Zurfluh, K., Schmitt,  S., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Stephan, R. (2018). Antimicrobial resistance, Multilocus Sequence Types and virulence profiles of ESBL producing and non-ESBL producing uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from Cats and Dogs in Switzerland. Veterinary Microbiology, 216, 79-84.

Zulauf, M., Zweifel, C., Stephan, R. (2018). Microbiological quality of raw milk sold directly from farms to consumers in Switzerland. Journal of Food Safety and Food Quality 69, 140–144. DOI 10.2376/0003-925X-69-14.

Zurfluh, K., Stevens, M.J.A., Stephan, R., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M. (2018). Complete and assembled genome sequence of an NDM-5 and CTX-M-15 producing Escherichia coli sequence type 617 isolated from wastewater in Switzerland. Global Journal of Antimicrobial Resistance 15, 105-106.

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Horlbog, J.A., Jang, H., Gopinath, G., Stephan, R., Guldimann, C. (2018). Whole-genome sequences of six Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated from food. Microbiology Resource Announcements (MRA)7:e01036-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01036-18

Jang, H., Addy, N., Ewing, L., Gilles Beaubrun, J.J.,  Lee, Y.Y., Woo, J.H., Negrete, F., Finkelstein, S., Tall, B.D., Lehner, A., Eshwar, A., Gopinath, G.R. (2018). Whole Genome Sequences of Cronobacter sakazakii Isolates obtained from Plant-origin Foods and Dried Food Manufacturing Environments. Genome Announcements 6(15). pii: e00223-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00223-18.

Stevens, M.J.A., Zurfluh, K., Althaus, D., Corti, S., Lehner, A., Stephan, R. (2018). Complete and assembled genome sequence of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serotype Senftenberg N17-509, a strain lacking Salmonella pathogen island SPI-1. Genome Announcements 6(12). pii: e00156-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00156-18.

Stevens, M.J.A., Zurfluh, K., Stephan, R. (2018). Complete and assembled genome sequences of Pantoea calida DSM22759^T and Pantoea gaviniae DSM22758^T. Genome Announcements 6(12). pii: e00157-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00157-18. 

Wist, V., Kubacki, J., Lechmann, J., Steck, M., Fraefel, C., Stephan, R., Bachofen, C. (2018). Complete genome sequences of a Swiss Hepatitis E virus isolate from a liver of a fattening pig. Genome Announcement 1;6(9). pii: e00113-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00113-18. 

Wambui, J., Stevens, M., Kamau Njage, P.M., Wüthrich, D., Egli, A., Stephan, R., Tasara, T. (2018). Draft genome sequences of Enterococcus mundtii strains isolated from beef slaughterhouses in Kenya. Genome Announcements 24;6(21). pii: e00446-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00446-18.

Ziegler, M., Jang, H., Gopinath, G., Horlbog, J.A., Stephan, R., Guldimann, C. (2018). Whole genome shotgun sequencing of three L. monocytogenes strains isolated from a ready-to-eat salad producing facility in Switzerland. Genome Announcements 28;6(26). pii: e00547-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00547-18.

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Etter, D., Stephan, R., Johler, S. Koagulase-positive Staphylokokken (und andere Spezies). Heinz Becker und Erwin Märtlbauer, Buchkapital Behrs Verlag, im Druck.

Tall, B.D., Gopinath, G., Gangiredla, J., Patel, I.R., Fanning, S., Lehner, A. (2018). Cronobacter species. Food Microbiology: Fundamentals and Frontiers, 5th edition, Chapter Editors: Michael P. sDoyle, Robert L. Buchanan Wiley. ISBN: 978-1-55581-626-1

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Heini, N.M. (2018). Characterization of Bacillus cereus group isolates from powdered food products. (Dr. med. vet.)

Horlbog, J.A. (2018). Surviving host- and food relevant stresses: phenotype of L. monocytogenes strains isolated from food and clinical sources. (Dr. med. vet.)

Muchaamba, F. (2018). Comparative phenome and genome analysis of two clonally identical Listeria monocytogenes strains that were recovered five years apart from a persistent human prosthetic hip joint infection. (Dr. med. vet.)

Zogg, A.L. (2018). Antimicrobial resistance, Multilocus Sequence Types and virulence profiles of ESBL producing and non-ESBL producing uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from cats and dogs in Switzerland. (Dr. med. vet.)

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Bleichenbacher, S. (2018). Occurrence of fosA3, fosC2, mcr-1, mcr-2, mcr-3, mcr-4, armA and armB harbouring Enterobacteriaceae, STEC and Salmonella in rivers in Switzerland.

Eicher, C. (2018). Antimicrobial resistance patterns of udder pathogens isolated from cattle with mastitis during 2017.

Raschle, S. (2018). Decontamination of knives used in a slaughterhouse by a commercial non-thermal UV-C treatment.

Wist, V.  (2018). Detection of Hepatitis E virus in livers of wild boars, wild deer, fattening pigs and different food products.

Zulauf, M. (2018). Microbiological quality of raw milk marketed directly from farms.