2008

Borel, N., Kempf, E., Hotzel, H., Schubert, E., Torgerson, P., Slickers, P., Ehricht, R. Tasara, T., Pospischil, A., Sachse, K. (2008). Direct identification of chlamydiae from clinical samples using a DNA microarray assay - a validation study.
Molecular and Cellular Probes 22, 55-64.

Flütsch, F., Heinzmann, D., Mathis, A., Hertzberg, H., Stephan, R., Deplazes, P. (2008). Case-control study to identify risk factors for bovine cysticercosis on farms in Switzerland.
Parasitology 27, 1-6.

Fröhlicher, E., Krause, G., Zweifel, C., Beutin, L., Stephan, R. (2008). Characterization of attaching and effacing Escherichia coli (AEEC) isolated from pigs and sheep.
BMC Microbiology 8:144.

Grimm, M., Stephan, R., Iversen, C., Manzardo, G., Rattei, T., Riedel, K., Ruepp, A., Frishman, D., Lehner, A. (2008). Cellulose as an extra-cellular matrix component present in Enterobacter sakazakii biofilms.
Journal of Food Protection 71, 13-18.

Hassler, Ch., Nitzsche, S., Iversen, C., Zweifel, C., Stephan, R. (2008). Characteristics of Staphylococcus hyicus strains isolated from pig carcasses in two different slaughterhouses.
Meat Science 80, 505-510.

Healy, B., Mullane, N., Collin, V., Mailler, S., Iversen, C., Chatellier, S., Storrs-Mabilat, M., Fanning, S. (2008). Evaluation of an automated repetitive sequence-based PCR system for subtyping Enterobacter sakazakii. Journal of Food Protection 7, 1372-1378.

Hricova, D., Stephan, R., Zweifel, C. (2008). Electrolyzed water and its application in the food industry.
Journal of Food Protection 71, 1934-1947.

Iversen, C., Druggan, P., Schumacher, S., Lehner, A., Feer, C., Gschwend, K., Joosten, H., Stephan, R. (2008). Development of a novel screening method for the isolation of Cronobacter spp. (Enterobacter sakazakii).
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74, 2550-2552.

Iversen, C., Mullane, N., McCardell, B., Tall, B.D., Lehner, A., Fanning, S., Stephan, R., Joosten, H. (2008).. Cronobacter gen. nov., a new genus to accommodate the biogroups of Enterobacter sakazakii, and proposal of Cronobacter sakazakii gen. nov. comb. nov., C. malonaticus sp. nov., C. turicensis sp. nov., C. muytjensii sp. nov., C. dublinensis sp. nov., Cronobacter genomospecies 1, and of three subspecies, C. dublinensis sp. nov. subsp. dublinensis subsp. nov., C. dublinensis sp. nov. subsp. lausannensis subsp. nov., and C. dublinensis sp. nov. subsp. lactaridi subsp. nov.
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58, 1442-1447.

Joosten, H., Marugg, J., Stephan, R., Klijn, A., Jackson, T., Iversen, C. (2008). A rapid and reliable alternative to ISO 21528-1:2004 for detection of Enterobacteriaceae.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 31,344-346.

Kohler, R., Krause, G., Beutin, L., Stephan, R., Zweifel, C. (2008). Shedding of food-borne pathogens and microbiological carcass contamination in rabbits at slaughter.
Veterinary Microbiology 132, 149-157.

Mullane, N.R., O’Gaora, P., Nally, J. E., Iversen, C., Whyte, P., Wall P.G., Fanning, S. (2008). Molecular analysis of the Enterobacter sakazakii O-antigen gene locus.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74, 3783-3794.

Mullane, N.R., Ryan. M., Iversen, C., Murphy, M., O’Gaora, P., Quinn, T., Whyte, P., Wall, P.G., Fanning, S. (2008). Development of Multiple-Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis for the molecular subtyping of Enterobacter sakazakii.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74, 1223-1231.

Rothballer, M., Eckert, B., Schmid, M., Fekete, A., Schloter, M., Lehner ,A., Pollmann, S., Hartmann, A. (2008). Endophytic root colonization of gramineous plants by Herbaspirillum frisingense. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 66, 85-95.

Scheu, K.D., Keel, M., Renggli, F., Stephan, R., Zweifel, C. (2008). Untersuchungen zum Campylobacter-Eintrag in Mastgeflügelherden auf ausgewählten Betrieben in der Schweiz. Archiv für Lebensmittelhygiene 59, 164-169.

Schmid, H., Hächler, H., Stephan, R., Baumgartner, A., Boubaker, K. (2008). Outbreak of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in Switzerland, May – June 2008, implications for production and control of meat preparations.
Euro Surveill. 13(44):pii=19020.

Stephan, R., Schumacher, S., Corti, S., Krause, G., Danuser, J., Beutin, L. (2008). Prevalence and characteristics of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Swiss raw milk cheeses collected at producer level.
Journal of Dairy Science 91, 2561-2565.

Stephan, R., Van Trappen, S., Cleenwerck, I., Iversen, C., Joosten, H., De Vos, P., Lehner, A. (2008). Enterobacter pulveris, sp. nov. isolated from fruit powder, infant formula and infant formula production environment.
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58,237-241.

Tasara, T., Bielaszewska, M., Nitzsche, S., Karch, H., Zweifel, C., Stephan, R. (2008). Activatable Shiga toxin 2d (Stx2d) in STEC strains isolated from cattle and sheep at slaughter.
Veterinary Microbiology 131, 199-204.

Zweifel, C., Fischer, R., Stephan, R. (2008). Microbiological contamination of pig and cattle carcasses in different small-scale Swiss abattoirs.
Meat Science 78, 225-231.

Zweifel, C., Kohler, R., Stephan, R. (2008). Oberflächenkeimbelastung von Kaninchen-Schlachttierkörpern am Ende des Schlachtprozesses.
Fleischwirtschaft 7, 104-107.

Zweifel, C., Scheu, K.D., Keel, M., Renggli, F., Stephan, R. (2008). Occurrence and genotypes of Campylobacter in broiler flocks, other farm animals, and the environment during several rearing periods on selected poultry farms.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 125, 182-187.

Lehner, A. (2008). From Enterobacter sakazakii to Cronobacter spp. – Investigating an opportunistic foodborne pathogen

Zweifel, C. (2008). Meat Safety at Slaughter: Characterization of Health Hazards and Microbiological Carcass Contamination.

Fröhlicher, E. (2008). Characterization of attaching and effacing Escherichia coli (AEEC) isolated from pigs and sheep.

Hassler, Ch. (2008). Characteristics of Staphylococcus hyicus strains isolated from pig carcasses in two different slaughterhouses.

Hricova, D., (2008). Electrolyzed water and its application in the food industry.

Kohler, R. (2008). Shedding of food-borne pathogens and microbiological carcass contamination in rabbits at slaughter.