2020

Aalto-Araneda, M., Pöntinen, A., Pesonen, M., Corander, J., Markkula, A., Tasara, T., Stephan, R., Korkeala, H. (2020). A high-throughput microbial growth data assembly and analysis protocol to elucidate the strain variability of Listeria monocytogenes salt stress. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2;86(6). pii: e02378-19. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02378-19.

Anes, J., Nguyen, S.V., Eshwar, A.K., McCabe, E., Macori, G., Hurley, D., Lehner, A., Fanning, S. (2020). Molecular characterisation of multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli of bovine origin. Veterinary Micobiology 242:108566. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.108566.

Asare, P.T., Zurfluh, K., Greppi, A., Lynch, D., Schwab, C., Stephan, R., Lacroix, C. (2020). Reuterin demonstrates potent antimicrobial activity against a broad panel of human and poultry meat Campylobacter spp. isolates. Microorganisms 8(1), 78; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8010078.

Bleichenbacher, S., Stevens, M.J.A., Zurfluh, K., Perreten, V., Endimiani, A., Stephan, R., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M. (2020). Environmental dissemination of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in rivers in Switzerland, Environmental Pollution 265: 115081 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115081.

Egli, A., Koch, D., Danuser, J., Hendriksen, R.S., Driesen, S., Coman Schmid, D., Neher, R., Mäusezahl, M., Seth-Smith, H.M.B., Bloemberg, G., Tschudin-Sutter, S., Endimiani, A., Perreten, V., Greub, G., Schrenzel, J., Stephan, R. One Health meets sequencing. Microbes and Infection 22(1):1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2019.07.004.

Eicher, C., Ruiz Subira, A., Corti, S., Meusburger, A., Stephan, R., Guldimann, C. (2020). Growth potential of Listeria monocytogenes in three different salmon products. Foods 9, 1048. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9081048

Emond-Rheault, J.G., Hamel, J., Jeukens, J., Freschi, L., Kukavica-Ibrulj, I., Boyle, B., Tamber, S., Malo, D., Franz, E., Burnett, E., Daigle, F., Arya, G., Sanderson, K., Wiedmann, M., Slawson, R., Weadge, J., Stephan, R., Bekal, S., Gruenheid, S., Goodridge, L., Levesque, R.C. (2020). The Salmonella enterica plasmidome as a reservoir of antibiotic resistance. Microorganisms 8: 1016. doi:10.3390/microorganisms8071016

Esposito, G., Raffrenato, E., Lukamba, S.D., Adnane, M., Irons, P.C., Cormican, P., Tasara, T., Chapwanya, A. (2020). Characterization of metabolic and inflammatory profiles of transition dairy cows fed an energy-restricted diet. Journal of Animal Science 98(1). pii: skz391. doi: 10.1093/jas/skz391.

Etter, D., Corti, S., Spirig, S., Cernela, N., Stephan, R., Johler, S. Staphylococcus aureus population structure and genomic profiles in asymptomatic carriers in Switzerland. Frontiers in Microbiology 11:1289. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01289

Etter, D., Schelin, J., Schuppler, M., Johler, S. (2020). Staphylococcal Enterotoxin C – an update on SEC variants, structure and properties, and their role in foodborne intoxications. Toxins 12, 584. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins12090584

Friker, B., Morach, M., Püntener, S., Cernela, N., Horlbog, J., Stephan, R. (2020). Assessing the microbiological quality of raw goat's and ewe's tank milk samples in Switzerland. International Dairy Journal 102, 104609.

Greppi, A., Tetteh Asare, P., Schwab, C., Zemp, N., Stephan, R., Lacroix, Ch. (2020). Isolation and comparative genomic analysis of reuterin-producing Lactobacillus reuteri from the chicken gastrointestinal tract. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:1166. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01166.

Heini, N., Stephan, R., Filter, M., Plaza-Rodriguez, C., Frentzel, H., Ehling-Schulz, M., Johler, S. (2020). Temperature-dependent growth characteristics of Bacillus thuringiensis in a ratatouille food model: Journal of Food Protection 83(5):816-820. doi: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-19-358.

Honegger, J., Lehnherr, H., Bachofen, C., Stephan, R., Sidler, X. (2020). Field trial for eradication of methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) in a pig breeding farm by bacteriophages. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde 162: 307-317. doi: 10.17236/sat00259.

Hubbuch, A., Schmitt, K., Lehner, C., Hartnack, S., Schuller, S., Schüpbach-Regula, G., Mevissen, M., Peter, R., Müntener, C., Naegeli, H.P., Willi, B. (2020). Antimicrobial prescriptions in cats in Switzerland before and after the introduction of an online antimicrobial stewardship tool. BMC Veterinary Research 16:229 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-020-02447-8

Jang, H., Chase, H.R., Gangiredla, J., J. Grim, C.J., Patel, I.R., Kothary, M.H., Jackson, S.A., Mammel, M.K., Carter, L., Negrete, F., Finkelstein, S., Weinstein, L., Yan, Q.Q., Goertz, R.E., Iversen, C., Pagotto, F., Stephan, R., Lehner, A., Eshwar, A., Fanning, S., Farber, J., Gopinath, G.R., Tall, B.D., Pava-Ripoll, M. (2020). Analysis of the molecular diversity among Cronobacter species isolated from filth flies using targeted PCR, pan genomic DNA microarray, and whole genome sequencing analyses. Frontiers in Microbiology 11:561204. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.561204.

Jang, H., Gopinath, G.R., Eshwar, A., Srikumar, S., Nguyen, S., Gangiredla, J., Patel, I.R., Finkelstein, S.B., Negrete, F., Woo, J., Lee, Y.Y., Fanning, S., Stephan, R., Tall, B.T., Lehner, A. (2020). The secretion of toxins and other exoproteins of Cronobacter : Role in Virulence, Adaption, and Persistence. Microorganisms 8, 229. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8020229

Kragh, M.L., Muchaamba, F., Tasara, T., Truelstrup Hansen, L. Cold-shock proteins affect desiccation tolerance, biofilm formation and motility in Listeria monocytogenes. International Journal of Food Microbiology 329:108662. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2020.108662.

Lehner, C., Hubbuch, A., Schmitt, K., Schuepbach-Regula, G., Willi, B., Mevissen, M., Peter, R., Muentener, C.R., Naegeli, H., Schuller, S. (2020). Effect of antimicrobial stewardship on antimicrobial prescriptions for selected diseases of dogs in Switzerland. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 34, 2418-2431. doi: 10.1111/jvim.15906.

Mattila, M., Somervuo, P., Korkeala, H., Stephan, R., Tasara, T. (2020). Transcriptomic and phenotypic analyses of the Sigma B-dependent characteristics and the synergism between Sigma B and Sigma L in Listeria monocytogenes EGD-e. Microorganisms 8(11), 1644; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8111644

Meyer Sauteur, P.M., Stevens, M., Paioni, P., Wüthrich, D., Egli, A., Stephan, R., Berger, C., Bloemberg, G. (2020). Siblings with typhoid fever: an investigation of intrafamilial transmission, clonality, and antibiotic susceptibility. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 34:101498. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2019.101498

Muchaamba, F., Eshwar, A.K., von Ah, U., Stevens, M.J.A., Tasara, T. (2020). Evolution of Listeria monocytogenes during a persistent human prosthetic hip joint infection. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:1726. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01726.

Muchaamba, F., Stephan, R., Tasara, T. (2020). ß-phenylethylamine as a natural food additive shows antimicrobial activity against Listeria monocytogenes on ready-to-eat foods. Foods 9(10), 1363. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9101363

Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Kindle, P., Baschera, M., Liljander, A., Jores, J., Corman, V.M., Stephan, R. (2020). Antimicrobial resistant and extended-spectrum ß-lactamase (ESBL) producing Escherichia coli isolated from fecal samples of African dromedary camels. Scientific African 7, e00274. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00274

Olearo, F., Marinosci, A., Stephan, R., Cherkaoui, A., Renzi, G., Gaia, N., Leo, S., Lazarevic, V., Schrenzel, J. (2020). First case of Streptococcus suis infection in Switzerland: an emerging public health problem? Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 5;101590. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101590.

Peterhans, S. Landolt, P., Friedel, U., Oberhänsli, F., Dennler, M., Willi, B., Senn, M., Hinden, S., Kull, K., Kipar, A., Stephan, R., Ghielmetti, G (2020). Mycobacterium microti: Not just a coincidental pathogen for cats. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 7:590037.doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.590037.

Sah, R., Donovan, S., Seth-Smith, HMB, Bloemberg, G., Wüthrich, D., Stephan, R., Kataria, S., Kumar, M., Singla, S., Deswal, V., Kaur, A., Neumayr, A., Hinic, V., Egli, A., Kuenzli, E. (2020). A novel lineage of ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella Typhi from India that is closely related to XDR S. Typhi found in Pakistan. Clinical Infectious Diseases 71(5),1327-1330. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz1204

Scherrer, S., Rademacher, F., Spoerry Serrano, N., Schrenzel, J., Gottschalk, M., Stephan, R., Landolt, P. (2020). Rapid high resolution melting assay to differentiate Streptococcus suis serotypes 2, 1/2, 1 and 14. MicrobiologyOpen 00:e995. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.995.

Scherrer, S., Rosato, G., Spoerry Serrano, N., Stevens, M.J.A., Rademacher, F., Schrenzel, J., Gottschalk, M., Stephan, R., Peterhans, S. (2020). Population structure, genetic diversity and pathotypes of Streptococcus suis isolated during the last thirteen years from diseased pigs in Switzerland. Veterinary Research, 51:85. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-020-00813-w

Schmitt, S., Stephan, R., Huebschke, E., Schaefle, D., Merz, A., Johler, S. (2020). DNA microarray based characterization and resistance phenotypes of clinical MRSA strains from animal hosts. Journal of Veterinary Science 21(4):e54. doi: 10.4142/jvs.2020.21.e54.

Van Nguyen, S., Mundanda Muthappa, D. Eshwar, A.K., Buckley, J.F., Murphy, B.P., Stephan, R., Lehner, A., Fanning, S. (2020). Comparative genomic insights into Yersinia hibernica - a commonly misidentified Yersinia enterocolitica-like organism. Microbial Genomics 6(9):mgen000411. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000411.

Wambui, J., Cernela, N., Corti, S., Stephan, R. (2020). Comparative genome analysis of Clostridium gasigenes CGAS001 isolated from chilled vacuum-packed lamb meat. Frontiers in Microbiology 11:2048. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.02048

Wambui, J., Eshwar, A.K., Aalto-Araneda, M., Pöntinen, A., Stevens, M.J.A., Njage, P.M.K., Tasara, T. (2020). The analysis of field strains isolated from food, animal and clinical sources uncovers natural mutations in Listeria monocytogenes Nisin resistance genes. Frontiers in Microbiology 6;11:549531. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.549531.

Wambui, J., Püntener, S., Corti, S., Cernela, N., Stephan, R. (2020). Detection of psychrophilic Clostridium spp. causing “blown pack” spoilage in meat juice samples from chilled vacuum-packed cattle and sheep meat imported from different countries to Switzerland. Journal of Food Protection 83, 56–59. doi: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-19-321.

Wist, V., Morach, M., Schneeberger, M., Cernela, N., Stevens, M.J.A., Zurfluh, K., Stephan, R., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M. (2020). Phenotypic and genotypic traits of vancomycin resistant enterococci from healthy food producing animals. Microorganisms 8(2), 261. doi:10.3390/microorganisms8020261.

Zamudio, R., Haigh, R.D., Ralph, J.D., De Ste Croix, M., Tasara, T., Zurfluh, K., Jung Kwun, M., Millard, A.D., Bentley, S.D., Croucher, N.J., Stephan, R., Oggioni, M.R. (2020). Lineage specific evolution and gene flow in Listeria monocytogenes is independent of bacteriophages. Environmental Microbiology 22(12), 5058–5072. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15111

Zbinden, F.R., De Ste Croix, M., Grandgirard, D., Haigh, R.D., Vacca, I., Zamudio, R., Goodall, E.C., Stephan, R., Oggioni, M.R., Leib, S.L. (2020). Pathogenic differences of type 1 restriction-modification allele variants in experimental Listeria monocytogenes meningitis. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 10:590657. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.590657.

Zurfluh, K., Treier, A., Schmitt, K., Stephan, R. (2020). Mobile fosfomycin-resistance genes in Enterobacteriaceae – an increasing threat. MicrobiologyOpen 9:e1135. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1135

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Stevens, M.J.A., Johler, S. (2020). Whole genome sequence of CH_48 – a highly cytotoxic Bacillus thuringiensis strain isolated from rosemary at retail level. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 6;9(32):e00751-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00751-20

Stevens, M.J.A., Johler, S. (2020). Draft genome sequence of CH_213 – a highly cytotoxic Bacillus cytotoxicus strain isolated from mashed potatoes. Microbiology Resource Announcements 9(35):e00836-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00836-20.

Wambui, J., Cernela, N., Stevens, M.J.A., Stephan, R. (2020). Draft genome sequence of Clostridium estertheticum CEST001, belonging to a novel subspecies of C. estertheticum, isolated from chilled vacuum-packed lamb meat imported to Switzerland. Microbiology Resource Announcements 9:e00806-20.https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00806-20.

Wambui, J., Cernela, N., Stevens, M.J.A., Corti, S., Stephan, R. (2020). Draft genome sequence of two phylogenetically distinct Clostridium gasigenes strains, CM001 and CM004, isolated from chilled vacuum-packed meat. Microbiology Resource Announcements 9:e01128-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01128-20.

Wambui, J., Cernela, N., Stevens, M.J.A., Ghielmetti, G., Stephan, R. (2020). Draft genome sequences of two Clostridium algidicarnis strains isolated from meat juice samples of chilled vacuum-packed lamb meat. Microbiol Resour Announc 9:e00983-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00983-20.

Wambui, J., Morach, M., Cernela, N., Stevens, M.J.A., Ghielmetti, G., Stephan, R. (2020). Draft genome sequence of Psychrobacter okhotskensis strain 5179-1A isolated from a raw cured ham storage crate. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 16;9(29):e00682-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00682-20.

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Guldimann, C. (2020). Interactions of Listeria monocytogenes, an important food-borne pathogen, with their hosts and the environment.

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Baschera, M. (2020). Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) isolated from fecal samples of African dromedary camels. (Dr. med. vet.)

Bleichenbacher, S. (2020) Environmental dissemination of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in rivers in Switzerland. (Dr. med. vet.)

Eicher, C. (2020). Growth potential of Listeria monocytogenes in three different salmon products. (Dr. med. vet.)

Wirth, S. (2020). The influence of human interaction on guinea pigs: behavioral and thermographic changes during animal assisted therapy. (Dr. med. vet.)

Wist, V. (2020). Phenotypic and genotypic traits of vancomycin resistant enterococci from healthy food producing animals. (Dr. med. vet.)

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