2021

Amsler, M., Zurfluh, K., Hartnack, S., Sidler, X., Stephan, R., Kümmerlen, D. (2021). Occurrence of Escherichia coli non-susceptible to quinolones in fecal samples from fluoroquinolone-treated pigs at different ages. Porcine Health Management 2;7(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s40813-021-00209-y.

Antunović, B., Blagojević, B., Johler, S., Guldimann, C., Vieira-Pinto, M., Vågsholm, I., Meemken, D., Alvseike, O., Georgiev, M., Alban, L. (2021). Challenges and opportunities in the implementation of new meat inspection systems in Europe. Trends in Food Science & Technology 116, 460-467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2021.08.002

Asare, P.T., Greppi, A., Pennacchia, A., Brenig, K., Geirnaert, A., Schwab, C., Stephan, R., Lacroix, Ch. (2021). In vitro modelling of chicken caecal microbiota ecology and metabolism using the PolyFermS platform. Frontiers in Microbiology 12:780092 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.780092.

Bassi, A.M.G., Steiner, J.C., Stephan, R., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M. (2021). Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Salmonella in hunted wild boars from two different regions in Switzerland. Animals 11, 2227. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11082227

Bertsch, P., Etter, D., Fischer, P. (2021). Transient in situ measurement of kombucha biofilm growth and mechanical properties. Food and Function 12, 4015. DOI: 10.1039/d1fo00630d

Biggel, M., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Jans, C., Stevens, M.J.A., Stephan, R. (2021). Genetic context of optrA and poxtA in florfenicol-resistant enterococci isolated from flowing surface water in Switzerland. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy65:e01083-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01083-21

Biggel, M., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Raschle, S., Stevens, M., Stephan, R. (2021). Spread of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ST133 in the aquatic environment in Switzerland. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 27, 31-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2021.08.002

Biggel, M., Zurfluh, K., Treier, A., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Stephan, R.(2021). Characteristics of fosA carrying plasmids in E. coli and Klebsiella spp. isolates originating from food and environmental samples. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 76(8):2004-2011. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkab119.

Blagojevic, B., Nesbakken, T., Alvseike, O., Vågsholm, I., Antic, D., Johler, S., Houf, K., Meemken, D., Nastasijevic, I., Vieira Pinto, M., Antunovic, B., Georgiev, M., AlbanDrivers, L. (2021). Drivers, opportunities, and challenges of the European risk-based meat safety assurance system. Food Control 124, 107870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.107870

Braun, U., Gerspach, C., Riond, B., Oschlies, C., Corti, S., Bleul, U. (2021). Haematological findings in 158 cows with acute toxic mastitis with a focus on the leukogram. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 63(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s13028-021-00576-0.

Burtscher, J, Etter, D., Biggel, M., Schlaepfer, J., Johler, S (2021). Further insights into the toxicity of Bacillus cytotoxicus. Toxins, 13, 234. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins13040234

Cao, Y., Dever, K. Sivasankaran, S.K., Nguyen, S., Macori, G., Naithani, A., Gopinathrao, G., Tall, B., Lehner, A., Stephan, R., Srikumar, S., Fanning, S. (2021). Alterations in the transcriptional landscape allows differential desiccation tolerance in Cronobacter sakazakii. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 87(24):e0083021. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00830-21

Chakraborty, T., Sadek, M., Yao, Y., Imirzalioglu, C., Stephan, R., Poirel, L., Nordmann, P. (2021). Cross-border emergence of Escherichia coli producing the carbapenemase NDM-5 in Switzerland and Germany. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 59:e02238-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02238-20.

Etter, D., Jenni, C., Tasara, T., Johler, S. (2021). Mild lactic acid stress causes strain-dependent reduction in SEC protein levels. Microorganisms 9(5), 1014. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9051014

Fanning, S., Dever, K., Eshwar, A., Nguyen, S., Cao, Y., Sivasankaran, S., Sakalauskaitė, S., , Lehner, A., Devineau, S., Daugelavičius, R., Stephan, R., Srikumar, S. (2021). Analysis of the oxidative stress regulon identifies soxS as a genetic target for resistance reversal in multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. MBio 8:e0086721. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00867-21.

Fetsch, A., Etter, D., Johler, S. (2021). Livestock-Associated Meticillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus-Current Situation and Impact From a One Health Perspective. Current Clinical Microbiology Report https://doi.org/10.1007/s40588-021-00170-y

Ghielmetti, G., Friedel, U., Hilbe, M., Menegatti, C., Bacciarini, L., Stephan, R., Bloemberg, G. (2021). Mycobacterial infections in wild voars (Sus scrofa) from southern Switzerland: Diagnostic improvements, epidemiological situation and zoonotic potential. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 68, 573-586. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13717

Ghielmetti, G., Kupca, A.M., Hanczaruk, M., Friedel, U., Greber, N., Weinberger, H., Revilla-Fernández, S., Hofer, E., Riehm, J.M., Stephan, R., Glawischnig, W.(2021). Mycobacterium microti Infections in Free-Ranging Red Deers (Cervus elaphus). Emerging Infectious Diseases 27(8):2025-2032. doi: 10.3201/eid2708.210634.

Ghielmetti, G., Landolt, P., Friedel, U., Morach, M., Hartnack, S., Stephan, R., Schmitt, S. (2021). Evaluation of Three Commercial Interferon-γ Assays in a Bovine Tuberculosis Free Population. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8:682466. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.682466.

Ghielmetti, G., Rosato, G., Trovato, A., Friedel, U., Kirchgaessner, C., Perroulaz, C., Pendl, W., Figi, R., Schulthess, B., Bloemberg, G., Keller, P.M., Stephan, R., Tortoli, E. (2021). Mycobacterium helveticum sp. nov., a novel slowly growing mycobacterial species associated with granulomatous lesions in adult swine. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 71(1). doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004615

Horlbog, J., Stephan, R., Stevens, M., Overesch, G., Kittl, S., Napoleoni, M., Silenzi, V., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Albini, S. (2021). Feedborne Salmonella enterica serovar Jerusalem outbreak in different organic poultry flocks in Switzerland and Italy linked to soya expeller. Microorganisms 9,1367. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9071367

Isenring, J., Geirnaert, A., Hall, A., Jans, C., Lacroix, C., Stevens, M.J.A. (2021). In vitro gut modeling as a tool for adaptive evolutionary engineering of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum. mSystems 13;6(2):e01085-20. doi: 10.1128/mSystems.01085-20.

Isenring, J., Geirnaert, A., Lacroix, Ch., Stevens, M.J.A. (2021). Bistable auto-aggregation phenotype in Lactiplantibacillus plantarum emerges after cultivation in in vitro colonic microbiota. BMC Microbiology 21, 268. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-021-02331-x

Isler, M., Wissmann, R., Morach, M., Zurfluh, K., Stephan, R., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M. (2021). Animal petting zoos as sources of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), Salmonella, and extended-spectrum ß-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae. Zoonoses and Public Health 68,79–87. https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.12798

Kelbert, L., Stephan, R., Furtwaengler, C., Pinillo, J.A., Morach, M., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M. (2021). Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii, Hepatitis E virus and Salmonella antibodies in meat juice samples from pigs at slaughter in Switzerland. Journal of Food Protection, 84(10):1760-1764. doi: 10.4315/JFP-21-183.

Muchaamba, F., Stephan, R., Tasara, T. 2021. Listeria monocytogenes cold shock proteins: small proteins with a huge impact. Microorganisms 9(5), 1061. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9051061

Muchaamba, F., Stoffers, H., Blase, R., von Ah, U., Tasara, T. (2021). Potassium lactate as a strategy for sodium content reduction without compromising salt associated antimicrobial activity in salami. Foods 10(1), 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010114

Muchaamba, F., Wambui, J., Freitag, J., Stephan, R., Tasara, T. (2021). Cold shock proteins promote nisin tolerance in Listeria monocytogenes through modulation of cell envelope modification responses. Frontiers in Microbiology 12:811939.doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.811939

Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Bloemberg, G., Müller;, A., Stevens, M., Cernela, N., Kollöffel, B., Stephan, R. (2021). Listeriosis caused by persistence of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b Sequence Type 6 in cheese production environment. Emerging Infectious Diseases 1,284-288. doi:10.3201/eid2701.203266.

Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Raschle, S., Stevens, M.J.A., Schmitt, K., Stephan, R. (2021). Linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis ST16 harbouring optrA on a Tn6674-like element isolated from surface water. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 25, 89–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2021.02.029.

Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Stevens, M.J.A., Cernela, N., Müller, A., Biggel, M. Stephan, R. (2021). Distribution of virulence factors, antimicrobial resistance genes and phylogenetic relatedness among Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serogroup O91 strains from human infections. International Journal of Medical Microbiology 8, 151541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmm.2021.151541

Onjong, H.A., Ntuli, V., Wambui, J., Mwaniki, M., Kamau Njage, P.M. (2021). Potential influence of food value chain level of regulation on prevalence and patterns of antimicrobial resistance: case of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 87, e00945-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00945-21

Raschle, S., Stephan, R., Stevens, M.J.A., Cernela, N., Zurfluh, K., Muchaamba, F., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M. (2021). Environmental dissemination of pathogenic Listeria monocytogenes in flowing surface waters in Switzerland. Scientific Reports 11, 9066. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88514-y.

Sauvala, M., Woivalin, E., Kivistö, R., Laukkanen-Ninios, R., Laaksonen, S., Stephan, R., Fredriksson-Ahomaa, M. (2021). Game birds – carriers of foodborne pathogens. Food Microbiology 98, 103768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2021.103768.

Scherrer, S., Stephan, R. (2021). Novel multiplex TaqMan assay for differentiation of the four major pathogenic Brachyspira species in swine. MicrobiologyOpen, 10:e1169. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1169

Schlicher, J., Schmitt, S., Stevens, M.J.A., Stephan, R., Ghielmetti, G. (2021). Molecular Characterization of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis Isolated over a 15-Year Period in Switzerland. Veterinary Science 8, 151. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8080151

Schmitt, K., Kuster, S., Zurfluh, K., Jud, R., Sykes, J., Stephan, R., Willi, B. (2021). Transmission chains of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase- producing Enterobacteriaceae at the companion animal veterinary clinic – household interface. Antibiotics 10, 171. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10020171

Schmitt, K., Zimmermann, B., Stephan, R., Willi, B. (2021). Hand hygiene evaluation using two different evaluation tools and hand contamination of veterinary healthcare workers in a Swiss companion animal clinic. Veterinary Science 8(11), 260; https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8110260

Schott, F., Hoffmann, K.E., Sarno, E., Bangerter, P.D., Stephan, R., Overesch, G., Haessig, M., Sidler, X., Graage, R. (2021). Evaluation of oral fluids for surveillance of foodborne and zoonotic pathogens in pig farms. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 33, 655 –663. doi: 10.1177/10406387211021599.

Seth-Smith, HMB., Biggel, M., Roloff, T., Hinic, V., Bodmer, T., Risch, M., Casanova, C., Widmer, A., Sommerstein, R., Marschall, J., Tschudin-Sutter, S., Egli, A. (2021). Transition from PCR-ribotyping to whole genome sequencing based typing of Clostridioides difficile. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 11:681518. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.681518

Strasser, F., Feldmann, M., Gross, J.J., Müller, A.T.M., Pfingstner, H., Corti, S., Stephan, R., Bollwein, H., Bruckmaier, R.M., Wellnitz, O. (2021). Pathogen dependent effects of high amounts of oxytocin on the blood milk barrier integrity during mastitis in dairy cows. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde 163(5):327-337. doi: 10.17236/sat00302.

Torres, D.A., Seth-Smith, H.M.B., Jossee, N., Lang, C., Dubius, O., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Hinic, V., Egli, A. (2021). Colistin resistance in Gram-negative bacteria analysed by five phenotypic assays and inference of the underlying genomic mechanisms. BMC Microbiology 21:321. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-021-02388-8

Treier, A., Stephan, R., Stevens, M.J.A., Cernela, N., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M. (2021). High occurrence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in raw meat-based diets for companion animals – a public health issue. Microorganisms 9(8), 1556; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9081556

Veronesi, R., Morach, M., Hübschke, E., Bachofen, C., Stephan, R., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M. (2021). Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus in dogs in Switzerland. Zoonoses and Public Health 68,8–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.12779

Vogler, B.R., Zurfluh, K., Mattmann, P., Schmitt, K., Albini. S. (2021). Low occurrence of Salmonella spp. in wild birds from a Swiss rehabilitation centre. VetRecOpen 8:e17. https://doi.org/10.1002/vro2.17.

Vonlanthen-Specker, I., Stephan, R., Sidler, X., Moor, D., Fraefel, C., Bachofen, C. (2021). Genetic diversity of Hepatitis E virus in Switzerland – from stable to table. Animals, 11, 3177. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113177

Wambui, J., Cernela, N., Stevens, M.J.A., Stephan, R. (2021). Whole genome sequence-based identification of Clostridium estertheticum complex strains supports the need for taxonomic reclassification within the species C. estertheticum. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:727022. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.727022.

Wambui, J., Ghielmetti, G., Morach, M., Hochreutener, M., Stephan, R. (2021). Detection of psychrophilic Clostridium spp. in fecal samples from cattle of different ages sampled at the slaughterhouse level. Journal of Food Protection 84(1), 58-62. doi: 10.4315/JFP-20-259

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Biggel, M., Hoehn, S., Schmitt, K., Frei, A., Jans, Ch., Stephan, R. (2021). Complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli ST1193 isolate AVS0096 recovered from river water in Switzerland. Microbiology Resource Announcements 10(31):e0060721. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00607-21.

Peterhans, S., Stevens, M.A., Cernela, N., Sidler, X., Stephan, R., Scherrer, S. (2021). Draft genome sequences of two clinical Actinobacillus pleuropneumonie serotype 19 strains from pigs in Switzerland. Microbiology Resource Announcements 10(34):e0058821. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00588-21.

Stevens, M.J.A., Cernela, N., Müller, A., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Stephan, R. (2021). Draft genome sequences of nineteen clinical Shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli O80:H2 strains. Microbiology Resource Announcements 10:e00033-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00033-21.

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Muchaamba, F. (2021). Exploring phenotypic and genomic diversity and the functional roles of cold shock proteins in Listeria monocytogenes. (PhD thesis)

Raschle, S. (2021). Listeria monocytogenes in surface waters in Switzerland: Identification of epidemic clones and characterization of virulence traits. (Dr. med. vet.)

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