2016

Burgess, C.M., Gianotti, A., Grusdev, N., Holah, J., Knøchel, S., Lehner, A., Margas., E, Schmitz Esser, S., Shlomp, S., Tresse, O. (2016). The response of foodborne pathogens to osmotic and desiccation stresses in the food chain. International Journal of Food Microbiology 221, 37-53.

Dreyer, M., Aguilar-Bultet, L., Rupp, S., Guldimann, C., Stephan, R., Schock, A., Otter, A., Schüpbach, G., Lecuit, M., Brisse, S., Frey, J., Oevermann, A. (2016). Listeria monocytogenes sequence type 1 is predominant in ruminant rhombencephalitis. Scientific Reports, 16;6:36419. doi: 10.1038/srep36419.

Eshwar, A.K., Tall, B.D., Gangiredla, J., Gopinath, G.R., Patel, I.R., Neuhauss, S.C., Stephan, R., Lehner, A. (2016). Linking genomo- and pathotype: Exploiting the Zebrafish embryo model to investigate the divergent virulence potential among Cronobacter spp. PLoS One. 11(6):e0158428.

Fehr, A., Ruetten, M., Seth-Smith, H., Nufer, L., Voegtlin, A., Lehner, A., Greub, G., Crosier, P., Neuhauss, S.C.F., Vaughan, L. (2016). A zebrafish model for Chlamydia infection with the obligate intracellular pathogen Waddlia chondrophila. Frontiers in Microbiology 7:1829. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01829

García, P., Malorny, B., Rodicio, M.R., Stephan, R., Hächler, H., Guerra, B., Lucarelli, C. (2016). Horizontal acquisition of a multidrug-resistance module (R-type ASSuT) is responsible for the monophasic phenotype in a widespread clone of Salmonella serovar 4,[5],12:i:-. Frontiers in Microbiology 7:680. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00680.

Grunert, T., Stephan, R., Ehling-Schulz, M., Johler, S. (2016). Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy enables rapid differentiation of fresh and frozen/thawed chicken. Food Control 60, 361-364.

Guldimann, C., Boor, K.J., Wiedmann, M., Guariglia-Oropeza, V. (2016). Resilience in the face of uncertainty: Sigma Factor B fine-tunes gene expression to support homeostasis in gram-positive bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82, 4456-69. 

Heikinheimo, A., Johler, S., Karvonen, L., Julmi, J., Fredriksson-Ahomaa, M., Stephan, R. (2016). New dominant spa type t2741 in livestock-associated MRSA (CC398-MRSA-V) in Finnish fattening pigs at slaughter. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 5:6. DOI: 10.1186/s13756-016-0105-8

Heller, O., Sidler, X., Hässig, M., Thanner, S., Bee, G., Gutzwiller, A., Stephan, R. (2016). The effect of the administration of three different antimicrobial premix formulations via the liquid feeding system on the occurrence of Enterobacteriaceae resistant to tetracycline in the liquid feed for pigs. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde 158, 411–422.

Hunziker, S., Stephan, R. (2016). Untersuchungen zur mikrobiologischen Qualität von erhitzten Lebensmitteln aus Bataillonsküchen der Schweizer Armee. Journal of Food Safety and Food Quality 67, 96-100.

Johler, S., Sihto, H.M., Macori, G., Stephan, R. (2016). Sequence variability in staphylococcal enterotoxin genes seb, sec, and sed. Toxins 8(6), 169; doi: 10.3390/toxins8060169.

Johler, S., Stephan, R., Althaus, D., Ehling-Schulz, M., Grunert, T. (2016). High-resolution subtyping of Staphylococcus aureus strains by means of Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 39, 189-94.

Johler, S., Zurfluh, K., Stephan, R. (2016). Tracing and growth inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus in barbecue cheese production after product recall. Journal of Dairy Science 99, 3345-3350.

Joutsen, S., Eklund, K.M., Laukkanen-Ninios, R., Stephan, R., Fredriksson-Ahomaa, M. (2016). Sheep carrying pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica bioserotypes 2/O:9 and 5/O:3 in the feces at slaughter. Veterinary Microbiology 197, 78-82.

Kiefer, S., Kling, K., Stephan, R., Bratschi, M.W., Jost, M., Bless, P.J., Schmutz, C., Mäusezahl, C., Wyss, K., Mäusezahl-Feuz, M., Hatz. C. (2016). How can patients and their physicians contribute to an outbreak investigation? Experiences from a nationwide listeriosis outbreak in Switzerland. Swiss Medical Weakly 146:w14366.

Margot, H., Ebner, R., Peterhans, S., Stephan, R. (2016). Occurrence of Salmonella, L. monocytogenes, Shigatoxin-producing E. coli and ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in sprout samples collected from the Swiss market. Journal für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit 11(2), 155-157. DOI 10.1007/s00003-015-1003-3.

Margot, H., Stephan, R. Tasara, T. (2016). Mungo bean sprout microbiome and changes associated with culture based enrichment protocols used in detection of Gram-negative foodborne pathogens. Microbiome 4:48. DOI: 10.1186/s40168-016-0193-y

Margot, H., Tasara, T., Zwietering, M.H., Joosten, H., Stephan, R. (2016). Effects of different media on the enrichment of low numbers of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in mungo bean sprouts and on the development of the sprout microbiome. International Journal of Food Microbiology 232, 26–34.

Margot, M., Zwietering, M.H., Joosten, H., Stephan, R. (2016). Determination of single cell lag times of Cronobacter spp. strains exposed to different stress conditions: impact on detection. International Journal of Food Microbiology 236, 161–166.

Merz, A., Stephan, R., Johler, S. (2016). Staphylococcus aureus isolates from goat and sheep milk seem to be closely related and differ from isolates detected among bovine milk. Frontiers in Microbiology 7:319. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00319.

Müller, A., Stephan, R., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M. (2016). Distribution of virulence factors in ESBL-producing Escherichia coli isolated from the environment, livestock, food and humans. Science of the Total Environment 541, 667-672.

Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Heini, N., Zurfluh, K., Althaus, D., Hächler, H., Stephan, R. (2016). Antimicrobial resistance profiles and detection of plasmid-mediated ciprofloxacin, 3rd generation cephalosporin and azithromycin resistance determinants in clinical Shigella spp. isolated between 2004 and 2014. Emerging Infectious Diseases 22:1083-1085,http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2206.152088.

Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Stephan, R. (2016). Epidemiology of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in the human-livestock environment. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports 3,1-9.

Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Stephan, R. (2016). Fresh fruit and vegetables as vehicles of bacterial foodborne disease: A review and analysis of outbreaks registered by proMED-mail associated with fresh produce. Journal of Food Safety and Food Quality 67, 32-39.

Sarno, E., Fierz, L., Zweifel, C., Tasara, T., Stephan, R. (2016). Characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from tonsils of slaughtered fattening pigs in Switzerland. Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety 11, 19–23.

Sihto, H.M., Susilo, Y.B., Tasara, T., Rådström, P., Stephan, R., Schelin, J., Johler, S. (2016). Effect of sodium nitrite and regulatory mutations Δagr, ΔsarA, and ΔsigB on the mRNA and protein levels of staphylococcal enterotoxin D. Food Control 65, 37–45.

Sihto, H.M., Tasara, T., Stephan, R., Johler, S. (2016). Growth behavior and temporal enterotoxin D expression of Staphylococcus aureus strains under glucose and lactic acid stress. Food Control 62, 69-73.

Stoller, A., Stephan, R., Fricker-Feer, C., Lehner, A. (2016). Epidemiological investigation of a powdered infant formula product batch contaminated with Cronobacter in a Swiss infant formula production facility. Austin Food Sciences, 1(6): 1028.

Suppiger, A., Eshwar, A., Stephan, R., Kaever, V., Eberl, L., Lehner, A. (2016). The DSF type quorum sensing signalling system RpfF/R regulates diverse phenotypes in the opportunistic pathogen Cronobacter. Scientific Reports 6, 18753; doi: 10.1038/srep18753.

Tasara, T., Klumpp, J., Bille, J., Stephan, R. (2016). Genome Sequences of Listeria monocytogenes strains responsible for the cheese and cooked ham product associated Swiss listeriosis outbreaks in 2005 and 2011. Genome Announcements 10;4(2). pii: e00106-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00106-16.

Wang, J., Gibbons, J., McGrath, K., Bai, L. Li, F., Leonard, N., Stephan, R., Fanning, S. (2016). Molecular characterization of blaESBL-producing Escherichia coli cultured from pig farms in Ireland. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 71, 3062-3065.

Wang, J., Hurley, D., McGrath, K., Bai, L., Hächler, H., Stephan, R., Fanning, S. (2016). Draft genome sequence of Escherichia coli 26R 793, a plasmid-free recipient strain commonly used in conjugation assays. Genome Announcements 20;4(5). pii: e00707-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00707-16.

Weber, S.E., Lippuner, C., Corti, S., Deplazes, P., Hässig, M. (2016). Klinische Epidemiologie der Kälber-Cryptosporidiose. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde 158, 341-350.

Zogg, A.L., Zurfluh, K., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Stephan, R. (2016). Characteristics of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae and Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from Swiss and imported raw poultry meat collected at retail level. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde 158, 451–456.

Zurfluh, K., Hächler, H., Stephan, R., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M. (2016). Long-term shedding of CTX-M-15 producing E. coli B2:ST127 by a healthy asymptomatic carrier. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 48, 466. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.08.004.

Zurfluh, K., Hindermann, D., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Poirel, L., Nordmann, P., Stephan, R. (2016). Occurrence and features of chromosomally encoded carbapenemases in Gram-negative bacteria in farm animals sampled at slaughterhouse level. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde 158, 457–460.

Zurfluh, K., Kieffer, N., Poirel, L., Nordmann, P., Stephan, R. (2016). Features of the mcr-1 cassette related to colistin resistance. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 60:6438–6439. doi:10.1128/AAC.01519-16

Zurfluh, K., Klumpp, J., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Stephan, R. (2016). Full-length nucleotide sequences of mcr-1 harboring plasmids isolated from extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)- producing Escherichia coli of different origins. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 60, 5589-5591.

Zurfluh, K., Poirel, L., Nordmann, P., Nüesch-Inderbinen, M., Hächler, H., Stephan, R. (2016). Occurrence of the plasmid-borne mcr-1 colistin resistance gene in ESBL-producing Enterobacteriacae in river water and imported vegetable samples in Switzerland. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 60, 2594 –2595. doi:10.1128/AAC.00066-16.

Zurfluh, K., Tasara, T., Poirel, L., Nordmann, P., Stephan, R. (2016). Draft genome sequence of Escherichia coli S51, a chicken isolate harboring a chromosomally-encoded mcr-1 gene. Genome Announcements 4:e00796-16; doi:10.1128/genomeA.00796-16.

Zurfluh, K., Tasara, T. Stephan, R. (2016). Full genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-15KW01, an uropathogenic E. coli B2:ST127 isolate harboring a chromosomally-encoded bla_CTX-M-15 gene. Genome Announcements 4:e00927-16; doi:10.1128/genomeA.00927-16.

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Baumgart, J. Becker, B., Stephan, R. Mikrobiologische Untersuchung von Lebensmitteln – Ein Leitfaden für das Studium – Behr’s Verlag, 6. Auflage 2016, ISBN 978-3-95468-333-8

Baumgart, J. Stephan, R. Lebensmittel mit geringer Wasseraktivität in: Mikrobiologische Untersuchung von Lebensmitteln, Hrsg. Baumgart, Becker, Stephan, Behr’s Verlag ISBN: 978-3-86022-160-0.

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Eshwar, A.K. (2016). Studying pathogen-host interactions and pathogenesis in Cronobacter and Listeria infections using in vitro and in vivo infection models. (PhD, UZH)

Heller, O. (2016). The effect of the administration of three different antimicrobial premix formulations via the liquid feeding system on the occurrence of Enterobacteriaeceae resistant to tetracycline in the liquid feed for pigs. (Dr. med. vet.)

Hunziker, S. (2016). Untersuchungen zur mikrobiologischen Qualität von erhitzten Lebensmitteln aus Bataillonsküchen der Schweizer Armee. (Dr. med. vet.)

Merz, A. (2016). Staphylococcus aureus isolates from goat and sheep milk seem to be closely related and differ from isolates detected among bovine milk. (Dr. med. vet.)

Margot, H. (2016). Improvement of methods for the detection of Gram-negative foodborne pathogens. (PhD, Wageningen University)

Sihto, H.M. (2016). Stress response in Staphylococcus aureus: regulatory mechanisms influencing enterotoxin gene expression under stress relevant to food production and preservation (DVM, PhD, Graduate School Bern)

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Johler, S. (2016). Minimizing the Risk of Staphylococcal Food Poisoning.