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Publications 2022

  1. Abou Fayad A, El Azzi M, Sleiman A, Kassem II, Bawazeer RA, Okdah L, Doumith M, Alghoribi MF, Matar GM. 2022. Acquired resistome and plasmid sequencing of mcr-1 carrying MDR Enterobacteriaceae from poultry and their relationship to STs associated with humans. JAC Antimicrob Resist. 4(1):dlab198. doi: 10.1093/jacamr/dlab198 

  2. Al Mana H, Johar AA, Kassem II, Eltai NO. 2022. Transmissibility and persistence of the plasmid-borne mobile colistin resistance gene, mcr-1, harbored in poultry-associated E. coli. Antibiotics (Basel). 11(6):774. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11060774. PMID: 35740180; PMCID: PMC9220209.

  3. Arellano S, Zhu L, Dev Kumar G, Law B, Friedman M, Ravishankar S. 2022. Essential oil microemulsions inactivate antibiotic-resistant bacteria on iceberg lettuce during 28-day storage at 4 °C. Molecules. 27(19):6699. doi: 10.3390/molecules27196699. PMID: 36235235; PMCID: PMC9570928. 

  4. Cannon JL, Park GW, Anderson B, Leone C, Chao M, Vinjé J, Fraser AM. 2022. Hygienic monitoring in long-term care facilities using ATP, crAssphage, and human noroviruses to direct environmental surface cleaning. Am J Infect Control. 2022 Mar;50(3):289-294. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.11.014. PMID: 35184878; PMCID: PMC8903150. 

  5. Chung MY, Kim H, Beuchat LR, Ryu JH. 2022. Antimicrobial activities of plant essential oil vapours against Acidovorax citrulli and Xanthomonas campestris on Cucurbitaceae, Brassicaceae and Solanaceae seeds. J Appl Microbiol. 132(3):2189-2202. doi: 10.1111/jam.15352. Epub 2021 Nov 9. PMID: 34724307. 

  6. Chick, M, Lourenco A. Maserati A, Fink RC, Diez-Gonzalez F. 2022. Thermal death kinetics of three representative Salmonella enterica strains in toasted oats cereal. Microorgan., 10, 1570. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10081570. 

  7. Dabbousi AA, Dabboussi F, Hamze M, Osman M, Kassem II. 2022. The emergence and dissemination of multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Lebanon: current status and challenges during the economic crisis. Antibiotics (Basel). 11(5):687. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11050687. PMID: 35625331; PMCID: PMC9137902. 

  8. Esseili MA. 2022. Great escape: how infectious SARS-CoV-2 avoids inactivation by gastric acidity and intestinal bile. Gut. gutjnl-2021-326624. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2021-326624. 

  9. Esseili, MA, Mann A, Narwankar R, Kassem II, Diez-Gonzalez F, Hogan J. 2022. SARS-CoV-2 remains infectious for at least a month on artificially-contaminated frozen berries. Food Microbiol. 107:104084. doi: 10.1016/j.fm.2022.104084. 

  10. Fu Y, M'ikanatha NM, Lorch JM, Blehert DS, Berlowski-Zier B, Whitehouse CA, Li S, Deng X, Smith JC, Shariat NW, Nawrocki EM, Dudley EG. 2022. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium from wild birds in the United States represent distinct lineages defined by bird type. Appl Environ Microbiol. AEM0197921. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01979-21. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35108089. 

  11. Halimeh FB, Rafei R, Diene SM, Osman M, Kassem II, Jamal Akoum R, Moudani W, Hamze M, Rolain JM. 2022. Genome sequence of a multidrug-resistant Campylobacter coli strain isolated from a newborn with severe diarrhea in Lebanon. Folia Microbiol (Praha). doi: 10.1007/s12223-021-00921-w. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34997523. 

  12. Hassan J, Esseili MA, Mann D, Osman M, Li S, Deng X, Kassem II. 2022. Draft genome sequences of antibiotic-resistant Serratia sp. strains isolated from raw sewage and sediment sludge in Georgia, USA. Microbiol Resour Announc.11(12):e0096522. doi: 10.1128/mra.00965-22. Epub 2022 Nov 16. PMID: 36383023; PMCID: PMC9753650. 

  13. Hassan J, Mann D, Li S, Deng X, Kassem II. 2022. First report of the mobile colistin resistance gene, mcr-9.1, in Morganella morganii isolated from sewage in Georgia, USA. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 9:S2213-7165(21)00267-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2021.11.013. 

  14. He Y, Xu T, Li S, Mann DA, Britton B, Oliver HF, den Bakker HC, Deng X. 2022. Integrative assessment of reduced Listeria monocytogenes susceptibility to benzalkonium chloride in produce processing environments. Appl Environ Microbiol. 13:e0126922. doi: 10.1128/aem.01269-22.  

  15. Hudson LK, Chaggar HK, Schamp CN, Claxton ML, Bryan DW, Peters TL, Song Y, Carlin CR, den Bakker HC, Denes TG. 2022. Phenotypic characterization and analysis of complete genomes of two distinct strains of the proposed species "L. swaminathanii". Sci Rep. 12(1):9137. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-13119-y. PMID: 35650389; PMCID: PMC9159981. 

  16. Kassem II, Assi A, Osman M, Mann D, Li S, Deng X. 2022. First Report of the Detection of the Plasmid-Borne Colistin Resistance Gene, mcr-1.26, in Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Isolated from a Domesticated Pigeon. Microb Drug Resist. 28:821-823. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2021.0359.  

  17. Kassem II, Hassan J, Esseili MA, Mann D, Osman M, Li S, Deng X. 2022. Draft genome sequences of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from river water. Microbiol Resour Announc. e0082722. doi: 10.1128/mra.00827-22. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36222705. 

  18. Kassem II, Osman M. 2022. A brewing storm: the impact of economic collapse on the access to antimicrobials in Lebanon. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 313-315. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2022.04.023. Epub 2022 May 2. PMID: 35513228. 

  19. Kassem II, Osman M, Jaafar H, El Omari K. 2022. Refugee settlements, sewage pollution, COVID-19 and the unfolding cholera outbreak in Lebanon. J Travel Med. 29(8):taac142. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taac142. PMID: 36434781. 

  20. Khoder M, Rafei R, Osman M, Kassem II, Shahin A, Hamze M, Rolain JM. 2022. Emergence of a Neisseria flavescens clinical strain with a high level of third-generation cephalosporins resistance in Lebanon. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 103(1):115660. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2022.115660. Epub 2022 Feb 23. PMID: 35306445. 

  21. Li, X., W. Yeom, H. Kim, L. R. Beuchat, and J.-H. Ryu. 2022. Antimicrobial activities of a combination of gaseous chlorine dioxide and heat against Xanthomonas campestris and Salmonella enterica on cabbage, chili pepper, and radish seeds. Food Control. 138. doi 10.1016/foodcont.2022.108982.

  22. Oguadinma IC, Mishra A, Dev Kumar G. 2022. Sunlight parameters influence the survival and decline of Salmonella and Escherichia coli in water. J Food Prot. 85(11):1614-1624. doi: 10.4315/JFP-22-042. 

  23. Oguadinma IC, Mishra A, Juneja VK, Dev Kumar G. 2022. Antibiotic resistance influences growth rates and cross-tolerance to lactic acid in Escherichia coli O157:H7 H1730. Foodborne Pathog Dis. doi: 10.1089/fpd.2022.0009. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35856661. 

  24. Oh, J., H. Kim, L. R. Beuchat, and J.-H. Ryu. 2021. Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus on a laboratory medium and black peppercorns by individual and combinations of essential oil vapors. Food Control. 137. doi 10.1016/foodcont.2021.108847.

  25. Osman M, Cummings KJ, El Omari K, Kassem II. Catch-22: War, Refugees, COVID-19, and the scourge of antimicrobial resistance. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Jun 24;9:921921. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.921921. PMID: 35814789; PMCID: PMC9263824. 

  26. Osman M, Kasir D, Rafei R, Kassem II, Ismail MB, El Omari K, Dabboussi F, Cazer C, Papon N, Bouchara JP, Hamze M. 2022. Trends in the epidemiology of dermatophytosis in the Middle East and North Africa region. Int J Dermatol. 61(8):935-968. doi: 10.1111/ijd.15967. Epub 2021 Nov 12. PMID: 34766622. 

  27. Ozen E, Kumar GD, Mishra A, Singh RK. 2022. Inactivation of Escherichia coli in apple cider using atmospheric cold plasma. Int J Food Microbiol. 382:109913. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2022.109913. 

  28. Reed A, Olszewska MA, Mann A, Novoa Rama E, Thippareddi H, Singh M, den Bakker HC. 2022. Draft genome sequences of two lactobacillus johnsonii and three Ligilactobacillus salivarius strains isolated from intestinal microbiomes of chickens. Microbiol Resour Announc. 11(2):e0092521. doi: 10.1128/mra.00925-21. Epub 2022 Feb 3. PMID: 35112897; PMCID: PMC8812308. 

  29. van der Putten BCL, Mendes CI, Talbot BM, de Korne-Elenbaas J, Mamede R, Vila-Cerqueira P, Coelho LP, Gulvik CA, Katz LS. 2022. The Asm Ngs Hackathon participants. software testing in microbial bioinformatics: a call to action. Microb Genom. 8(3). doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000790. PMID: 35259087. 

  30. Xian Z, Li S, Mann DA, Huang Y, Xu F, Wu X, Tang S, Zhang G, Stevenson A, Ge C, Deng X. 2022. Subtyping evaluation of Salmonella Enteritidis using single nucleotide polymorphism and core genome multilocus sequence typing with nanopore reads. Appl Environ Microbiol. 88(15):e0078522. doi: 10.1128/aem.00785-22. Epub 2022 Jul 12. PMID: 35867567; PMCID: PMC9361833. 

  31. Xu X, Rothrock MJ Jr, Reeves J, Dev Kumar G, Mishra A. 2022. Comparison between LASSO and RT methods for prediction of generic E. coli concentration in pastured poultry farms. Food Res Int.161:111860. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2022.111860. Epub 2022 Aug 25. PMID: 36192982. 

  32. Xu X, Rothrock MJ Jr, Reeves J, Kumar GD, Mishra A. 2022. Using E. coli population to predict foodborne pathogens in pastured poultry farms. Food Microbiol. 108:104092. doi: 10.1016/j.fm.2022.104092. Epub 2022 Jul 14. PMID: 36088123. 

  33. Yang B, Dev Kumar G, Mis Solval K. 2022. Evaluation of low-cost smartphone-based infrared cameras to assess the cooling and refrigerated storage temperatures of fresh produce. Foods. 11(21):3440. doi: 10.3390/foods11213440. PMID: 36360053; PMCID: PMC9657662. 

  34. Yoon JY, Yeom W, Kim H, Beuchat LR, Ryu JH. 2022. Effects of temperature, pH and sodium chloride on antimicrobial activity of magnesium oxide nanoparticles against E. coli O157:H7. J Appl Microbiol. doi: 10.1111/jam.15719. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35894203.