Sophia Kathariou

Kirchner, M., Miller, W. G., Osborne, J. A., Badgley, B., Neidermeyer, J., & Kathariou, S. (2023). Campylobacter Colonization and Diversity in Young Turkeys in the Context of Gastrointestinal Distress and Antimicrobial Treatment. MICROORGANISMS, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11020252

Lee, S., Parsons, C., Chen, Y., Dungan, R. S. S., & Kathariou, S. (2023, February 2). Contrasting Genetic Diversity of Listeria Pathogenicity Islands 3 and 4 Harbored by Nonpathogenic Listeria spp. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02097-22

Brown, P., Chen, Y., Ivanova, M., Leekitcharoenphon, P., Parsons, C., Niedermeyer, J., … Kathariou, S. (2023, June 5). Draft Genome Sequences of 158 Listeria monocytogenes Strains Isolated from Black Bears (Ursus americanus) in the United States. MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS, Vol. 6. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00248-23

Brown, P., Kanenaka, R., Chen, Y., Ivanova, M., Leekitcharoenphon, P., Elhanafi, D., & Kathariou, S. (2023, May 22). Draft Genome Sequences of Closely Related Listeria monocytogenes Lineage III Strains Isolated from a Food Processing Environment and a Case of Human Listeriosis. MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS, Vol. 5. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00250-23

Lee, S., Tham, W., Danielsson-Tham, M.-L., Lopez-Valladares, G., Chen, Y., Brown, P., & Kathariou, S. (2023, July 10). Draft Genome Sequences of Heavy Metal-Resistant Listeria monocytogenes Strains of Sequence Type 14 (Clonal Complex 14) from Human Listeriosis Cases in Sweden. MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS, Vol. 7. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00406-23

Brown, P., Lee, S., Elhanafi, D., Tham, W., Danielsson-Tham, M.-L., Lopez-Valladares, G., … Kathariou, S. (2023). Investigation of a Listeria monocytogenes Chromosomal Immigration Control Region Reveals Diverse Restriction Modification Systems with Complete Sequence Type Conservation. MICROORGANISMS, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11030699

Shah, U., Wang, Q., Kathariou, S., & Salvi, D. (2023). Optimization of Plasma-activated Water and Validation of a Potential Surrogate for Salmonella for Future Egg Washing Processes. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION, 86(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfp.2022.100029

Lu, Z., Marchant, J., Thompson, S., Melgarejo, H., Ignatova, D., Damaj, R., … Kathariou, S. (2022). Bacteriophages Isolated From Turkeys Infecting Diverse Salmonella Serovars. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.933751

Hanafy, Z., Osborne, J. A., Miller, W. G., Parker, C. T., Olson, J. W., Jackson, J. H., & Kathariou, S. (2022). Differences in the Propensity of Different Antimicrobial Resistance Determinants to Be Disseminated via Transformation in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. MICROORGANISMS, 10(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10061194

Fan, S., Foster, D., Zhao, S., Mukherjee, S., Shrestha, Y., Parsons, C., & Kathariou, S. (2022). Genomic Analysis Reveals That Isolation Temperature on Selective Media Introduces Genetic Variation in Campylobacter jejuni from Bovine Feces. PATHOGENS, 11(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11060678

Brown, P., Kucerova, Z., Gorski, L., Chen, Y., Ivanova, M., Leekitcharoenphon, P., … Kathariou, S. (2022, December 6). Horizontal Gene Transfer and Loss of Serotype-Specific Genes in Listeria monocytogenes Can Lead to Incorrect Serotype Designations with a Commonly-Employed Molecular Serotyping Scheme (K. Chousalkar, Ed.). MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM, Vol. 12. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02745-22

Jayeola, V., Farber, J. M., & Kathariou, S. (2022). Induction of the Viable-but-Nonculturable State in Salmonella Contaminating Dried Fruit. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 88(2). https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01733-21

Dong, X., Wang, P., Rodriguez, C. E., Tang, Y., Kathariou, S., Sun, Y.-P., & Yang, L. (2022, June 29). Photoactivated carbon dots inducing bacterial functional and molecular alterations. MATERIALS ADVANCES. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ma00403h

Burnett, E., Kucerova, Z., Freeman, M., Kathariou, S., Chen, J., & Smikle, M. (2022). Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals Multiple Subpopulations of Dominant and Persistent Lineage I Isolates of Listeria monocytogenes in Two Meat Processing Facilities during 2011-2015. MICROORGANISMS, 10(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10051070

Gorski, L., Walker, S., Romanolo, K. F., & Kathariou, S. (2021). Growth and Survival of Attached Listeria on Lettuce and Stainless Steel Varies by Strain and Surface Type. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION, 84(5), 903–911. https://doi.org/10.4315/JFP-20-434

Brown, P., Chen, Y., Siletzky, R., Parsons, C., Jaykus, L.-A., Eifert, J., … Kathariou, S. (2021). Harnessing Whole Genome Sequence Data for Facility-Specific Signatures for Listeria monocytogenes: A Case Study With Turkey Processing Plants in the United States. FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.742353

Lee, S., Parsons, C., Chen, Y., Hanafy, Z., Brown, E., & Kathariou, S. (2021). Identification and Characterization of a Novel Genomic Island Harboring Cadmium and Arsenic Resistance Genes in Listeria welshimeri. BIOMOLECULES, 11(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11040560

Fan, S., Foster, D., Miller, W. G., Osborne, J., & Kathariou, S. (2021). Impact of Ceftiofur Administration in Steers on the Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Campylobacter spp. MICROORGANISMS, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9020318

Harris, A. R., Fidan, E. N., Nelson, N. G., Emanuel, R. E., Jass, T., Kathariou, S., … Stewart, J. R. (2021). Microbial Contamination in Environmental Waters of Rural and Agriculturally-Dominated Landscapes Following Hurricane Florence. ACS ES&T WATER, 1(9), 2012–2019. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.1c00103

Parsons, C., Azizoglu, R., Elhanafi, D., & Kathariou, S. (2021). Mutant Construction and Integration Vector-Mediated Genetic Complementation in Listeria monocytogenes. LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES, 2 EDITION, Vol. 2220, pp. 177–185. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0982-8_14

Guernier-Cambert, V., Trachsel, J., Maki, J., Qi, J., Sylte, M. J., Hanafy, Z., … Looft, T. (2021). Natural Horizontal Gene Transfer of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Campylobacter spp. From Turkeys and Swine. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.732969

Dong, X., Wang, P., Darby, J. P., Tang, Y., Overton, C. M., Kathariou, S., … Yang, L. (2021). Photoactivated Carbon Dots for Inactivation of Foodborne Pathogens Listeria and Salmonella. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 87(23). https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01042-21

Lopez-Perez, W., Sai, K., Sakamachi, Y., Parsons, C., Kathariou, S., & Ninomiya-Tsuji, J. (2021). TAK1 inhibition elicits mitochondrial ROS to block intracellular bacterial colonization. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 118(25). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023647118

Parsons, C., Brown, P., & Kathariou, S. (2021). (P. Brown, Ed.) [Review of Use of Bacteriophage Amended with CRISPR-Cas Systems to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance in the Bacterial Foodborne Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes]. ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10030308

Brown, P., Chen, Y., Parsons, C., Brown, E., Loessner, M. J., Shen, Y., & Kathariou, S. (2021). Whole Genome Sequence Analysis of Phage-Resistant Listeria monocytogenes Serotype 1/2a Strains from Turkey Processing Plants. PATHOGENS, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10020199

Parsons, C., Lee, S., & Kathariou, S. (2020). [Review of Dissemination and conservation of cadmium and arsenic resistance determinants in Listeria and other Gram-positive bacteria]. MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY, 113(3), 560–569. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.14470

Jayeola, V., McClelland, M., Porwollik, S., Chu, W., Farber, J., & Kathariou, S. (2020). Identification of Novel Genes Mediating Survival ofSalmonellaon Low-Moisture Foods via Transposon Sequencing Analysis. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00726

Parsons, C., Niedermeyer, J., Gould, N., Brown, P., Strules, J., Parsons, A. W., … Kathariou, S. (2020). Listeria monocytogenes
            at the human–wildlife interface: black bears (
            Ursus americanus
            ) as potential vehicles for
            Listeria. Microbial Biotechnology, 13(3), 706–721. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13509

Dong, X., Ge, L., Abu Rabe, D. I., Mohammed, O. O., Wang, P., Tang, Y., … Sun, Y.-P. (2020). Photoexcited state properties and antibacterial activities of carbon dots relevant to mechanistic features and implications. CARBON, 170, 137–145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2020.08.025

Foster, D. M., Jacob, M. E., Farmer, K. A., Callahan, B. J., Theriot, C. M., Kathariou, S., … Papich, M. G. (2019). Ceftiofur formulation differentially affects the intestinal drug concentration, resistance of fecal Escherichia coli, and the microbiome of steers. PLOS ONE, 14(10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223378

Parsons, C., Chen, Y., Niedermeyer, J., Hernandez, K., & Kathariou, S. (2019). Draft Genome Sequence of Multidrug-Resistant Listeria innocua Strain UAM003-1A, Isolated from a Wild Black Bear (Ursus americanus). MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS, 8(47). https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01281-19

Rahimi, S., Kathariou, S., Fletcher, O., & Grimes, J. L. (2019). Effect of a direct-fed microbial and prebiotic on performance and intestinal histomorophology of turkey poults challenged with Salmonella and Campylobacter. POULTRY SCIENCE, 98(12), 6572–6578. https://doi.org/10.3382/ps/pez436

Parsons, C., Lee, S., & Kathariou, S. (2019). [Review of Heavy Metal Resistance Determinants of the Foodborne Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes]. GENES, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10010011

Sai, K., Parsons, C., House, J. S., Kathariou, S., & Ninomiya-Tsuji, J. (2019). Necroptosis mediators RIPK3 and MLKL suppress intracellular Listeria replication independently of host cell killing. JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, 218(6), 1994–2005. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201810014

Parsons, C., Jahanafroozi, M., & Kathariou, S. (2019). Requirement of lmo1930, a Gene in the Menaquinone Biosynthesis Operon, for Esculin Hydrolysis and Lithium Chloride Tolerance in Listeria monocytogenes. MICROORGANISMS, 7(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7110539

Good, L., Miller, W. G., Niedermeyer, J., Osborne, J., Siletzky, R. M., Carver, D., & Kathariou, S. (2019). Strain-Specific Differences in Survival of Campylobacter spp. in Naturally Contaminated Turkey Feces and Water. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 85(22). https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01579-19

Musser, M. L., Berger, E. P., Parsons, C., Kathariou, S., & Johannes, C. M. (2019). Vaccine strain Listeria monocytogenes abscess in a dog: a case report. BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-019-2216-y

Jayeola, V., Parsons, C., Gorski, L., & Kathariou, S. (2019). Validation of an ampicillin selection protocol to enrich for mutants of Listeria monocytogenes unable to replicate on fresh produce. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS, 366(7). https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnz076

Bolinger, H. K., Zhang, Q., Miller, W. G., & Kathariou, S. (2018). Lack of Evidence for erm(B) Infiltration Into Erythromycin-Resistant Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni from Commercial Turkey Production in Eastern North Carolina: A Major Turkey-Growing Region in the United States. FOODBORNE PATHOGENS AND DISEASE, 15(11), 698–700. https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2018.2477

Lee, S., Chen, Y., Gorski, L., Ward, T. J., Osborne, J., & Kathariou, S. (2018). Listeria monocytogenes Source Distribution Analysis Indicates Regional Heterogeneity and Ecological Niche Preference among Serotype 4b Clones. MBIO, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00396-18

Haddad, N., Johnson, N., Kathariou, S., Metris, A., Phister, T., Pielaat, A., … Zwietering, M. H. (2018, December 20). Next generation microbiological risk assessment-Potential of omics data for hazard characterisation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY, Vol. 287, pp. 28–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2018.04.015

Rantsiou, K., Kathariou, S., Winkler, A., Skandamis, P., Saint-Cyr, M. J., Rouzeau-Szynalski, K., & Amezquita, A. (2018, December 20). Next generation microbiological risk assessment: opportunities of whole genome sequencing (WGS) for foodborne pathogen surveillance, source tracking and risk assessment. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY, Vol. 287, pp. 3–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.11.007

Niedermeyer, J. A., Ring, L., Miller, W. G., Genger, S., Lindsey, C. P., Osborne, J., & Kathariou, S. (2018). Proximity to Other Commercial Turkey Farms Affects Colonization Onset, Genotypes, and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Campylobacter spp. in Turkeys: Suggestive Evidence from a Paired-Farm Model. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 84(18). https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01212-18

Price, R., Parsons, C., & Kathariou, S. (2018). RNA Helicase Mediates Competitive Fitness of Listeria monocytogenes on the Surface of Cantaloupe. HORTICULTURAE, 4(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae4040040

Wolfe, B., Wiepz, G. J., Schotzko, M., Bondarenko, G. I., Durning, M., Simmons, H. A., … Golos, T. G. (2017). Acute Fetal Demise with First Trimester Maternal Infection Resulting from Listeria monocytogenes in a Nonhuman Primate Model. MBIO, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01938-16

Gkana, E. N., Giaouris, E. D., Doulgeraki, A. I., Kathariou, S., & Nychas, G.-J. E. (2017). Biofilm formation by Salmonella Typhimurium and Staphylococcus aureus on stainless steel under either mono- or dual-species multi-strain conditions and resistance of sessile communities to sub-lethal chemical disinfection. FOOD CONTROL, 73, 838–846. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.09.038

Dutta, V., Altermann, E., Crespo, M. D., Olson, J. W., Siletzky, R. M., & Kathariou, S. (2017). Identification of a Campylobacter coli methyltransferase targeting adenines at GATC sites. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 364(7). https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnw268

Parsons, C., Lee, S., Jayeola, V., & Kathariou, S. (2017). Novel Cadmium Resistance Determinant in Listeria monocytogenes. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 83(5). https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02580-16

Parsons, C., Costolo, B., Brown, P., & Kathariou, S. (2017). Penicillin-binding protein encoded by pbp4 is involved in mediating copper stress in Listeria monocytogenes. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS, 364(20). https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnx207

Lee, S., Ward, T. J., Jima, D. D., Parsons, C., & Kathariou, S. (2017). The Arsenic Resistance-Associated Listeria Genomic Island LGI2 Exhibits Sequence and Integration Site Diversity and a Propensity for Three Listeria monocytogenes Clones with Enhanced Virulence. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 83(21). https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01189-17

Bolinger, H., & Kathariou, S. (2017). [Review of The Current State of Macrolide Resistance in Campylobacter spp.: Trends and Impacts of Resistance Mechanisms]. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 83(12). https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00416-17

Garner, D., & Kathariou, S. (2016). [Review of Fresh Produce-Associated Listeriosis Outbreaks, Sources of Concern, Teachable Moments, and Insights]. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION, 79(2), 337–344. https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-15-387

Palerme, J.-S., Pan, P. C., Parsons, C. T., Kathariou, S., Ward, T. J., & Jacob, M. E. (2016). Isolation and characterization of atypical Listeria monocytogenes associated with a canine urinary tract infection. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 28(5), 604–607. https://doi.org/10.1177/1040638716661381

Pritchard, J. C., Jacob, M. E., Ward, T. J., Parsons, C. T., Kathariou, S., & Wood, M. W. (2016). Listeria monocytogenes septicemia in an immunocompromised dog. VETERINARY CLINICAL PATHOLOGY, 45(2), 254–259. https://doi.org/10.1111/vcp.12363

Crespo, M. D., Altermann, E., Olson, J., Miller, W. G., Chandrashekhar, K., & Kathariou, S. (2016). Novel plasmid conferring kanamycin and tetracycline resistance in the turkey-derived Campylobacter jejuni strain 11601MD. PLASMID, 86, 32–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plasmid.2016.06.001

Crespo, M. D., Kathariou, S., Grimes, J. L., Cox, N. A., Buhr, R. J., Frye, J. G., … Smith, D. P. (2016). Routes of transmission of Salmonella and Campylobacter in breeder turkeys. JOURNAL OF APPLIED POULTRY RESEARCH, 25(4), 591–609. https://doi.org/10.3382/japr/pfw035

Ebrahimi, H., Rahimi, S., Khaki, P., Grimes, J. L., & Kathariou, S. (2016). The effects of probiotics, organic acid, and a medicinal plant on the immune system and gastrointestinal microflora in broilers challenged with Campylobacter jejuni. TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES, 40(3), 329–336. https://doi.org/10.3906/vet-1502-68

DNA Methods in Food Safety: Molecular Typing of Foodborne and Waterborne Bacterial Pathogens. (2014). In DNA METHODS IN FOOD SAFETY: MOLECULAR TYPING OF FOODBORNE AND WATERBORNE BACTERIAL PATHOGENS (pp. 1–392). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118278666

Dutta, V., Elhanafi, D., Osborne, J., Martinez, M. R., & Kathariou, S. (2014). Genetic Characterization of Plasmid-Associated Triphenylmethane Reductase in Listeria monocytogenes. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 80(17), 5379–5385. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01398-14

Lee, S., Ward, T. J., Graves, L. M., Tarr, C. L., Siletzky, R. M., & Kathariou, S. (2014). Population Structure of Listeria monocytogenes Serotype 4b Isolates from Sporadic Human Listeriosis Cases in the United States from 2003 to 2008. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 80(12), 3632–3644. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00454-14

Artymovich, K., Kim, J.-S., Linz, J. E., Hall, D. F., Kelley, L. E., Kalbach, H. L., … Paschke, B. (2013). A "successful allele" at Campylobacter jejuni contingency locus Cj0170 regulates motility; "successful alleles" at locus Cj0045 are strongly associated with mouse colonization. FOOD MICROBIOLOGY, 34(2), 425–430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2013.01.007

Dutta, V., Elhanafi, D., & Kathariou, S. (2013). Conservation and Distribution of the Benzalkonium Chloride Resistance Cassette bcrABC in Listeria monocytogenes. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 79(19), 6067–6074. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01751-13

Lee, S., Rakic-Martinez, M., Graves, L. M., Ward, T. J., Siletzky, R. M., & Kathariou, S. (2013). Genetic Determinants for Cadmium and Arsenic Resistance among Listeria monocytogenes Serotype 4b Isolates from Sporadic Human Listeriosis Patients. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 79(7), 2471–2476. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.03551-12

Wassinger, A., Zhang, L., Tracy, E., Munson, R. S., Jr., Kathariou, S., & Wang, H. H. (2013). Role of a GntR-Family Response Regulator LbrA in Listeria monocytogenes Biofilm Formation. PLOS ONE, 8(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070448

Brul, S., Bassett, J., Cook, P., Kathariou, S., McClure, P., Jasti, P. R., & Betts, R. (2012). [Review of 'Omics' technologies in quantitative microbial risk assessment]. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 27(1), 12–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2012.04.004

Crespo, M. D., Olson, J. W., Altermann, E., Siletzky, R. M., & Kathariou, S. (2012). Chromosomal tet(O)-Harboring Regions in Campylobacter coli Isolates from Turkeys and Swine. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 78(23), 8488–8491. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02258-12

Katharios-Lanwermeyer, S., Rakic-Martinez, M., Elhanafi, D., Ratani, S., Tiedje, J. M., & Kathariou, S. (2012). Coselection of Cadmium and Benzalkonium Chloride Resistance in Conjugative Transfers from Nonpathogenic Listeria spp. to Other Listeriae. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 78(21), 7549–7556. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02245-12

Ratani, S. S., Siletzky, R. M., Dutta, V., Yildirim, S., Osborne, J. A., Lin, W., … Kathariou, S. (2012). Heavy Metal and Disinfectant Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes from Foods and Food Processing Plants. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 78(19), 6938–6945. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01553-12

Thanissery, R., Kathariou, S., Siletzky, R. M., & Smith, D. P. (2012). Microbiology of prechill carcasses from medium- and fast-growing pastured broiler chicken strains. JOURNAL OF APPLIED POULTRY RESEARCH, 21(3), 623–629. https://doi.org/10.3382/japr.2012-00548

Faith, N. G., Kim, J.-W., Azizoglu, R., Kathariou, S., & Czuprynski, C. (2012). Purine Biosynthesis Mutants (purA and purB) of Serotype 4b Listeria monocytogenes Are Severely Attenuated for Systemic Infection in Intragastrically Inoculated A/J Mice. FOODBORNE PATHOGENS AND DISEASE, 9(5), 480–486. https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2011.1013

Lee, S., Ward, T. J., Siletzky, R. M., & Kathariou, S. (2012). Two Novel Type II Restriction-Modification Systems Occupying Genomically Equivalent Locations on the Chromosomes of Listeria monocytogenes Strains. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 78(8), 2623–2630. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.07203-11

Vishnivetskaya, T. A., Lucas, S., Copeland, A., Lapidus, A., Rio, T. G., Dalin, E., … Tiedje, J. M. (2011). Complete Genome Sequence of the Thermophilic Bacterium Exiguobacterium sp AT1b. JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 193(11), 2880–2881. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00303-11

Rahimi, S., Kathariou, S., Grimes, J. L., & Siletzky, R. M. (2011). Effect of direct-fed microbials on performance and Clostridium perfringens colonization of turkey poults. POULTRY SCIENCE, 90(11), 2656–2662. https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.2011-01342

Pina Fratamico, Y. L., & Kathariou, S. (2011). Genomes of foodborne and waterborne pathogens. https://doi.org/10.1128/9781555816902

Rakic-Martinez, M., Drevets, D. A., Dutta, V., Katic, V., & Kathariou, S. (2011). Listeria monocytogenes Strains Selected on Ciprofloxacin or the Disinfectant Benzalkonium Chloride Exhibit Reduced Susceptibility to Ciprofloxacin, Gentamicin, Benzalkonium Chloride, and Other Toxic Compounds. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 77(24), 8714–8721. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.05941-11

Verghese, B., Lok, M., Wen, J., Alessandria, V., Chen, Y., Kathariou, S., & Knabel, S. (2011, July). comK Prophage Junction Fragments as Markers for Listeria monocytogenes Genotypes Unique to Individual Meat and Poultry Processing Plants and a Model for Rapid Niche-Specific Adaptation, Biofilm Formation, and Persistence (vol 77, pg 3279, 2011). APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, Vol. 77, pp. 5064–5064. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.05513-11

Verghese, B., Lok, M., Wen, J., Alessandria, V., Chen, Y., Kathariou, S., & Knabel, S. (2011). comK prophage junction fragments as markers for listeria monocytogenes genotypes unique to individual meat and poultry processing plants and a model for rapid niche-specific adaptation, biofilm formation, and persistence. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77(10), 3279–3292. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00546-11

Yildirim, S., Elhanafi, D., Lin, W., Hitchins, A. D., Siletzky, R. M., & Kathariou, S. (2010). Conservation of Genomic Localization and Sequence Content of Sau3AI-Like Restriction-Modification Gene Cassettes among Listeria monocytogenes Epidemic Clone I and Selected Strains of Serotype 1/2a. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 76(16), 5577–5584. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00648-10

Cheng, Y., Kim, J.-W., Lee, S., Siletzky, R. M., & Kathariou, S. (2010). DNA Probes for Unambiguous Identification of Listeria monocytogenes Epidemic Clone II Strains. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 76(9), 3061–3068. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.03064-09

Wright, S., Wilson, S., Miller, W. G., Mandrell, R. E., Siletzky, R. M., & Kathariou, S. (2010). Differences in Methylation at GATC Sites in Genomic DNA of Campylobacter coli from Turkeys and Swine. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 76(21), 7314–7317. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00934-10

Mullapudi, S., Siletzky, R. M., & Kathariou, S. (2010). Diverse Cadmium Resistance Determinants in Listeria monocytogenes Isolates from the Turkey Processing Plant Environment. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 76(2), 627–630. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01751-09

Elhanafi, D., Dutta, V., & Kathariou, S. (2010). Genetic Characterization of Plasmid-Associated Benzalkonium Chloride Resistance Determinants in a Listeria monocytogenes Strain from the 1998-1999 Outbreak. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 76(24), 8231–8238. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02056-10

Azizoglu, R. O., & Kathariou, S. (2010). Impact of Growth Temperature and Agar Versus Liquid Media on Freeze-Thaw Tolerance of Yersinia enterocolitica. FOODBORNE PATHOGENS AND DISEASE, 7(9), 1125–1128. https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2009.0526

Azizoglu, R. O., & Kathariou, S. (2010). Inactivation of a Cold-Induced Putative RNA Helicase Gene of Listeria monocytogenes Is Accompanied by Failure To Grow at Low Temperatures but Does Not Affect Freeze-Thaw Tolerance. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION, 73(8), 1474–1479. https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x-73.8.1474

Azizoglu, R. O., & Kathariou, S. (2010). Temperature-Dependent Requirement for Catalase in Aerobic Growth of Listeria monocytogenes F2365. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 76(21), 6998–7003. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01223-10

Gu, W., Siletzky, R. M., Wright, S., Islam, M., & Kathariou, S. (2009). Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles and Strain Type Diversity of Campylobacter jejuni Isolates from Turkeys in Eastern North Carolina. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 75(2), 474–482. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02012-08

Pan, Y. W., Breidt, F., & Kathariou, S. (2009). Competition of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 1/2a and 4b strains in mixed-culture biofilms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75(18), 5846–5852. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00816-09

Sperry, K. E. V., Kathariou, S., Edwards, J. S., & Wolf, L. A. (2009, June). Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis as a Tool for Subtyping Listeria monocytogenes Strains (vol 46, pg 1435, 2008). JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, Vol. 47, pp. 1984–1984. https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00730-09

Azizoglu, R. O., Osborne, J., Wilson, S., & Kathariou, S. (2009). Role of Growth Temperature in Freeze-Thaw Tolerance of Listeria spp. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 75(16), 5315–5320. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00458-09

Kim, J.-W., & Kathariou, S. (2009). Temperature-Dependent Phage Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes Epidemic Clone II. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 75(8), 2433–2438. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02480-08

Vishnivetskaya, T. A., Kathariou, S., & Tiedje, J. M. (2009). The Exiguobacterium genus: biodiversity and biogeography. EXTREMOPHILES, 13(3), 541–555. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-009-0243-5

Faith, N., Kathariou, S., Cheng, Y., Promadej, N., Neudeck, B. L., Zhang, Q., … Czuprynski, C. (2009). The Role of L-monocytogenes Serotype 4b gtcA in Gastrointestinal Listeriosis in A/J Mice. FOODBORNE PATHOGENS AND DISEASE, 6(1), 39–48. https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2008.0154

Kim, J.-S., Kim, J.-W., & Kathariou, S. (2008). Differential effects of temperature on natural transformation to erythromycin and nalidixic acid resistance in Campylobacter coli. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 74(19), 6121–6125. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01075-08

Chan, K., Elhanafi, D., & Kathariou, S. (2008). Genomic evidence for interspecies acquisition of chromosomal DNA from Campylobacter jejuni by Campylobacter coli strains of a turkey-associated clonal group (cluster II). FOODBORNE PATHOGENS AND DISEASE, 5(4), 387–398. https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2008.0113

Mullapudi, S., Siletzky, R. M., & Kathariou, S. (2008). Heavy-metal and benzalkonium chloride resistance of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from the environment of turkey-processing plants. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 74(5), 1464–1468. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02426-07

Kim, J.-W., Siletzky, R. M., & Kathariou, S. (2008). Host Ranges of Listeria-Specific Bacteriophages from the Turkey Processing Plant Environment in the United States. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 74(21), 6623–6630. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01282-08

Wright, S. L., Carver, D. K., Siletzky, R. M., Romine, S., Morrow, W. E. M., & Kathariou, S. (2008). Longitudinal study of prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli from turkeys and swine grown in close proximity. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION, 71(9), 1791–1796. https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X-71.9.1791

Sperry, K. E. V., Kathariou, S., Edwards, J. S., & Wolf, L. A. (2008). Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis as a tool for subtyping Listeria monocytogenes strains. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 46(4), 1435–1450. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02207-07

Cheng, Y., Promadej, N., Kim, J.-W., & Kathariou, S. (2008). Teichoic acid glycosylation mediated by gtcA is required for phage adsorption and susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 74(5), 1653–1655. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01773-07

Faith, N. G., Kathariou, S., Neudeck, B. L., Luchansky, J. B., & Czuprynski, C. J. (2007). A P60 mutant of Listeria monocytogenes is impaired in its ability to cause infection in intragastrically inoculated mice. MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS, 42(5-6), 237–241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2007.01.004

Cheng, Y., Yue, L., Elhanafi, D., & Kathariou, S. (2007). Absence of serotype-specific surface antigen in laboratory variants of epidemic-associated Listeria monocytogenes strains. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 73(19), 6313–6316. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00473-07

D'lima, C. B., Miller, W. G., Mandrell, R. E., Wright, S. L., Siletzky, R. M., Carver, D. K., & Kathariou, S. (2007). Clonal population structure and specific genotypes of multidrug-resistant Campylobacter coli from turkeys. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 73(7), 2156–2164. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02346-06

Vishnivetskaya, T. A., Siletzky, R., Jefferies, N., Tiedje, J. M., & Kathariou, S. (2007). Effect of low temperature and culture media on the growth and freeze-thawing tolerance of Exiguobacterium strains. CRYOBIOLOGY, 54(2), 234–240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2007.01.008

Bazaco, M. C., Eifert, J. D., Williams, R. C., & Kathariou, S. (2007). Quantitative recovery of Listeria monocytogenes and select Salmonella serotypes from environmental sample media. Journal of AOAC International, 90(1), 250–257.

Chan, K., Miller, W. G., Mandrell, R. E., & Kathariou, S. (2007). The absence of intervening sequences in 23S rRNA genes of Campylobacter coli isolates from turkeys is a unique attribute of a cluster of related strains which also lack resistance to erythromycin. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 73(4), 1208–1214. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01995-06

Gharst, G., Hanson, D., & Kathariou, S. (2006). Effect of direct culture versus selective enrichment on the isolation of thermophilic Campylobacter from feces of mature cattle at harvest. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION, 69(5), 1024–1027. https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X-69.5.1024

Miller, M. A., Englen, M. D., Kathariou, S., Wesley, I., Wang, G., Pittenger-Alley, L., … Mandrell, R. E. (2006). Identification of host-associated alleles by multilocus sequence typing of Campylobacter coli strains from food animals. Microbiology, 152(1), 245–255. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28348-0

Kim, J. S., Carver, D. K., & Kathariou, S. (2006). Natural transformation-mediated transfer of erythromycin resistance in Campylobacter coli strains from turkeys and swine. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 72(2), 1316–1321. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.72.2.1316-1321.2006

Qiu, Y., Kathariou, S., & Lubman, D. M. (2006). Proteomic analysis of cold adaptation in a Siberian permafrost bacterium - Exiguobacterium sibiricum 255-15 by two-dimensional liquid separation coupled with mass spectrometry. PROTEOMICS, 6(19), 5221–5233. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmic.200600071

Pan, Y., Breidt, F., Jr., & Kathariou, S. (2006). Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes biofilms to sanitizing agents in a simulated food processing environment. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 72(12), 7711–7717. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01065-06

Reina, L. D., Breidt, F., Fleming, H. P., & Kathariou, S. (2005). Isolation and selection of lactic acid bacteria as biocontrol agents for nonacidified, refrigerated pickles. JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE, 70(1), M7–M11. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.2005.tb09050.x

Eifert, J. D., Curtis, P. A., Bazaco, M. C., Meinersmann, R. J., Berrang, M. E., Kernodle, S., … Kathariou, S. (2005). Molecular characterization of Listeria monocytogenes of the serotype 4b complex (4b, 4d, 4e) from two turkey processing plants. FOODBORNE PATHOGENS AND DISEASE, 2(3), 192–200. https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2005.2.192

Vishnivetskaya, T. A., & Kathariou, S. (2005). Putative transposases conserved in Exiguobacterium isolates from ancient Siberian permafrost and from contemporary surface habitats. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 71(11), 6954–6962. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.71.11.6954-6962.2005

Lee, B. C., Reimers, N., Barnes, H. J., D'Lima, C., Carver, D., & Kathariou, S. (2005). Strain persistence and fluctuation of multiple-antibiotic resistant Campylobacter coli colonizing turkeys over successive production cycles. FOODBORNE PATHOGENS AND DISEASE, 2(1), 103–110. https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2005.2.103

Smith, K., Reimers, N., Barnes, H. J., Lee, B. C., Siletzky, R., & Kathariou, S. (2004). Campylobacter colonization of sibling turkey flocks reared under different management conditions. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION, 67(7), 1463–1468. https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X-67.7.1463

Keener, K. M., Bashor, M. P., Curtis, P. A., Sheldon, B. W., & Kathariou, S. (2004). [Review of Comprehensive review of Campylobacter and poultry processing]. COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND FOOD SAFETY, 3(2), 105–116. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-4337.2004.tb00060.x

Bashor, M. P., Curtis, P. A., Keener, K. M., Sheldon, B. W., Kathariou, S., & Osborne, J. A. (2004). Effects of carcass washers on Campylobacter contamination in large broiler processing plants. POULTRY SCIENCE, 83(7), 1232–1239. https://doi.org/10.1093/ps/83.7.1232

Yildirim, S., Lin, W., Hitchins, A. D., Jaykus, L. A., Altermann, E., Klaenhammer, T. R., & Kathariou, S. (2004). Epidemic clone I-specific genetic markers in strains of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b from foods. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 70(7), 4158–4164. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.70.7.4158-4164.2004

Yildirim, S., Lin, W., Hitchins, A. D., Jaykus, L. A., Altermann, E., Klaenhammer, T. R., & Kathariou, S. (2004, December). Epidemic clone I-specific genetic markers in strains of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b from foods (vol 70, pg 4158, 2004). APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, Vol. 70, pp. 7581–7581. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.70.12.7581.2004

Evans, M. R., Swaminathan, B., Graves, L. M., Altermann, E., Klaenhammer, T. R., Fink, R. C., … Kathariou, S. (2004). Genetic markers unique to Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b differentiate epidemic clone II (hot dog outbreak strains) from other lineages. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 70(4), 2383–2390. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.70.4.2383-2390.2004

Johnson, J., Jinneman, K., Stelma, G., Smith, B. G., Lye, D., Messer, J., … Hitchins, A. D. (2004). Natural atypical Listeria innocua strains with Listeria monocytogenes pathogenicity island 1 genes. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 70(7), 4256–4266. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.70.7.4256-4266.2004

Nelson, K. E., Fouts, D. E., Mongodin, E. F., Ravel, J., DeBoy, R. T., Kolonay, J. F., … Fraser, C. M. (2004). Whole genome comparisons of serotype 4b and 1/2a strains of the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes reveal new insights into the core genome components of this species. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 32(8), 2386–2395. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkh562

Li, G. J., & Kathariou, S. (2003). An improved cloning vector for construction of gene replacements in Listeria monocytogenes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 69(5), 3020–3023. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.69.5.3020-3023.2003

Kathariou, S. (2002). [Review of Listeria monocytogenes virulence and pathogenicity, a food safety perspective]. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION, 65(11), 1811–1829. https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X-65.11.1811

Tran, H. L., & Kathariou, S. (2002). Restriction fragment length polymorphisms detected with novel DNA probes differentiate among diverse lineages of serogroup 4 Listeria monocytogenes and identify four distinct lineages in serotype 4b. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 68(1), 59–64. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.68.1.59-64.2002

Lei, X. H., Fiedler, F., Lan, Z., & Kathariou, S. (2001). A novel serotype-specific gene cassette (gltA-gltB) is required for expression of teichoic acid-associated surface antigens in Listeria monocytogenes of serotype 4b. JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 183(4), 1133–1139. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.183.4.1133-1139.2001

Chan, K. F., Tran, H. L., Kanenaka, R. Y., & Kathariou, S. (2001). Survival of clinical and poultry-derived isolates of Campylobacter jejuni at a low temperature (4 degrees C). APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 67(9), 4186–4191. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.67.9.4186-4191.2001

Lan, Z., Fiedler, F., & Kathariou, S. (2000). A sheep in wolf's clothing: Listeria innocua strains with teichoic acid-associated surface antigens and genes characteristic of Listeria monocytogenes serogroup 4. JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 182(21), 6161–6168. https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.182.21.6161-6168.2000