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  1. Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Processing Conditions affecting Pathogen Reduction in Dry Fermented Sausages

    Article • Journal of Food Protection, March 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  2. Rifampicin Resistant Salmonella and Shiga–toxin producing Escherichia coli Exhibit Comparable Lactic Acid and Chlorine Stress Phenotypes to Wild-Type strains

    Article • Journal of Food Protection, February 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  3. Environmental Monitoring for Listeria Species in Controlled Atmosphere Apple Storage Facilities

    Article • Letters in Applied Microbiology, January 2026, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  4. Dynamics of Physiological Changes of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 on Romaine Lettuce During Pre-Processing Cold Storage, and Subsequent Effects on Virulence and Stress Tolerance

    Article • Applied Microbiology, May 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  5. Inoculum growth impacts Salmonella and Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli resilience on wheat grain

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2025, ASM Journals

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  6. Detection of Viable but Nonculturable E. coli Induced by Low-Level Antimicrobials Using AI-Enabled Hyperspectral Microscopy

    Article • Journal of Food Protection, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Jiyoon Yi

  7. Factors Affecting the Adhesion of Flour Particles to Stainless-steel Surfaces and Vacuum Dry-cleaning

    Article • Journal of Food Protection, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  8. Impact of Operational Parameters on Pathogen Lethality in Dry and Semi-dry Uncooked Fermented Sausages

    Article • Journal of Food Protection, October 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  9. A meta‐analysis of factors influencing the inactivation of Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 in leafy greens

    Article • Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, September 2024, Wiley

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  10. A review of conditions influencing fate of Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 in leafy greens

    Article • Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, September 2024, Wiley

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  11. Impact of Biotic and Abiotic Factors on Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella enterica, and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in Agricultural Soil Extracts

    Article • Microorganisms, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Jiyoon Yi

  12. Antimicrobial Solid Starch–Iodine Complex via Reactive Extrusion and Its Application in PLA-PBAT Blown Films

    Article • Polymers, May 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  13. Inactivation of Salmonella and Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli on soft wheat kernels using vacuum steam pasteurization

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  14. Fabrication methodologies for antimicrobial polypropylene surfaces with leachable and nonleachable antimicrobial agents

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, October 2023, Wiley

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  15. Fate of salmonella and shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli on wheat grain during tempering

    Article • Food Microbiology, May 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  16. Comparative Genomics of Listeria monocytogenes Isolates from Ruminant Listeriosis Cases in the Midwest United States

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, December 2022, ASM Journals

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  17. Sustainable and eco-friendly poly (Lactic acid)/cellulose nanocrystal nanocomposite films for the preservation of oxygen-sensitive food

    Article • Applied Food Research, December 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  18. Genome-Wide Association Study of Listeria monocytogenes Isolates Causing Three Different Clinical Outcomes

    Article • Microorganisms, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  19. Impact of Chlorinated Water on Pathogen Inactivation during Wheat Tempering and Resulting Flour Quality

    Article • Journal of Food Protection, August 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  20. Fate of Salmonella and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli on Wheat Grain

    Article • Journal of Food Protection, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  21. Spin coating method improved the performance characteristics of films obtained from poly(lactic acid) and cellulose nanocrystals

    Article • Sustainable Materials and Technologies, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  22. Vacuum steam treatment of soft wheat: Quality and reduction of Escherichia coli O121 and Salmonella Enteritidis PT30

    Article • Cereal Chemistry, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  23. Survival and thermal resistance among four Salmonella serovars inoculated onto flaxseeds

    Article • Food Microbiology, October 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  24. Effect of Vacuum Steam Treatment of Hard Red Spring Wheat on Flour Quality and Reduction of Escherichia coli O121 and Salmonella Enteritidis PT 30

    Article • Journal of Food Protection, May 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  25. Variation in growth and evaluation of cross‐protection in Listeria monocytogenes under salt and bile stress

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, February 2020, Wiley

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  26. Pre-Harvest Survival and Post-Harvest Chlorine Tolerance of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli on Lettuce

    Article • Toxins, November 2019, MDPI AG

    Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann, Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  27. Evidence of hypervirulence in Listeria monocytogenes clonal complex 14

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, November 2019, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  28. Salmonella enterica in Soils Amended with Heat-Treated Poultry Pellets Survived Longer than Bacteria in Unamended Soils and More Readily Transferred to and Persisted on Spinach

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  29. Survival and Growth of Wild-Type and rpoS-Deficient Salmonella Newport Strains in Soil Extracts Prepared with Heat-Treated Poultry Pellets

    Article • Journal of Food Protection, February 2019, International Association for Food Protection

    Dr. Manan Sharma, Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  30. Isolation of Bacterial RNA from Foods Inoculated with Pathogens

    Article • December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  31. Genomic and phenotypic diversity of Listeria monocytogenes clonal complexes associated with human listeriosis

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  32. Genetic characterization of Listeria monocytogenes from ruminant listeriosis from different geographical regions in the U.S.

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  33. Microbial and Chemical Shelf-Life of Vacuum Steam-Pasteurized Whole Flaxseed and Milled Flaxseed

    Article • Journal of Food Science, January 2018, Wiley

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  34. Comparison of immunomagnetic separation beads for detection of six non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serogroups in different matrices

    Article • Letters in Applied Microbiology, July 2017, Wiley

    Autumn Kraft, Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  35. Genetic and environmental factors influence Listeria monocytogenes nisin resistance

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, June 2017, Wiley

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  36. Efficacy of vacuum steam pasteurization for inactivation of Salmonella PT 30, Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Enterococcus faecium on low moisture foods

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  37. Application of a Nonlinear Model to Transcript Levels of Upregulated Stress Response Gene ibpA in Stationary-Phase Salmonella enterica Subjected to Sublethal Heat Stress

    Article • Journal of Food Protection, July 2016, International Association for Food Protection

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  38. Clonal Clustering Using 10-Gene Multilocus Sequence Typing Reveals an Association Between Genotype and Listeria monocytogenes Maximum Growth Rate in Defined Medium

    Article • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, December 2015, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann

  39. Determination of Evolutionary Relationships of Outbreak-Associated Listeria monocytogenes Strains of Serotypes 1/2a and 1/2b by Whole-Genome Sequencing

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Cheryl Tarr

  40. Adaptations during growth of Listeria monocytogenes on cold smoked salmon

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann

  41. VirR contributes to Listeria monocytogenes resistance to food antimicrobials

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann

  42. The Listeria monocytogenes strain 10403S BioCyc database

    Article • Database, March 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann

  43. Novel sequence types of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from cattle

    Article • Letters in Applied Microbiology, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  44. Optimization of combinations of bactericidal and bacteriostatic treatments to control Listeria monocytogenes on cold-smoked salmon

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Dr Matthew Stasiewicz, Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann

  45. Omics approaches in food safety: fulfilling the promise?

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, May 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann

  46. Contributions of σB and PrfA to Listeria monocytogenes salt stress under food relevant conditions

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, May 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann

  47. Molecular Subtyping, Source Tracking, and Food Safety

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  48. Molecular Evolution of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli and Application to Epidemiology

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Shannon Manning, Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  49. Efficacy of different antimicrobials on inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes growth in laboratory medium and on cold-smoked salmon

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, August 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Dr Matthew Stasiewicz, Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann

  50. Prior salt stress increases subsequent nisin resistance in Listeria monocytogenes

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann

  51. Correction: Wiedmann, M., et al. Exploration of the Role of the Non-Coding RNA SbrE in L. monocytogenes Stress Response. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2013, 14, 378-393

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2013, MDPI AG

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann

  52. Exploration of the Role of the Non-Coding RNA SbrE in L. monocytogenes Stress Response

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, December 2012, MDPI AG

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann

  53. Effect of Curing Method and Freeze-Thawing on Subsequent Growth of Listeria monocytogenes on Cold-Smoked Salmon

    Article • Journal of Food Protection, September 2012, International Association for Food Protection

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann

  54. Listeria monocytogenes Shows Temperature-Dependent and -Independent Responses to Salt Stress, Including Responses That Induce Cross-Protection against Other Stresses

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2012, ASM Journals

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann

  55. The Transcriptional Response of Listeria monocytogenes during Adaptation to Growth on Lactate and Diacetate Includes Synergistic Changes That Increase Fermentative Acetoin Production

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Dr Matthew Stasiewicz, Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann

  56. A Small RNA Controls Expression of the Chitinase ChiA in Listeria monocytogenes

    Article • PLOS One, April 2011, PLOS

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann

  57. Variation in Listeria salt stress phenotypes

    Article • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, December 2010, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann

  58. Transcriptomic and Phenotypic Analyses Identify Coregulated, Overlapping Regulons among PrfA, CtsR, HrcA, and the Alternative Sigma Factors σB, σC, σH, and σLinListeria monocytogenes

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann

  59. Gene Expression Induced in Escherichia coli O157:H7 upon Exposure to Model Apple Juice

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  60. PrfA regulated virulence genes are modulated by the alternative sigma factor B

    Article • Infection and Immunity, March 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz, Martin Wiedmann Wiedmann

  61. Characterization of the Escherichia coli O157:H7 Sakai GadE Regulon

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, December 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  62. Recent Gene Conversions between Duplicated Glutamate Decarboxylase Genes (gadA and gadB) in Pathogenic Escherichia coli

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, July 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  63. Variation in acid resistance among enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli in a simulated gastric environment

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, February 2007, Wiley

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  64. Changes in gene expression of E. coli O157:H7 during growth in minimal medium

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  65. Variation in Acid Resistance among Shiga Toxin-Producing Clones of Pathogenic Escherichia coli

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2005, ASM Journals

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  66. Molecular Characterization of a Serotype O121:H19 Clone, a Distinct Shiga Toxin-Producing Clone of Pathogenic Escherichia coli

    Article • Infection and Immunity, December 2002, ASM Journals

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz

  67. EcMLST: an online database for multi locus sequence typing of pathogenic escherichia coli

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Teresa M Bergholz