List of works - Kathryn J Boor

A 100-Year Review: Microbiology and safety of milk handling

scientific article published in December 2017

A decade of improvement: New York State fluid milk quality

scientific article published on 03 October 2012

A small RNA controls expression of the chitinase ChiA in Listeria monocytogenes

scientific article

A standard bacterial isolate set for research on contemporary dairy spoilage

scientific article

Alternative sigma factors and their roles in bacterial virulence

scientific article

An advanced bioinformatics approach for analyzing RNA-seq data reveals sigma H-dependent regulation of competence genes in Listeria monocytogenes

scientific article published on 16 February 2016

Bacillus wiedmannii sp. nov., a psychrotolerant and cytotoxic Bacillus cereus group species isolated from dairy foods and dairy environments

scientific article

Bacterial stress responses: what doesn't kill them can make then stronger.

scientific article

Biofilm in milking equipment on a dairy farm as a potential source of bulk tank milk contamination with Listeria monocytogenes

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

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

scientific article published on 23 October 2015

Coliform detection in cheese is associated with specific cheese characteristics, but no association was found with pathogen detection

scientific article published on 8 June 2016

Comparative analysis of the sigma B-dependent stress responses in Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria innocua strains exposed to selected stress conditions

scientific article

Comparative genomic analysis of the sigB operon in Listeria monocytogenes and in other Gram-positive bacteria

scientific article published in January 2004

Contributions of Listeria monocytogenes B and PrfA to expression of virulence and stress response genes during extra- and intracellular growth

article

Contributions of σ(B) and PrfA to Listeria monocytogenes salt stress under food relevant conditions.

scientific article

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.

scientific article

DNA sequence-based subtyping and evolutionary analysis of selected Salmonella enterica serotypes

scientific article

Deep RNA sequencing of L. monocytogenes reveals overlapping and extensive stationary phase and sigma B-dependent transcriptomes, including multiple highly transcribed noncoding RNAs

scientific article

Detection of Viable Mycobacterium avium Subsp. Paratuberculosis Using Luciferase Reporter Systems

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Development and Validation of Pathogen Environmental Monitoring Programs for Small Cheese Processing Facilities.

scientific article published on December 2016

Different management practices are associated with mesophilic and thermophilic spore levels in bulk tank raw milk

scientific article published on 7 May 2015

Differential regulation of Listeria monocytogenes internalin and internalin-like genes by sigmaB and PrfA as revealed by subgenomic microarray analyses

scientific article published on August 2008

Distribution of Internalin Gene Profiles of Listeria monocytogenes Isolates from Different Sources Associated with Phylogenetic Lineages

article

Effect of curing method and freeze-thawing on subsequent growth of Listeria monocytogenes on cold-smoked salmon

scientific article published in September 2012

Effect of post-pasteurization contamination on fluid milk quality.

scientific article published on 2 November 2017

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

scientific article

Epidemiology, pathogenesis, and prevention of foodborne Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections.

scientific article

Evaluation of dairy powder products implicates thermophilic sporeformers as the primary organisms of interest

scientific article published on 31 January 2014

Evaluation of different methods to detect microbial hygiene indicators relevant in the dairy industry

scientific article published on 6 July 2016

Evaluation of various selective media for the detection of Pseudomonas species in pasteurized milk

scientific article published in March 2012

Exploration of the role of the non-coding RNA SbrE in L. monocytogenes stress response

scientific article published on 24 December 2012

Exposure to salt and organic acids increases the ability of Listeria monocytogenes to invade Caco-2 cells but decreases its ability to survive gastric stress

scientific article

Fluoro-phenyl-styrene-sulfonamide, a novel inhibitor of σB activity, prevents the activation of σB by environmental and energy stresses in Bacillus subtilis

scientific article published on 22 March 2013

Formative research on hygiene behaviors and geophagy among infants and young children and implications of exposure to fecal bacteria

scientific article published on 03 September 2013

Genomic comparison of sporeforming bacilli isolated from milk.

scientific article

Growth and persistence of Listeria monocytogenes isolates on the plant model Arabidopsis thaliana

scientific article published on 16 March 2008

Growth temperature-dependent contributions of response regulators, σB, PrfA, and motility factors to Listeria monocytogenes invasion of Caco-2 cells ⬇️

scientific article

Home Alone: Elimination of All but One Alternative Sigma Factor in Listeria monocytogenes Allows Prediction of New Roles for σB.

scientific article

How the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes mediates the switch from environmental Dr. Jekyll to pathogenic Mr. Hyde

scientific article

Identification and characterization of psychrotolerant coliform bacteria isolated from pasteurized fluid milk.

scientific article published on 4 November 2015

Identification and characterization of psychrotolerant sporeformers associated with fluid milk production and processing

scientific article published on 13 January 2012

Identification of dairy farm management practices associated with the presence of psychrotolerant sporeformers in bulk tank milk

scientific article

Increased in vitro adherence and on-farm persistence of predominant and persistent Listeria monocytogenes strains in the milking system

scientific article

Internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequencing reveals considerable fungal diversity in dairy products.

scientific article

Listeria monocytogenes isolates from foods and humans form distinct but overlapping populations

scientific article

Listeria monocytogenes shows temperature-dependent and -independent responses to salt stress, including responses that induce cross-protection against other stresses

scientific article published on 3 February 2012

Listeria monocytogenes sigma B regulates stress response and virulence functions

scientific article

Listeria monocytogenes sigmaB modulates PrfA-mediated virulence factor expression

scientific article published on 02 March 2009

Listeria monocytogenes {sigma}B has a small core regulon and a conserved role in virulence but makes differential contributions to stress tolerance across a diverse collection of strains.

scientific article

Microarray-based characterization of the Listeria monocytogenes cold regulon in log- and stationary-phase cells

scientific article

Modulation of stress and virulence in Listeria monocytogenes

scientific article

Molecular ecology of Listeria monocytogenes: evidence for a reservoir in milking equipment on a dairy farm

scientific article published on 29 December 2008

Nisin resistance of Listeria monocytogenes is increased by exposure to salt stress and is mediated via LiaR.

scientific article published on 12 July 2013

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

scientific article published on 20 March 2014

Phenotypic and transcriptomic analyses demonstrate interactions between the transcriptional regulators CtsR and Sigma B in Listeria monocytogenes

scientific article

Phosphotransferase system-dependent extracellular growth of listeria monocytogenes is regulated by alternative sigma factors σL and σH.

scientific article

Protein level identification of the Listeria monocytogenes sigma H, sigma L, and sigma C regulons

scientific article

Proteomic analyses of a Listeria monocytogenes mutant lacking sigmaB identify new components of the sigmaB regulon and highlight a role for sigmaB in the utilization of glycerol.

scientific article

Quantitative Risk Assessment of Listeriosis Due to Consumption of Raw Milk

scientific article published on 01 August 2011

Real-time PCR detection of Paenibacillus spp. in raw milk to predict shelf life performance of pasteurized fluid milk products

scientific article published on 8 June 2012

Reduction of pasteurization temperature leads to lower bacterial outgrowth in pasteurized fluid milk during refrigerated storage: A case study

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Refinement of the Listeria monocytogenes σB regulon through quantitative proteomic analysis

scientific article published on 25 April 2013

Regulatory network features in Listeria monocytogenes-changing the way we talk

scientific article

Resilience in the Face of Uncertainty: Sigma Factor B Fine-Tunes Gene Expression To Support Homeostasis in Gram-Positive Bacteria

scientific article published on 20 May 2016

Responding to bioterror concerns by increasing milk pasteurization temperature would increase estimated annual deaths from listeriosis.

scientific article published in May 2014

Results from raw milk microbiological tests do not predict the shelf-life performance of commercially pasteurized fluid milk

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

Ribotyping of Streptococcus uberis from a dairy's environment, bovine feces and milk

scientific article published on 01 August 2005

Role of Listeria monocytogenes σ B in Survival of Lethal Acidic Conditions and in the Acquired Acid Tolerance Response ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2003

Role of sigmaB in regulating the compatible solute uptake systems of Listeria monocytogenes: osmotic induction of opuC is sigmaB dependent

scientific article

RsbT and RsbV contribute to sigmaB-dependent survival under environmental, energy, and intracellular stress conditions in Listeria monocytogenes

scientific article published on September 2004

Salt stress phenotypes in Listeria monocytogenes vary by genetic lineage and temperature

scientific article

Salt stress-induced transcription of σB- and CtsR-regulated genes in persistent and non-persistent Listeria monocytogenes strains from food processing plants

scientific article published on 4 January 2012

Short communication: Nalpha-lauroyl-L-arginine ethylester monohydrochloride reduces bacterial growth in pasteurized milk

scientific article published in September 2009

Short communication: Postpasteurization hold temperatures of 4 or 6°C, but not raw milk holding of 24 or 72 hours, affect bacterial outgrowth in pasteurized fluid milk

scientific article published on 03 September 2015

Short communication: bacterial ecology of high-temperature, short-time pasteurized milk processed in the United States

scientific article published in October 2009

Sigma B contributes to PrfA-mediated virulence in Listeria monocytogenes

scientific article

Sigma(B)-dependent expression patterns of compatible solute transporter genes opuCA and lmo1421 and the conjugated bile salt hydrolase gene bsh in Listeria monocytogenes

scientific article

SigmaB activation under environmental and energy stress conditions in Listeria monocytogenes

scientific article

SigmaB contributes to Listeria monocytogenes invasion by controlling expression of inlA and inlB. ⬇️

scientific article published on October 2005

SigmaB- and PrfA-dependent transcription of genes previously classified as putative constituents of the Listeria monocytogenes PrfA regulon

scientific article

SigmaB-dependent and sigmaB-independent mechanisms contribute to transcription of Listeria monocytogenes cold stress genes during cold shock and cold growth

scientific article

Spore populations among bulk tank raw milk and dairy powders are significantly different

scientific article published on 14 October 2015

Spore test parameters matter: Mesophilic and thermophilic spore counts detected in raw milk and dairy powders differ significantly by test method

scientific article published on 13 April 2016

Stochastic and Differential Activation of σB and PrfA in Listeria monocytogenes at the Single Cell Level under Different Environmental Stress Conditions

scientific article published on 14 March 2017

Survival and detection of coliforms, Enterobacteriaceae, and gram-negative bacteria in Greek yogurt

scientific article published on 14 December 2016

Temperature-dependent expression of Listeria monocytogenes internalin and internalin-like genes suggests functional diversity of these proteins among the listeriae

scientific article published on 2 March 2007

The Listeria monocytogenes prfAP2 promoter is regulated by sigma B in a growth phase dependent manner

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

The Listeria monocytogenes strain 10403S BioCyc database

scientific article

The Listeria monocytogenes σB regulon and its virulence-associated functions are inhibited by a small molecule

scientific article

The alternative sigma factor sigma B and the virulence gene regulator PrfA both regulate transcription of Listeria monocytogenes internalins.

scientific article published on 2 March 2007

Tracking heat-resistant, cold-thriving fluid milk spoilage bacteria from farm to packaged product

scientific article published in March 2008

Tracking spore-forming bacterial contaminants in fluid milk-processing systems

scientific article published in October 2007

Transcriptomic Analysis of the Adaptation of Listeria monocytogenes to Growth on Vacuum-Packed Cold Smoked Salmon

scientific article

Transcriptomic and phenotypic analyses identify coregulated, overlapping regulons among PrfA, CtsR, HrcA, and the alternative sigma factors sigmaB, sigmaC, sigmaH, and sigmaL in Listeria monocytogenes

scientific article

Transcriptomic and phenotypic analyses suggest a network between the transcriptional regulators HrcA and sigmaB in Listeria monocytogenes

scientific article

VirR-Mediated Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes against Food Antimicrobials and Cross-Protection Induced by Exposure to Organic Acid Salts ⬇️

scientific article published on 24 April 2015

When cheese gets the blues: Pseudomonas fluorescens as the causative agent of cheese spoilage

scientific article published in June 2011

sigma(B) and sigma(L) contribute to Listeria monocytogenes 10403S response to the antimicrobial peptides SdpC and nisin

scientific article

sigmaB-dependent gene induction and expression in Listeria monocytogenes during osmotic and acid stress conditions simulating the intestinal environment

scientific article published in November 2004

σ(B) plays a limited role in the ability of Listeria monocytogenes strain F2365 to survive oxidative and acid stress and in its virulence characteristics

scientific article published on December 2013

List of works by Kathryn J Boor

A 100-Year Review: Microbiology and safety of milk handling

A decade of improvement: New York State fluid milk quality

A small RNA controls expression of the chitinase ChiA in Listeria monocytogenes

A standard bacterial isolate set for research on contemporary dairy spoilage

Alternative sigma factors and their roles in bacterial virulence

An advanced bioinformatics approach for analyzing RNA-seq data reveals sigma H-dependent regulation of competence genes in Listeria monocytogenes

Bacillus wiedmannii sp. nov., a psychrotolerant and cytotoxic Bacillus cereus group species isolated from dairy foods and dairy environments

Bacterial stress responses: what doesn't kill them can make then stronger.

Biofilm in milking equipment on a dairy farm as a potential source of bulk tank milk contamination with Listeria monocytogenes

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

Coliform detection in cheese is associated with specific cheese characteristics, but no association was found with pathogen detection

Comparative analysis of the sigma B-dependent stress responses in Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria innocua strains exposed to selected stress conditions

Comparative genomic analysis of the sigB operon in Listeria monocytogenes and in other Gram-positive bacteria

Contributions of Listeria monocytogenes B and PrfA to expression of virulence and stress response genes during extra- and intracellular growth

Contributions of σ(B) and PrfA to Listeria monocytogenes salt stress under food relevant conditions.

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.

DNA sequence-based subtyping and evolutionary analysis of selected Salmonella enterica serotypes

Deep RNA sequencing of L. monocytogenes reveals overlapping and extensive stationary phase and sigma B-dependent transcriptomes, including multiple highly transcribed noncoding RNAs

Detection of Viable Mycobacterium avium Subsp. Paratuberculosis Using Luciferase Reporter Systems

Development and Validation of Pathogen Environmental Monitoring Programs for Small Cheese Processing Facilities.

Different management practices are associated with mesophilic and thermophilic spore levels in bulk tank raw milk

Differential regulation of Listeria monocytogenes internalin and internalin-like genes by sigmaB and PrfA as revealed by subgenomic microarray analyses

Distribution of Internalin Gene Profiles of Listeria monocytogenes Isolates from Different Sources Associated with Phylogenetic Lineages

Effect of curing method and freeze-thawing on subsequent growth of Listeria monocytogenes on cold-smoked salmon

Effect of post-pasteurization contamination on fluid milk quality.

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

Epidemiology, pathogenesis, and prevention of foodborne Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections.

Evaluation of dairy powder products implicates thermophilic sporeformers as the primary organisms of interest

Evaluation of different methods to detect microbial hygiene indicators relevant in the dairy industry

Evaluation of various selective media for the detection of Pseudomonas species in pasteurized milk

Exploration of the role of the non-coding RNA SbrE in L. monocytogenes stress response

Exposure to salt and organic acids increases the ability of Listeria monocytogenes to invade Caco-2 cells but decreases its ability to survive gastric stress

Fluoro-phenyl-styrene-sulfonamide, a novel inhibitor of σB activity, prevents the activation of σB by environmental and energy stresses in Bacillus subtilis

Formative research on hygiene behaviors and geophagy among infants and young children and implications of exposure to fecal bacteria

Genomic comparison of sporeforming bacilli isolated from milk.

Growth and persistence of Listeria monocytogenes isolates on the plant model Arabidopsis thaliana

Growth temperature-dependent contributions of response regulators, σB, PrfA, and motility factors to Listeria monocytogenes invasion of Caco-2 cells ⬇️

Home Alone: Elimination of All but One Alternative Sigma Factor in Listeria monocytogenes Allows Prediction of New Roles for σB.

How the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes mediates the switch from environmental Dr. Jekyll to pathogenic Mr. Hyde

Identification and characterization of psychrotolerant coliform bacteria isolated from pasteurized fluid milk.

Identification and characterization of psychrotolerant sporeformers associated with fluid milk production and processing

Identification of dairy farm management practices associated with the presence of psychrotolerant sporeformers in bulk tank milk

Increased in vitro adherence and on-farm persistence of predominant and persistent Listeria monocytogenes strains in the milking system

Internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequencing reveals considerable fungal diversity in dairy products.

Listeria monocytogenes isolates from foods and humans form distinct but overlapping populations

Listeria monocytogenes shows temperature-dependent and -independent responses to salt stress, including responses that induce cross-protection against other stresses

Listeria monocytogenes sigma B regulates stress response and virulence functions

Listeria monocytogenes sigmaB modulates PrfA-mediated virulence factor expression

Listeria monocytogenes {sigma}B has a small core regulon and a conserved role in virulence but makes differential contributions to stress tolerance across a diverse collection of strains.

Microarray-based characterization of the Listeria monocytogenes cold regulon in log- and stationary-phase cells

Modulation of stress and virulence in Listeria monocytogenes

Molecular ecology of Listeria monocytogenes: evidence for a reservoir in milking equipment on a dairy farm

Nisin resistance of Listeria monocytogenes is increased by exposure to salt stress and is mediated via LiaR.

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

Phenotypic and transcriptomic analyses demonstrate interactions between the transcriptional regulators CtsR and Sigma B in Listeria monocytogenes

Phosphotransferase system-dependent extracellular growth of listeria monocytogenes is regulated by alternative sigma factors σL and σH.

Protein level identification of the Listeria monocytogenes sigma H, sigma L, and sigma C regulons

Proteomic analyses of a Listeria monocytogenes mutant lacking sigmaB identify new components of the sigmaB regulon and highlight a role for sigmaB in the utilization of glycerol.

Quantitative Risk Assessment of Listeriosis Due to Consumption of Raw Milk

Real-time PCR detection of Paenibacillus spp. in raw milk to predict shelf life performance of pasteurized fluid milk products

Reduction of pasteurization temperature leads to lower bacterial outgrowth in pasteurized fluid milk during refrigerated storage: A case study

Refinement of the Listeria monocytogenes σB regulon through quantitative proteomic analysis

Regulatory network features in Listeria monocytogenes-changing the way we talk

Resilience in the Face of Uncertainty: Sigma Factor B Fine-Tunes Gene Expression To Support Homeostasis in Gram-Positive Bacteria

Responding to bioterror concerns by increasing milk pasteurization temperature would increase estimated annual deaths from listeriosis.

Results from raw milk microbiological tests do not predict the shelf-life performance of commercially pasteurized fluid milk

Ribotyping of Streptococcus uberis from a dairy's environment, bovine feces and milk

Role of Listeria monocytogenes σ B in Survival of Lethal Acidic Conditions and in the Acquired Acid Tolerance Response ⬇️

Role of sigmaB in regulating the compatible solute uptake systems of Listeria monocytogenes: osmotic induction of opuC is sigmaB dependent

RsbT and RsbV contribute to sigmaB-dependent survival under environmental, energy, and intracellular stress conditions in Listeria monocytogenes

Salt stress phenotypes in Listeria monocytogenes vary by genetic lineage and temperature

Salt stress-induced transcription of σB- and CtsR-regulated genes in persistent and non-persistent Listeria monocytogenes strains from food processing plants

Short communication: Nalpha-lauroyl-L-arginine ethylester monohydrochloride reduces bacterial growth in pasteurized milk

Short communication: Postpasteurization hold temperatures of 4 or 6°C, but not raw milk holding of 24 or 72 hours, affect bacterial outgrowth in pasteurized fluid milk

Short communication: bacterial ecology of high-temperature, short-time pasteurized milk processed in the United States

Sigma B contributes to PrfA-mediated virulence in Listeria monocytogenes

Sigma(B)-dependent expression patterns of compatible solute transporter genes opuCA and lmo1421 and the conjugated bile salt hydrolase gene bsh in Listeria monocytogenes

SigmaB activation under environmental and energy stress conditions in Listeria monocytogenes

SigmaB contributes to Listeria monocytogenes invasion by controlling expression of inlA and inlB. ⬇️