Jasna Kovac, Ph.D.

Effect of processing on the anti-inflammatory efficacy of cocoa in a high fat diet-induced mouse model of obesity
Nutrition Reports International, Weikart, Daphne K., Indukuri, Vijaya V., Racine, Kathryn C., Coleman, Kiana M., Kovac, Jasna, Cockburn, Darrell W., Hopfer, Helene, Neilson, Andrew P., Lambert, Joshua D., 2022

Laboratory misidentifications resulting from taxonomic changes to Bacillus cereus group species, 2018-2022.
Emerging infectious diseases, Carroll, L, Matle, I, Kovac, Jasna, Cheng, R, Wiedmann, M, 2022

Recent paradigm shifts in the perception of the role of Bacillus thuringiensis in foodborne disease
Food Microbiology, Biggel, Michael, Jessberger, Nadja, Kovac, Jasna, Johler, Sophia, 2022

Ability of two strains of lactic acid bacteria to inhibit Listeria monocytogenes by spot inoculation and in an environmental microbiome context.
Microbiology spectrum, Sinclair, Priscilla, Rolon, M. Laura, Feng, Jingzhang, Padín-López, A, Lopez, Adrian, LaBorde, Luke, Kovac, Jasna, 2022

Regulation of Enterotoxins Associated with Bacillus cereus Sensu Lato Toxicoinfection
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Prince, Cassidy, Kovac, Jasna, 2022

Editorial: Functional Diversity of Aquatic Microorganisms and Their Roles in Water Quality
Frontiers in Water, Liao, Jingqiu, Weller, Daniel L., Kovac, Jasna, Huang, Yi, 2022

Comparative Analysis of Bacillus cereus Group Isolates' Resistance Using Disk Diffusion and Broth Microdilution and the Correlation between Antimicrobial Resistance Phenotypes and Genotypes
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Mills, Emma, Sullivan, Erin, Kovac, Jasna, 2022

Exploring the relationship between gender and food safety risks in the dairy value chain in Ethiopia
International Dairy Journal, Garsow, Ariel V., Biondi, Marie R., Kowalcyk, Barbara B., Vipham, Jessie L., Kovac, Jasna, Amenu, Kebede, Zewdu, Ashagrie, Colverson, Kathleen E., 2022

DNA-based assays, Kovac, Jasna, Rolon, Maria, Naum, L, Lampel, K, 2022

Predators of soil bacteria in plant and human health
Phytobiomes journal, Martins, Samuel, Taerum, Stephen, Triplett, Lindsay, Emerson, Joanne, Zasada, Inga, de Toledo, Beatriz, Kovac, Jasna, Martin, Kendall, Bull, C, 2022

Strains associated with two 2020 welder anthrax cases in the United States belong to separate lineages within Bacillus cereus sensu lato
Pathogens, Carroll, Laura, Marston, Chung, Kolton, Cari, Gulvik, Christopher, Gee, Jay, Weiner, Zachary, Kovac, Jasna, 2022

Evaluation of microbial hygiene indicators in raw milk, pasteurised milk and cottage cheese collected across the dairy value chain in Ethiopia
International Dairy Journal, Mengstu, Betelhem, Tola, Alganesh, Nahusenay, Henok, Sisay, Tesfaye, Kovac, Jasna, Vipham, Jessie, Zewdu, Ashagrie, 2022

Challenging the “gold standard” of colony-forming units - Validation of a multiplex real-time PCR for quantification of viable Campylobacter spp. in meat rinses
International Journal of Food Microbiology, Stingl, Kerstin, Heise, Janine, Thieck, Maja, Wulsten, Imke F., Pacholewicz, Ewa, Iwobi, Azuka N., Govindaswamy, Janani, Zeller-Péronnet, Véronique, Scheuring, Sandra, Luu, Huong Quynh, Fridriksdottir, Vala, Gölz, Greta, Priller, Florian, Gruntar, Igor, Jorgensen, Frieda, Koene, Miriam, Kovac, Jasna, Lick, Sonja, Répérant, Elisabeth, Rohlfing, Annika, Zawilak-Pawlik, Anna, Rossow, Marko, Schlierf, Anja, Frost, Kirstin, Simon, Kirsten, Uhlig, Steffen, Huber, Ingrid, 2021

Kin discrimination promotes horizontal gene transfer between unrelated strains in Bacillus subtilis
Nature Communications, Stefanic, Polonca, Belcijan, Katarina, Kraigher, Barbara, Kostanjšek, Rok, Nesme, Joseph, Madsen, Jonas Stenløkke, Kovac, Jasna, Sørensen, Søren Johannes, Vos, Michiel, Mandic-Mulec, Ines, 2021

Development of a database and standardized approach for rpoB sequence-based subtyping and identification of aerobic spore-forming Bacillales
Journal of Microbiological Methods, Gaballa, Ahmed, Cheng, Rachel A., Trmcic, Aljosa, Kovac, Jasna, Kent, David J., Martin, Nicole H., Wiedmann, Martin, 2021

Phylogenetic analysis reveals source attribution patterns for campylobacter spp. In tennessee and pennsylvania
Microorganisms, Hudson, Lauren K., Andershock, William E., Yan, Runan, Golwalkar, Mugdha, M’ikanatha, Nkuchia M., Nachamkin, Irving, Thomas, Linda S., Moore, Christina, Qian, Xiaorong, Steece, Richard, Garman, Katie N., Dunn, John R., Kovac, Jasna, Denes, Thomas G., 2021

DNA-based assays, Kovac, Jasna, Rolon, Maria L., Naum, Marianna, Lampel, Keith A., 2021

Keeping up with the Bacillus cereus group: taxonomy through the genomics era and beyond
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, Carroll, Laura M., Cheng, Rachel A., Wiedmann, Martin, Kovac, Jasna, 2021

Evaluation of the Thermal Inactivation of a Salmonella Serotype Oranienburg Strain During Cocoa Roasting at Conditions Relevant to the Fine Chocolate Industry
Frontiers in Microbiology, Yan, Runan, Pinto, Gabriella, Taylor-Roseman, Rebecca, Cogan, Karen, D’Alesandre, Greg, Kovac, Jasna, 2021

Alicyclobacillus mali sp. Nov., alicyclobacillus suci sp. nov. and alicyclobacillus fructus sp. nov., thermoacidophilic sporeforming bacteria isolated from fruit beverages
International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, Roth, Katerina, Rana, Yadwinder Singh, Daeschel, Devin, Kovac, Jasna, Worobo, Randy, Snyder, Abigail B., 2021

Whole genome sequencing: the impact on foodborne outbreak investigations, Kovac, Jasna, Dudley, E, Nawrocki, E, Yan, Runan, Chung, Taejung, 2021

Unique inducible filamentous motility identified in pathogenic Bacillus cereus group species
ISME Journal, Liu, Martha M., Coleman, Shannon, Wilkinson, Lauren, Smith, Maren L., Hoang, Thomas, Niyah, Naomi, Mukherjee, Manjari, Huynh, Steven, Parker, Craig T., Kovac, Jasna, Hancock, Robert E.W., Gaynor, Erin C., 2020

Whole Genome Sequencing: The Impact on Foodborne Outbreak Investigations, Kovac, Jasna, Dudley, Edward G., Nawrocki, Erin M., Yan, Runan, Chung, Taejung, 2020

Novel Effective Bacillus cereus Group Species “Bacillus clarus” Is Represented by Antibiotic-Producing Strain ATCC 21929 Isolated from Soil
mSphere, Acevedo, Marysabel Méndez, Méndez Acevedo, M, Carroll, Laura M., Mukherjee, M, Mills, E, Xiaoli, Lingzi, Dudley, Edward G., Kovac, Jasna, 2020

Review of the prevalence of foodborne pathogens in milk and dairy products in Ethiopia
International Dairy Journal, Keba, Abdi, Rolon, M. Laura, Tamene, Aynadis, Dessie, Kindinew, Vipham, Jessie, Kovac, Jasna, Zewdu, Ashagrie, 2020

No Assembly Required: Using BTyper3 to Assess the Congruency of a Proposed Taxonomic Framework for the Bacillus cereus Group With Historical Typing Methods
Frontiers in Microbiology, Carroll, Laura M., Cheng, Rachel A., Kovac, Jasna, 2020

The Composition of Microbial Communities in Six Streams, and Its Association With Environmental Conditions, and Foodborne Pathogen Isolation
Frontiers in Microbiology, Chung, Taejung, Weller, Daniel L., Kovac, Jasna, 2020

Whole-genome sequences of salmonella isolates from an ecological wastewater treatment system
Microbiology Resource Announcements, Connolly, Charles J., Kaminsky, Laura, Pinto, Gabriella N., Sinclair, Priscilla C., Bajracharya, Gyasu, Yan, Runan, Nawrocki, Erin M., Dudley, Edward G., Kovaca, Jasna, 2020

Extended enrichment procedures can be used to define false-negative probabilities for cultural gold standard methods for salmonella detection, facilitating comparisons between gold standard and alternative methods
J.MILK.FOOD TECHNOL., Sullivan, Genevieve, Guo, Xiaodong, Tokman, Jeffrey I., Roof, Sherry, Trmcic, Aljosa, Baker, Robert C., Tang, Silin, Markwell, Peter, Wiedmann, Martin, Kovac, Jasna, 2020

Paenibacillus odorifer, the predominant Paenibacillus species isolated from milk in the United States, demonstrates genetic and phenotypic conservation of psychrotolerance but clade-associated differences in nitrogen metabolic pathways
mSphere, Beno, Sarah M., Cheng, Rachel A., Orsi, Renato H., Duncan, Diana R., Guo, Xiaodong, Kovac, Jasna, Carroll, Laura M., Martin, Nicole H., Wiedmann, Martin, 2020

(-)-α-Pinene reduces quorum sensing and Campylobacter jejuni colonization in broiler chickens
PLoS One, Šimunović, Katarina, Sahin, Orhan, Kovač, Jasna, Shen, Zhangqi, Klančnik, Anja, Zhang, Qijing, Možina, Sonja Smole, 2020

Proposal of a taxonomic nomenclature for the bacillus cereus group which reconciles genomic definitions of bacterial species with clinical and industrial phenotypes
mBio, Carroll, Laura M., Wiedmann, Martin, Kovac, Jasna, 2020

Dynamic laser speckle imaging meets machine learning to enable rapid antibacterial susceptibility testing (DYRAST)
ACS Sensors, Liu, Zhiwen, Zhou, Keren, Zhou, Chen, Sapre, Anjali, Zhou, Keren, Zhou, Chen, Pavlock, Jared, Sapre, Anjali, Weaver, Ashley, Pavlock, Jared Henry, Muralidharan, Ritvik, Noble, Joshua, Weaver, Ashley, Muralidharan, Ritvik, Kovac, Jasna, Noble, Josh, Liu, Zhiwen, Chung, Taejung, Ebrahimi, Seyedehaida, Kovac, Jasna, 2020

The anti-campylobacter activity and mechanisms of pinocembrin action
Microorganisms, Klančnik, Anja, Šimunović, Katarina, Kovac, Jasna, Sahin, Orhan, Wu, Zuowei, Vučković, Darinka, Abram, Maja, Zhang, Qijing, Možina, Sonja Smole, 2019

A century of gray: A genomic locus found in 2 distinct Pseudomonas spp. is associated with historical and contemporary color defects in dairy products worldwide
Journal of Dairy Science, Reichler, Samuel J., Martin, Nicole H., Evanowski, Rachel L., Kovac, Jasna, Wiedmann, Martin, Orsi, Renato H., 2019

Serotype-specific evolutionary patterns of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella enterica
BMC Evolutionary Biology, Liao, Jingqiu, Orsi, Renato Hohl, Carroll, Laura M., Kovac, Jasna, Ou, Hongyu, Zhang, Hailong, Wiedmann, Martin, 2019

A conceptual framework for developing recommendations for no-harvest buffers around in-field feces
J.MILK.FOOD TECHNOL., Weller, Daniel L., Kovac, Jasna, Kent, David J., Roof, Sherry, Tokman, Jeffrey I., Mudrak, Erika, Wiedmann, Martin, 2019

Precision food safety: A paradigm shift in detection and control of foodborne pathogens
mSystems, Kovac, Jasna, 2019

Whole-genome sequences of Escherichia coli isolates from cocoa beans imported from bolivia
Microbiology Resource Announcements, Nwanosike, Hephzibah, Chung, Taejung, Xiaoli, Lingzi, Condello, Megan, Dudley, Edward G., Kovac, Jasna, 2019

Genes associated with psychrotolerant bacillus cereus group isolates
Frontiers in Microbiology, Beno, Sarah M., Orsi, Renato H., Cheng, Rachel A., Kent, David J., Kovac, Jasna, Duncan, Diana R., Martin, Nicole H., Wiedmann, Martin, 2019

Assembly and characterization of a pathogen strain collection for produce safety applications: Pre-growth conditions have a larger effect on peroxyacetic acid tolerance than strain diversity
Frontiers in Microbiology, Harrand, Anna Sophia, Kovac, Jasna, Carroll, Laura M., Guariglia-Oropeza, Veronica, Kent, David J., Wiedmann, Martin, 2019

Characterization of emetic and diarrheal Bacillus cereus strains from a 2016 foodborne outbreak using whole-genome sequencing: Addressing the microbiological, epidemiological, and bioinformatic challenges
Frontiers in Microbiology, Carroll, Laura M., Wiedmann, Martin, Mukherjee, Manjari, Nicholas, David C., Mingle, Lisa A., Dumas, Nellie B., Cole, Jocelyn A., Kovac, Jasna, 2019

The occurrence of Listeria monocytogenes is associated with built environment microbiota in three tree fruit processing facilities
Microbiome, Tan, Xiaoqing, Chung, Taejung, Chen, Yi, Macarisin, Dumitru, LaBorde, Luke, Kovac, Jasna, 2019

Corrigendum: Genes associated with psychrotolerant bacillus cereus group isolates(Frontiers in Microbiology (2019) 10 (662) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00662)
Frontiers in Microbiology, Beno, Sarah M., Orsi, Renato H., Cheng, Rachel A., Kent, David J., Kovac, Jasna, Duncan, Diana R., Martin, Nicole H., Wiedmann, Martin, 2019

Manipulating Wild and Tamed Phytobiomes: Challenges and Opportunities
Phytobiomes Journal, Collins, Alyssa, Bell, Terrence H, Hockett, Kevin, Esker, P, Alcala-Briseno, Ricardo, Gugino, B, Alcalá-Briseño, Ricardo, Barbercheck, Mary, Peter, K, Beattie, Gwyn, Bruns, Mary Ann, Carlson, John, Chung, Taejung, Collins, A, Emmett, Bryan, Esker, Paul, Garrett, Karen, Glenna, Leland, Gugino, Beth K., Del Mar Jiménez-Gasco, María, del Mar Jimenez Gasco, M, Jimenez Gasco, Maria del Mar, Kinkel, Linda, Kovac, Jasna, Kowalski, Kurt, Kowalski, Kurt, Leveau, Johan, Myrick, J, Kuldau, Gretchen, Peter, K, Leveau, Johan, Michalska-Smith, Matthew, Salazar, Maria, Myrick, Jessica, Shade, Ashley, Peter, Kari, Stopnisek, Nejc, Tan, Xiaoqing, Vivanco Salazar, Maria fernanda, Salazar, Maria, Shade, Ashley, Welty, Amy, Stopinsek, Nejc, Stopnisek, Nejc, Wickings, Kyle, Yergeau, Etienne, Tan, Xiaoqing, Welty, Amy, Wickings, Kyle, Wickings, Etienne, Yergeau, Etienne, 2019

Intraclade variability in toxin production and cytotoxicity of Bacillus cereus group type strains and dairy-associated isolates
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Miller, Rachel A., Jian, Jiahui, Beno, Sarah M., Wiedmann, Martin, Kovac, Jasna, 2018

Population structure and attribution of human clinical Campylobacter jejuni isolates from central Europe to livestock and environmental sources
Zoonoses and Public Health, Kovac, J., Stessl, B., Čadež, N., Gruntar, I., Cimerman, M., Stingl, K., Lušicky, M., Ocepek, M., Wagner, M., Smole Možina, S., 2018

Antimicrobial natural products against Campylobacter
Sustainable Development and Biodiversity, Mozina, Sonja, Smole Mozina, Sonja, Klancnik, Anja, Kovac, Jasna, Jersek, Barbara, Bucar, Franz, 2018

Escherichia coli transfer from simulated wildlife feces to lettuce during foliar irrigation: A field study in the Northeastern United States
Food Microbiology, Weller, Daniel L., Kovac, Jasna, Kent, David J., Roof, Sherry, Tokman, Jeffrey I., Mudrak, Erika, Kowalcyk, Barbara, Oryang, David, Aceituno, Anna, Wiedmann, Martin, 2017

Lactococcus petauri sp. nov., isolated from an abscess of a sugar glider
International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, Goodman, Laura B., Lawton, Marie R., Franklin-Guild, Rebecca J., Anderson, Renee R., Schaan, Lynn, Thachil, Anil J., Wiedmann, Martin, Miller, Claire B., Alcaine, Samuel D., Kovac, Jasna, 2017

Precision food safety: A systems approach to food safety facilitated by genomics tools
TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Kovac, Jasna, Bakker, Henk den, Carroll, Laura M., Wiedmann, Martin, 2017

Rapid, high-throughput identification of anthrax-causing and emetic Bacillus cereus group genome assemblies via BTyper, a computational tool for virulencebased classification of Bacillus cereus group isolates by using nucleotide sequencing data
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Carroll, Laura M., Kovac, Jasna, Miller, Rachel A., Wiedmann, Martin, 2017

Survival of Escherichia coli on lettuce under field conditions encountered in the Northeastern United States
J.MILK.FOOD TECHNOL., Weller, Daniel L., Kovac, Jasna, Roof, Sherry, Kent, David J., Tokman, Jeffrey I., Kowalcyk, Barbara, Oryang, David, Ivanek, Renata, Aceituno, Anna, Sroka, Christopher, Wiedmann, Martin, 2017

Genetic stability and evolution of the sigB allele, used for Listeria sensu stricto subtyping and phylogenetic inference
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Liao, Jingqiu, Wiedmann, Martin, Kovac, Jasna, 2017

Temporal genomic phylogeny reconstruction indicates a geospatial transmission path of Salmonella cerro in the United States and a clade-specific loss of hydrogen sulfide production
Frontiers in Microbiology, Kovac, Jasna, Cummings, Kevin J., Rodriguez-Rivera, Lorraine D., Carroll, Laura M., Thachil, Anil, Wiedmann, Martin, 2017

Bacillus wiedmannii sp. nov., a psychrotolerant and cytotoxic bacillus cereus group species isolated from dairy foods and dairy environments
International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, Miller, Rachel A., Beno, Sarah M., Kent, David J., Carroll, Laura M., Martin, Nicole H., Boor, Kathryn J., Kovac, Jasna, 2016

Production of hemolysin BL by Bacillus cereus group isolates of dairy origin is associated with whole-genome phylogenetic clade
BMC Genomics, Kovac, Jasna, Miller, Rachel A., Carroll, Laura M., Kent, David J., Jian, Jiahui, Beno, Sarah M., Wiedmann, Martin, 2016

Antibiotic resistance modulation and modes of action of (-)-α-Pinene in Campylobacter jejuni
PLoS One, Kovač, Jasna, Šimunović, Katarina, Wu, Zuowei, Klančnik, Anja, Bucar, Franz, Zhang, Qijing, Možina, Sonja Smole, 2015

Virulence and antimicrobial resistance determinants of verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) and of multidrug-resistant E. coli from foods of animal origin illegally imported to the EU by flight passengers
International Journal of Food Microbiology, Nagy, B., Szmolka, A., Smole Možina, S., Kovač, J., Strauss, A., Schlager, S., Beutlich, J., Appel, B., Lušicky, M., Aprikian, P., Pászti, J., Tóth, I., Kugler, R., Wagner, M., 2015

High genetic similarity of ciprofloxacin-resistant Campylobacter jejuni in central Europe
Frontiers in Microbiology, Kovač, Jasna, Čadež, Neža, Stessl, Beatrix, Stingl, Kerstin, Gruntar, Igor, Ocepek, Matjaž, Trkov, Marija, Wagner, Martin, Možina, Sonja Smole, 2015

Natural products as antibacterial agents — antibacterial potential and safety of post-distillation and waste material from Thymus vulgaris L., Lamiaceae, Gavaric, N, Kovac, Jasna, Kretschmer, N, Kladar, N, Smole Mozina, S, Bucar, F, Bauer, R, Bozin, B, 2015

The evidence for clonal spreading of quinolone resistance with a particular clonal complex of Campylobacter jejuni
Journal of Hygiene, Kovač, J., Čadež, N., Lušicky, M., Nielsen, E. Møller, Ocepek, M., Raspor, P., Smole Možina, S., 2014

Characterization of egg laying hen and broiler fecal microbiota in poultry farms in Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia
PLoS One, Videnska, Petra, Rahman, Md Masudur, Faldynova, Marcela, Babak, Vladimir, Matulova, Marta Elsheimer, Prukner-Radovcic, Estella, Krizek, Ivan, Smole-Mozina, Sonja, Kovac, Jasna, Szmolka, Ama, Nagy, Bela, Sedlar, Karel, Cejkova, Darina, Rychlik, Ivan, 2014

Antimicrobial and resistance modulatory activity of alpinia katsumadai seed phenolic extract, essential oil and post-distillation extract
Food Technology and Biotechnology, Kovač, Jasna, Gavarić, Neda, Bucar, Franz, Možina, Sonja Smole, 2014

Identification and characterisation of new Campylobacter group III phages of animal origin
FEMS Microbiology Letters, Janež, Nika, Kokošin, Andreja, Zaletel, Eva, Vranac, Tanja, Kovač, Jasna, Vučković, Darinka, Možina, Sonja Smole, Serbec, Vladka Curin, Zhang, Qijing, Accetto, Tomaž, Podgornik, Aleš, Peterka, Matjaž, 2014

Anti-Campylobacter and resistance-modifying activity of Alpinia katsumadai seed extracts
Proceedings of the Society for Applied Bacteriology, Klančnik, A., Gröblacher, B., Kovac, Jasna, Bucar, F., Možina, S. Smole, 2012

Antimicrobial activity of polysaccharides extracted from medicinal mushrooms on Campylobacter jejuni and Staphylococcus aureus, Kovač, Jasna, Klaus, Anita, Kozarski, Maja, Nikšić, Miomir, Raspor, Peter, Možina, Sonja Smole, 2012