Environmental Modulation of Cytotoxicity and Virulence Factor Stability in Psychrotolerant Bacillus cereus Group Isolates
Food Microbiology, Chandross-Cohen, Tyler, Yount, Mackenna, Readinger, Erin, Prince, Cassidy, Kimble, Kayla, Praul, Brial, Weidner, Lydia, Kovac, Jasna, 2026
Antimicrobial resistance profiling and phenotypic characterization of archived clinical Bacillus paranthracis strains.
Microbiology spectrum, Michel, P, Maxson, T, Chivukula, V, Overholt, W, Medina Cordoba, L, Ayodele-Abiola, S, McQuiston, J, Beesley, C, Bell, M, Caban Figueroa, V, Bugrysheva, J, Chandross-Cohen, T, Weiner, Z, Carroll, L, Kovac, Jasna, Sue, D, 2026
Whole-genome sequence and phenotypic characteristics of Bacillus cereus strain IM8 isolated from the Upper Fremont Glacier in Wyoming
Microbiology Resource Announcements, Chandross-Cohen, T, Ebersole, M, Rahman, N, Wagner, A, Kovac, Jasna, Wildschutte, H, 2026
Peroxyacetic acid treatment significantly reduced Campylobacter jejuni culturability but not viability on chicken breasts
Food Control, Navarre, Amelia, Quintana-Pérez, Fabiola, Kovac, Jasna, 2026
Doing more with less: Genomic quasi-G-primes differentiate septic from healthy patients
PLoS One, Sha, C, Patsakis, M, Mouratidis, I, Wei, X, Chung, T, Kovac, Jasna, Georgakopoulos-Soares, I, 2026
A Fresh Look at Ground-Beef Spoilage: Determining Spoilage Thresholds Using Consumer Evaluation and Microbial Analysis
Meat and Muscle Biology, Frink, L, Witberler, S, Prester, M, Effling, C, Kovac, Jasna, Vipham, J, Beyer, E, Zumbaugh, M, Chao, M, Carlson, A, Brown, T, O'Quinn, T, 2026
Psychrotolerant spoilage bacteria enhanced Campylobacter jejuni culturability on refrigerated chicken meat
Food Microbiology, Yan, Runan, Watson, S, Wei, Xiaoyuan, Kovac, Jasna, 2026
Isolation and Characterization of Bacillus cereus Group Species in Powdered Infant Formula and Infant Cereal Using a Newly Developed Detection System
J.MILK.FOOD TECHNOL., Nguyen, P, Chandross-Cohen, T, Kovac, Jasna, Restaino, L, 2025
Portable Dynamic Laser Speckle Imaging for Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
ECS Sensors Plus, Yang, Jinkai, Zhou, Keren, Hernandez, Landon, Zhou, Chen, Voloshchuk, Olena, Kovac, Jasna, Ebrahimi, Aida, Liu, Zhiwen, 2025
Whole-genome sequence of 19 Listeria monocytogenes, isolated from municipal wastewater in State College, Pennsylvania
Microbiology Resource Announcements, Horack, E, Acosta, A, Jones, M, Feng, J, Rivera-Lopez, E, M'ikanatha, N, Kovac, Jasna, Dudley, E, 2025
Low Prevalence and Concentrations of Campylobacter Detected on Retail Chicken Breasts
J.MILK.FOOD TECHNOL., Navarre, A, Rupert, K, Chandross-Cohen, T, Kovac, Jasna, 2025
Precision food safety: Advances in omics-based surveillance for proactive detection and management of foodborne pathogens
Trends in Food Science and Technology, Chandross-Cohen, Tyler, Chung, Taejung, Watson, Samuel, Rolon, M., Kovac, Jasna, 2025
Genome detectives
Ag Science Magazine, Kovac, Jasna, 2025
Pseudomonadaceae increased the tolerance of Listeria monocytogenes to sanitizers in multi-species biofilms
Food Microbiology, Voloshchuk, Olena, Rolon, M. Laura, Bartlett, Katelyn V., Mendez Acevedo, Marysabel, LaBorde, Luke F., Kovac, Jasna, 2025
Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria species and associated risk factors for contamination of milk and cottage cheese along the value chains in Ethiopia
International Journal of Food Microbiology, Hassen, Anwar, Keba, Abdi, Ebrai, Mekya Seid, Mamo, Hassen, Geleta, Tekalign Kejela, Tessema, Tesfaye Sisay, Vipham, Jessie, Kovac, Jasna, Zewdu, Ashagrie, 2025
Ecology of prophage-like elements in Bacillus subtilis at global and local geographical scales
Cell Reports, Stefanic, P, Stare, E, Floccari, V, Kovac, Jasna, Hertel, R, Rocha, U, Kovács, Á, Mandić-Mulec, I, Strube, M, Dragoš, A, 2025
Genomic Diversity and Potential Transmission and Persistence of Salmonella in the Cambodian Vegetable Supply Chain
J.MILK.FOOD TECHNOL., Salazar, A, Sreng, N, Peng, C, Fu, Y, Nawrocki, E, Chung, T, Vipham, J, Dudley, Edward, Kovac, Jasna, 2025
Impact of Improved Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures on Microbial Populations at Three Tree Fruit Packing Facilities
J.MILK.FOOD TECHNOL., Rolon, M. Laura, Mendez Acevedo, Marysabel, Sinclair, Priscilla, Macarisin, Dumitru, LaBorde, Luke F., Kovac, Jasna, 2025
Label-free rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing with machine-learning based dynamic holographic laser speckle imaging
Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Yang, Jinkai, Zhou, Keren, Zhou, Chen, Khamsi, Pouya Soltan, Voloshchuk, Olena, Hernandez, Landon, Kovac, Jasna, Ebrahimi, Aida, Liu, Zhiwen, 2025
Real-Time and Label-Free Electronic Sensing of Bacterial Conjugation Using Graphene Microchips, Kammarchedu, Vinay, Butler, Derrick, Chung, Taejung, Bolotsky, Adam, Kovac, Jasna, Ebrahimi, Aida, 2025
Salmonella sp. Tied to Multistate Outbreak Isolated from Wastewater, United States, 2022
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Goldblum, Z, M'ikanatha, N, M’ikanatha, Nkuchia M., Nawrocki, E, Cesari, N, Kovac, Jasna, Dudley, Edward G., 2024
Seasonal variation of Salmonella enterica prevalence in milk and cottage cheese along the dairy value chain in three regions of Ethiopia
Food Safety and Risk, Admasu, Henok Nahusenay, Bedassa, Abdi, Tessema, Tesfaye Sisay, Kovac, Jasna, Vipham, Jessie L., Woldegiorgis, Ashagrie Zewdu, 2024
The choice of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis impacted characterization of highly variable surface microbiota in dairy processing environments
mSystems, Daly, Sarah E., Feng, Jingzhang, Daeschel, Devin, Kovac, Jasna, Snyder, Abigail B., 2024
Outbreak-associated Salmonella Baildon found in wastewater demonstrates how sewage monitoring can supplement traditional disease surveillance
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, M'ikanatha, N, Goldblum, Z, Cesari, N, Nawrocki, E, Fu, Y, Kovac, Jasna, Dudley, Edward G., 2024
Sanitizer Resistance and Persistence of Listeria monocytogenes Isolates in Tree Fruit Packing Facilities
J.MILK.FOOD TECHNOL., Acevedo, Marysabel, Méndez Acevedo, M, Rolon, M., Johnson, Beth, Burns, Logan, Stacy, Joshua, Aurand-Cravens, Ashley, LaBorde, Luke, Kovac, Jasna, 2024
Assessment of the exposure to cytotoxic Bacillus cereus group genotypes through high-temperature, short-time milk consumption
Journal of Dairy Science, Su, Jun, Chandross-Cohen, Tyler, Qian, Chenhao, Carroll, Laura, Kimble, Kayla, Yount, Mackenna, Wiedmann, Martin, Kovac, Jasna, 2024
Draft genome sequence of Ruoffia tabacinasalis isolated from a bovine nasal swab: a novel member of the bovine nasal microbiota
Genome Announcements, Howe, Samantha, Wei, Xiaoyuan, Kovac, Jasna, Zhao, Jiangchao, 2024
Genomic diversity of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from the Ethiopian dairy supply chain
PLoS One, Admasie, A, Wei, X, Johnson, B, Burns, L, Pawar, P, Aurand-Cravens, A, Voloshchuk, O, Dudley, Edward, Sisay Tessema, T, Tessema, Tesfaye Sisay, Zewdu, A, Kovac, Jasna, 2024
Multi-species biofilms of environmental microbiota isolated from fruit packing facilities promoted tolerance of Listeria monocytogenes to benzalkonium chloride
Biofilm, Rolon, M. Laura, Rolon, Laura, Voloshchuk, Olena, Bartlett, Katelyn, LaBorde, Luke F., Kovac, Jasna, 2024
kmerDB: A database encompassing the set of genomic and proteomic sequence information for each species
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, Mouratidis, I, Baltoumas, Fotis A., Chantzi, Nikol, Patsakis, Michail, Chan CSY, None, Chan, Candace S.Y., Montgomery, Austin, Konnaris, Maxwell A., Aplakidou, Eleni, Georgakopoulos, George C., Das, Anshuman, Chartoumpekis, Dionysios V., Kovac, Jasna, Pavlopoulos, Georgios A., Georgakopoulos-Soares, Ilias, 2024
Comparison of the performance of multiple whole-genome sequence-based tools for the identification of Bacillus cereus sensu stricto biovar Thuringiensis
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Chung, Taejung, Salazar, Abimel, Harm, Grant, Johler, Sophia, Carroll, Laura M., Kovac, Jasna, 2024
Genomic characterization of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria innocua isolated from milk and dairy samples in Ethiopia
BMC Genomic Data, Wei, Xiaoyuan, Hassen, Anwar, McWilliams, Karen, Pietrzen, Karen, Chung, Taejung, Acevedo, Marysabel, Chandross-Cohen, Tyler, Dudley, Edward, Vipham, Jessie, Mamo, Hassen, Tessema, Tesfaye, Zewdu, Ashagrie, Kovac, Jasna, 2024
Seasonal variation in the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter species in milk and milk products in Ethiopia
International Dairy Journal, Admasie, Abera, Tessema, Tesfaye, Vipham, Jessie, Kovac, Jasna, Zewdu, Ashagrie, 2024
Context matters: environmental microbiota from ice cream processing facilities affected the inhibitory performance of two lactic acid bacteria strains against Listeria monocytogenes
Microbiology spectrum, Rolon, Laura, Rolon, M. Laura, Chandross-Cohen, Tyler, Kaylegian, Kerry, Roberts, Robert F., Kovac, Jasna, 2023
The composition of environmental microbiota in three tree fruit packing facilities changed over seasons and contained taxa indicative of L. monocytogenes contamination
Microbiome, Rolon, M, Tan, X, Chung, T, Gonzalez-Escalona, N, Chen, Y, Macarisin, D, LaBorde, Luke F., Kovac, Jasna, 2023
Prevalence of Campylobacter species and associated risk factors for contamination of dairy products collected in a dry season from major milk sheds in Ethiopia
Food Microbiology, Admasie, Abera, Eshetu, Adane, Tessema, Tesfaye Sisay, Vipham, Jessie, Kovac, Jasna, Zewdu, Ashagrie, 2023
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, 2023
Conditional Forest Models Built Using Metagenomic Data Accurately Predicted Salmonella Contamination in Northeastern Streams
Microbiology spectrum, Chung, T, Yan, R, Weller, D, Kovac, Jasna, 2023
Prevalence of ciprofloxacin resistance and associated genetic determinants differed among Campylobacter isolated from human and poultry meat sources in Pennsylvania
Food Microbiology, Yan, Runan, M'ikanatha, Nkuchia, Nachamkin, Irving, Hudson, Lauren, Denes, Thomas, Kovac, Jasna, 2023
Evidence for the efficacy of pre-harvest agricultural practices in mitigating food-safety risks to fresh produce in North America
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Devarajan, Naresh, Weller, Daniel, Jones, M, Adell, Aiko, Adhikari, Achyut, Allende, Ana, Arnold, Nicole, Baur, Patrick, Beno, Sarah, Clements, Donna, Olimpi, Elissa, Critzer, Faith, Green, Hyatt, Gorski, Lisa, Ferelli Gruber, Angela, Kovac, Jasna, McGarvey, Jeffery, Murphy, Claire, Murphy, Sarah, Navarro-Gonzalez, Nora, Owen, Jeb, Pires, Alda, Richard, Nicole, Samaddar, Sandipan, Schmidt, Radomir, Scow, Kate, Shariat, Nikki, Smith, Olivia, Spence, Austin, Stoeckel, Don, Tran, Thao, Wall, Gretchen, Karp, Daniel, 2023
Prevalence and associated risk factors for Salmonella enterica contamination of cow milk and cottage cheese in Ethiopia
Food Safety and Risk, Bedassa, A, Nahusenay, H, Asefa, Z, Sisay, T, Girmay, G, Kovac, Jasna, Vipham, J, Zewdu, A, 2023
Short-Term Tomato Consumption Alters the Pig Gut Microbiome toward a More Favorable Profile
Microbiology spectrum, Goggans, Mallory L., Bilbrey, Emma A., Quiroz-Moreno, Cristian D., Francis, David M., Jacobi, Sheila K., Kovac, Jasna, Cooperstone, Jessica L., 2022
Laboratory Misidentifications Resulting from Taxonomic Changes to Bacillus cereus Group Species, 2018–2022
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carroll, Laura M., Matle, Itumeleng, Kovac, Jasna, Cheng, Rachel A., Wiedmann, Martin, 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
Strains Associated with Two 2020 Welder Anthrax Cases in the United States Belong to Separate Lineages within Bacillus cereus sensu lato
Pathogens, Carroll, Laura M., Marston, Chung K., Kolton, Cari B., Gulvik, Christopher A., Gee, Jay E., Weiner, Zachary P., Kovac, Jasna, 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
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, Carolee Theresa, 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
Effect of processing on the anti-inflammatory efficacy of cocoa in a high fat diet-induced mouse model of obesity
Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, Weikart, Daphne, Indukuri, Vijaya, Racine, Kathryn, Coleman, Kiana, Kovac, Jasna, Cockburn, Darrell, Hopfer, Helene, Neilson, Andrew, Lambert, Joshua D., 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 and Evolutionary Microbiology, 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
