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PUBLICATIONS and SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Gao, A., P. Martos, S. Balamurugan. Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty of Bacterial Enumeration in
Experiments with Factorial Design (Poster P-T-056 and oral presentation). AOAC 128
th
Annual Meeting
and Exposition, Boca Raton Resort and Club, Boca Raton, FL. Sep. 7-10, 2014.
Gao, A., J. Fischer-Jenssen, S. Lee, J. Li, C. Leon-Velarde, S. Chen, Perry Martos. Identification of
Foodborne Organisms Using MALDI TOF MS and 16S rRNA Gene Sequence-based Method (Poster P-
T-077). AOAC 128
th
Annual Meeting and Exposition, Boca Raton Resort and Club, Boca Raton, FL. Sep.
7-10, 2014.
Saleh-Lakha, S., V. G. Allen, J. Li, F. Pagotto, J. Odumeru, E. Taboada, M. Lombos, K. C. Tabing, B.
Blais, D. Ogunremi, G. Downing, S. Lee, A. Gao, C. Nadon, S. Chen. 2013. Subtyping of a Large
Collection of Historical
Listeria monocytogenes
Strains from Ontario, Canada, by an Improved
Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis (MLVA).
Applied and Environmental
Microbiology
79:6472–6480.
Chibeu, A., Louise Agiusc, Anli Gao, Parviz M. Sabour, Andrew M. Kropinski, S. Balamurugan. 2013.
Efficacy of bacteriophage LISTEX™P100 combined with chemical antimicrobials in reducing
Listeria
monocytogenes
in cooked turkey and roast beef.
International Journal of Food Microbiology
167:208–
214.
Ramsahoi, L., A. Gao, M. Fabri, and J. A. Odumeru. 2011. Assessment of the application of an automated
electronic milk analyzer for the enumeration of total bacteria in raw goat milk.
Journal of Dairy Science
94 :3279–3287.
Gao, A., J. Odumeru, M. Raymond, S. Hendrick, T. Duffield, L. Mutharia. 2009. Comparison of milk
culture, direct and nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with fecal culture based on samples from dairy
herds infected with
Mycobacterium avium
subsp.
paratuberculosis. The Canadian Journal of Veterinary
Research
73:58–64.
Gao, A., L. Mutharia, M. Raymond, and J. Odumeru. 2007. Improved template DNA preparation
procedure for detection of
Mycobacterium avium
subsp.
paratuberculosis
in milk by PCR.
Journal of
Micribiological Methods
69:417-420.
Gao, A., J. Odumeru, M. Raymond, and L. Mutharia. 2005. Development of improved method for
isolation of
Mycobacterium avium
subsp.
paratuberculosis
from bulk tank milk: Effect of age of milk,
centrifugation and decontamination.
Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research
69:81-87.
Gao, A., L. Mutharia, S. Chen, K. Rahn, and J. Odumeru. 2002. Effect of pasteurisation on survival of
Mycobacterium paratuberculosis
in milk.
Journal of Dairy Science
85:3198-3205.
Odumeru, J., A. Gao, M. Raymond, and L. Mutharia. 2001. Use of the bead beater for preparation of
Mycobacterium paratuberculosis template DNA.
Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research
65:201-205.
Todd, E., R. Szabo, J. MacKenzie, A. Martin, K. Rahn, C. Gyles, A. Gao, D. Alves, and A. Yee. 1999.
Application of a DNA hybridization-hydrophobic-grid membrane filter method for detection and isolation
of verotoxigenic Escherichis coli.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
65:4775-4780.
