Welcome
to the
Food
Safety Laboratory
The
Ohio State University
Front Row (L to R): Mutlu
Pilavtepe
(Visiting Scholar), Jennifer Perry
(Grad. student), Ahmed Yousef
(Lab
Supervisor), Luis Rodriguez-Romo
(Res. Associate)
Second Row (L to R): Yoon Chung
(Res. Associate), Xueying Zhang
(Grad. Student),
Joy Waite (Grad. Student)
Joe Jones (Undergrad. Student),
Mustafa Vurma (Grad. Student),
Zengguo (France) He (Res. Associate)
Ahmed E. Yousef
Professor of Food Microbiology
&
Lab Supervisor
For more information, send an
email to: <yousef.1@osu.edu>
Link to the Department of Microbiology:
http://www.osumicrobiology.org/faculty/ayousef.htm
Education
Ph.D. - University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984
Research Interest
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Biopreservation of food using bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacteria.
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Improving food safety using ozone processing technology.
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Safety of foods processed by novel technologies (e.g., pulsed electric
fields, high pressure and ohmic heating).
Teaching
Food
Microbiology Lecture (Microbiology 636.01/Food Science and Technology 636.01)
Autumn/Spring Quarters
3cr. Microorganisms in relation to the production, processing
and handling of food with emphasis on sanitation and public health problems.
Food
Microbiology Laboratory (Microbiology 636.02/Food Science and Technology 636.02
Autumn/Spring Quarters
3cr. Hands-on laboratory experience with microorganisms found in foods. Focus
on spoilage organisms, foodborne pathogens and microbial
fermentation.
Recently published
work (from a list of over 100 publications)
Books
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Sapers, G. M., Gorny, J. R., and Yousef, A. E. 2006.
Microbiology of fruits and vegetables. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL
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Yousef, A. E. and Carlstrom, C. 2003. Food microbiology: a
laboratory manual. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ
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Yousef, A. E. and Juneja, V. K. 2003. Microbial stress
adaptation and food safety. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL
Patents
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Yousef, A.E. and Rodriguez-Romo, L.
2004. Methods for decontaminating shell eggs. US Patent # 6,800,315 B2.
Papers
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He, Z., D. Kisla, L. Zhang, C. Yuan, K. B. Green-Church, and
A. E. Yousef. 2007. Isolation and identification of a Paenibacillus
polymyxa strain that co-produces a novel lantibiotic and polymyxin. Appl.
Environ. Microbiol. 73:168-178.
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Malone, A.S., Y.-K. Chung, and Yousef, A.E. 2006. Genes of
Escherichia coli O157:H7 that are involved in high pressure
resistance. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77:2661-2671.
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Rodriguez-Romo, L. and Yousef, A. E. 2005.
Inactivation of Salmonella enterica
serovar Enteritidis on shell eggs by ozone and ultraviolet radiation. J.
Food Prot. 68: 711-717.
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Lado, B. H., Bomser, J. A., Dunne, C. P., and Yousef, A. E.
2004. Pulsed electric field alters molecular chaperone expression and
sensitizes Listeria monocytogenes to heat. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
70: 2289-2295.
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Khadre, M. A. and Yousef, A. E. 2002. Susceptibility of human
rotavirus to ozone, high pressure, and pulsed electric field. J. Food Prot.
65: 1441-1446.
DNA Microarray Data
Malone et al. 2006. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. Genes
involved in barotolerance. Escherichia coli O157:H7
EC-88 and
ATCC 35150
Employment
Opportunities
None at this time.