Jasna Kovac
Lester Earl and Veronica Casida Career Development Professor of Food Safety; Assistant Professor of Food Science
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Integrating epidemiological, microbiological, molecular and omics methods to better understand microbial pathogenic potential, antimicrobial resistance, and epidemiology of foodborne pathogens.
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Publication Tags
Genome Genes Bacillus Cereus Campylobacter Jejuni Escherichia Coli Feces Virulence Multilocus Sequence Typing Anti Bacterial Agents Food Phylogeny Dairy Products Slovenia Chickens Food Chain Emetics Anthrax Food Microbiology Ciprofloxacin Milk Microbial Drug Resistance Gene Antibiotic Resistance Genotype GenomicsLinks
Most Recent Papers
The occurrence of Listeria monocytogenes is associated with built environment microbiota in three tree fruit processing facilities
Xiaoqing Tan, Taejung Chung, Yi Chen, Dumitru Macarisin, Luke F. Laborde, Jasna Kovac, 2019, Microbiome
A century of gray
Samuel J. Reichler, Nicole H. Martin, Rachel L. Evanowski, Jasna Kovac, Martin Wiedmann, Renato H. Orsi, 2019, Journal of dairy science on p. 5979-6000
Serotype-specific evolutionary patterns of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella enterica
Jingqiu Liao, Renato Hohl Orsi, Laura M. Carroll, Jasna Kovac, Hongyu Ou, Hailong Zhang, Martin Wiedmann, 2019, BMC Evolutionary Biology
A conceptual framework for developing recommendations for no-harvest buffers around in-field feces
Daniel L. Weller, Jasna Kovac, David J. Kent, Sherry Roof, Jeffrey I. Tokman, Erika Mudrak, Martin Wiedmann, 2019, Journal of Food Protection on p. 1052-1060
Manipulating Wild and Tamed Phytobiomes: Challenges and Opportunities
Terrence H Bell, Kevin Hockett, Ricardo Ivan Alcalá-Briseño, Mary Barbercheck, Gwyn A Beattie, Mary Ann Bruns, John Carlson, Taejung Chung, Alyssa Collins, Bryan Emmett, Paul Esker, karen Garrett, Leland Glenna, Beth K. Gugino, Maria del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Linda Kinkel, Jasna Kovac, Kurt Kowalski, Gretchen Kuldau, Johan Leveau, Matthew Michalska-Smith, Jessica Myrick, Kari Peter, Maria Vivanco Salazar, Ashley Shade, Nejc Stopnisek, Xiaoqing Tan, Amy Welty, Kyle Wickings, Etienne Yergeau, 2019, Phytobiomes Journal
Whole-genome sequences of Escherichia coli isolates from cocoa beans imported from bolivia
Hephzibah Nwanosike, Taejung Chung, Lingzi Xiaoli, Megan Condello, Edward G. Dudley, Jasna Kovac, 2019, Microbiology Resource Announcements
Assembly and characterization of a pathogen strain collection for produce safety applications
Anna Sophia Harrand, Jasna Kovac, Laura M. Carroll, Veronica Guariglia-Oropeza, David J. Kent, Martin Wiedmann, 2019, Frontiers in Microbiology
Genes associated with psychrotolerant bacillus cereus group isolates
Sarah M. Beno, Renato H. Orsi, Rachel A. Cheng, David J. Kent, Jasna Kovac, Diana R. Duncan, Nicole H. Martin, Martin Wiedmann, 2019, Frontiers in Microbiology
Characterization of emetic and diarrheal Bacillus cereus strains from a 2016 foodborne outbreak using whole-genome sequencing
Laura M. Carroll, Martin Wiedmann, Manjari Mukherjee, David C. Nicholas, Lisa A. Mingle, Nellie B. Dumas, Jocelyn A. Cole, Jasna Kovac, 2019, Frontiers in Microbiology
Population structure and attribution of human clinical Campylobacter jejuni isolates from central Europe to livestock and environmental sources
J. Kovac, B. Stessl, N. Čadež, I. Gruntar, M. Cimerman, K. Stingl, M. Lušicky, M. Ocepek, M. Wagner, S. Smole Možina, 2018, Zoonoses and Public Health on p. 51-58
Recent Most-Cited Papers
Characterization of egg laying hen and broiler fecal microbiota in poultry farms in Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia
Petra Videnska, Md Masudur Rahman, Marcela Faldynova, Vladimir Babak, Marta Elsheimer Matulova, Estella Prukner-Radovcic, Ivan Krizek, Sonja Smole-Mozina, Jasna Kovac, Ama Szmolka, Bela Nagy, Karel Sedlar, Darina Cejkova, Ivan Rychlik, 2014, PloS one
Bacillus wiedmannii sp. nov., a psychrotolerant and cytotoxic bacillus cereus group species isolated from dairy foods and dairy environments
Rachel A. Miller, Sarah M. Beno, David J. Kent, Laura M. Carroll, Nicole H. Martin, Kathryn J. Boor, Jasna Kovac, 2016, International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology on p. 4744-4753
Antibiotic resistance modulation and modes of action of (-)-α-Pinene in Campylobacter jejuni
Jasna Kovač, Katarina Šimunović, Zuowei Wu, Anja Klančnik, Franz Bucar, Qijing Zhang, Sonja Smole Možina, 2015, PloS one
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
B. Nagy, A. Szmolka, S. Smole Možina, J. Kovač, A. Strauss, S. Schlager, J. Beutlich, B. Appel, M. Lušicky, P. Aprikian, J. Pászti, I. Tóth, R. Kugler, M. Wagner, 2015, International journal of food microbiology on p. 52-59
High genetic similarity of ciprofloxacin-resistant Campylobacter jejuni in central Europe
Jasna Kovač, Neža Čadež, Beatrix Stessl, Kerstin Stingl, Igor Gruntar, Matjaž Ocepek, Marija Trkov, Martin Wagner, Sonja Smole Možina, 2015, Frontiers in Microbiology
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
Laura M. Carroll, Jasna Kovac, Rachel A. Miller, Martin Wiedmann, 2017, Applied and environmental microbiology
Production of hemolysin BL by Bacillus cereus group isolates of dairy origin is associated with whole-genome phylogenetic clade
Jasna Kovac, Rachel A. Miller, Laura M. Carroll, David J. Kent, Jiahui Jian, Sarah M. Beno, Martin Wiedmann, 2016, BMC genomics
Survival of Escherichia coli on lettuce under field conditions encountered in the Northeastern United States
Daniel L. Weller, Jasna Kovac, Sherry Roof, David J. Kent, Jeffrey I. Tokman, Barbara Kowalcyk, David Oryang, Renata Ivanek, Anna Aceituno, Christopher Sroka, Martin Wiedmann, 2017, Journal of Food Protection on p. 1214-1221
Anti-Campylobacter and resistance-modifying activity of Alpinia katsumadai seed extracts
A. Klančnik, B. Gröblacher, Jasna Kovac, F. Bucar, S. Smole Možina, 2012, Journal of Applied Microbiology on p. 1249-1262
The evidence for clonal spreading of quinolone resistance with a particular clonal complex of Campylobacter jejuni
J. Kovač, N. Čadež, M. Lušicky, E. Møller Nielsen, M. Ocepek, P. Raspor, S. Smole Možina, 2014, Epidemiology and Infection on p. 2595-2603