1.           Hooda, R.; Esseili, M.A. Human Norovirus Surrogate Is Highly Stable in Berry Smoothies and under In Vitro Simulated Digestion. Foods 2024, 13, 1066, doi:10.3390/foods13071066.

2.           Morris, J.N.; Esseili, M.A. Screening Commercial Tea for Rapid Inactivation of Infectious SARS-CoV-2 in Saliva. Food Environ Virol 2024, doi:10.1007/s12560-023-09581-0.

3.           Narwankar, R.; Esseili, M.A. Replication of Human Norovirus in Human Intestinal Enteroids Is Affected by Fecal Sample Processing. Viruses 2024, 16, doi:10.3390/v16020241

4.           Morris, J.N.; Esseili, M.A. The Effect of Water Hardness and pH on the Efficacy of Peracetic Acid and Sodium Hypochlorite against SARS-CoV-2 on Food-Contact Surfaces. Foods 2023, 12, doi:10.3390/foods12162981.

5.           Morris, J.N.; Esseili, M.A. Efficacy of Peracetic Acid and Sodium Hypochlorite against SARS-CoV-2 on Contaminated Surfaces. Appl Environ Microbiol 2023, 89, e0062223, doi:10.1128/aem.00622-23.

6.           Kassem, II; Osman, M.; Hassan, J.; Sulaiman, A.A.; Mann, D.; Esseili, M.A.; Naas, T.; Deng, X. First report of the mobile colistin resistance gene, mcr-1.26, in multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from retail chicken meat. J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2023, 34, 176-178, doi:10.1016/j.jgar.2023.07.005.

7.           Esseili, M.A. In vitro digestion of SARS-CoV-2 contaminated berries reveals high inactivation of infectious virus during gastrointestinal passage. Appl Environ Microbiol 2023, 89, e0133923, doi:10.1128/aem.01339-23.

8.           Esseili, M.A. Great escape: how infectious SARS-CoV-2 avoids inactivation by gastric acidity and intestinal bile. Gut 2023, 72, 808-810, doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2021-326624.

9.           Kassem, II; Hassan, J.; Esseili, M.A.; Mann, D.; Osman, M.; Li, S.; Deng, X. Draft Genome Sequences of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Isolated from River Water. Microbiol Resour Announc 2022, 11, e0082722, doi:10.1128/mra.00827-22.

10.        Hassan, J.; Esseili, M.A.; Mann, D.; Osman, M.; Li, S.; Deng, X.; Kassem, II. Draft Genome Sequences of Antibiotic-Resistant Serratia sp. Strains Isolated from Raw Sewage and Sediment Sludge in Georgia, USA. Microbiol Resour Announc 2022, 11, e0096522, doi:10.1128/mra.00965-22.

11.        Esseili, M.A.; Mann, A.; Narwankar, R.; Kassem, II; Diez-Gonzalez, F.; Hogan, R.J. SARS-CoV-2 remains infectious for at least a month on artificially-contaminated frozen berries. Food Microbiol 2022, 107, 104084, doi:10.1016/j.fm.2022.104084.

12.        Esseili, M.A.; Gao, X.; Boley, P.; Hou, Y.; Saif, L.J.; Brewer-Jensen, P.; Lindesmith, L.C.; Baric, R.S.; Atmar, R.L.; Wang, Q. Human Norovirus Histo-Blood Group Antigen (HBGA) Binding Sites Mediate the Virus Specific Interactions with Lettuce Carbohydrates. Viruses 2019, 11, doi:10.3390/v11090833.

13.        Esseili, M.A.; Meulia, T.; Saif, L.J.; Wang, Q. Tissue Distribution and Visualization of Internalized Human Norovirus in Leafy Greens. Appl Environ Microbiol 2018, 84, doi:10.1128/AEM.00292-18.

14.        Gao, X.; Esseili, M.A.; Lu, Z.; Saif, L.J.; Wang, Q. Recognition of Histo-Blood Group Antigen-Like Carbohydrates in Lettuce by Human GII.4 Norovirus. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016, 82, 2966-2974, doi:10.1128/AEM.04096-15.

15.        Esseili, M.A.; Gao, X.; Tegtmeier, S.; Saif, L.J.; Wang, Q. Abiotic Stress and Phyllosphere Bacteria Influence the Survival of Human Norovirus and Its Surrogates on Preharvest Leafy Greens. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016, 82, 352-363, doi:10.1128/AEM.02763-15.

16.        Liu, X.; Lin, C.M.; Annamalai, T.; Gao, X.; Lu, Z.; Esseili, M.A.; Jung, K.; El-Tholoth, M.; Saif, L.J.; Wang, Q. Determination of the infectious titer and virulence of an original US porcine epidemic diarrhea virus PC22A strain. Vet Res 2015, 46, 109, doi:10.1186/s13567-015-0249-1.

17.        Lin, C.M.; Gao, X.; Oka, T.; Vlasova, A.N.; Esseili, M.A.; Wang, Q.; Saif, L.J. Antigenic relationships among porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and transmissible gastroenteritis virus strains. J Virol 2015, 89, 3332-3342, doi:10.1128/JVI.03196-14.

18.        Esseili, M.A.; Saif, L.J.; Farkas, T.; Wang, Q. Feline Calicivirus, Murine Norovirus, Porcine Sapovirus, and Tulane Virus Survival on Postharvest Lettuce. Appl Environ Microbiol 2015, 81, 5085-5092, doi:10.1128/AEM.00558-15.

19.        Esseili, M.A.; Chin, A.; Saif, L.; Miller, S.A.; Qu, F.; Lewis Ivey, M.L.; Wang, Q. Postharvest Survival of Porcine Sapovirus, a Human Norovirus Surrogate, on Phytopathogen-Infected Leafy Greens. J Food Prot 2015, 78, 1472-1480, doi:10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-14-518.

20.        Oka, T.; Saif, L.J.; Marthaler, D.; Esseili, M.A.; Meulia, T.; Lin, C.M.; Vlasova, A.N.; Jung, K.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, Q. Cell culture isolation and sequence analysis of genetically diverse US porcine epidemic diarrhea virus strains including a novel strain with a large deletion in the spike gene. Vet Microbiol 2014, 173, 258-269, doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.08.012.

21.        Kumar, A.; Vlasova, A.N.; Liu, Z.; Chattha, K.S.; Kandasamy, S.; Esseili, M.; Zhang, X.; Rajashekara, G.; Saif, L.J. In vivo gut transcriptome responses to Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Lactobacillus acidophilus in neonatal gnotobiotic piglets. Gut Microbes 2014, 5, 152-164, doi:10.4161/gmic.27877.

22.        Esseili, M.A.; Kassem, II; Lis, J.; Sigler, V. Application of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) for assessing fecal pollution sources at a recreational beach. J Water Health 2014, 12, 846-857, doi:10.2166/wh.2014.034.

23.        Vlasova, A.N.; Chattha, K.S.; Kandasamy, S.; Liu, Z.; Esseili, M.; Shao, L.; Rajashekara, G.; Saif, L.J. Lactobacilli and bifidobacteria promote immune homeostasis by modulating innate immune responses to human rotavirus in neonatal gnotobiotic pigs. PLoS One 2013, 8, e76962, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076962.

24.        Chattha, K.S.; Vlasova, A.N.; Kandasamy, S.; Esseili, M.A.; Siegismund, C.; Rajashekara, G.; Saif, L.J. Probiotics and colostrum/milk differentially affect neonatal humoral immune responses to oral rotavirus vaccine. Vaccine 2013, 31, 1916-1923, doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.02.020.

25.        Kassem, II; Khatri, M.; Esseili, M.A.; Sanad, Y.M.; Saif, Y.M.; Olson, J.W.; Rajashekara, G. Respiratory proteins contribute differentially to Campylobacter jejuni’s survival and in vitro interaction with hosts’ intestinal cells. BMC Microbiol 2012, 12, 258, doi:10.1186/1471-2180-12-258.

26.        Esseili, M.A.; Wang, Q.; Zhang, Z.; Saif, L.J. Internalization of sapovirus, a surrogate for norovirus, in romaine lettuce and the effect of lettuce latex on virus infectivity. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012, 78, 6271-6279, doi:10.1128/AEM.01295-12.

27.        Esseili, M.A.; Wang, Q.; Saif, L.J. Binding of human GII.4 norovirus virus-like particles to carbohydrates of romaine lettuce leaf cell wall materials. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012, 78, 786-794, doi:10.1128/AEM.07081-11.

28.        Esseili, M.A.; Kassem, II; Sigler, V.; Czajkowski, K.; Ames, A. Genetic evidence for the offsite transport of E. coli associated with land application of Class B biosolids on agricultural fields. Sci Total Environ 2012, 433, 273-280, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.021.

29.        Kassem, II; Esseili, M.A.; Sigler, V. Detection and differentiation of staphylococcal contamination of clinical surfaces using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. J Hosp Infect 2011, 78, 187-193, doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2011.01.023.

30.        Talhouk, R.S., , Esseili, M.A., Kogan J, Attallah, M.R., Talhouk, S.N., Homaidan, F.T. Inhibition of Endotoxin-induced pro-inflammatory markers by water extracts of Onopordum cynarocephalum and Achillea damascene. . Journal of Medicinal Plant Research 2009, 3.

31.        Kassem, II; Esseili, M.A.; Sigler, V. Occurrence of mecA in nonstaphylococcal pathogens in surface waters. J Clin Microbiol 2008, 46, 3868-3869, doi:10.1128/JCM.01035-08.

32.        Esseili, M.A.; Kassem, II; Sigler, V. Optimization of DGGE community fingerprinting for characterizing Escherichia coli communities associated with fecal pollution. Water Res 2008, 42, 4467-4476, doi:10.1016/j.watres.2008.08.002.

33.        Kassem, II; Sigler, V.; Esseili, M.A. Public computer surfaces are reservoirs for methicillin-resistant staphylococci. ISME J 2007, 1, 265-268, doi:10.1038/ismej.2007.36.