ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2022
Evaluation of the kitchen microbiome and food safety behaviors of predominantly low-income families.
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- Citywide metagenomic surveillance of food centres reveals local microbial signatures and antibiotic resistance gene enrichment.npj antimicrobials and resistance · 2025Article
- Evaluating the efficacy and impact of neutropenic diet in pediatric hematology patients: a longitudinal cohort study on adherence, clinical outcomes, and socioeconomic factors.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- The indoors microbiome and human health.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2024Review
- Viability discrimination of bacterial microbiomes in home kitchen dish sponges using propidium monoazide treatment.Environmental microbiology reports · 2024Article
- Biocontrol in built environments to reduce pathogen exposure and infection risk.The ISME journal · 2024Review
- Shotgun Metagenomics Reveals Minor Micro"International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- The microwave bacteriome: biodiversity of domestic and laboratory microwave ovens.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Mapping the Kitchen Microbiota in Five European Countries Reveals a Set of Core Bacteria across Countries, Kitchen Surfaces, and Cleaning Utensils.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Bacterial pathogens in the domestic environment present a risk to residents, particularly among susceptible populations. However, the impact of consumer demographic characteristics and food handling methods on kitchen microbiomes is not fully understood. The domestic kitchen bacterial communities of ten predominantly low-income families in Houston, TX, were assessed in conjunction with a cross-sectional food safety survey to evaluate differences in household and surface-specific microbiomes and bacterial foodborne pathogen presence. Three kitchen surfaces within each household, including the sink drain, the refrigerator handle, and the counter, were environmentally sampled and metataxonomically evaluated via targeted 16S rRNA sequencing. Disposable dish sponges were also acquired and examined. Results indicated that alpha diversity did not vary by the households, sampling locations, or demographic characteristics evaluated. Significant differences in beta diversity were observed among the bacterial communities of five pairs of households and between refrigerator handle and disposable dish sponge microbiomes. A total of 89 unique bacterial foodborne pathogens were identified across surface types. Each household contained at least one contaminated surface, and the most common bacterial foodborne pathogens identified were
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