Publications as first author/ Publicações como primeiro autor

• Castro, V.S, Fang, Y, Yang, X, Stanford, K. The Trade-Off Between Sanitizer Resistance and Virulence Genes: Genomic Insights into Escherichia coli Adaptation. Antibiotics, v. 14, p. 291, 2025. [Access] NEW
• Castro, V.S, Fang, Y, Yang, X, Stanford, K. Association of resistance to quaternary ammonium compounds and organic acids with genetic markers and their relationship to Escherichia coli serogroup. Food Microbiology, v. 1, p. 104267-9, 2023. [Access]
• Castro, V.S, Conte-Junior, C. A, Figueiredo, E. E. S, Yang, X, Stanford, K. Efficacy of quaternary ammonium compounds (QAC) for control of individual and mixed cultures of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli with high and low-QAC resistance. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, v. 1, p. 1-9, 2023. [Access]
• Castro, V.S, Ngo, S, Stanford, K. Influence of temperature and pH on induction of Shiga toxin Stx1a in Escherichia coli. Frontiers in Microbiology, v. 1, p. 1-9, 2023. [Access]
• Castro, V. S, Figueiredo, E. E. S. Editorial: From Farm Gate to Food Plate: Current Challenges in Foodborne Microorganism Detection, Epidemiology, and Genetic Diversity. Frontiers in Genetics, v. 1, p. 9, 2023. [Access]
• Castro VS, Figueiredo EES, McAllister T, Stanford K. Farm-to-fork impacts of super-shedders and high-event periods on food safety. Trends in Food Science & Technology, v. 1, p. 1-12, 2022. [Access]
• Castro, VS, Ortega-Polo, R, Figueiredo, E. E. S., Bummunang, E, McAllister, T, King, R, Conte-Junior, C. A, Stanford, K. Inconsistent PCR detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli: insights from whole genome sequence analyses. PLoS One, v. 16, p. e0257168, 2021. [Access]
• Castro VS, Figueiredo EES; McAllister T, King R, Reuter T, Ortega-Polo R, Conte-Junior CA, Stanford K. Whole-Genome Draft Assemblies of Difficult-to-Classify O157 and Non-O157 Isolates from Feces of Canadian Feedlot Cattle. Microbiology Resource Announcements, v. 9, p. 1-5, 2020. [Access]
• Castro VS, Mutz YS, Rosario DKA, Cunha-Neto A, Figueiredo EES, Conte-Junior, CA. Inactivation of multi-drug resistant non-typhoidal Salmonella and wild-type Escherichia coli STEC using organic acids: A potential alternative to the food industry. Pathogens, v. 9, p. 849, 2020. [Access]
• Castro VS, Figueiredo EES, Stanford K, McAllister T, Conte-Junior CA. Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli in Brazil: A Systematic Review. Microorganisms, v. 7, p. 137, 2019. [Access]
• Castro VS, Teixeira LAC, Rodrigues DP, Santos LF, Conte-Junior CA, Figueiredo, EES. Occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of E. coli non-O157 isolated from beef in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Tropical Animal Health and Production, v. 51, p. 1117-1123, 2019. [Access]
• Castro VS, Vieira BS, Cunha-Neto A, Figueiredo EES, Conte-Junior CA. Acetic acid increased the inactivation of multi-drug resistant non-typhoidal Salmonella by large-scaffold antibiotic. Indian Journal of Microbiology, v. 1, p. 1-5, 2019. [Access]
• Castro VS, Rosario DKA, Mutz YS, Paletta ACC, Figueiredo EES, Conte-Junior CA. Modelling inactivation of wild-type and clinical Escherichia coli O26 strains using UV-C and thermal treatment and subsequent persistence in simulated gastric fluid. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2019. [Access]
• Castro VS, Carvalho RCT, Conte-Junior CA, Figueiredo EES. Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli: pathogenicity, supershedding, diagnostic methods, occurrence, and foodborne outbreaks. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. 2017. [Access]