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ARS Home Pacific West Area Albany, California Western Regional Research Center Produce Safety and Microbiology Research People & Locations







Irwin  Quintela
                        Produce Safety and Microbiology Research

                        




                        
                        Research Microbiologist
                        Phone: (510) 559-6422
                        
                        
                        Fax: (510) 559-6162(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
                            **Publications**
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Aptamer-linked Immobilized Sorbent Assay for detecting Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Virus VP1 Serotype O

- (Abstract Only)Characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli bacteriophages isolated from agricultural environments and examination of their prevalence with bacterial hosts
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Quintela, I.A., Valentine, D.C., Hwang, A., Vasse, T., Ho, K., Wu, V.C. 2023. Characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli bacteriophages isolated from agricultural environments and examination of their prevalence with bacterial hosts. Journal of Food Safety. Article e13084. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfs.13084.Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli outbreaks in California’s leafy greens production continuum
                                                        

- (Review Article)Lacombe, A.C., Quintela, I.A., Liao, Y., Wu, V.C. 2022. Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli outbreaks in California’s leafy greens production continuum. Frontiers In Food Science And Technology. 2. Article 1068690. https://doi.org/10.3389/frfst.2022.1068690.Advances, applications, and limitations of portable and rapid detection technologies for routinely encountered foodborne pathogens
                                                        

- (Review Article)Quintela, I.A., Vasse, T., Lin, C., Wu, V.C. 2022. Advances, applications, and limitations of portable and rapid detection technologies for routinely encountered foodborne pathogens. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. Article 1054782. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1054782.Whole-genome analysis of Escherichia phage vB_EcoM-S1P5QW, isolated from manures collected from cattle farms in Maine
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Quintela, I.A., Hwang, A., Vasse, T., Salvador, A., Zhang, Y., Liao, Y., Wu, V.C. 2022. Whole-genome analysis of Escherichia phage vB_EcoM-S1P5QW, isolated from manures collected from cattle farms in Maine. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 11(4). Article e00041-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00041-22.A review of epidemic investigation on cold-chain food-mediated SARS-CoV-2 transmission and food safety consideration during COVID-19 pandemic
                                                        

- (Review Article)Lu, L., Quintela, I.A., Lin, C., Lin, T., Lin, C., Wu, V.C., Lin, C. 2021. A review of epidemic investigation on cold-chain food-mediated SARS-CoV-2 transmission and food safety consideration during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Food Safety. 41(6). Article e12932. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfs.12932.Enhanced detection of major pathogens and toxins in poultry and livestock with zoonotic risks using nanomaterials-based diagnostics
                                                        

- (Review Article)Manhas, P.K., Quintela, I.A., Wu, V.C. 2021. Enhanced detection of major pathogens and toxins in poultry and livestock with zoonotic risks using nanomaterials-based diagnostics. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 8. Article 673718. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.673718.Food safety lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
                                                        

- (Review Article)Lacombe, A.C., Quintela, I.A., Liao, Y., Wu, V.C. 2020. Food safety lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Food Safety. 41:2. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfs.12878.Discovery of novel shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)- specific bacteriophages from non-fecal composts using genomic characterization
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Liao, Y., Sun, X., Quintela, I.A., Bridges, D.F., Liu, F., Zhang, Y., Salvador, A., Wu, V.C. 2019. Discovery of novel shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)- specific bacteriophages from non-fecal composts using genomic characterization. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10:627. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00627.


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