Ludek Zurek - Publications

Affiliations: 
Department of Grain Science and Industry Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States 
Area:
Food Science and Technology Agriculture, Microbiology Biology

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2019 Neupane S, Nayduch D, Zurek L. House Flies () Pose a Risk of Carriage and Transmission of Bacterial Pathogens Associated with Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD). Insects. 10. PMID 31635391 DOI: 10.3390/Insects10100358  0.396
2019 Neupane S, Modry D, Pafčo B, Zurek L. Bacterial Community of the Digestive Tract of the European Medicinal Leech (Hirudo verbana) from the Danube River. Microbial Ecology. PMID 30806729 DOI: 10.1007/S00248-019-01349-Z  0.381
2018 Channaiah LH, Subramanyam B, Zurek L. Molecular characterization of antibiotic resistant and potentially virulent enterococci isolated from swine farms and feed mills Journal of Stored Products Research. 77: 189-196. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jspr.2018.04.007  0.445
2017 Pohlenz TD, Zavadilova K, Ghosh A, Zurek L. Prevalence of Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli in House Flies (Diptera: Muscidae) in an Urban Environment. Journal of Medical Entomology. PMID 29272420 DOI: 10.1093/Jme/Tjx225  0.316
2017 Erram D, Zurek L. Larval Development of Culicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Mud Supplemented With Manure of Various Farm Animals. Journal of Medical Entomology. PMID 29121343 DOI: 10.1093/Jme/Tjx197  0.36
2017 Louradour I, Monteiro CC, Inbar E, Ghosh K, Merkhofer R, Lawyer P, Paun A, Smelkinson M, Secundino N, Lewis M, Erram D, Zurek L, Sacks D. The midgut microbiota plays an essential role in sand fly vector competence for Leishmania major. Cellular Microbiology. PMID 28580630 DOI: 10.1111/Cmi.12755  0.374
2017 Jamborova I, Dolejska M, Zurek L, Townsend AK, Clark AB, Ellis JC, Papousek I, Cizek A, Literak I. Plasmid-mediated resistance to cephalosporins and quinolones in Escherichia coli from American crows in the USA. Environmental Microbiology. PMID 28276133 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13722  0.422
2016 Hubert J, Kopecky J, Sagova-Mareckova M, Nesvorna M, Zurek L, Erban T. Assessment of Bacterial Communities in Thirteen Species of Laboratory-Cultured Domestic Mites (Acari: Acaridida). Journal of Economic Entomology. PMID 27122496 DOI: 10.1093/Jee/Tow089  0.402
2015 Puri-Giri R, Ghosh A, Zurek L. Stable Flies (Stomoxys calcitrans L.) from Confined Beef Cattle Do Not Carry Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) in the Digestive Tract. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. PMID 26650821 DOI: 10.1089/Fpd.2015.2056  0.415
2015 Wada-Katsumata A, Zurek L, Nalyanya G, Roelofs WL, Zhang A, Schal C. Gut bacteria mediate aggregation in the German cockroach. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112: 15678-83. PMID 26644557 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1504031112  0.381
2015 Hubert J, Erban T, Kamler M, Kopecky J, Nesvorna M, Hejdankova S, Titera D, Tyl J, Zurek L. Bacteria detected in the honeybee parasitic mite Varroa destructor collected from beehive winter debris. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 119: 640-54. PMID 26176631 DOI: 10.1111/Jam.12899  0.377
2015 Splichalova P, Svec P, Ghosh A, Zurek L, Oravcova V, Radimersky T, Bohus M, Literak I. Prevalence, diversity and characterization of enterococci from three coraciiform birds. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 107: 1281-9. PMID 25772302 DOI: 10.1007/S10482-015-0422-6  0.408
2015 Ghosh A, Zurek L. Fresh steam-flaked corn in cattle feedlots is an important site for fecal coliform contamination by house flies. Journal of Food Protection. 78: 567-72. PMID 25719882 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.Jfp-14-429  0.465
2015 Tangtrakulwanich K, Albuquerque TA, Brewer GJ, Baxendale FP, Zurek L, Miller DN, Taylor DB, Friesen KA, Zhu JJ. Behavioural responses of stable flies to cattle manure slurry associated odourants. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 29: 82-7. PMID 25557192 DOI: 10.1111/Mve.12103  0.694
2014 Albuquerque TA, Zurek L. Temporal changes in the bacterial community of animal feces and their correlation with stable fly oviposition, larval development, and adult fitness. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5: 590. PMID 25426108 DOI: 10.3389/Fmicb.2014.00590  0.706
2014 Zurek L, Ghosh A. Insects represent a link between food animal farms and the urban environment for antibiotic resistance traits. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80: 3562-7. PMID 24705326 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.00600-14  0.425
2014 Ghosh A, Akhtar M, Holderman C, Zurek L. Significance and survival of Enterococci during the house fly development. Journal of Medical Entomology. 51: 63-7. PMID 24605454 DOI: 10.1603/Me13161  0.77
2014 Doud CW, Scott HM, Zurek L. Role of house flies in the ecology of Enterococcus faecalis from wastewater treatment facilities. Microbial Ecology. 67: 380-91. PMID 24337146 DOI: 10.1007/S00248-013-0337-6  0.777
2014 Halová D, Papousek I, Jamborova I, Masarikova M, Cizek A, Janecko N, Oravcova V, Zurek L, Clark AB, Townsend A, Ellis JC, Literak I. Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance genes in Enterobacteriaceae from American crows: high prevalence of bacteria with variable qnrB genes. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 58: 1257-8. PMID 24247140 DOI: 10.1128/Aac.01849-13  0.403
2014 Oravcova V, Zurek L, Townsend A, Clark AB, Ellis JC, Cizek A, Literak I. American crows as carriers of vancomycin-resistant enterococci with vanA gene. Environmental Microbiology. 16: 939-49. PMID 23919480 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12213  0.41
2013 Scott JG, Leichter CA, Rinkevich FD, Rinkevihc FD, Harris SA, Su C, Aberegg LC, Moon R, Geden CJ, Gerry AC, Taylor DB, Byford RL, Watson W, Johnson G, Boxler D, ... Zurek L, et al. Insecticide resistance in house flies from the United States: resistance levels and frequency of pyrethroid resistance alleles. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 107: 377-84. PMID 24267700 DOI: 10.1016/J.Pestbp.2013.10.006  0.357
2013 Ghosh A, Borst L, Stauffer SH, Suyemoto M, Moisan P, Zurek L, Gookin JL. Mortality in kittens is associated with a shift in ileum mucosa-associated enterococci from Enterococcus hirae to biofilm-forming Enterococcus faecalis and adherent Escherichia coli. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 51: 3567-78. PMID 23966487 DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.00481-13  0.452
2013 Oravcova V, Ghosh A, Zurek L, Bardon J, Guenther S, Cizek A, Literak I. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in rooks (Corvus frugilegus) wintering throughout Europe. Environmental Microbiology. 15: 548-56. PMID 23116146 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12002  0.437
2012 Peterkova-Koci K, Robles-Murguia M, Ramalho-Ortigao M, Zurek L. Significance of bacteria in oviposition and larval development of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis. Parasites & Vectors. 5: 145. PMID 22827861 DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-145  0.415
2012 Doud CW, Taylor DB, Zurek L. Dewatered sewage biosolids provide a productive larval habitat for stable flies and house flies (Diptera: Muscidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 49: 286-92. PMID 22493845 DOI: 10.1603/Me11158  0.753
2012 Unc A, Zurek L, Peterson G, Narayanan S, Springthorpe SV, Sattar SA. Microarray assessment of virulence, antibiotic, and heavy metal resistance in an agricultural watershed creek. Journal of Environmental Quality. 41: 534-43. PMID 22370416 DOI: 10.2134/Jeq2011.0172  0.331
2012 Ghosh A, Kukanich K, Brown CE, Zurek L. Resident Cats in Small Animal Veterinary Hospitals Carry Multi-Drug Resistant Enterococci and are Likely Involved in Cross-Contamination of the Hospital Environment. Frontiers in Microbiology. 3: 62. PMID 22363334 DOI: 10.3389/Fmicb.2012.00062  0.42
2012 KuKanich KS, Ghosh A, Skarbek JV, Lothamer KM, Zurek L. Surveillance of bacterial contamination in small animal veterinary hospitals with special focus on antimicrobial resistance and virulence traits of enterococci. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 240: 437-45. PMID 22309016 DOI: 10.2460/Javma.240.4.437  0.366
2012 Doud CW, Zurek L. Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF:pMV158 survives and proliferates in the house fly digestive tract. Journal of Medical Entomology. 49: 150-5. PMID 22308783 DOI: 10.1603/Me11167  0.758
2012 Hubert J, Kopecký J, Perotti MA, Nesvorná M, Braig HR, Ságová-Marečková M, Macovei L, Zurek L. Detection and identification of species-specific bacteria associated with synanthropic mites. Microbial Ecology. 63: 919-28. PMID 22057398 DOI: 10.1007/S00248-011-9969-6  0.358
2011 Ghosh A, Dowd SE, Zurek L. Dogs leaving the ICU carry a very large multi-drug resistant enterococcal population with capacity for biofilm formation and horizontal gene transfer. Plos One. 6: e22451. PMID 21811613 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0022451  0.453
2011 Ahmad A, Ghosh A, Schal C, Zurek L. Insects in confined swine operations carry a large antibiotic resistant and potentially virulent enterococcal community. Bmc Microbiology. 11: 23. PMID 21269466 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-23  0.438
2011 Khajuria C, Buschman LL, Chen MS, Zurek L, Zhu KY. Characterization of six antibacterial response genes from the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) larval gut and their expression in response to bacterial challenge. Journal of Insect Physiology. 57: 345-55. PMID 21167833 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jinsphys.2010.12.005  0.306
2010 Channaiah LH, Subramanyam B, McKinney LJ, Zurek L. Stored-product insects carry antibiotic-resistant and potentially virulent enterococci. Fems Microbiology Ecology. 74: 464-71. PMID 20735478 DOI: 10.1111/J.1574-6941.2010.00949.X  0.422
2010 Amachawadi RG, Shelton NW, Jacob ME, Shi X, Narayanan SK, Zurek L, Dritz SS, Nelssen JL, Tokach MD, Nagaraja TG. Occurrence of tcrB, a transferable copper resistance gene, in fecal enterococci of swine. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 7: 1089-97. PMID 20500052 DOI: 10.1089/Fpd.2010.0540  0.385
2010 Channaiah LH, Subramanyam B, Zurek L. Survival of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF:pCF10 in poultry and cattle feed: vector competence of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst). Journal of Food Protection. 73: 568-73. PMID 20202347 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-73.3.568  0.386
2010 Chakrabarti S, Kambhampati S, Zurek L. Assessment of house fly dispersal between rural and urban habitats in Kansas, USA Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 83: 172-188. DOI: 10.2317/Jkes0809.15.1  0.373
2009 Talley J, Broce A, Zurek L. Characterization of stable fly (Diptera: Muscidae) larval developmental habitat at round hay bale feeding sites. Journal of Medical Entomology. 46: 1310-9. PMID 19960675 DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0609  0.707
2009 Akhtar M, Hirt H, Zurek L. Horizontal transfer of the tetracycline resistance gene tetM mediated by pCF10 among Enterococcus faecalis in the house fly (Musca domestica L.) alimentary canal. Microbial Ecology. 58: 509-18. PMID 19475445 DOI: 10.1007/S00248-009-9533-9  0.753
2009 Nagulapally SR, Ahmad A, Henry A, Marchin GL, Zurek L, Bhandari A. Occurrence of ciprofloxacin-, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole-, and vancomycin-resistant bacteria in a municipal wastewater treatment plant. Water Environment Research : a Research Publication of the Water Environment Federation. 81: 82-90. PMID 19280903 DOI: 10.2175/106143008X304596  0.438
2009 Macovei L, Ghosh A, Thomas VC, Hancock LE, Mahmood S, Zurek L. Enterococcus faecalis with the gelatinase phenotype regulated by the fsr operon and with biofilm-forming capacity are common in the agricultural environment. Environmental Microbiology. 11: 1540-7. PMID 19222538 DOI: 10.1111/J.1462-2920.2009.01881.X  0.413
2008 Christen JM, Campbell JF, Zurek L, Shapiro-Ilan DI, Lewis EE, Ramaswamy SB. Role of symbiotic and non-symbiotic bacteria in carbon dioxide production from hosts infected with Steinernema riobrave. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 99: 35-42. PMID 18621386 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jip.2008.05.008  0.319
2008 Macovei L, Miles B, Zurek L. Potential of houseflies to contaminate ready-to-eat food with antibiotic-resistant enterococci. Journal of Food Protection. 71: 435-9. PMID 18326202 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-71.2.435  0.38
2008 Anderson JF, Parrish TD, Akhtar M, Zurek L, Hirt H. Antibiotic resistance of enterococci in American bison (Bison bison) from a nature preserve compared to that of Enterococci in pastured cattle. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74: 1726-30. PMID 18245252 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.02164-07  0.753
2008 Larson Z, Subramanyam B, Zurek L, Herrman T. Diversity and antibiotic resistance of enterococci associated with stored-product insects collected from feed mills Journal of Stored Products Research. 44: 198-203. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jspr.2007.08.007  0.481
2007 Macovei L, Zurek L. Influx of enterococci and associated antibiotic resistance and virulence genes from ready-to-eat food to the human digestive tract. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73: 6740-7. PMID 17766449 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.01444-07  0.414
2007 Mramba F, Broce AB, Zurek L. Vector competence of stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans L. (Diptera: Muscidae), for Enterobacter sakazakii. Journal of Vector Ecology : Journal of the Society For Vector Ecology. 32: 134-9. PMID 17633434 DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2007)32[134:Vcosfs]2.0.Co;2  0.43
2007 Ahmad A, Nagaraja TG, Zurek L. Transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to cattle by house flies. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 80: 74-81. PMID 17306389 DOI: 10.1016/J.Prevetmed.2007.01.006  0.352
2007 Alam MJ, Zurek L. Seasonal prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in beef cattle feces. Journal of Food Protection. 69: 3018-20. PMID 17186673 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-69.12.3018  0.379
2007 Romero A, Broce A, Zurek L. Role of bacteria in the oviposition behaviour and larval development of stable flies. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 20: 115-21. PMID 16608496 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2915.2006.00602.X  0.435
2006 Ahmad A, Broce A, Zurek L. Evaluation of significance of bacteria in larval development of Cochliomyia macellaria (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 43: 1129-33. PMID 17162944 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[1129:Eosobi]2.0.Co;2  0.439
2006 Sanderson MW, Sargeant JM, Shi X, Nagaraja TG, Zurek L, Alam MJ. Longitudinal emergence and distribution of Escherichia coli O157 genotypes in a beef feedlot. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72: 7614-9. PMID 17056682 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.01412-06  0.345
2006 Ahmad A, Zurek L. Evaluation of the anti-terminator Q933 gene as a marker for Escherichia coli O157:H7 with high Shiga toxin production. Current Microbiology. 53: 324-8. PMID 16972124 DOI: 10.1007/S00284-006-0089-3  0.32
2006 Macovei L, Zurek L. Ecology of antibiotic resistance genes: characterization of enterococci from houseflies collected in food settings. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72: 4028-35. PMID 16751512 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.00034-06  0.43
2006 Mramba F, Broce A, Zurek L. Isolation of Enterobacter sakazakii from stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans L. (Diptera: Muscidae). Journal of Food Protection. 69: 671-3. PMID 16541702 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-69.3.671  0.443
2004 Alam MJ, Zurek L. Association of Escherichia coli O157:H7 with houseflies on a cattle farm. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70: 7578-80. PMID 15574966 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.70.12.7578-7580.2004  0.361
2004 Zurek L, Schal C. Evaluation of the German cockroach (Blattella germanica) as a vector for verotoxigenic Escherichia coli F18 in confined swine production. Veterinary Microbiology. 101: 263-7. PMID 15261999 DOI: 10.1016/J.Vetmic.2004.04.011  0.365
2003 Trexler JD, Apperson CS, Zurek L, Gemeno C, Schal C, Kaufman M, Walker E, Watson DW, Wallace L. Role of bacteria in mediating the oviposition responses of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 40: 841-8. PMID 14765661 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.6.841  0.346
2003 Watson DW, Denning SS, Zurek L, Stringham SM, Elliott J. Effects of lime hydrate on the growth and development of darkling beetle, Alphitobius diaperinus International Journal of Poultry Science. 2: 91-96. DOI: 10.3923/Ijps.2003.91.96  0.329
2001 Dugas JE, Zurek L, Paster BJ, Keddie BA, Leadbetter ER. Isolation and characterization of a Chryseobacterium strain from the gut of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana Archives of Microbiology. 175: 259-262. PMID 11382221 DOI: 10.1007/S002030000243  0.335
2001 Barbieri E, Paster BJ, Hughes D, Zurek L, Moser DP, Teske A, Sogin ML. Phylogenetic characterization of epibiotic bacteria in the accessory nidamental gland and egg capsules of the squid Loligo pealei (Cephalopoda:Loliginidae). Environmental Microbiology. 3: 151-67. PMID 11321532 DOI: 10.1046/J.1462-2920.2001.00172.X  0.339
2001 Zurek L, Denning SS, Schal C, Watson DW. Vector competence of Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) for Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Journal of Medical Entomology. 38: 333-5. PMID 11296844 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.2.333  0.389
2000 Zurek L, Schal C, Watson DW. Diversity and contribution of the intestinal bacterial community to the development of Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) larvae. Journal of Medical Entomology. 37: 924-8. PMID 11126551 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.6.924  0.447
2000 Zurek L, Keddie BA. Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin - a Promising Microbial Control Agent of the Satin Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) Biocontrol Science and Technology. 10: 641-644. DOI: 10.1080/095831500750016433  0.341
1996 Zurek L, Keddie B. Contribution of the colon and colonie bacterial flora to metabolism and development of the american cockroach Periplaneta americana L. Journal of Insect Physiology. 42: 743-748. DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(96)00028-5  0.383
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