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Microbial culturing
1. Dawan, J.; Zhang, S.; Ahn, J. Recent advances in biofilm control technologies for the food industry. Antibiotics 2025, 14, 254. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14030254
2. Dawan, J., Kim, J., Liao, X., Ding, T., & Ahn, J. (2025). Potential risks and challenges of bacterial persistence in food safety. Food Reviews International, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/87559129.2025.2453622
3. Dawan J, Liao X, Ding T, Ahn J. Phenotypic and genotypic responses of foodborne pathogens to sublethal concentrations of lactic acid and sodium chloride. Microb Drug Resist. 2024 Aug;30(8):332-340. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2024.0044. Epub 2024 Jun 20. PMID: 38900709.
4. Dawan J, Kim S, Ahn J. Assessment of phenotypic heterogeneity in Salmonella Typhimurium preadapted to ciprofloxacin and tetracycline. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2023 Jan 17;370:fnad100. doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnad100. PMID: 37777836.
5. Hasan M, Dawan J, Ahn J. Assessment of the potential of phage-antibiotic synergy to induce collateral sensitivity in Salmonella Typhimurium. Microb Pathog. 2023 Jul;180:106134. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2023.106134. Epub 2023 May 5. PMID: 37150310.
6. Dawan J, Ahn J. Variability in adaptive resistance of Salmonella Typhimurium to sublethal levels of antibiotics. Antibiotics (Basel). 2022 Dec 1;11(12):1725. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11121725. PMID: 36551382; PMCID: PMC9774383.
7. Dawan, J., Ahn, J. Application of DNA barcoding for ensuring food safety and quality. Food Sci Biotechnol 31, 1355–1364 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10068-022-01143-7.
8. Dawan J, Ahn J. Bacterial stress responses as potential targets in overcoming antibiotic resistance. Microorganisms. 2022 Jul 9;10(7):1385. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10071385. PMID: 35889104; PMCID: PMC9322497.
9. Dawan J, Ahn J. Assessment of phage-mediated control of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium during the transition from planktonic to biofilm cells. Microb Pathog. 2022 Jan;162:105365. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2021.105365. Epub 2021 Dec 15. PMID: 34921957.
10. Dawan J, Li Y, Lu F, He X, Ahn J. Role of efflux pump-mediated antibiotic resistance in quorum sensing-regulated biofilm formation by Salmonella Typhimurium. Pathogens. 2022 Jan 24;11(2):147. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11020147. PMID: 35215091; PMCID: PMC8877114.
11. Laure NN, Dawan J, Ahn J. Effects of incubation time and inoculation level on the stabilities of bacteriostatic and bactericidal antibiotics against Salmonella Typhimurium. Antibiotics (Basel). 2021 Aug 22;10(8):1019. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10081019. PMID: 34439069; PMCID: PMC8388968.
12. Dawan J, Ahn J. Assessment of cooperative antibiotic resistance of Salmonella Typhimurium within heterogeneous population. Microb Pathog. 2021 Aug;157:104973. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2021.104973. Epub 2021 May 23. PMID: 34029657.
13. Dawan J, Kim JC, Ahn J. Insights into collateral susceptibility and collateral resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii during antimicrobial adaptation. Lett Appl Microbiol. 2021 Aug;73(2):168-175. doi: 10.1111/lam.13488. Epub 2021 May 5. PMID: 33893654.
14. Dawan J, Ahn J. Effectiveness of antibiotic combination treatments to control heteroresistant Salmonella Typhimurium. Microb Drug Resist. 2021 Apr;27(4):441-449. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2020.0027. Epub 2020 Apr 7. PMID: 32255738.
15. Dawan, J., & Ahn, J. (2020). Assessment of B-lactamase inhibitor potential of medicinal plant extracts against antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Korean J. Plant Res., 33(6), 578–585. https://doi.org/10.7732/KJPR.2020.33.6.578
16. Dawan J, Ahn J. Assessment of cross-resistance potential to serial antibiotic treatments in antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium. Microb Pathog. 2020 Nov;148:104478. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2020.104478. Epub 2020 Sep 8. PMID: 32916245.
17. Uddin MJ, Dawan J, Jeon G, Yu T, He X, Ahn J. The Role of bacterial membrane vesicles in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance and as promising carriers for therapeutic agent delivery. Microorganisms. 2020 May 5;8(5):670. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8050670. PMID: 32380740; PMCID: PMC7284617.
18. Dawan, J., Wei, S. & Ahn, J. Role of antibiotic stress in phenotypic switching to persister cells of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Ann Microbiol 70, 1 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13213-020-01552-1
19. Uddin MJ, Kim B, Dawan J, Ding T, Kim JC, Ahn J. Assessment of antibiotic resistance in bacteriophage-insensitive Klebsiella pneumoniae. Microb Pathog. 2019 Oct;135:103625. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2019.103625. Epub 2019 Jul 17. PMID: 31325570.
20. Dawan J, Uddin MJ, Ahn J. Development of de novo resistance in Salmonella Typhimurium treated with antibiotic combinations. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2019 May 1;366(10):fnz127. doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnz127. PMID: 31183498.
21. Uddin, M.J., Dawan, J. & Ahn, J. Assessment of the alteration in phage adsorption rates of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium. Arch Microbiol 201, 983–989 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-019-01667-3