| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Genetics of bacteriocins produced by lactic acid bacteria | FEMS Microbiology Reviews | 1993 | 1,634 |
| 2 | Comparative genomics of the lactic acid bacteria | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2006 | 1,303 |
| 3 | Spectrophotometric Assay Using o-Phthaldialdehyde for Determination of Proteolysis in Milk and Isolated Milk Proteins | Journal of Dairy Science | 1983 | 1,252 |
| 4 | Bacteriocins of lactic acid bacteria | Biochimie | 1988 | 1,176 |
| 5 | Simultaneous determination of α-tocopherol and retinol in plasma or red cells by high pressure liquid chromatography | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 1979 | 974 |
| 6 | Nomenclature of the Proteins of Cows’ Milk—Sixth Revision | Journal of Dairy Science | 2004 | 915 |
| 7 | Antioxidants and Prevention of Chronic Disease | Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition | 2004 | 875 |
| 8 | Bioactive Milk Peptides: A Prospectus | Journal of Dairy Science | 2000 | 585 |
| 9 | Complete genome sequence of the probiotic lactic acid bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2005 | 565 |
| 10 | Antioxidant activities, phenolic and β-carotene contents of sweet potato genotypes with varying flesh colours | Food Chemistry | 2007 | 506 |
| 11 | Nisin treatment for inactivation of Salmonella species and other gram-negative bacteria | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1991 | 475 |
| 12 | Surrogates for the Study of Norovirus Stability and Inactivation in the Environment: A Comparison of Murine Norovirus and Feline Calicivirus | Journal of Food Protection | 2006 | 434 |
| 13 | Rapid Mini-Prep Isolation of High-Quality Plasmid DNA from Lactococcus and Lactobacillus spp | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1993 | 371 |
| 14 | Tomatoes and Cardiovascular Health | Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition | 2003 | 350 |
| 15 | Functional Analysis of Putative Adhesion Factors in Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2005 | 350 |
| 16 | Advances in modifying and understanding whey protein functionality | Trends in Food Science and Technology | 2002 | 349 |
| 17 | Flavor of Cheddar Cheese: A Chemical and Sensory Perspective | Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety | 2003 | 346 |
| 18 | Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes Biofilms to Sanitizing Agents in a Simulated Food Processing Environment | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2006 | 336 |
| 19 | Invited Review: The Scientific Basis of Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM Functionality as a Probiotic | Journal of Dairy Science | 2001 | 334 |
| 20 | Antimicrobial Activity of Lactic Acid Bacteria Against Listeria monocytogenes | Journal of Food Protection | 1989 | 306 |
| 21 | Effects of Fat and NaCl/Phosphate Levels on the Chemical and Sensory Properties of Pork Patties | Journal of Food Science | 1983 | 297 |
| 22 | Factors determining the physical properties of protein foams | Food Hydrocolloids | 2006 | 293 |
| 23 | Modulation of the microbial ecology of the human colon by probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics to enhance human health: An overview of enabling science and potential applications | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2005 | 289 |
| 24 | PathwayVoyager: pathway mapping using the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) database | BMC Genomics | 2005 | 286 |
| 25 | Application of electroporation for transfer of plasmid DNA to Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, Leuconostoc, Listeria, Pediococcus, Bacillus, Staphylococcus, Enterococcus and Propionibacterium | Molecular Microbiology | 1988 | 275 |
| 26 | The Gelation Of Proteins | Advances in Food and Nutrition Research | 1990 | 268 |
| 27 | Purification and partial characterization of lactacin F, a bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus acidophilus 11088 | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1991 | 259 |
| 28 | Factors involved in adherence of lactobacilli to human Caco-2 cells | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1994 | 257 |
| 29 | Bacterial Separation and Concentration from Complex Sample Matrices: A Review | Critical Reviews in Microbiology | 2004 | 251 |
| 30 | Antagonistic Action of Lactobacillus acidophilus Toward Intestinal and Foodborne Pathogens in Associative Cultures | Journal of Food Protection | 1977 | 242 |
| 31 | Selection, characterization, and application of DNA aptamers for the capture and detection of Salmonella enterica serovars | Molecular and Cellular Probes | 2009 | 234 |
| 32 | Selection and design of probiotics | International Journal of Food Microbiology | 1999 | 233 |
| 33 | Acid Tolerance of Leuconostoc mesenteroides and Lactobacillus plantarum | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1990 | 228 |
| 34 | High- and low-copy-number Lactococcus shuttle cloning vectors with features for clone screening | Gene | 1993 | 205 |
| 35 | Persistence of caliciviruses on environmental surfaces and their transfer to food | International Journal of Food Microbiology | 2006 | 205 |
| 36 | A Field Study of the Microbiological Quality of Fresh Produce | Journal of Food Protection | 2005 | 204 |
| 37 | Invited Review: Sensory Analysis of Dairy Foods | Journal of Dairy Science | 2007 | 204 |
| 38 | Microcentrifuge-Based Method for Measuring Water-Holding of Protein Gels | Journal of Food Science | 1993 | 202 |
| 39 | Conjugal Transfer of Plasmid-Encoded Determinants for Bacteriocin Production and Immunity in Lactobacillus acidophilus 88 | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1987 | 199 |
| 40 | Enhanced control of Listeria monocytogenes by in situ-produced pediocin during dry fermented sausage production | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1992 | 198 |
| 41 | Structures and rheological properties of corn starch as affected by acid hydrolysis | Carbohydrate Polymers | 2003 | 196 |
| 42 | Association of a 13.6-Megadalton Plasmid in Pediococcus pentosaceus with Bacteriocin Activity | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1985 | 196 |
| 43 | Determination of Molecular Phylogenetics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strains by Multilocus Sequence Typing | Journal of Bacteriology | 2008 | 191 |
| 44 | Characterization of the Fecal Microbiota Using High-Throughput Sequencing Reveals a Stable Microbial Community during Storage | PLoS ONE | 2012 | 190 |
| 45 | Biodefense Properties of Milk: The Role of Antimicrobial Proteins and Peptides | Current Pharmaceutical Design | 2003 | 180 |
| 46 | HPLC Separation of Cis-Trans Carotene Isomers in Fresh and Processed Fruits and Vegetables | Journal of Food Science | 1987 | 179 |
| 47 | Stress Response of Escherichia coli | Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety | 2006 | 174 |
| 48 | An o-phthalaldehyde spectrophotometric assay for proteinases | Analytical Biochemistry | 1985 | 172 |
| 49 | Psychrobacter cryohalolentis sp. nov. and Psychrobacter arcticus sp. nov., isolated from Siberian permafrost | International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology | 2006 | 169 |
| 50 | Heat Resistant Proteases Produced in Milk by Psychrotorophic Bacteria of Dairy Origin | Journal of Dairy Science | 1975 | 162 |
