Pappa O, Vantarakis A, Galanis A, Vantarakis G, Mavridou A. “Antibiotic resistance profiles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from various Greek aquatic environments” FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2016 Jun;92(6). pii: fiw086. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiw086. (pdf)


A. Birmpa, M.Bellou, P.Kokkinos and A.Vantarakis “Effect of non-thermal, conventional and combined disinfection technologies on the stability of human adenoviruses as fecal contaminants on fresh ready-to-eat product surfaces” J Food Prot. 2016 Mar;79(3):454-62. doi: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-15-013. (pdf)


E. Papachatzi, S. Paparrodopoulos, V. Papadopoulos, G. Dimitriou, A. Vantarakis “Pre-pregnancy maternal obesity in Greece: A case-control analysis”, Early Human Development, 2016 Feb;93:57-61. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2015.12.006. Epub 2016 Jan 20 (pdf)


Kougia, M. Tselepi, G.Vasilopoulos, G.Ch. Lainioti, N.D.Koromilas, D.Druvari, G.Bokias, A. Vantarakis, J.K.Kallitsis, “Evaluation of antimicrobial efficiency of new polymers comprised by covalently attached and/or electrostatically bound biocidal species, based on quaternary ammonium compounds Molecules”. 2015 Dec 1;20(12):21313-27. doi: 10.3390/molecules201219768 (pdf)


M.Papadimitriou-Olivgeris; S.Filippidou; E.Drougka; F.Fligou; F.Kolonitsiou; V.Dodou; M.Marangos; E.Anastassiou; A.Vantarakis; I.Spiliopoulou, “Biofilm synthesis and presence of virulence factors among enterococci isolated from patients and water samples”, J Med Microbiol. 2015 Nov;64(11):1270-6. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.000151. Epub 2015 Aug 3 (pdf)


A. Birmpa, K. Kalogeropoulos, P. Kokkinos and A.Vantarakis “Evaluation of a Loop-Mediated isothermal amplification (Lamp) assay for the detection of viruses in Ready-to eat foods”, accepted for publication in Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences, 2015, 5.2:132-135 (pdf)


P Kokkinos, G Mandilara, A Nikolaidou, A Velegraki, P Theodoratos, D Kampa, A Blougoura, A Christopoulou, E Smeti, G Kamizoulis, A Mavridou, A. Vantarakis, “Performance of three small-scale wastewater treatment plants. A challenge for possible re use”. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2015 Nov;22(22): 17744-52.doi: 10.1007/s11356-015-4988-3. Epub 2015 Jul 9 (pdf)


A.Birmpa, K.Kalogeropoulos, P.Kokkinos, and A.Vantarakis. “Evaluation of Two Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification Methods for the Detection of Salmonella Enteritidis and Listeria Monocytogenes in Artificially Contaminated Ready-to-Eat Fresh Produce”. Ital J Food Saf. 2015 Jun 30; 4(3): 5383 (pdf)


M.Bellou, V.I.Syngouna, M.A.Tselepi, P.A.Kokkinos, S.C.Paparrodopoulos, A.Vantarakis, C.V.Chrysikopoulos “Interaction of human adenoviruses and coliphages with kaolinite and bentonite”, Science of the Total Environment 517 (2015) 86–95 (pdf)


A.Birmpa, A.Vantarakis*, A.Anninou, M.Bellou, P.Kokkinos, P.Groumpos2. “A user-friendly theoretical mathematical model for the prediction of food safety in a food production chain”, Food Process Technol 6:421. doi:10.4172/2157-7110.1000421 (pdf)