As in other bacterial pathogens, the virulence determinants of Listeria species are clustered
in genomic islands scattered along the chromosome. This review summarizes current …

Following the initial isolation and description in 1926 Listeria monocytogenes has been
shown to be of worldwide prevalence and is associated with serious disease in a wide …

Listeria monocytogenes is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen that is an important cause of
human food-borne illness worldwide. However, L. monocytogenes strains demonstrate …

Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne bacterial pathogen that causes a wide spectrum of
diseases, such as meningitis, septicemia, abortion, and gastroenteritis, in humans and …

Listeria monocytogenes is a ubiquitous bacterium that causes significant foodborne disease
with high mortality rates in immunocompromised adults. In pregnant women foodborne …

Listeria monocytogenes is an opportunistic food-borne pathogen responsible for listeriosis,
a disease associated with high mortality rates. L. monocytogenes causes invasive …

Human listeriosis is a potentially fatal foodborne infection caused by Listeria
monocytogenes, an opportunistic psychrophile bacterium that is widespread in the …

To probe the evolution and phylogeny of Listeria monocytogenes from defined host species
and environments, L. monocytogenes isolates from human (n= 60) and animal (n= 30) …

Listeria monocytogenes is an opportunistic foodborne pathogen causing listeriosis, an often
fatal infection leading to meningitis, sepsis, or infection of the fetus and abortion in …

Signature‐tagged mutagenesis (STM) was used to identify new genes involved in the
virulence of the Gram‐positive intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. One of the …