[HTML][HTML] Listeria monocytogenes–how this pathogen survives in food-production environments?

J Osek, B Lachtara, K Wieczorek - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of human listeriosis,
a severe disease, especially dangerous for the elderly, pregnant women, and newborns …

[HTML][HTML] The σB-mediated general stress response of Listeria monocytogenes: life and death decision making in a pathogen

DN Guerreiro, T Arcari, CP O'Byrne - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Sensing and responding to environmental cues is critical for the adaptability and success of
the food-borne bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. A supramolecular multi-protein …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding how microorganisms respond to acid pH is central to their control and successful exploitation

PA Lund, D De Biase, O Liran, O Scheler… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Microbes from the three domains of life, Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya, share the need to
sense and respond to changes in the external and internal concentrations of protons. When …

Acid stress signals are integrated into the σB-dependent general stress response pathway via the stressosome in the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes

DN Guerreiro, MG Pucciarelli, T Tiensuu… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The general stress response (GSR) in Listeria monocytogenes plays a critical role in the
survival of this pathogen in the host gastrointestinal tract. The GSR is regulated by the …

Manganese uptake mediated by the NRAMP-type transporter MntH is required for acid tolerance in Listeria monocytogenes

J Wu, O McAuliffe, CP O'Byrne - International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that is characterized by its ability to
withstand mild stresses (ie cold, acid, salt) often encountered in food products or food …

Phylogenetic and phenotypic analyses of a collection of food and clinical Listeria monocytogenes isolates reveal loss of function of sigma B from several clonal …

J Wu, K NicAogáin, O McAuliffe, K Jordan… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
To understand the molecular mechanisms that contribute to the stress responses of the
important foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, we collected 139 strains (meat, n …

The impact of different acidic conditions and food substrates on Listeria monocytogenes biofilms development and removal using nanoencapsulated carvacrol

J Yammine, AI Doulgeraki, CP O'Byrne… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Listeria monocytogenes biofilms present a significant challenge in the food industry. This
study explores the impact of different acidic conditions of culture media and food matrices on …

Milk phospholipids-based nanostructures functionalized with rhamnolipids and bacteriocin: Intrinsic and synergistic antimicrobial activity for cheese preservation

AS Khalid, T Niaz, B Zarif, S Shabbir, T Noor, R Shahid… - Food Bioscience, 2022 - Elsevier
Milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) phospholipids-based nanostructures were developed
and their functionalization with rhamnolipids (RLs) was carried out to enhance the …

Listeria monocytogenes requires the RsbX protein to prevent SigB activation under nonstressed conditions

AH Oliveira, T Tiensuu, DN Guerreiro… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The survival of microbial cells under changing environmental conditions requires an efficient
reprogramming of transcription, often mediated by alternative sigma factors. The Gram …

Activation of the Listeria monocytogenes stressosome in the intracellular eukaryotic environment

C Dessaux, MG Pucciarelli, DN Guerreiro… - Applied and …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Listeria monocytogenes is a ubiquitous environmental bacterium and intracellular pathogen
that responds to stress using predominantly the alternative sigma factor SigB. Stress is …