Listeria monocytogenes consists of at least 4 evolutionary lineages (I, II, III, and IV) with
different but overlapping ecological niches. Most L. monocytogenes isolates seem to belong …

Listeria monocytogenes is an opportunistic intracellular pathogen that has become an
important cause of human foodborne infections worldwide. Given its close relationship to …

Listeria monocytogenes is a model organism for cellular microbiology and host–pathogen
interaction studies and an important food-borne pathogen widespread in the environment …

Background A large, multi-province outbreak of listeriosis associated with ready-to-eat meat
products contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes serotype 1/2a occurred in Canada in …

Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of the food-borne life threatening disease
listeriosis. This pathogenic bacterium received much attention in the endeavor of …

Listeria monocytogenes is responsible for serious invasive illness associated with
consumption of contaminated food and places a significant burden on public health and the …

To completely understand the ecology of a bacterial community, we need to identify its
ecologically distinct populations (ecotypes). The greatest promise for enumerating a …

The surface protein internalin A (InlA) contributes to the invasion of human intestinal
epithelial cells by Listeria monocytogenes. Screening of L. monocytogenes strains isolated …

Aims: The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of a five‐gene islet (lmo0444–
lmo0448) to the growth of Listeria monocytogenes under suboptimal conditions. Methods …

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) …