Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular pathogen that can cause
severe invasive infections upon ingestion with contaminated food. Clinically, listerial …

Listeria monocytogenes is a saprophytic gram-positive bacterium, and an opportunistic
foodborne pathogen that can produce listeriosis in humans and animals. It has evolved an …

Microbial pathogenesis studies are typically performed with reference strains, thereby
overlooking within-species heterogeneity in microbial virulence. Here we integrated human …

The genus Listeria is currently comprised of 17 species, including 9 Listeria species newly
described since 2009. Genomic and phenotypic data clearly define a distinct group of six …

Highlights•Next generation sequencing technologies have enabled large-scale genome
analyses.•Pan-genome analyses provide a framework for predicting and modeling genomic …

Listeria monocytogenes is a zoonotic food-borne pathogen that is associated with serious
public health and economic implications. In animals, L. monocytogenes can be associated …

Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen responsible for listeriosis, an infection that
can manifest in humans as bacteremia, meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised …

The bacterial pangenome was introduced in 2005 and, in recent years, has been the subject
of many studies. Thanks to progress in next-generation sequencing methods, the …

High-throughput sequencing technology is rapidly improving in quality, speed and cost. It is
therefore becoming more widely used to study whole communities of prokaryotes in many …

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