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 …

Highlights•Many bacteria make internal protein compartments enclosing short catabolic
pathways.•These structures are called bacterial microcompartments (BMC) or …

The human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is a large concern in the food industry where
its continuous detection in food products has caused a string of recalls in North America and …

Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that can cause invasive severe human
illness (listeriosis) in susceptible patients. Most human listeriosis cases appear to be caused …

The food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes experiences osmotic stress in many
habitats, including foods and the gastrointestinal tract of the host. During transmission, L …

ABSTRACT A set of seven Listeria monocytogenes 10403S mutant strains, each bearing an
in-frame null mutation in a gene encoding a key regulatory protein, was used to characterize …

The stress activated sigma factor sigma B (σ B) plays a pivotal role in allowing the food-
borne bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes to modulate its transcriptional landscape …

The foodborne transmission of Listeria monocytogenes requires physiological adaptation to
various conditions, including the cold, osmotic, heat, acid, alkaline, and oxidative stresses …

Intraspecific variability of the behavior of most foodborne pathogens is well described and
taken into account in Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA), but factors (strain …

Two-component systems (TCSs) aid bacteria in adapting to a wide variety of stress
conditions. While the role of TCS response regulators in the cold tolerance of the …