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 …

Tolerance of Listeria monocytogenes to biocides used in food processing environments

ST Duze, M Marimani, M Patel - Food Microbiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that causes a life-threatening disease in
humans known as listeriosis. Contamination of food during processing is the main route of …

Adaptive Response of Listeria monocytogenes to the Stress Factors in the Food Processing Environment

N Wiktorczyk-Kapischke, K Skowron… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Listeria monocytogenes are Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, non-spore-forming
bacteria that easily adapt to changing environmental conditions. The ability to grow at a wide …

Environmental persistence of Listeria monocytogenes and its implications in dairy processing plants

B Chowdhury, S Anand - … Reviews in Food Science and Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Listeriosis, an invasive illness with a fatality rate between 20% and 30%, is caused by the
ubiquitous bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. Human listeriosis has long been associated …

Whole-genome sequencing-based characterization of 100 Listeria monocytogenes isolates collected from food processing environments over a four-year period

D Hurley, L Luque-Sastre, CT Parker, S Huynh… - Msphere, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Listeria monocytogenes is frequently found in foods and processing facilities, where it can
persist, creating concerns for the food industry. Its ability to survive under a wide range of …

Food processing as a risk factor for antimicrobial resistance spread along the food chain

EA Oniciuc, E Likotrafiti, A Alvarez-Molina… - Current Opinion in Food …, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Resistance to antimicrobials is a determinant of persistence in food
industries.•Antibiotic resistance can arise by exposure to other antimicrobials (eg …

Different Shades of Listeria monocytogenes: Strain, Serotype, and Lineage-Based Variability in Virulence and Stress Tolerance Profiles

F Muchaamba, AK Eshwar, MJA Stevens… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Listeria monocytogenes is a public health and food safety challenge due to its virulence and
natural stress resistance phenotypes. The variable distribution of L. monocytogenes …

Impact of benzalkonium chloride, benzethonium chloride and chloroxylenol on bacterial antimicrobial resistance

JY Maillard - Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
This review examined 3655 articles on benzalkonium chloride (BKC), benzethonium
chloride (BZT) and chloroxylenol (CHO) aiming to understand their impact on antimicrobial …

Survival of Candida auris on environmental surface materials and low-level resistance to disinfectant

O Dire, A Ahmad, S Duze, M Patel - Journal of Hospital Infection, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Candida auris persists in the environment despite disinfection. Its survival on
various environmental surfaces and the effect of sublethal concentrations of disinfectants on …

Landscape of Stress Response and Virulence Genes Among Listeria monocytogenes Strains

BZ Lakicevic, HMW Den Besten… - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The pathogenic microorganism Listeria monocytogenes is ubiquitous and responsible for
listeriosis, a disease with a high mortality rate in susceptible people. It can persist in different …