Cross talk between SigB and PrfA in Listeria monocytogenes facilitates transitions between extra-and intracellular environments

A Gaballa, V Guariglia-Oropeza… - Microbiology and …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
The foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes can modulate its transcriptome and
proteome to ensure its survival during transmission through vastly differing environmental …

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 …

Evolution of Listeria monocytogenes in a food processing plant involves limited single-nucleotide substitutions but considerable diversification by gain and loss of …

AS Harrand, B Jagadeesan, L Baert… - Applied and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is becoming the standard method for subtyping Listeria
monocytogenes. Interpretation of WGS data for isolates from foods and associated …

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 …

Survival strategies of Listeria monocytogenes to environmental hostile stress: biofilm formation and stress responses

KH Byun, HJ Kim - Food Science and Biotechnology, 2023 - Springer
Listeria monocytogenes is a critical foodborne pathogen that causes listeriosis and
threatens public health. This pathogenic microorganism forms a transmission cycle in …

Food‐to‐Humans Bacterial Transmission

P Antunes, C Novais, L Peixe - Microbial Transmission, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Food is considered one of the main environmental drivers shaping the human microbiota
across the life span. Microorganisms vehiculated by food can be related to a variety of …

Regulation of Listeria monocytogenes Virulence

J Johansson, NE Freitag - Microbiology Spectrum, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Whereas obligate human and animal bacterial pathogens may be able to depend upon the
warmth and relative stability of their chosen replication niche, environmental bacteria such …

Oxygen response and tolerance mechanisms in Clostridioides difficile

N Kint, C Morvan, I Martin-Verstraete - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Low oxygen tensions are present throughout the gastrointestinal tract.•Although
Clostridioides difficile is considered as obligate anaerobe, this bacterium can tolerate low …

Flick of a switch: regulatory mechanisms allowing Listeria monocytogenes to transition from a saprophyte to a killer

T Tiensuu, DN Guerreiro, AH Oliveira… - …, 2019 - microbiologyresearch.org
In contrast to obligate intracellular pathogens that can remain in relatively stable host-
associated environments, the soil-living bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes has to …

Generally stressed out bacteria: Environmental stress response mechanisms in gram-positive bacteria

CY Bonilla - Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The ability to monitor the environment for toxic chemical and physical disturbances is
essential for bacteria that live in dynamic environments. The fundamental sensing …