Zoonoses are diseases transmitted from animals to humans, posing a great threat to the
health and life of people all over the world. According to WHO estimations, 600 million cases …

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 …

Simple Summary Listeria monocytogenes is the bacterium responsible for the majority of
cases of human listeriosis, a foodborne infection that, in certain groups in the population …

Listeria monocytogenes is an opportunistic pathogen that has been involved in several
deadly illness outbreaks. Future outbreaks may be more difficult to manage because of the …

Fish plays an important role in the human diet, and there is an observed increase in the
consumption of fish per capita in Europe. However, intensive growth of industry and …

Soil and water are suggested to represent pivotal niches for the transmission of Listeria
monocytogenes to plant material, animals, and the food chain. In the present study, 467 soil …

Listeriosis is an infectious and fatal disease of animals, birds, fish, crustaceans and humans.
It is an important food-borne zoonosis caused by Listeria monocytogenes, an intracellular …

A total of 27 Listeria isolates that could not be classified to the species level were obtained
from soil samples from different locations in the contiguous United States and an agricultural …

Sampling of seafood and dairy processing facilities in the north-eastern USA produced 18
isolates of Listeria spp. that could not be identified at the species-level using traditional …

In the context of a study on the occurrence of Listeria species in an animal farm environment
in Valencia, Spain, six Listeria-like isolates could not be assigned to any known species …