The gram-positive bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of listeriosis, a
highly fatal opportunistic foodborne infection. Pregnant women, neonates, the elderly, and …

Microbial pathogens use a number of genetic strategies to invade the host and cause
infection. These common themes are found throughout microbial systems. Secretion of …

Completely revised, this third edition of a bestseller incorporates findings to present readers
with a complete overview of foodborne listeriosis, including information on listeriosis in …

Following the initial isolation and description in 1926 Listeria monocytogenes has been
shown to be of worldwide prevalence and is associated with serious disease in a wide …

I favor an expansive view of virulence determinants which includes all those factors
contributing to infection as well as to disease, with the exception of" housekeeping" functions …

Listeria monocytogenes secretes two distinct phospholipases C, a phosphatidylinositol-
specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) and a broad-range phospholipase C (PC-PLC). In this …

A variety of pathogenic bacteria produce phospholipases C, and since the discovery in 1944
that a bacterial toxin (Clostridium perfringens alpha-toxin) possessed an enzymatic activity …

The prfA gene of Listeria monocytogenes encodes a protein that activates transcription of
the listeriolysin gene (lisA). In order to explore the role of the prfA gene product in the …

A number of technical advances have led to the recent renaissance in the study of L.
monocytogenes. The first was the development of tissue culture models of infection in a …

Listeria monocytogenes is an intracellular Gram-positive pathogen and the etiological agent
of listeriosis, a human food-borne disease potentially fatal for certain risk groups. The …