P Cossart - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Listeria monocytogenes has, in 25 y, become a model in infection biology. Through the analysis of both its saprophytic life and infectious process, new concepts in microbiology …
A noticeable part of the microbiome literature, especially that working with low-biomass samples, is plagued by reagent contamination. Here we describe visual, statistical …
S Akhter, RK Aziz, RA Edwards - Nucleic acids research, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Prophages are phages in lysogeny that are integrated into, and replicated as part of, the host bacterial genome. These mobile elements can have tremendous impact on their …
Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition provides basic, clear and concise knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms. Useful to anyone …
Background A large, multi-province outbreak of listeriosis associated with ready-to-eat meat products contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes serotype 1/2a occurred in Canada in …
O Wurtzel, N Sesto, JR Mellin, I Karunker… - Molecular systems …, 2012 - embopress.org
Listeria monocytogenes is a human, food‐borne pathogen. Genomic comparisons between L. monocytogenes and Listeria innocua, a closely related non‐pathogenic species, were …
C Kuenne, A Billion, MA Mraheil, A Strittmatter… - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Background Listeria monocytogenes is an important food-borne pathogen and model organism for host-pathogen interaction, thus representing an invaluable target considering …
H Bierne, C Sabet, N Personnic, P Cossart - Microbes and Infection, 2007 - Elsevier
The Listeria monocytogenes genome includes a large family of proteins harbouring leucine- rich repeats known as internalins (Inl). The generation of novel mutants and comparative …
PD Cotter, LA Draper, EM Lawton, KM Daly… - PLoS …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Streptolysin S (SLS) is a bacteriocin-like haemolytic and cytotoxic virulence factor that plays a key role in the virulence of Group A Streptococcus (GAS), the causative agent of …