Listeria monocytogenes Pathogenesis: The Role of Stress Adaptation

T Sibanda, EM Buys - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Adaptive stress tolerance responses are the driving force behind the survival ability of
Listeria monocytogenes in different environmental niches, within foods, and ultimately, the …

Listeria monocytogenes: survival and adaptation in the gastrointestinal tract

CGM Gahan, C Hill - Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes has the capacity to survive and grow in a
diverse range of natural environments. The transition from a food environment to the …

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 …

Systematic Review of the Listeria Monocytogenes σB Regulon Supports a Role in Stress Response, Virulence and Metabolism

Y Liu, RH Orsi, A Gaballa, M Wiedmann… - Future …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: Among the alternative sigma factors of Listeria monocytogenes, σB controls the largest
regulon. The aim of this study was to perform a comprehensive review of σB-regulated …

Resilience in the face of uncertainty: sigma factor B fine-tunes gene expression to support homeostasis in Gram-positive bacteria

C Guldimann, KJ Boor, M Wiedmann… - Applied and …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Gram-positive bacteria are ubiquitous and diverse microorganisms that can survive and
sometimes even thrive in continuously changing environments. The key to such resilience is …

How Listeria monocytogenes organizes its surface for virulence

F Carvalho, S Sousa, D Cabanes - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive pathogen responsible for the manifestation of
human listeriosis, an opportunistic foodborne disease with an associated high mortality rate …

Home Alone: Elimination of All but One Alternative Sigma Factor in Listeria monocytogenes Allows Prediction of New Roles for σB

Y Liu, RH Orsi, KJ Boor, M Wiedmann… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Among Listeria monocytogenes' four alternative σ factors, σB controls the largest regulon. As
σB-dependent transcription of some genes may be masked by overlaps among regulons …

Redefining the Clostridioides difficile σB Regulon: σB Activates Genes Involved in Detoxifying Radicals That Can Result from the Exposure to Antimicrobials and …

IM Boekhoud, AM Michel, J Corver, D Jahn, WK Smits - Msphere, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
In many Gram-positive bacteria, the general stress response is regulated at the
transcriptional level by the alternative sigma factor sigma B (σB). In C. difficile, σB has been …

The Listeria monocytogenes Bile Stimulon under Acidic Conditions Is Characterized by Strain-Specific Patterns and the Upregulation of Motility, Cell Wall Modification …

V Guariglia-Oropeza, RH Orsi, C Guldimann… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Listeria monocytogenes uses a variety of transcriptional regulation strategies to adapt to the
extra-host environment, the gastrointestinal tract, and the intracellular host environment …

Contributions of σB and PrfA to Listeria monocytogenes salt stress under food relevant conditions

VB Ribeiro, S Mujahid, RH Orsi, TM Bergholz… - International journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Listeria monocytogenes is well known to survive and grow under several stress conditions,
including salt stress, which is important for growth in certain foods as well as for host …