Pathogenicity and virulence of Listeria monocytogenes: A trip from environmental to medical microbiology

JJ Quereda, A Morón-García, C Palacios-Gorba… - Virulence, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Listeria monocytogenes is a saprophytic gram-positive bacterium, and an opportunistic
foodborne pathogen that can produce listeriosis in humans and animals. It has evolved an …

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 …

The Role of Stress and Stress Adaptations in Determining the Fate of the Bacterial Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes in the Food Chain

K NicAogáin, CP O'Byrne - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is a highly adaptable organism that can
persist in a wide range of environmental and food-related niches. The consumption of …

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 …

Genomic and pathogenicity islands of Listeria monocytogenes—overview of selected aspects

N Wiktorczyk-Kapischke, K Skowron… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Listeria monocytogenes causes listeriosis, a disease characterized by a high mortality rate
(up to 30%). Since the pathogen is highly tolerant to changing conditions (high and low …

A Look inside the Listeria monocytogenes Biofilms Extracellular Matrix

A Colagiorgi, P Di Ciccio, E Zanardi, S Ghidini, A Ianieri - Microorganisms, 2016 - mdpi.com
Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen able to persist in food industry and is
responsible for a severe illness called listeriosis. The ability of L. monocytogenes to persist …

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 …

Super-resolving microscopy reveals the localizations and movement dynamics of stressosome proteins in Listeria monocytogenes

BM Tran, DS Linnik, CM Punter, WM Śmigiel… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
The human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes can cope with severe environmental
challenges, for which the high molecular weight stressosome complex acts as the sensing …

Cyclic di-GMP-dependent Signaling Pathways in the Pathogenic Firmicute Listeria monocytogenes

LH Chen, VK Köseoğlu, ZT Güvener… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
We characterized key components and major targets of the c-di-GMP signaling pathways in
the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, identified a new c-di-GMP-inducible …

Listeria monocytogenes exopolysaccharide: origin, structure, biosynthetic machinery and c‐di‐GMP‐dependent regulation

VK Köseoğlu, C Heiss, P Azadi, E Topchiy… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Elevated levels of the second messenger c‐di‐GMP activate biosynthesis of an unknown
exopolysaccharide (EPS) in the food‐borne pathogen L isteria monocytogenes. This EPS …