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

Bacterial pathogens employ a number of genetic strategies to cause infection and,
occasionally, disease in their hosts. Many of these virulence factors and their regulatory …

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 …

Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterial pathogen that promotes its internalization into host
epithelial cells. Interaction between the bacterial surface molecules InlA and InlB and their …

Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of listeriosis, a severe foodborne infection.
These bacteria live as soil saprotrophs on decaying plant matter but also as intracellular …

Sigma factors provide promoter recognition specificity to RNA polymerase holoenzyme,
contribute to DNA strand separation, and then dissociate from the core enzyme following …

While the stress-responsive alternative sigma factor σB has been identified in different
species of Bacillus, Listeria, and Staphylococcus, theσ B regulon has been extensively …

The foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) is a highly heterogeneous species
and currently comprises of 4 evolutionarily distinct lineages. Here, we characterize isolates …

Listeria monocytogenes is a gram-positive, food-borne microorganism responsible for
invasive infections with a high overall mortality. L. monocytogenes is among the very few …

The facultative intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is being developed as a
cancer vaccine platform because of its ability to induce potent innate and adaptive immunity …